Thanks, Ben, I know jailbreaking does has a few interesting perks, but I assume Apple will give developers access to SIRI sooner or later and it's probably going to be sooner rather than later. I heard a demo when SIRI first came out where the guy who did the demo had found a way to control his WiFi thermostat with SIRI.
Apart from a focus on health related stuff, I think there will be a lot of new stuff in the area of home automation. I heard that some developers found code somewhere which indicates Apple may design a new Apple TV to be not just for TV and other media, but also the hub for everything related to home automation. I think this would make total sense since your Apple TV sits there all the time, it's already connected to your home network and could easily pass along all sorts of commands and requests. Regards, Sieghard a guy had -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hi Sieghard, I have the Wemo switch which lets me turn power outlets on / off remotely; as far as I'm aware all the Wemo devices use the same app for control & in my experience the app is fully accessible. With a little bit of jailbreak magic I can now turn things on and off around the house with my voice. I know jailbreaking's not really your thing but sometimes it's nice to show what can be done. As a side note, solutions for controling wemo devices outside of iOS aren't overly great at the moment but I did find this http://moderntoil.com/?p=839 shell script which works for me. It can be made to run under Windows with the help of sigwin. Cheers, Ben. On 12/18/14, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > > > I was wondering if anybody has Philipps Hue connected light bulbs and > whether the app is fully accessible. For those who don't know what this is, > the product consists of a bridge which connects to your router and which > can > then talk to up to 50 light bulbs. You can then control said LED light > bulbs > via the free app and turn the lights on/off, set brightness level, change > the colour of the light from regular warm white to any colour you can think > of and create schedules which turn lights on or off at certain times and so > on. > > > > The product is pretty expensive at this point, a starter pack with bridge > and 3 light bulbs is $199.99, each additional light bulb is $59.99. You can > get a bridge with 2 of the so-called "Lux" light bulbs for $99.99 and > additional bulbs for $29.99. These less expensive bulbs can only be dimmed, > but cannot change colour. There are a couple of styles like regular A19 > household bulbs or BR30 floodlights. > > > > I just saw that Belkin has released a competitive product under their Wemo > line of home automation products. At this point they only have bulbs which > cannot change colour and the pricing for those is the same as the Philipps > ones. I really hope this drops in price to a point where bulbs would be > $19.99 or so and maybe $29.99 for the ones which can change colour. You can > pick up a good quality LED light bulb these days for around $8 or $9 so > paying a $20 premium just so they can talk to the bridge is steep, but I am > still wondering about the accessibility. If it comes to a point where all > bulbs in the house are like this light detectors would for the most part > become a thing of the past as eventually we would just tell SIRI to turn > off > all lights (still wishful thinking at this time, but I also think this may > only be 2 or 3 years away). > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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