Save Instant Pack Film – You can help!

Long before there was Home Automation, before computers connected the world, and digital cameras lived in everyone’s pocket, there was the Polaroid Instant pack film camera, an innovation released to the world over 50 years ago.  It’s hard to escape the realization that world is a much different place than it was 50 years ago; it was a time when instant gratification had… Read More »

Outage is Over – What you need to know!

For most, Tuesday’s Iris outage is over with some experiencing a few minor, lingering issues.  IrisByLowes has released an impact statement with some very helpful troubleshooting information for anyone who is still experiencing issues with their system. On March 8th at approximately 3:00 PM EST the Iris platform experienced a database failure due to a process issue which has since… Read More »

Works with Iris: PeQ Water Sensor

We have a small bit of good news for users of Iris 2.0.  It’s no secret that the original Iris had a quirk where some devices, despite having no official support, would pair with basic functionality.  Some of those devices could even be controlled with rules.  So far Iris 2.0 doesn’t have any official generic device support, however as luck would have it… Read More »