Cyknight Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 2016-08-27 at 0:59 PM, pkkaiser said: Chowmain's new IFTTT maker will do the realtime monitoring you need for Nest Protect using the NEST channel of IFTTT, it would immediately fire a pushover notification that you can program off of in C4... Why? The timing would be the same for the IFTTT or Control4 - you're just adding an additional step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I get a push notification from nest and c4 every time I cook bacon and it gets a little smokey. They come about the same time. Hardwired protects. I think your issue is programming off a color change and not binding the protect to a generic smoke detector then program "when generic smoke detects smoke" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 On 30 August 2016 at 2:45 AM, Cyknight said: Why? The timing would be the same for the IFTTT or Control4 - you're just adding an additional step. What he's trying to say is that our IFTTT driver uses pushover as middleware to hand off instant incoming commands to Control4. As such any device or service available on IFTTT can now communicate to Control4 for instant event firing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, alanchow said: What he's trying to say is that our IFTTT driver uses pushover as middleware to hand off instant incoming commands to Control4. As such any device or service available on IFTTT can now communicate to Control4 for instant event firing. Sure - but I'm unclear what particular trigger you'd get via NEST to IFTTT to Control4 that you wouldn't get via NEST to Control4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 2 hours ago, Cyknight said: Sure - but I'm unclear what particular trigger you'd get via NEST to IFTTT to Control4 that you wouldn't get via NEST to Control4? I didn't know there was a nest protect driver. thought there was only a thermostat one. learn something new every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 On 04/09/2016 at 5:29 PM, knowitall said: I get a push notification from nest and c4 every time I cook bacon and it gets a little smokey. They come about the same time. Hardwired protects. I think your issue is programming off a color change and not binding the protect to a generic smoke detector then program "when generic smoke detects smoke" Sorry to dig up this thread but can you confirm exactly how you are programming against the Nest protect? Are you programming against the UI colour state of the Protect or the Smoke_Alarm State. I have bound the Protect to a generic smoke detector but can't see a way of programming from the Nest to tell the generic smoke detector it has detected smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 3 hours ago, angusm said: Sorry to dig up this thread but can you confirm exactly how you are programming against the Nest protect? Are you programming against the UI colour state of the Protect or the Smoke_Alarm State. I have bound the Protect to a generic smoke detector but can't see a way of programming from the Nest to tell the generic smoke detector it has detected smoke. I'm doing exactly what I said...in connections you have to bind the Nest protect smoke alarm contact sensor to a generic smoke detector and program off the generic smoke detector "when smoke detects smoke" The protect reports the contact closure thru the API that's all back end, nothing you have to program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 15 hours ago, knowitall said: I'm doing exactly what I said...in connections you have to bind the Nest protect smoke alarm contact sensor to a generic smoke detector and program off the generic smoke detector "when smoke detects smoke" The protect reports the contact closure thru the API that's all back end, nothing you have to program Great, much more straight forward than I realised. Time to go and burn some toast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 10/09/2017 at 7:29 AM, angusm said: Great, much more straight forward than I realised. Time to go and burn some toast! All tested ok over the weekend, so thanks for that. Amazingly my wife did actually burn the toast this morning and we all got the notification! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Apologies an extra question. How does C4 deal with multiple Protects within the home? As far as I can see there is no way to identify different units within C4, is that correct? I would like to program different Protects to turn different lights on if they detect smoke but don't think this is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 What OS and drivers are you using? When you pull them in it should show all the proctect which you can then bind to generic smokes and program. I've never been satisfied programming off the protect itself. Glitchy for some reason for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsong Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Since Nest can use geofencing to know if youre home or away, can control4 be used to trigger off that for geofencing pusposes ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 9/11/2017 at 8:16 PM, knowitall said: What OS and drivers are you using? When you pull them in it should show all the proctect which you can then bind to generic smokes and program. I've never been satisfied programming off the protect itself. Glitchy for some reason for me. OS is 2.10, driver is the 2.7+ version 6. Master Driver doesn't show the different protects, the protect driver just shows Online True. Programming off the generic smoke works great but can't seem to specify different Protects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowitall Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 It's been a while since I set it up, but IIRC once you add the master driver and login/authorize the account it pulls in all the devices automatically on said account. May need Cpro to do so. My guess is it's not setup properly or maybe you added devices after initial install? cannot answer the geofence question. My best will go "away" then my dog wakes up for some water or food or to bark at the door for no reason and makes my system think someone is always home. Or she's smart and gets hot and knows how to turn the air on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusm Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I am using Pro. Went to the master driver and set-up account again and all working well. Doesn't pull in the devices but when you add the Protect driver you can bind to the correct proxy. Bind a dummy smoke detector to the protect and you are away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeonline Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 It's a major drawback that Nest Protect doesn't communicate motion sensing via its API. I could buy more Nest Protects and put them in each room instead of buying additional motion sensors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake0508 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Are the protects able to run a lighting even or flash porch lights of smoke is detected? It looks like it will only send notifications and maybe control the color of the ring. Is that correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Are the protects able to run a lighting even or flash porch lights of smoke is detected? It looks like it will only send notifications and maybe control the color of the ring. Is that correct?You can get notified on event and have it trigger anything Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake0508 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Awesome! I have several Halo detectors and was wondering if it would be worth swapping them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Is there an experience button or device driver that could be used to have the status of a Nest Protect visible in the C4 UI? i see a previous note about a generic smoke detector but confused because the best protect has sensor outputs for both fire and co which I presume were supposed to be connected somewhere but aren’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallom Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Is there an experience button or device driver that could be used to have the status of a Nest Protect visible in the C4 UI? i see a previous note about a generic smoke detector but confused because the best protect has sensor outputs for both fire and co which I presume were supposed to be connected somewhere but aren’t Thats right. There are 2 bindings to be made per nest protect, one to a generic smoke detector driver and another to a CO2 generic driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Thanks. I don’t see any drivers other than the card access smoke one when I search. Can you give me the names of what to look for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Not in search, In the devices tab you will find all generic devices, you add them to your room and bind them to your Nest Protect, am assuming you have ComposerPro ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Thanks. I misunderstood. Was thinking driver not device. Makes perfect sense now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Note that Works with Nest is announced to be killed off, can't be sure yet if it will get replaced with works with google assist, or when... C4's nest drivers are all works with nest drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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