- ECS is free and open source
Sources, build instructions, and design notes
- Capability/flexibility: ECS is simply the most powerful/flexible automation software there is
(and our customers concur).
It supports more devices
and features
than any other, its scripting language can implement any desired logic,
and its user-interface is extremely customizable.
- Dependability: ECS is a robust/well-tested/proven program that's been used in
homes, office buildings,
commercial/industrial sites, universities, public schools, sports arenas, a US stock exchange,
and over 80 dept stores.
A recent installation controls over 200 traffic-caution lights in a Virginia school district,
and another monitors tank levels for a Texas energy firm.
- Unrivaled tech support:
With many (if not most) tech companies, reaching a knowledgeable person is a time-consuming hassle.
And they are bothered by problem reports (when they should be thankful for them !).
In contrast, we are always easily reached by phone.
And when someone reports a problem to us, it immediately receives the highest priority
(and is usually corrected within the hour).
- Company experience/longevity: We've been developing automation software since 1990.
- Access security: In November/2006, world-class security experts at the Philadelphia stock exchange subjected
ECS to some 1800 unique hack attacks (all of which failed).
Since our founding in 1990, no one has ever reported
a security-related problem.
- Minimal memory/CPU footprint: The ECS executable is only around 4 meg,
and ECS sleeps when appropriate
(you won't even know it's running).
So ECS can run on most of those old PCs that have been retired to the closet.
- Private Label versions:
If you're interested in your own customized version of ECS
(which you may market as your own product),
click here.
- Easily interfaces with other software:
ECS supports a simple TCP/IP protocol,
through which other software can monitor/control any
devices that ECS supports.
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