Which 3 technologies/devices would you like to see supported

[autolog]

Looking at what You said Matt:

Official support for some of the functionality currently provided by 3rd party plugins could work several different ways, so don't jump to conclusions that if it was officially supported updates would come less frequently. How it works out will depend on several factors.

I assume that this could be some sort of link with existing developers? Which in turn links to what you said Durosity:

... perhaps some sort of 'official support' and inclusion of 3rd party plugins may be the best option? Select 3rd parties are bundled with the program with a pre-defined level of support even if that developer falls off the face of the earth. ...

and just to pick up Jay's point:

Further, there are potential customers who won't buy Indigo because we don't "officially" support some technologies. So, we have to make sure that we're balancing all of these factors when making these decisions.

I can see the requirement from an Indigo product viewpoint to make things official.

An officially supported 3rd Party developer could make sense.

For this to be a realistic proposition, it would require some standards/guidelines to be defined for coding/documentation so that if a 3rd party plugin had to move to fully official support as the "developer had fell of the face of the earth" it would make the process smoother than it might otherwise be.

Further thoughts to mull over

[SpencerJRoberts]

I definitely recommend taking Nest seriously, since Google is behind them and pushing the Weave protocol I'm betting we'll see a lot more Weave devices in the future.

[howartp]

Perry's cynical plugins are an interesting pot to throw in here.

The iTach devices are great and a number of people here use them, but (certainly for several months) Perry disappeared completely from these forums.

Now Perry has surfaced again recently, though occasionally, but I'd love to see the iTach and Network plugin functionality brought into Indigo, ideally with a maintained IR database (or UI to existing database) alongside.


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[Korey]

Perry's cynical plugins are an interesting pot to throw in here.

The iTach devices are great and a number of people here use them, but (certainly for several months) Perry disappeared completely from these forums.

Now Perry has surfaced again recently, though occasionally, but I'd love to see the iTach and Network plugin functionality brought into Indigo, ideally with a maintained IR database (or UI to existing database) alongside.

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[eme jota ce]

Great to know that you are working on some interesting features and updates for Indigo 7 and appreciate that you've posted the poll for your loyal and vocal users to provide some input.

These are tough choices and the discussion points, especially regarding Nick's great Sonos plugin, are excellent.

At the risk of touching the "third rail" and knowing that you've addressed cost issues in prior posts and appreciating that you've taken over the MiCasaVerde plugin, Z-Wave locks are by far my wife's absolute favorite part of our home automation system. Anything that better integrates Z-wave locks would also be greatly appreciated in Indigo 7.

Looking forward to more updates about Indigo 7!

[RogueProeliator]

We get lots of requests for official support for functionality provided by 3rd party plugins. The reasons vary for the requests, but one of the big ones is the comfort in knowing the functionality will continue to be maintained, supported, and updated indefinitely.

While I see both sides of the discussion, I tend to agree with some of the others that perhaps a middle ground could be found in some way... If the Plugin Store that you've mentioned before were ever to be done, perhaps you could have a badge/seal/program/whatever - some sort of "endorsement" such that the developer agreed that you may take over support and own the code in the even he/she drops the ball. You could invite select plugins to be given the seal and highlight them as an official support of some kind. I'm sure you've thought of this kind of idea, just throwing my support behind it. (And yes, I know that is a little scary to think of guaranteeing the taking over someone's random code...)

I would be a bit disappointed for you taking over an existing functionality plugin from the perspective, as mentioned before, of "what did we lose to gain little-to-nothing." It is possible you alienate some developers too and potentially lose their other plugins (NOT saying this would happen with these guys in particular as it would depend on perception/personality/etc. of the developer) Do the other platforms that you consider Indigo competing against officially support, say Sonos and Nest, or do they too rely on plugins?

You just need another developer focused exclusively on plugins! So if official support argument grows the company enough so that the net result is more features and code, I change my answer and reasoning!

[durosity]

he/she drops the ball.

I love going off topic. Let's face it, it's almost exclusively he. I wouldn't be surprised if less than 1% of people interested in domotica were women. Not that this is a good thing. Perhaps a good marketing system for indigo 7.. "Come see the softer side of automation"


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[kw123]

I would love to have my plugins "audited" or better if someone could look at things and propose improvements. That would be fun, lots of learning and in a positive way.
Just replacing someones plugin with a "professional" version, I have to agree would be somewhat frustrating for the author. I would agree that anyones work can be improved upon, just a question of how it is done.

May be we could build teams where 2 developers comment on each others plugins, scripts etc.
Or have a walk through where you explain what and why you are doing things one way or the other.

That would also produce some sustainability for ongoing support.

Karl

[DaveL17]

Perhaps a good marketing system for indigo 7.. "Come see the softer side of automation"

Perhaps they would be impressed by the company plane.

[Coolcaper]

There are a lot of good ideas being posted here and I for one would second the iTach device plug ins as well as IP control. At the moment for my total home control I use Indigo Touch as well as Roomie. I would like to see them both integrated into one that I can control and is officially supported.

On another note, I would also like the ability to add Z wave devices without waiting for an update to Indigo.

Edit:

FYI, none of the devices other than the Apple Watch, Belkin Wemo, Philips Hue and Sonos, are officially available to us here in Aus. This also adds to the fact that indigo does not support the Insteon Hub, which again is the only available controller for Insteon devices outside the Americas. So maybe that should be another one in the wish list!

[wiery]

Personally I'd prefer to see Siri integration over echo, for two reasons
1) almost ever user already has Siri
2) Echo not yet released outside U.S.


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[durosity]

Personally I'd prefer to see Siri integration over echo, for two reasons
1) almost ever user already has Siri
2) Echo not yet released outside U.S.


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Unfortunately not possible at this time, there's no API for Siri beyond the very limited HomeKit system at present, and it can't work by that because it needs to be a stand alone apple certified device for that. I suspect even when a siri API appears commands like 'turn on the X' will be reserved for homekit devices.

[Korey]

Perhaps a good marketing system for indigo 7.. "Come see the softer side of automation"

Perhaps they would be impressed by the company plane.

[Seeker]

It's not on the list, but messages notifications built into indigo.

[MortenB]

This is WAY off topic but I would really like to see better/easier support for new hardware. Like a library for devices where a file is generated and you can add the files you need to your indigo-installation. Then we do not have to wait for a new release to get new devices working.