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Mozilla WebThings is pretty cool. The gateway software runs on a Pi. They have their own open protocol over wifi or you can use ie. a ZigBee adapter. I've playe

Mozilla WebThings is pretty cool. The gateway software runs on a Pi. They have their own open protocol over wifi or you can use ie. a ZigBee adapter. I've played with it and I think it has a lot of potential.

mehhh 7y ago
Device drivers seem to be the main issue for IoT gateways. That being said, I have been really impressed with Arcus, the open sourced Lowes IoT platform (formerly known as Iris). ZigBee & Z-Wave work out of the box, very broad device support, writing templates for new devices is pretty straightforward.
- chrisbennet 7y ago
  "Iris by Lowe’s is gone, but here’s the open source code to keep your smart devices alive Lowe's closed Iris, now renamed Arcus, but released software to let these smart home products continue to work" https://www.gearbrain.com/iris-lowes-arcus-smart-home-2633475020.html https://www.gearbrain.com/iris-lowes-arcus-smart-home-263347...
  - JoBrad 7y ago
    I didn’t know they did that. Really commendable.
    - mehhh 7y ago
      Lowes also gave everyone back all the money they paid for Iris hardware, the only thibg they did not refund were monthly service subscriptions. Best Buy just shut down their IoT offering, open sourced nothing and gave no refunds.