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  1. alanchow
    This driver only works with the belkin wemo switch. We are working with belkin New Zealand to get early access to their upcoming belkin wemo insight and secret wemo products to get them integrated as well
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    Update Implemented UPnP Subscriptions. This provides realtime feedback to the unit if using the WeMo ios or android application.
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    UPDATED Installation guide documentation on how to use with our advanced announcement driver.
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    UPDATED Installation guide documentation on how to use with our weather drivers.
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    Yes though your parameter is wrong. It should be in the format of PARAM{deviceID,varID}. See documentation for details.
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    Full stop. Sorry iphone auto corrected a spelling mistake.
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    Single line with a pull stop in the middle.
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    You can connect the audio output of a controller into the auz audio of a sonos unit. That will work.
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    The voice rss service has now been fixed. You will need to verify that the auto update has updated to version 7.0.1 and then restart director. There is now a voice rss API key. Register for free for limited free usage per day. Should shot 99% or users.
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    I'm in a conference at the moment. Please lodge a ticket in the EV help desk. We're starting to clutter the thread.
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    I think you have set it up wrong. I tested this last night whilst I was in our auckland showroom. Please go through the installation guide again Only the voice rss voices are broken. I have resolved the issues and have submitted to extra vegetables to update. They are at a trade show at the moment so will probably come through early next week.
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    The conversion of the audio should be placed in an event like a button or schedule. The wav file created event should then execute the announcement you programmed. This will automatically play the announcement upon the initial event fire (button press or schedule). It looks like voice rss just changed their API to require a key. This will limit you to 350 uses per day. I will add in a key for this and get extra vegetables to push it out to all systems. A reboot will be required once the update has been uploaded to your system. You will see the version change to 7.0.1. This may take a few days as i'm overseas at a conference. ispeech is a premium service that requires registration and payment per message so it may not be a service for you.
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    Unfortunately we do not have RRP for these drivers. Please contact your control4 dealer for pricing.
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    Just extra vegetables auto update functionality and the ability to select all voice information in the one programming command.
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    Unfortunately not. That driver is owned by Recluse AV. This one by Chowmain. Two totally different companies with no relationship to each other apart from the fact that both software is written by the same guy. Having said that though most of the old driver still works. This one just has support and can be upgraded using the extra vegetables auto-update should anything break. This one is also significantly cheaper. Like 300% cheaper.
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    Polling every few minutes is fine. Though the API's don't offer severe warnings but it does offer wind speeds which may help. This is accessible as a variable which you can program against.
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    Chowmain - Advanced Announcements Driver The Control4 Home Automation system has the ability to play audio announcements through the audio outputs on its controllers and speaker points. These announcements can play back any file encoded in a wav format. Traditionally these announcements have been used for doorbells and pre-recorded messages. Chowmain’s Advanced Announcements driver expands the announcement agent by providing integration with web based text to speech engines. This gives you futuristic dynamically generated voice notifications over your Control4 system without any additional hardware. We recently updated our driver to now support voice recording via a built in HTML5 web server. You can now browse the page using your firefox or chrome browser on windows, linux, mac or android operating systems and record your voice and send it to Control4 Features Ability to record voice via a compatible web browser and playback through Control4 straight away.Dynamic text to speech generationAbility to speak the timeAbility to speak the dateAbility to inject variablesCurrently supports 3 text to speech engines with multiple languages, voices, speed and pitchSpeechUtil.comVoiceRSS.orgiSpeech.orgPlay Online File command. This helps get around the 10mb Control4 announcement agent restriction by downloading files only on demand only and also allow integrators to implement online or local text to speech services not included in this driver.Frequently Asked Questions Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver? Reading out the time and date to the blind eg “the time currently is 10:00am”.Notifying you about how many times your phone has rung whilst you were out. eg “Whilst you were out you received 3 phone calls”.Notifying you about how many times your doorbell has been pressed whilst you were out. eg “Whilst you were out your doorbell was pressed twice”.Notifying you about the weather forecast for the day eg “The weather forecast for today is late showers with a minimum of 5 and maximum of 13 degrees”.Notifying you about the current energy usage. eg “Your house is currently using 4.5 kilowatts hours”.Page a person throughout your home or office using the built in PA system functionality.Are there any other cool things we can do with this driver? This driver has the ability to use any variable from within a Control4 system. That means any 3rd party driver variable can be spoken in your announcement. From energy consumption to weather information the uses are endless.This driver will be useful for the blind. Getting notifications on their environment will greatly assist with their daily lives. What do the voices sound like? There are so many voices that it is hard to post samples of them all. We recommend you visit the engine websites to give it a try (SpeechUtil.com, VoiceRSS.org, iSpeech.org) prior to installation. Here is one we geneated earlier. Voice RSS Sample What hardware will this work on? This will work on any Control4 controller running oS 2.6 or later. Note that the audio output of the controller needs to be connected up to an amplification device such as a receiver. What happens when the text to speech engine API changes? The beautiful thing about the houselogix auto-update feature is that driver updates can be pushed out to systems. No dealer intervention needed. Rest assured that should any of these services change their API we will update the driver to match. How do I find out more information about the driver? Please see the links below for more information about the driver. Download Product Slick Download Installation Guide How do I buy the driver? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Download Driver / Purchase Licence Who do i contact for technical support? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. http://support.houselogix.com/Do you provide trial licences? All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 48 hour trial. This is activated once you add the driver to the project. No additional steps are necessary.
