SmartLinc - INSTEON Central Controller from Smarthome 2412N

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• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001GBQ5AG
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,105 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 17, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

SmartLinc - INSTEON Central Controller is an affordable and flexible central controller perfect for enhancing any INSTEON home automation network. SmartLinc integrates INSTEON technology with any web-enabled mobile device through Wi-Fi and cellular communication, allowing you to control or create timers for INSTEON devices or scenes from inside your home, in the backyard, at work, in the car or on vacation halfway around the world! Whether you are a DIYer, an electrician, or a home automation integrator, you will enjoy the ease with which programming and discovering of INSTEON devices is accomplished. A simple plug-in installation sets up in minutes and will allow a web-enabled phone or PDA to control your INSTEON network from almost anywhere. SmartLinc has been designed for optimal use with an iPhone or iPod touch as a mobile touch screen; however, there are customizable user-downloadable server applications that provide a flexible interface for any web-enabled device. As and added feature, SmartLinc includes IP camera support, giving you the versatility to incorporate watching and controlling your IP enabled surveillance cameras through you web-enabled interface. SmartLinc puts the power of managing your entire INSTEON home automation network in the palm of your hands.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome! Now I can talk with my house via iPhone!, December 2, 2008

By	Alexandre Krilov "ukrainian_kozak" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Awesome product, but I think the title is a bit overstated, I wouldn't call it a central controller. It does have a lots of cool features, but falls short of "Central controller", but it is an awesome (sorry for repeating, but it it really IS awesome) iPhone/iPod-touch API with some additional functionality like simple timers.
You will not be able to execute any automation scripts, but it is great for simple schedules, and oh, camera support is such a nice touch.
So, if you won't pick on title, this device is totally deserves 5 stars.

4 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Smartlinc falls short, April 27, 2009

By	David W. Sutton "David" (Franklin, TN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been an avid X10 user for 10 years. I recently purchased an Iphone - how cool would it be to use it as a controller for home automation ? Pretty cool if you want to replace your existing X10 network with the newer more expensive Insteon devices. This controller certainly could have been a 5 star if it was able to control X10 but all you get is a manual control panel that you must navigate to in the software. I was sadly disappointed and returned mine as I am not going to upgrade all my devices to Insteon at one time to be able to use my existing network.