C4 User Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Currently the app allows one to set it to open to a default room or the last room viewed.It would be really nice to have the option to open (or switch) to the current room the iOS or Android device is located in.Although I am no network or wifi engineer, I would think there is some way to add a C4 newtwork (not zigbee) device to each room that by wifi signal strength or some other method would tell my iOS device which room I am in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Its geofencing/ibeacon type technology. Search geofencing for previous discussion. Not supported yet but should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyevans Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 +1 for this request to have the Control4 iOS App support iBeacons I bought a Geohopper iBeacon from Amazon for $30 and integrated it with Control4 using the HTTP Driver to turn on/off lights. It can trigger a web service/URL in C4 when leaving/entering a room (or any GPS location). The "Home Remote" app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/home-remote-home-automation/id926193671?mt=8) also supports beacons and can trigger a URL. It depends on bluetooth and doesn't seem predictable/reliable with only one iBeacon (randomly entering/leaving the room), but they say it is more reliable with a iBeacon per room. Has anyone else had better luck? Some other apps already have support for iBeacons that can switch the room to the closest iBeacon (see the thread here http://www.roomieremote.com/forums/topic/ibeacons/). For now I'll just stick with motion detectors, but it will be nice when the Connect4 App supports iBeacons directly. We will start to see a lot more of this as IOT continues to take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalschjj29 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Hopefully they will soon. Crestron does with its new PinPoint. We haven't installed any of these yet but am curious how well they work. They are just outlet modules. Maybe C4 could do something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I don't really care for C4 to do it, as they will mark up the iBeacons too much. Just need a driver for what is out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.