I'm based in San Diego. I live in a high-rise (all glass and concrete). I'll look into this RadioRa2. I hadn't heard of it.

I've had a couple of different home-automation guys out to my place, but they're constantly trying to push $7,000+ systems on me. I'll admit Savant is very cool, but I refuse to spend that kind of money for something I know can be done for less. I'm not afraid of learning to configure the system myself; in fact, I would prefer it. This way I'm not trapped when I want to change something, or if something goes wrong, I'm not relying on one person to fix it for $200/hr.

Is RadioRa2 Mac friendly? That is, does the programming allow for an apple based computer to configure it? Also, I assume an iPad/iPhone app communicates with some sort of gateway device, that in turn talks to your various components, lights, window motors, etc.? Is this correct? Does this system use IR blasters for the infared components? What about the lighting and window treatments?