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    Chowmain - Internet Weather Forecast Drivers The Forecast.io service provides free (upto 1000 calls per day) weather data and forecast. Forecast.io is backed by a wide range of data sources, which are aggregated together statistically to provide the most accurate forecast possible for a given location. The OpenWeatherMap service provides free weather data and forecast API suitable for any cartographic services like web and smartphones applications. Ideology is inspired by OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia that make information free and available for everybody. OpenWeatherMap provides wide range of weather data such as map with current weather, week forecast, precipitation, wind, clouds, data from weather Stations and many others. Weather data is received from global Meteorological broadcast services and more than 40 000 weather stations. The Chowmain Forecast.io and OpenWeatherMap drivers brings all of this data into Control4 for use in the home automation system. This is useful for automating services within the home based upon the external environment. Note that this is not a replacement for a personal weather station. We recommend utilising Extra Vegetables Cumulus Weather Stations or WeatherHawk weather station drivers/hardware if you require accurate readings as this provides accurate real time local weather information. Features Ability to select the Unit type (metric, imperial or internal)Current Weather Conditions for:Temperature (degrees)Humidity (percentage)Pressure (hPa)Wind Speed (mps)Wind Direction (degrees)Clouds (percentage)Precipitation IntensityPrecipitation ProbabilityDew Point (degrees)OzoneWeather Conditions (string)Forecasted Weather Conditions (Today & Tomorrow) for:Temperature MinimumTemperature MaximumHumidity (percentage)PrecipitationWind Speed (mps)Wind Direction (degrees)Pressure (hPa)Clouds (percentage)Moon Phase (percentage)Dew Point (degrees)OzoneWeather Conditions (string)Frequently Asked Questions Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver? Humidifiers can be turned on automatically if it is going to be a dry day,Towel rails can be turned on if its going to be a humid dayIf it is going to be a hot and sunny day, close the shutters to shut the heat outIf it is hotter indoors than it is outdoors and the wind direction is facing the motorised windows then open the windows.If it is going to be a hot day turn on the ACIf it is going to rain don’t automatically water the garden (I would also put in some additional logic to ensure that it will water the garden if it is extremely hot and if it hasn’t watered the garden in X amount of days).If it is going to be a cloudy day and the customer has solar then don’t turn on the smart appliances until tomorrow.Are there any other cool things we can do with this driver? Combine with our Advanced Announcements driver to read the weather forecast out in the morning.What hardware will this work on? This will work on any Control4 controller running oS 2.2 or later. Why have two internet weather drivers? Why not? Not all internet weather information is built equally and we want to give you the option of getting one the is the most accurate for your location. One may work better in one country than the other. Two drivers for the price of one! What happens when the API changes? The beautiful thing about the extra vegetables auto-update feature is that driver updates can be pushed out to systems. No dealer intervention needed. Rest assured that should any of these services change their API we will update the driver to match. How do I find out more information about the driver? Please see the links below for more information about the driver. Download Product Slick Download Forecast.io Installation Guide Download Open Weather Map Installation Guide How do I buy the driver? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Download Driver / Purchase Licence Who do i contact for technical support? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Support Do you provide trial licences? All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 48 hour trial. This is activated once you add the driver to the project. No additional steps are necessary.
