I have been searching for a solid home automation/smart home platform and I am leaning towards Indigo, but had a few questions I hope some of you can clear up...I am moving into a new home and want to make it easily controllable by phone/voice using Alexa in addition to some automated features.
How difficult is it to have Alexa control lights/fans. I believe I read that you have to trick Alexa into thinking you have a Hue connected or is there some other way. Does this cause any difficulties or problems. I plan on having 40+ smart switches/outlets. Will I be able to say Alexa turn the kitchen lights off or 50% or whatever I desire? Or setting a fan to low/med/high? Along those lines can I ask Alexa if something is open or closed if I have a sensor for say window or door? Is the door locked(granted I have a smart lock)?
Beyond that I would need to purchase a new mac to run indigo on. I saw in a 2012 mac mini w/8GB seems to be a solid recommendation. Is this still the general consensus or is it overkill as many seemed to be running on older mac mini? And to double check hackintosh or VM don't work or aren't supported? What would make me cause to have a more powerful machine.
Thanks for any advice.