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Topic: | Ovrc vs ihiji This thread has 23 replies. Displaying posts 1 through 15. |
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Post 1 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 08:38 |
Can ihiji do anything ovrc can't?
Was just looking the two over. Curious to hear from those who have used both services
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Post 2 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 09:04 |
longshot16 Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2009 3,442 |
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The answer right now is yes. It can monitor anything on the network regardless of manufacturer. I can document internet speeds/ bandwidth so you can see when outages or hiccups come up.
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Post 3 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 09:05 |
rlustig Advanced Member |
Joined: Posts: | June 2004 915 |
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Wouldn't you need both? Ihiiji can monitor the system but you still need a watt box or something like it to physically power cycle certain devices. And the OVRC only monitors the status of things plugged directly into it right?
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Post 4 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 14:44 |
gtscalco Lurking Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2014 4 |
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ihiji is partnered with SnapAV to allow outlet control on their wattbox products as well as PoE port control of their managed Araknis switches. We also have power integration with over a dozen other power manufacturers as well as managed PoE switches to allow for a single point of management across all of your devices and vendors.
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Post 5 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 14:47 |
IBGoldbergs Lurking Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2014 2 |
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@rlustig is correct, you would need some sort of IP Power Management tool to power cycle the devices on your network. OVRC can help you manage the devices that you have within your SnapAV ecosystem, while ihiji brings all of these things underneath one centralized dashboard allowing you to manage ANY IP connected device.
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Post 6 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 20:27 |
Ranger Home Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | June 2007 3,486 |
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I'd like disclosures from our new posters. Welcome aboard.
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Post 7 made on Friday October 24, 2014 at 21:14 |
vwpower44 Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2004 3,662 |
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On October 24, 2014 at 14:44, gtscalco said...
We also have power integration with over a dozen other power manufacturers as well as managed PoE switches to allow for a single point of management across all of your devices and vendors. Cisco SG300 or SG200?
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Post 8 made on Saturday October 25, 2014 at 19:20 |
jimstolz76 Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2007 5,607 |
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Also with Ihiji you can remotely connect to pretty much anything you are monitoring. I use this more than I thought I would, like on small commercial jobs where you can't get their IT department to work with you and everything is locked down as far as remote access is concerned. We've even loaded Crestron programming remotely through Ihiji.
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Post 9 made on Monday October 27, 2014 at 15:29 |
IBGoldbergs Lurking Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2014 2 |
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@vwpower44 Yes, ihiji will integrate with those two switches. Our rule of thumb on the individual port resets would be that we integrate with any SNMP enabled managed switch.
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Post 10 made on Wednesday October 29, 2014 at 20:41 |
gtscalco Lurking Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2014 4 |
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@Ranger, happy to disclose! I'm a co-founder of ihiji and @IBGoldbergs is an employee who has also chimed in on the discussion to help clarify some of the discussion.
Regarding the SG200 and 300 from Cisco, the 300 is more popular with our dealer base but as @IBGoldbergs stated we generally support any SNMP capable switch for PoE port power cycles (this includes the full managed Araknis line).
Also, for clarification and disclose, we are a SnapAV partner and work very closely with them to ensure product compatibility.
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OP | Post 11 made on Thursday October 30, 2014 at 09:23 |
I'll have to look into this and see what kind of fees we are talking for the service
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Post 12 made on Monday December 29, 2014 at 13:15 |
PSS Select Member |
Joined: Posts: | December 2002 1,520 |
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On October 25, 2014 at 19:20, jimstolz76 said...
Also with Ihiji you can remotely connect to pretty much anything you are monitoring. I use this more than I thought I would, like on small commercial jobs where you can't get their IT department to work with you and everything is locked down as far as remote access is concerned. We've even loaded Crestron programming remotely through Ihiji. Stoltz- Can you give a little info on how your're using Ihiji across the board and how you're selling it to you clients, etc. I just ordered the dealer demo to try for a month. PM me directly if you want to give specifics. THANKS!!
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Post 13 made on Monday December 5, 2016 at 15:49 |
Mr. Brad Advanced Member |
Joined: Posts: | April 2008 934 |
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I'm bumping this thread because I believe both products have evolved significantly in the last two years. Is anyone familiar with both products and have actual user experience?
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Post 14 made on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at 20:14 |
juliejacobson CE Pro Magazine |
Joined: Posts: | April 2003 3,032 |
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On October 24, 2014 at 14:47, IBGoldbergs said...
@rlustig is correct, you would need some sort of IP Power Management tool to power cycle the devices on your network. OVRC can help you manage the devices that you have within your SnapAV ecosystem, while ihiji brings all of these things underneath one centralized dashboard allowing you to manage ANY IP connected device. Third-party devices as well, like URC.
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Post 15 made on Tuesday December 6, 2016 at 20:22 |
juliejacobson CE Pro Magazine |
Joined: Posts: | April 2003 3,032 |
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Ihiji has a head start. It integrates more tightly with home control and other smart systems. So, for example, you can get the ZigBee nodes on Control4 systems (but now so can Pakedge). Companies like Sony are incorporating Ihiji tech into products (receivers for now) for remote monitoring and control of certain functions. Not sure if that's on the roadmap for SnapAv. Ihiji has a monetization tool (setting up accounts, collections, monetizing service calls, etc.) because, frankly, that's what trips up most integrators.
SnapAV is newer, but they are catching up fast. They're cheaper too, I believe, and have vast resources, plus thousands of very active dealers. They too are building out business tools, including end-user marketing.
Even cheaper: Krika and Domotz, also some useful stuff there.
Also: Digital Butler.
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