| Posted: Friday Apr 24th, 2009 02:51 pm |
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DelusnOfGrandeur
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Does anyone know if a Comfort iPhone Application is available or even planned? I notice a lot of other home automation / alarm systems have recently released official Apple applications and I am sure we all agree that an easy to use Comfort iPhone application would become an integral part of any system.
I personally use C-Bus for my lighting and Honeywell Smartfit for my heating so ideally would like to be able to control these from within a Comfort app and maybe also view IP cameras. A home tab with personalised favourites like arm/disarm buttons, key lights, responses etc could also be a good feature.
Initially an app which worked over wifi would be great but the future possibility of securely working over 3G makes things even more interesting.
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| Posted: Saturday Apr 25th, 2009 02:50 am |
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I think there are 3rd party developers working on it but we have no news yet
We are currently working on Pronto interface development
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| Posted: Saturday Apr 25th, 2009 09:32 am |
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| Posted: Monday Apr 27th, 2009 10:40 am |
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The C-Bus app will as you suggest provide some basic Comfort interaction and will be a definite first step but without the Comfort keypad the control will be limited. Also until it is able to communicate directly with the C-Bus CNI rather than through C-Gate running on a PC, the reliability will be questionable. An iPhone app which talks directly with Comfort through the network shouldn't have any of these limitations.
Is it possible for the 3rd party developers to share their progress so far? I am sure many people on here have lots of good ideas for the design / layout / function and would like to contribute to the development.
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| Posted: Friday Jun 26th, 2009 10:10 pm |
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Any update ? We don't want Comfort to lag behind the competition.
I wouldnt have a problem having multiple iPod Touch's around the house as they would be a decent front end for control.
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| Posted: Saturday Jun 27th, 2009 03:38 am |
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There are several 3rd party developers working on this but not completed yet
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| Posted: Monday Jul 20th, 2009 12:07 pm |
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Does anyone know if it is possible to use CommandFusion's iViewer iPhone / iPod Touch software can be used to control Comfort? If so has anyone got this working?
http://www.commandfusion.com/products/view/iviewer
Also a new C-Bus iPhone application is about to be released... http://www.cbusforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5285
It is currently designed to communicate with C-Bus using a CNI but for people like myself without a C-Bus CNI, an application which communicated with Comfort to control everything including C-Bus would be ideal.
If the 3rd party developers shared their development progress it would give us a better idea on when something may become available.
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| Posted: Monday Jul 20th, 2009 01:46 pm |
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According to the website
iViewer is an application for iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to control any hardware or software capable of TCP/IP Socket communication. One of the many functions of iViewer is home automation control. Use your iPhone or iPod Touch to control home automation systems such as Crestron, AMX, Control4, etc.
With iViewer you get full two-way control and feedback from your home automation system, allowing you to control your lights, curtains, climate and AV, just to name a few. This indicates that it should be possible to control Comfort as we have a very powerful and flexible interface through TCP/IP which has been used in a number of 3rd party applications including the Comfort Client, see http://www.comfortforums.com/forum65/
We will try this and other iPhone apps and report back onthe forum
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any update on this, I would love an app that could link in with my comfort.
I am using an x10 controller app on the phone at the moment which sends comands to comfort to arm/disarm etc but would be great if it fed back info such as if my garage door is open or shut etc.
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YES finally in conjunction with Control FX http://www.controlfx.co.uk/ there is now a Cytech iPhone app available. Because of the nature of the bespoke iPhone app this is an installed product. There are a number of stages to go through in order to fully activate the application. Firstly it is phone specific so any phone will have to be registered (UDID free download software will provide the unique identifier). Once this is set up then the local LAN requires setting up (with either Ethernet or RS232 interface) then the comfort system requires programming updates (user 16 is set so that the iPhone can access information without the user having to put his or her personal code in every time). Then the Control FX software requires programming - this involves purchasing a licence and then the appropriate modules (encrypted software that can be added into the program).
So do not be misled into thinking that this is a free app it is not. However it does offer the much awaited front end to a Home automation system. And realistically it should be able to offer far more then other wireless remote controls at a reduced cost.
The app is still being beta tested - basically it takes several forms:
*Comort basic - allows remote arming dis-arming etc with feedback.
*Comfort + CBUS - basic model + CUS functions
*Comfort + KNX - basic model + KNX functions
*Comfort + Rako - basic model + CUS Rako
You get the picture... just then a case of prioritising.
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