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    From my understanding it will be unified under a singular app plus integration to siri. I see this as apple's attempt to take on technology such as UPnP (think Belkin's WeMo app and devices). For most people this will be a great introduction to home automation. Having said that though it'll be more like a universal remote for your home rather than a more automated experience. Either way i think this is a great step forward for mass market home automation especially in terms of a unified protocol for devices. Home Kit actually falls inline with what apple does best. Keeping it simple. By elimating complexities of a always on hub and by making an app that talks to devices 1 to 1 they can ensure that it will always work with little to no tech experience required. Basically this is a apple's expansion of what Belkin does with its WeMo app. Hopefully this protocol will be available for integration with other non Apple systems such as Control4, Crestron, AMX, Savant, etc. This will make integration to products extremely easily. It will also mean alot more products that are more affordable. Will it eliminate Control4 and other existing automation systems? Heck no. Will it make people understand what home automation is so that i don't need to explain what i do for a living? YES!
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    Wemo insight is not available in this part of the world yet. We had a meeting with belkin on Tuesday to discuss integration possibilities with them. They will get us an early production model for us to use in the coming weeks. We are looking at integrating the insight and utilise the power monitoring capabilities for a few applications.
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    Chowmain - Generic Fan Controller Driver Infra red fans are widely available around the world. Chowmain's Generic Fan Controller Driver allows you to easily integrate multi speed IR fan's into Control4 for increased comfort in your home. Our driver introduces a low cost multi speed fan solution since no expensive hardware is required (infra red hardware comes standard with on all Control4 systems). Once integrated you can use your android tablet, iPad, Control4 touchscreen or system remote control to control you fan. You can also schedule your fan to turn on, control your fan remotely or even adjust the fan speed based upon temperature variables in your home. Infra-red fan's and fan controllers can be obtained from manufacturers such as Clipsal and Lutron. Note this driver will work with any infra-red fan with discrete infra red codes. Features Multiple ModesOffLowMediumMedium HighHighDefinable Hex IR codes in propertiesEasy to manageCan have multiple copies of the same driver with different IR codesDefinable IR repeat counts.Optional On code can be sent before any speed change to ensure the fan is on (not required by most IR fans)IR BindingYou can bind it to any infra red output in your Control4 system.Definable Preset LevelCan be configured to Low, Medium, Medium High or High. This is used for when a toggle or on command is issued (usually by the Control4 SR-250).Frequently Asked Questions Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver? Multi speed fans have always been hard to integrate into Control4. In the past people would try to use dimmers (a big no no) or add in multiple relays which is extremely costly and the user interface is clunky. This solution is an inexpensive and elegant solution which works with infra-red controlled fans that are available all around the world. Best thing is that you don't need any additional hardware. Are there any other cool things we can do with this driver? This utilises the new Control4 fan proxy which is only utilised in the Control4 Fan Speed Control (C4-4SF120). As it is a 120 volt product only, alot of countries will not have access to this product. As such many of you won't be familar with this proxy. This new proxy gives you the ability to control multi speed fans on a singular user interface (under the lighting page). The speeds shown are off, low, medium, medium-high and high. What hardware will this work on? Pretty much any Control4 system on OS 2.5.3 (HC200,250,300,500,800,1000) How do I find out more information about the driver? Please see the links below for more information about the driver. Download Installation Guide How do I buy the driver? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Download Driver / Purchase Licence Who do i contact for technical support? This driver is developed by Chowmain software & apps and is distributed and supported by Houselogix, Inc. Support Do you provide trial licences? All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 48 hour trial. This is activated once you add the driver to the project. No additional steps are necessary.
  24. alanchow
    Nothing stopping you from using a free one. I'm just adding more features to mine to make mine the one stop driver for all generic commands Wake On Lan and HTTP Post has been implemented into the driver. Driver will be pushed out via the Extra Vegetables auto update service to all those who already have the driver. Otherwise it'll be available to download from Extra Vegetables in the next few days. This means that HTTP Post services such as pnotify.com, prowl, various online SMS gateways can now be easily integrated by anyone.
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    It doesn't currently support WOL but great idea. I'll implement it and roll it out next week. Will also do HTTP Post whilst i'm at it and general UDP packets. Keep the idea coming.
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