Aayush Arya Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 I have set up the Chowmain Advanced Custom Buttons driver with a few custom buttons on my Control4 installation. The original intent was to do it to create more advanced buttons for access from within the Control4 app on my phone and tablet, but I later realised it only works with T3 touchscreens, which I don't have any of right now. In the process of setting it up, however, I now have a webpage accessible on my local network that can be opened on my phone in a browser, set as a live widget on the Home screen or even accessed through a smartwatch that gives me direct control of and feedback from my Control4 system. This is pretty terrific! I now need to figure out a way to make this local IP address accessible through the Internet (in a reasonably secure, password protected manner). I'm not quite up to snuff on my networking skills, so if someone can point me in the right direction, that'd be quite something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 The best way would be to use a VPN. You really don't want to have an open port exposed to your system. sonic30101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aayush Arya Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Is there a better, more secure way to put virtual buttons for your Control4 installation on your Android phone's Home screen in the form of widgets, so you don't have to go into the app? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Yes, they are called 'Experience Buttons'. They don't have moving icons, but they can have icons for various states and are super useful for programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aayush Arya Posted November 15, 2019 Author Share Posted November 15, 2019 Experience buttons only work inside the Control4 app. I'm talking about accessing controls from your phone's Home screen without having to launch the Control4 app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 oh, I don't know of any widgets that exist. I just use the Control4 app. I might be interested in trying one out if there is one that exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 The best method to have one work is have the driver give data to a secured website, then have the widget pull data from that website. i.e. like all other cloud-based drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 if your on android could just program google assistant and use voice commands for the actions you need most accessible. Or possibly automate these function in a different manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic30101 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I use ifttt widgets, I guess it is slightly better than opening ports directly to your controller but only just. Advanced custom buttons I am not sure of a good way to add security beyond a VPN to avoid opening ports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videostorm Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Our new NetPlay Cloud driver can do this sort of thing (via our Splash-Tiles cloud server). Free and secure. Our Android app doesn't have widgets, but you could use a browser widget or ifttt widget. The controls are just secured https calls. Matt Lowe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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