Always Thinking, Inc.

15608 Edgegrove Road
Purcellville, VA 20132

For more information on: Thinking Home
Demo: www.alwaysthinking.com/download.html
Main web site: www.alwaysthinking.com

Keywords: Home Automation

Short Description

The easiest-to-use, affordable home automation solution for Mac OS X just took a big step forward! v2.0 is a completely new application with a modern design that delivers performance without compromising ease of use.

Long Description

Thinking Home v2.0 supports some of the most popular new hardware, including both PowerLinc V2 models, ActiveHome Pro (CM-15A) and more than 75 other models of gadgets and scores of USB serial adapters.

While still the easiest to use, v2.0 is better equipped to run 24-7 and make use of Mac-only things like speech, scripts, email, instant messaging and web access.

Take a quick peek at the screenshots of the windows on the preview page.

You’re invited to try out Thinking Home 2.0 as a demo for free. And compare to other leading Mac home automation software.

Here are some of the highlights:

Faster than ever!
In many cases, it can store your schedule in a controller and let you turn off your Mac.
Built-in speech recognition. You say "Turn on the living room lamp." and it does!
Setup Assistant to help you get started
Gadget Guide with more than 75 models of hardware
INSTEON and X-10 standards
Events and Responders can operate gadgets, open web pages, play audio, all kinds of actions
Innovative Desktop Remote operates your gadgets directly from the Finder
Sherlock plug-in for finding answers in home automation forums, wiki's and newsgroups
Web access that fits seamlessly with Apple's built-in Personal Web Sharing
Email and iChat/AOL Instant Messenger, even to cell phones
Scripting with AppleScript and virtually any language you have installed (unix shell scripts, Python, Perl, etc.)
Voice commands and spoken announcements
Logging
Operating System Requirements:

Mac OS 10.3.9 or later
Additional Requirements:

Non-USB controller models require a USB-serial adapter.
The Sherlock feature is available on Mac OS 10.4 and earlier.