Home Control System Overview: What Is All This Stuff?
We’ve put together best-of-class devices from a variety of manufacturers to provide you with the
best possible home control experience. Inside this box are the components of your Vera System.
Each component is described separately on the next page, and each also comes with its own
instructions. That’s where this Quick Start Guide comes in—it’s our mission to “pull it all together”
for you!
How All These Components Work Together
• At the heart of your Vera System is the Controller, an ultra-reliable special purpose computer
that’s on all the time (at very low power), standing by to receive signals from the other Devices.
The wireless communications, called “Z-Wave,” allow the Controller to send signals to the
Devices, such as to dim lights or open a door lock.
• The Controller is itself controlled by you—using a web browser on your PC or a mobile app on
your smartphone, or through automated routines or “Scenes” that you create (such as to
adjust the thermostat so energy is only used when someone is home.)
• The Controller is also connected to the Internet, so you can securely operate Devices remotely.
Using the Internet the Controller also sends you text and email messages about what’s going
on in your home.
