Bosch Smart Home Controller II, gateway controlling the Bosch Smart Home system, Smart Hub

Best Control Hub? Maybe.
Being the kind of nerdy bloke who loves faffing around with electronics, home automation and engineering it’s inevitable that you’ll look at something like this. There are of course many ways to achieve home automation – which really just boils down to turning lights on and off really. There are the internet based ones such as She Who Cannot Be Named which rely on using the internet to control your device and there are hub based ones that allow internet access for control but have local control.
I’ve used a few versions and loads of Chinese cheapo stuff thanks to getting them to review. And over time I’ve come to feel that this isn’t ideal. I wanted a system that is home centred and not internet based and thus I arrived here at Bosch.
What attracted me came down to two things. It’s Bosch not a no name Chinese or other Far Eastern company that was probably harvesting as much information as possible.
Secondly the Bosch system is based on local control. You do not need to be connected to the internet for this to work once set up and that means your data is yours, stored at home. It means that if your internet drops out for a second or two when an automation is due to start it will still work. Happy days.
The build quality is very good as you would hope and the setup is easy peasy.
Range is likely to be fine for a up to a medium sized estate house but not if you have a bigger house with solid walls. However, this isn’t too much of a problem because the more Bosch devices you add the better the range because they daisy chain the data stream. In other words if you have a plug in range of the hub but another plug further away the first plug will communicate with the last out of range plug to pass on the hub data. Basically the more things you add the better the overall data coverage.
The app is excellent. It’s excellent because it’s simple. The downside is that if you are the kind of person that wants a gazillion options (most of which never get used) then the app might be limited. However, if you want simplicity, robustness and an easy to set up routine, I’ve never seen anything easier. Top marks from me for sure.
Overall, I’ll be changing over everything to Bosch over time – at least as much as I can. Which is the negative in that the range of auxiliary devices is limited compared to some manufacturers. However, the security of not using Chinesium systems and locally stored data is a winner for me.

Works well
Works well.
Easy to install and configure.

Servers down
Hardware itself good, but the software (that you’re ultimately paying the premium for) was very poor. Servers down intermittently- sure they might fix that, but the whole point of the premium of smart capability just goes out the window if it is temperamental. Some servers can be unreliable, sure, but not those relating to your prized possessions going up in flames. (used alongside smoke detector).

Great!
Brilliant hub. Now supports matter!!

Fácil de instalar e integrar todo el sistema

Justice ce système pour protéger ma maison
Vous avez juste besoin de ce système qui est le cœur de votre maison et tout les autres équipements pourront ce connecter à votre système
Pour ma part j’ai le Twist version 1 qui j’avais peur de ne pas être compatible avec ce modèle version 2 l’est totalement. Très pratique pour enlever l’alarme si on a pas son téléphone sur soi.
Je dispose de deux contacts de portes et de deux sirènes extérieurs rechargeables avec leurs panneaux solaires. Pour un particulier, je recommande fortement ce type de système intrusion

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