New to Indigo

Hi,
I am very new to home automation and indigo itself.
I have a small z-wave network & a insteon garage door opener.
My questions are
I used the demo and just added to it should i have started out with my own very small database?
Is there a section about plugins (for dummies ) i have set up my onkyo receiver but i am not quite sure how to proceed
i have looked into the forums and there are very nice control pages, where does one begin ?

Thanks
Bob

I was told that best practices would be to start with a new database, but didn't get told that until after I had already done more work than I wanted to lose. So I went through and made sure that all the demo devices and variables and action groups were gone. Seems to work OK.

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"Where to start" with control pages is a tough and vague one to answer. I suppose the first thing is to think about where your control pages will be used, on what, and by whom. That's not the fun answer, but it's a reasonable one.

I have half a dozen control pages that I don't use any more, ones I created because I thought something was what I wanted, and realized it wasn't. Or I went in another design direction. The great thing about Indigo is you can have as many of these as you want. I have a control page that's designed for a 1st gen iPod touch, and it has exactly ONE control on it and nothing else. It's a bedside light switch.

I have other pages that have really complicated graphs. Or 30 different controls.

Don't put too much on one page!

I have half a dozen control pages that I don't use any more

I'm surprised it's only that many, I have probably 100+ I don't use any more and badly need to clean up!

Is there a section about plugins (for dummies ) i have set up my onkyo receiver but i am not quite sure how to proceed

Do you want to know how to write one or how to install one? Check the File Library for a number of plugins that you might find useful (including some for Onkyo receivers).

i have looked into the forums and there are very nice control pages, where does one begin ?

You can copy someone's design that you like (see some examples in this thread) or some of us have come up with complete systems you can implement like my Room-O-Matic (if you use the ROM then be sure to read the latest thread about using different plugins with it for now).