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The Home Control Assistant is a Windows based program that works with a variety of automation interfaces to control lights and appliances in your home. If you are just starting with home automation, or have been using software from other vendors and are disappointed with those products, HCA may be just what you are looking for.
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 | HCA 7.1, the first point release
of HCA 7 is now available for download by registered users. This version
includes the new Protocol Bridge feature! After an
easy setup, you can control X10 devices with Insteon keypads, Insteon devices
with X10 keypads, and works with UPB too! |
| HCA 7.1 now specifically built
for Windows Vista. |
| Updated HCA 7 web support (web
version 7.1) now
available. |
| HCA 7 is now
available!
Read all about what's in it.
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| Are you using a previous version
of HCA and want to upgrade to version 7? It's simple! |
| Want to try a evaluation copy of
HCA? Find out how to download an evaluation copy of HCA. |
| How do I purchase HCA?
Couldn't be simpler! |
| I've Just bought a copy of HCA and want to register
it? Easy! Just go here |
| HCA 6.3a released. This is
the third point release of HCA 6 containing enhancements and bug fixes. Available for
download by all HCA 6 registered users. |
| Do you want to be notified when a new version of HCA is released? Now with our Announcement Only email list it's simple. Don't want to get a lot of email from us? Don't worry, you won't! Sign up here. |
| What's the latest HCA version? Like you, we wish that all software be without bugs! Unfortunately we make them but we do fix them! How do I get the latest version? Look here. Are you a registered user? Using the Self Service Upgrade feature you can be up and running in little more than the time it takes to do the download. |
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Current weather conditions at HCA Central. Why is this important? |
In today's complex environment, busy people can benefit from a home environment that anticipates their needs and helps take care of itself. For instance, suppose your house could:
| Turn on outside and entryway lights at dusk everyday, or before you get home from work on weekdays? |
| Automatically run the hot tub filter during the day the right amount of time depending upon the season, or start the heater, filter and turn on the room lights all at the flick of one switch? And turn them all off again when you're done? |
| Dim hall lights, turn on a ceiling light, and turn on the children's night light at a preset time each evening? |
| Turn on kitchen lights, and start the coffee pot at the same time every weekday morning? And at a different time on the weekends? |
| Turn all the lights in your house on or off when you press one switch at your bedside? |
| Integrate into one solution weather stations, thermostats, programmable switches and downloadable controllers? |
| Handle power failures by restoring the previous state of your home when power is restored? |
All of these things are possible using your home computer and the Home Control Assistant software.
The Home Control Assistant can help you program your house to automatically respond to your typical schedule on weekdays, or a weekend or vacation schedule. You can set up a schedule to make your home looked lived in when you are away and start that schedule with one button as you leave. When you return, switch to an at home schedule with the same one button. Also, you can save energy by automatically turning lights and appliances off after you're in bed.
The Home Control Assistant makes all this possible - and possible for everyone. HCA contains a number of features that, for the first time, make automation technology accessible to both technical and non-technical users.
To learn more take very a quick tour of the Home Control Assistant.
Most home automation software on the market today was written by and for gadget lovers. While some software is very technically capable, it is often hard to use. We approached the design and construction of the Home Control Assistant from a modern software perspective. All the features that have been pioneered by Microsoft in their productivity applications - wizards, object properties, property inspectors, visual tools - have been built into HCA. While we don't have the designed for Windows logo (there doesn't seem to be a category for this sort of program) we do meet all the relevant parts of that specification.
You will see the difference. HCA is home automation for the rest of us.
On this web site we've provided a number of resources to help you learn about our products, resolve problems, report bugs, and suggest improvements.
The Home Control Assistant is a product of Advanced Quonset Technology, Inc., a Washington based corporation. This web site is Copyright (c) 2002-2007 by Advanced Quonset Technology, Inc.
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