indecision Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 My apologies if this has been covered in other topics but my searches yielded very few results. Carplay/Android Auto seems like such a natural extension for the C4 platform. Having access to garage doors, lighting and a few other items would be great to have on screen in our vehicles. I have seen references to others using Carplay with C4 though 3rd party integrations. Could anyone share what integration/driver that you are using and anywhere that I could go for more information? I am a dealer and want to experiment with it on our demo system. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaas Mayer Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 apple doesnt allow any genre of carplay apps. as far as i know homeautomation is forbidden. maybe we will see a homekit integration at the apple developer conf in june Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cohen Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 I have no experience on the Apple side of this, but I've been using Android Auto in my vehicles in this way for the last couple of years. I give a simple voice command, and it opens the garage door, unlocks the door to the house, turns off the alarm, and turns on the lights. Works really well, and we really like the ease of use here. It might not be enough for you to switch to Android, but just wanted to mention that this does work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Google Assistant w Android auto works great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Kaas Mayer said: apple doesnt allow any genre of carplay apps. as far as i know homeautomation is forbidden. maybe we will see a homekit integration at the apple developer conf in june Just because there's no CarPlay for apple home or c4 apps doesn't mean apple doesn't allow. If you go the the CarPlay dashboard, your garage will show up when you are close to home. <- example of home automation in CarPlay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Same as @Don Cohen and others Google asst w AA works perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Don Cohen said: I have no experience on the Apple side of this, but I've been using Android Auto in my vehicles in this way for the last couple of years. I give a simple voice command, and it opens the garage door, unlocks the door to the house, turns off the alarm, and turns on the lights. Works really well, and we really like the ease of use here. It might not be enough for you to switch to Android, but just wanted to mention that this does work well. two things here.....for apple. the first, in order to use apple anything for automation (I mean HomeKit, not the c4 app) you will need to home bridge driver/app. -> http://www.varietassoftware.com/control4/ now the bad news, in CarPlay only 1 garage will be available as an option. through C4 I can use CarPlay to open the garage then automate other things based on time of day. the good news, you can use Siri to ask for automation tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indecision Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Thanks guys. I am actually an Android user for the past 10+ years. I have been considering making the switch to iOS but not right away. Those of you using Android Auto...you are just using the voice capabilities, correct? No visuals on the screen? It would be great to see the status of a garage door or lighting on the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Cohen Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, indecision said: Thanks guys. I am actually an Android user for the past 10+ years. I have been considering making the switch to iOS but not right away. Those of you using Android Auto...you are just using the voice capabilities, correct. No visuals on the screen? It would be great to see the status of a garage door or lighting on the screen. Correct. Google Assistance voice commands only. If there is a way to get device status on-screen, I'm not aware of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indecision Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 8 hours ago, ekohn00 said: two things here.....for apple. the first, in order to use apple anything for automation (I mean HomeKit, not the c4 app) you will need to home bridge driver/app. -> http://www.varietassoftware.com/control4/ now the bad news, in CarPlay only 1 garage will be available as an option. through C4 I can use CarPlay to open the garage then automate other things based on time of day. the good news, you can use Siri to ask for automation tasks. Thank you for the link/info. The Varietas solution is interesting. Has anyone used the DVI Automation's Homekit driver? https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/siri-voice-module/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper J Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Apple currently doesn't allow home automation apps for CarPlay - right now, it's just a small list of categories that they're willing to support for CarPlay: Audio Communication EV Charging Navigation Parking Quick Food Ordering In fact, to even add support for CarPlay to your iOS app requires requesting the appropriate permissions from Apple - it's not something a developer can just enable to even experiment with. You may want to look into some of the other solutions mentioned above, but right now, CarPlay isn't an option for us to add to the iOS app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Skipper J said: Apple currently doesn't allow home automation apps for CarPlay - right now, it's just a small list of categories that they're willing to support for CarPlay: Audio Communication EV Charging Navigation Parking Quick Food Ordering In fact, to even add support for CarPlay to your iOS app requires requesting the appropriate permissions from Apple - it's not something a developer can just enable to even experiment with. You may want to look into some of the other solutions mentioned above, but right now, CarPlay isn't an option for us to add to the iOS app. Good to know you tried. The temp fix is apple does allow a garage door to be opened and the above solutions do allow you to move your c4 Door into Sirir (thus onto your CarPlay Dashboard) and of course you can then run scripts against the garage door. Not perfect, but at least I can open the door and turn on lights at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indecision Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Skipper J said: Apple currently doesn't allow home automation apps for CarPlay - right now, it's just a small list of categories that they're willing to support for CarPlay: Audio Communication EV Charging Navigation Parking Quick Food Ordering In fact, to even add support for CarPlay to your iOS app requires requesting the appropriate permissions from Apple - it's not something a developer can just enable to even experiment with. You may want to look into some of the other solutions mentioned above, but right now, CarPlay isn't an option for us to add to the iOS app. Thanks so much for the response. Hopefully they will add more support for home automation. I can think of a lot of cool ways to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDrPC Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Anyone have specifics on how to setup using Google assistant. Any specific driver needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, ERDrPC said: Anyone have specifics on how to setup using Google assistant. Any specific driver needed? The Google Assistant driver. May be installed already and then enabled via customer.control4.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDrPC Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Just now, msgreenf said: The Google Assistant driver. May be installed already and then enabled via customer.control4.com Sweet - I will ask my installer if it's installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 minute ago, ERDrPC said: Sweet - I will ask my installer if it's installed If you go to customer.control4.com under voice provider you can try to activate Google. If it activates then it's installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDrPC Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Thanks. It was in there. So I have it all setup but of course my garage doors aren't discovered. They are hardwired to my EA5. I created a voice scene and in programing "when voice command turn on east garage door" is received I chose open East garage from the actions tab. Is that all I have to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERDrPC Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 One last follow up. Although my door locks are recognized when trying to test them - "this action is blocked" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 12 hours ago, ERDrPC said: One last follow up. Although my door locks are recognized when trying to test them - "this action is blocked" This is for security reasons, anyone can open your door using same voice commands, so for safety, make it using a physical button in your car like a door opener or in the C4 App only Andrew luecke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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