[Hai-users] Leviton is killing the HAI product line

[Robert Surtees]

Similar story.  Amp OnQ in 97 and somewhere along the line upgraded to Omni
II.  Drank all the kool-aide, thermostats and every switch in the house an
ALC.  It's all still hanging together for the most part.  A few ALC's have
bit the dust and one of the thermostats is a bit flakey, but otherwise still
running the show.  Not bad for twenty years. Looking for something to
replace switches and panel eventually, but nothing floating the boat yet.
Everything these days wants to phone home to corporate to run which isn't a
feature I want to support. Especially not thrilled at the thought of being
left with orphaned equipment when they shut off the servers.  
-Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: hai-users-bounces at tssi.com <hai-users-bounces at tssi.com> On Behalf Of
Mike Nolan
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 8:31 PM
To: Eddy <hai-users at eddyg.promessage.com>
Cc: hai-users at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Hai-users] Leviton is killing the HAI product line

I'm sad (though not surprised) to hear that the Omni is not being supported.

We put in an Aegis when we built the house in 1996, then replaced it in 2003
when the first one was zapped by lightning, and replaced that with an Omnii
II a few years ago when the Aegis failed.

I'm hoping we can get another 15 or so years out of it before we have to
find a replacement.

Most of the newer systems seem to be wireless, which has mixed blessings.
The main reason we went with the Aegis in the first place in 1996 was the
voice capabiity, and I'm not sure what's out there that has that capability.

Ours is a large house, over 7000 square feet on 3 floors with 7 exterior
doors plus 2 doors into the garage area from outside, so having the doors
announce when they're opened is very helpful, because you can be pretty far
away from a door when it is opened.  The interface between the Omni and our
Vantage Home Automation system is also helpful, when doors open it triggers
lights.  

Hopefully some company will decide that high end houses are a viable market.
--
Mike Nolan



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