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On 11/27/2018 at 12:45 PM, David said:

See https://github.com/davidmassot/Berto

This is really interesting! I installed Mosquitto broker on my Ubuntu home server, my dealer will install the drivers this week, USB adapter is on the way!

I'm planning to test the Sonoff smart switches to light up the backyard when there is a motion and the system is armed. And maybe few beeps or a siren on the outdoor speakers!

Try doing a soft reset, you will only lose WIFI passwords, passcode, and wallpaper.

General -> Reset -> Reset All Settings

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4 hours ago, rea said:

I've had a very good experience with mine. No connectivity issues and the app works well for remote viewing/notifications. The integration with C4 has been solid for over a year. I don't have any T3s, but do have the doorbell video pop up on a couple of my TVs with EA1s on doorbell press. My biggest complaint is the less than stellar video resolution--would really like to seem them get up to 1080p. 

How are you doing the video pop-up? 

20 hours ago, rdprx5 said:

Doorbird had been nothing but issues since 1st install.  Now all of the sudden the Doorbird does not ring in the hose.  I believe I have the Doorstation driver and the announcement does show the doorbell.wav file to announce throughout the house speakers.  I've checked everything I can think of, any of you have any ideas?

Same here, driver is not stable. I have three T3 screens and suddenly it loses connection with Doorbird and I have to login to HE and do an auto setup, I have to take do this every few days.

I'm using Doorbird2 driver.

On 12/11/2017 at 6:59 AM, VINCELdUB said:

I would love the opportunity to donate. Is there a way to set this up? Perhaps open another thread with a link. This site has both generated income for me, and it's helped me solve problems for myself and my clients.




Happy Automating!!

Same

Well Creating separate account is not possible as the client uses each Alexa to make calls to other Alexa. So he needs all Alexas on the same network and on the same account to access all of his music. Im sure there is a way to do this.
 
Any one ?

50 minutes ago, SVarghese said:

I have a Control 4 Based Home Automation System running in a 4 Bed room Villa. The Set up has 5 Alexa units in each of the respective areas 1. Living Room 2. Home Theater 3. Master bed Room 4. Sons room 5. Daughters room. Each room has lights that are connected to Clipsal dimmer and Air conditioner connected via Infra red to the Control 4 Controller. Also Apple TV and Tata Sky controlled via IR to the Control 4 Controller

Each room can be controlled independantly via Control4 Touch Panel installed in the each respective room.  All good.

Now the customer asked us to install Alexa into every room so that it can control device via Voice Commands. 5 Alexa Units were installed and programmed for Control 4 device control.

Now we have programmed each area to the controlled with the following voice command

Alexa , Room/Location Name , Device , State 

ie. For Master Bed Room Area to Turn on the Lights we have to say

--> Alexa Masterbed room , Lights on

ie. For Master Bed Room Area to Turn on the Tata Sky we have to say

ie. --> Alexa Masterbed room , Tatasky on

AND

ie. For Home Theater Area to Turn on the Lights we have to say

--> Alexa Home Theater room , Lights on

ie. For Home Theater Area to Turn on the Tata Sky we have to say

ie. --> Alexa Home Theater , Tatasky on

We have programmed this way and it works fine.

Now my customer comes and says he does not want to mention the Location Name every time. If he is in the Bed Room, he wants to say

"Alexa, Turn on lights  " and the lights of the Bed room alone must turn on.

And if he is in Home theater and if he says the same voice command "Alexa, Turn on lights  "  ---> Only the Home Theater Lights must turn on.

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I have checked creating a Smart Devices Group and tried various ways to do this. But Alexa allows only one Unique Group name or voice command as all 5 of my alexa are connected.

Is there a way in which i can make the Alexa in a Room or location to control only the devices in that room or location alone and that too by giving a simple command like

Alexa ,Device , State 

i.e

Alexa, Lights on

or

Alexa Tatasky on

 

Can anyone help me do this in Alexa. Each room i must be able to use the command Alexa Device and State to control the devices in that location only. I tried the Smart Home Group but it does not help me create a unique group name only for one area. I tried this option.

Kindly help.

 

 

You will need a separate Amazon account for each room/device.

Chowmain is pleased to release the TP-Link Smart Home suite of drivers for Control4.
These products can be retrofit as they are wifi based (no hub required) and are extremely cost effective with bulbs starting from $19.99USD MSRP, smart plugs/outlets starting from $24.99USD MSRP and wall switches from $39.99USD MSRP.  Products are easily accessible and can be purchased off the shelf from major retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart, Harvey Norman and more.
The majority of the products do not require any electrical installation and  as such can be installed in minutes.
Integration includes

• full two way control/feedback
  • on/off
  • dimming
  • color
  • saturation
  • temperature
• Auto discovery and self healing
  • means you don't need to set static IP addresses on the network.  Just install via the TP-Link Kasa app and add our driver in.
• Ability to connect driver to keypad buttons (with LED feedback) to allow for quick on/off/toggle programming
• Ability to use energy monitoring in HS110 outlets
  • for automatic selection and room off of Playstation, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and other manually controlled device

For more details click link below.
 
https://www.chowmainsoft.com/tplink-control4

I programmed the Doorbird button to fire up an announcement to 4 zones, announcements are not always working.

Anyone facing this issue?

I'm using houselogix driver.

On 3/6/2018 at 3:28 AM, alanchow said:

Our IFTTT driver is inbound and outbound.  Outbound utilises IFTTT Maker Channel (now called webhooks for some reason).  You can associate any variable you want in the driver ot send it out.  Just need to create a recipe which will be something like this.

IF Webhook then Pushover

@alanchow

Pushover Secret: Obtained

Pushover Websocket: Connected

IFTTT will be? The whole URL?

https://maker.ifttt.com/use/**********************

@alanchow My dealer installed "Call for prayer" driver. I'm using Composer HE, do I need to call my dealer for any configuration to the driver? The configuration screen I have is very limited.

15 hours ago, Joshua Pressnell said:

Not yet... but still very much on my to-do list.  Lots of valid excuses, but not really relevant to the "not getting it done" bit.  I bought 10 of the buttons and have them working here, so I just need to "productize" the configuration and install process so it's the same ease-of-use as my other stuff, and then it should be ready to go.  Hoping to get to that soon-ish.

Great! My dealer is installing the Homebridge this week, I'm looking forward to the buttons!

I'm using EA-5 for a year now, I'm planning to move to light automation phase!

From cost and functionality point of view, do you recommend using Control4 light switches or Philips Hue?

I'm trying to link a flood light to a motion detector, both are outdoors. Control4 switches will not survive our summer! Are there any alternative outdoor WIFI or Zigbee devices such as relays that I can program it to switch on when the motion detector sense any motion?