Hi Steve,
That’s a matter of opinion and also very much depends on the size of your dwelling. If you live in a 1 or 2 bedroom apartment I agree that it’s not hard to figure out what lights are on with a light detector or even by checking the switch positions. If you have a 2 or 3 story house with 4 or 5 bedrooms, several bathrooms, a utility room, family room, living room, kitchen and so on it’s a different matter. You’d be running all over the place, up and down the stairs where you could just pull up your app and turn off all lights at once. Then there is of course the advantage of being able to set schedules where maybe a few lights come on here and there if you are not home to give the impression somebody is home. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 12:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Be a lot simpler to use a light detector app. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheryl Homiak <mailto:cah4...@icloud.com> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 12:29 AM Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Oh, that would be so wonderful! I have lights all over my apartment that are the kind where they are on/off when one switch is up and another switch elsewhere is down, etc. and I find it almost impossible to keep track of this and turn on lights when they should be on and turn them off when they should be off and figure out what other people may have done! -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 18, 2014, at 10:59 PM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@charter.net <mailto:wfgal...@charter.net> > wrote: I cannot tell you all enough times how frustrating it has been when sighted company goes around turning on lights in my home and then leave without turning said lighting off. I, for one, am looking forward to this home environment control and will gladly pay a premium for such light bulbs. But actually, I'm replying to this message so my signature tag can be included here! ;-) ------------ To You & Yours: A Very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !!! Holland & Bill - "`There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,' returned the nephew. `Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!'" - "A Christmas Carol," 1843, Charles Dickens ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:46 AM Subject: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs 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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