jamesmbond7 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 When oh when will Control4 figure out Google Home integration???? Been waiting for year+ for something better than the IFTTT driver (painful installation even my dealer can't figure out) and the no-longer-working echo driver (that used Philips Hue workaround). shockingly nothing officially mentioned from C4 on this...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Maybe there is a lot more to it then just writing the integration... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Echo driver is working the last I used it. Google needs to become an official partner with C4, before C4 would even think of creating the driver/integration. C4 will not produce drivers without manufacturer consent. 3rd party on the other hand is a different story, but isn't that what happened to the original Home driver? API changed, broke integration and now sits on the minds shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmbond7 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Correct, the driver (echo? forget its name) used Philips Hue driver as a work-around but doesn't work anymore for any new Google Home implementations (only works for legacy customers who still have the Google Home to Philips Hue integrated, new systems can't make the connection). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I believe the driver was written by Epic systems who also wrote a very good Amazon Alexa/Echo driver that was around before the C4 driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmbond7 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, zaphod said: I believe the driver was written by Epic systems who also wrote a very good Amazon Alexa/Echo driver that was around before the C4 driver. Yes Epic was the driver - thanks. I now use their Alexa driver but like the Google Home much better than Alexa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 minute ago, jamesmbond7 said: Yes Epic was the driver - thanks. I now use their Alexa driver but like the Google Home much better than Alexa. Why is that? I find the C4 integration to be, by far, the most useful aspect of smart speakers. My voice commands didn't work for a week and it was very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, zaphod said: Why is that? I find the C4 integration to be, by far, the most useful aspect of smart speakers. My voice commands didn't work for a week and it was very annoying. +1 I only use my Dots for C4 integration and I use native C4, the Epic driver and Alan’s IFTTT driver. For some reason the IFTTT integration has been flaky for the last week and it has driven us batty - saying “trigger open blinds” and nothing happens in the morning is highly frustrating (as it ya storied foawlessly for over a year) and I struggled to figure out which button to push to do it without voice. This just shows how reliant my family has become on Alexa in the last year or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, lippavisual said: Google needs to become an official partner with C4, before C4 would even think of creating the driver/integration. C4 will not produce drivers without manufacturer consent. So what happened with Fire Tv Driver ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 There was no partnership there. So what happened with Fire Tv Driver ? Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic30101 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 8 hours ago, jamesmbond7 said: painful installation even my dealer can't figure out It is very tedious but far from impossible to implement. I have about 100 commands and they work very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 10 hours ago, jamesmbond7 said: When oh when will Control4 figure out Google Home integration???? Been waiting for year+ for something better than the IFTTT driver (painful installation even my dealer can't figure out) and the no-longer-working echo driver (that used Philips Hue workaround). shockingly nothing officially mentioned from C4 on this...... One word: Lawyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 9 hours ago, msgreenf said: There was no partnership there. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk So they could Break the Alexa Driver too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 No. I never said that. You asked about the fire TV. I answered about the fire TV So they could Break the Alexa Driver too ?Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I no you never said that - I was asking if they could break that Too ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Alexa has an api which control4 uses. Could they break it sure. But unlikely since thousands use the api. I no you never said that - I was asking if they could break that Too ?Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 9 hours ago, msgreenf said: Alexa has an api which control4 uses. Could they break it sure. But unlikely since thousands use the api. Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk And there IS an actual agreement on use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Actually the Epic Alexa driver did partially break a few weeks ago and needed to be revised. It is still semi-broken for me but that may be because I am still on 2.9.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 3:55 PM, South Africa C4 user said: +1 I only use my Dots for C4 integration and I use native C4, the Epic driver and Alan’s IFTTT driver. For some reason the IFTTT integration has been flaky for the last week and it has driven us batty - saying “trigger open blinds” and nothing happens in the morning is highly frustrating (as it ya storied foawlessly for over a year) and I struggled to figure out which button to push to do it without voice. This just shows how reliant my family has become on Alexa in the last year or two! why not just use our (Epic Systems) driver for raising and lowering the blinds? It would be more natural to say "Raise the blinds" or "Lower the blinds", or you could create an Alexa Routine for Open the Blinds and Close the Blinds and have that call our SET and OFF events...if you prefer to use the words open and close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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