OnSiteMonitor

While some may view it as a hobby or gimmick, home automation is a solid investment for your home that is bound to increase the safety and comfort. Given the ever-expanding number of devices available in this sense, nowadays is easy and tempting to put the smart home technology to good use.

OnSiteMonitor is a platform designed to help you create and customize a home automation system capable of managing everything in your house, fro doors, windows and lighting to security cameras and making phone calls.

The program comes with a clean and intuitive interface that is unlikely to give you any troubles, irrespective of your experience with previous apps. Nevertheless, on initial launch, you should dedicate the time to add the devices that you need to manage remotely. You will be happy to learn that the app supports most camera models along with their features as well as the digital switches on your appliances.

Once you are done with the devices, you can proceed with creating the events and actions to be taken after they are triggered. Take note that you can set up several actions for a single event, including or not limited to making phone calls, sending emails, enabling or disabling the monitoring for certain devices, just to give a few examples.

The tool allows you to turn the automation system on and off with just one click, a feature that can come in handy for anyone who is managing a vacation home for instance. At the same time, the program can be accessed from mobile devices as well.

While the footage is stored on your local computer by default, you should bear in mind that you could use OneDrive to access them remotely. Moreover, the app can be set to monitor the available space on your hard drives and alert you when it reaches a pre-defined threshold. Consequentially, you do not need to worry about missing data in case of an unfortunate event.

Regardless of whether you want to control the HVAC seamlessly, protect your home from intruders, cut down on the energy usage or simply reduce the threats for the children or pets that are in the house when you are away, OnSiteMonitor provides you with a convenient way to monitor all your devices and gadgets from one place.