Home > Vera Z-Wave® Home Automation and Monitoring System of Door Locks, Lights, and More!

GoKeyless™, a worldwide leader in keyless locks and keyless access control, and Mi Casa Verde, makers of Vera, the revolutionary, low-cost home automation and monitoring system, have joined forces to give you greater choice and flexibility for setting up your new remote controlled Schlage® LiNK™ locks, and your Z-Wave® enabled devices, such as your lights, thermostat, shades, TV, and other appliances.

Vera is an amazingly simple solution for controlling your home, your home security, and energy usage. As a built-in wireless WiFi access point, Vera lets you remotely manage and oversee your appliances, lighting, thermostat, and all other products which make use of Z-Wave, including wireless and wired surveillance cameras.  The energy tracking component to Vera is slick.  Think of Vera as an energy conservation tool.  It continually monitors and records how much energy you are using.  Each time lights are turned on, or an appliance with your home is used, Vera traces it, and computes your energy use in an easy to understand, visually friendly display so you can can save money.  If you ever leave something on, like your lights or flat screen television, Vera has the ability to notify you.  With your web-connected cell phone, or an internet-connected PC, you can turn them off.

To begin, all you need is your new Schlage® LiNK™ add-on lock, the Vera unit, and an active paid subscription to the Z-Wave® gateway at Findvera.com*. (FREE Basic Service -  There is no charge for using the FindVera service for secure, remote access of your home from a web browser or cell phone.  There is also no charge for email notifications.  Scroll down for details)  Next, plug in Vera, connect it to your router (or modem/IP Network), and then Vera does the rest.  Vera will recognize your new Schlage® LiNK™ locks, and any other Z-Wave® enabled home automation devices such as your lighting, and thermostat.

Z-Wave® is a widely used wireless control protocol, and combined with Vera and Schlage® LiNK™, provides you 24/7 command of your property's security, energy use, and on-site appliances.  Excruciatingly simple to setup and use, and fully hack-proof, (same commercial grade security used for online banking) Vera is essential for anyone looking to better protect their loved ones, experience the thrill and convenience of remote automation, and reduce their energy costs.

Features

• Sets up easily
• Protected access from wherever you are
• Works seamlessly with anything utlizing Z-Wave
• Built-in Z-Wave module for around the clock always on performance
• Save on your monthly energy bill by reviewing present and past energy use
• Home automation made easy
• Use with Z-Wave enabled security cameras, including wi-fi, and wired network cameras
• Takes guesswork out of home networking
• Features audio/video
• Vera doubles as a universal remote
• Programmers dream, Vera is an open platform
• 1 year manufacturer warranty
• Free tech support

What can Vera do for you?

1. Send you an email or text message (SMS) when an event occurs, for example, when your son or daughter arrive home from school
2. Let you setup commands for an actionable event, for example, as soon as your child comes home from school, the lights turn on, and the air kicks in to bring down the temperature.  Then in 5 minutes, certain lights automatically turn off to conserve energy (trust us, your kids will forget to turn them off!)
3. Remotely access, monitor and administer from any web-connected PC, or web-enabled phone, your Schlage® LiNK™ wireless locks, and your other Z-Wave® devices
4. Add, change or delete the codes used to gain access to your property remotely, for example, one of your appliances needs service, but you won't be there to let the trade person in.  You simply logon to Findvera.com, access your lock device, and setup a temporary code for the contractor

*FREE Basic Service
No charge for lifetime subscription to Findvera.com and access to all of your property's  automation devices.  Additional locations where you install Vera you receive FREE basic service as well.

$29/year for Enhanced Services
For $29/year you can receive notifications by SMS text message in addition to, or instead of, the free email notifications. This price includes up to 50 SMS text messages for the year, domestic or international, to any cell phone carrier worldwide. This price also includes 1GB of storage on the findvera server to store a video archive from your surveillance and IP web cams, which cameras can be tied to sensors and door locks so you have a video record of who is coming and going from the home. This is enough for about 50,000 images. This service also includes remote monitoring of your Vera with an email or SMS text notification if your Vera stops working for some reason. You also get automatic daily backups of Vera's configuration so, in the event your Vera unit fails, you can restore a backup and not lose any data. Lastly, the service also includes 1 year of energy logging, tracking all your energy usage by device, room, etc.

$10 for 50 Extra SMS Text Messages
If you need more than the 50 text messages includes in the $29/year package, extra text messages are available. The text messages can be domestic or international, to any cell phone carrier worldwide. Whenever your available text messages are running low you will be sent an email with a link to allow you to purchase more text messages.

$5 Per Gigabyte Per Year for Extra Storage
When your available space for video archiving is low you will be sent an email with a link to allow you to purchase more space.erde, vera

Technical Specifications
~ Z-Wave version: 5.0
~ Ethernet ports: 2
~ USB ports: 2
~ Wi-Fi: 802.11g
~ Power consumption: 6 watts
~ Operating system: Linux
~ CPU: Broadcom BCM5354 chip rev 2 (BCM3302 V2.9)
~ Includes rechargeable battery pack for Zwave inclusion