About this app

The Home Control Assistant is a full featured Home Automation application. This Android application is a client to the HCA Server running in your home. Using HCA you can control, program, and schedule lights and appliances using many popular automation protocols.

Unlike other home control systems, HCA is designed not to just control your home but also to program it. You don't need to accept the simple "control a device" from a distance offered by some automation solutions. Using HCA you can create an automation solution that responds to your needs by combining multiple device in complex scenarios involving events, time, location, state of the home, etc. These programs express your intent of how your installation should work.

In addition, you are not locked into an application that displays as it wants to. You can create the page structure you see when interacting with the HCA client on your mobile device. This can be configured on a device-by-device basis and on a user-by-user basis. For some users, the display can show a complete set of pages for each room. For other users it can display a smaller set of only selected devices. For the least technical users you can create a simple keypad like interface that offers only those actions you want to make available for them.

New in version 13: The HCA server contains facilities that work with the Amazon Alexa Connected Home system to allow voice control of device and programs.

In one inclusive package HCA provides for creation and operation of simple to complex automation designs. The top 20 feature list:

1. Integrates Insteon, UPB, and other power line technologies

2. Supports IP addressed IR interfaces

3. Supports whole-house wireless

4. Can be used in a client-server mode with multiple simultaneous read-write clients for complete local and remote access to design

5. Amazon Alexa interaction

6. Clients for Windows, Android, and iOS

7. Visual tools for scheduling and programming

8. Unlimited number of programs to respond to events. Constructed in a graphical manner from over 60 different actions

9. Supports text based scripts in any scripting language that can utilize the extensive HCA object model

10. Control interface creates a simplified control oriented user interface

11. Integrate into the HCA user Interface views of other applications: security, power management, and cameras using HTML views

12. Send email and SMS messages as part of a program action

13. Create and view Insteon scenes in a graphical manner and remotely program those scenes into Insteon devices

14. Bridge power line technologies by using multiple power line interfaces simultaneously. Create bridge maps to automatically translate between different technology commands

15. Integrates weather data from a variety of sources

16. Powerful "whole house modes" for quick power saving programming

17. Background design checker quickly locate design problems

18. Configurable Alert Mechanism for handling exceptional conditions

19. Many tools for creating, viewing, modifying, and documenting the design

20. HCA is well documented in extensive User Guide and Video series.


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New features

Minor changes to support possible future changes to remote connections. Changes in support of current mobile platform versions.

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to access information about networks.