HCA2.1.6 - App Store

HCA is a companion app for the Home Control Assistant Server desktop application.

It is a client that connects to your HCA Server home automation system over WiFi or Cell network. I have no affiliation with the makers of HCA Server - I'm just a user providing this app for free to people who already own HCA Server.

With this app, you can:

- Control your home lighting, thermostat and other automation devices remotely.
- Check on the status of motion and door/window sensors and your alarm system.
- Trigger the execution of HCA programs to expand your remote automation capability.
- Control the keypads throughout your home.
- Use GeoFences to cause an HCA program to execute when entering/leaving an area.
- View the HCA log and filters
- Synchronize your custom icons from the HCA server to the app.
- View your custom HTML pages generated by the HCA Server

- Much, Much more!

NOTE: For geofences, the users location is NEVER transmitted to the server or anywhere else outside of the app. It is used only by iOS to track the geofence. The app only sends the user-supplied name of the geofence to the server.

For a video showing how to setup and use the app, see here:

Part 1:

https://youtu.be/IRWOgmouC_c

Part 2:

https://youtu.be/-On3jNJHW6M

Please provide feedback on what features you would like to see implemented next!

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Version History Small fix for some UI issues related to text color 2.1.6 06/08/2022 Minor changes to support possible future changes to remote connections. Changes in support of current mobile platforms. 2.1.5 05/27/2022 - Changes in support of iOS version 14 for iPads
- Thermostat font changes for readability on iPhone
- Correction for button order on UPB KPC7 style keypads 2.1.4 12/08/2020 Support for iPad OS 14 2.1.3 10/29/2020 Bug fixes for iPadOS 13.3 and up. Text color overlay fixes. 2.1.2 04/06/2020 Updates and bug fixes for iOS 13 including restored menu button, location permissions, and text visibility when device is in dark mode. 2.1.1 12/14/2019 Upgraded HCA protocol
Overlay annotation text on icons
Add new icons
Fix bugs 2.1.0 11/06/2019 What's new?
- Support for HCA version 14
- Additional icons
- No longer shows if a device is suspended or not
- Shows device communication error by icon label in red text 2.0.3 06/19/2017 Updated to grayscale device icons 2.0.2 04/18/2016 bug fix release:
- Don't disconnect on HCA protocol errors.
- Better error messages for server side errors.
- Fixed support for virtual keypad.
- Clean up server settings and failover logic
- Fix custom icon sync issue when icons are changed on the server side. 2.0.1 01/06/2016 Major Upgrade!

New features:

- Updated UI with cleaner look
- Geo Fences - location based action
- Updated thermostat support (Nest etc)
- HCA Log viewer
- Custom Icons synced from HCA Server
- Support for more keypad types
- HTML Displays (dynamic and static) 2.0 08/13/2015 - Auto fail-over to backup HCA server.
- Improved messages during connection to HCA server.
- Improved dim slider behavior.
- Dim slider dim percentage easier to see while changing setting. 1.0.2 07/07/2014 - Better handling of app in background/lock screen
- Handle non-UTF8 character sets (non-English language character sets) in HCA design. 1.0.1 05/23/2014 1.0 05/07/2014