Sonos, a producer of will-known multi-room wireless music system, just announced its controller for iPhone/iPod Touch. That controller offers a full control over the system. So, you can avoid buying of expensive Sonos Controller CR100 or use iPhone as additional controller.
The Sonos Controller for iPhone can be downloaded from the iTune store without any charges.
[via AutomatedHome]
Recently I blogged about adding Energy Saving Range line into AlertMe products to control power consumption of specific home appliance or hole house. But AlertMe team doesn’t stand still. It announced an interface for iPhone/iPod Touch. It allows to view and change the status of an alarm, see who’s at home, look at event history and view the temperate sensor values around house. Also AlertMe is planning to support other smartphones.
Moreover, AlertMe released its API (that’s used for the iPhone interface above). So, developers can use it to provide the interface for their devices and integrate AlertMe Security and Energy Saving Range into their systems. But I couldn’t find any information about a way to get that API on the AlertMe site. Maybe it’ll be announced later.
[via AutomatedHome]
iPhone is very popular in home automation area. Many well-known smarthome producers released their interfaces for Apple’s smartphone - Crestron, mControl, Lagotek, SpeakerCraft etc. Slovenian manufacturer Gorenje also found iPhone attractive and announced a new line of its home appliance controlled via TCP/IP. For all iPhone/iPod Touch owners the company offers a nice looking web interface. So, consumers will be able to set cooking times or laundry cycles from anywhere. What you need is an Internet connection, iPhone and WiFi hotspot.
Sure, the Gorenje web interface will work with any device with web browser - PC, Internet tablet or smartphone. If you don’t have iPhone you can use them instead.
[via 9to5Mac]
It seems that Crestron didn’t satisfy with iViewer - iPhone application offered easy and universal way to implement an interface to the TCP/IP based home automation systems (including Crestron itself). On the CEDIA 2008 Crestron demonstrated its iPhone gear. It allows a complete control and management of home entertainment, AV presentation and environmental systems such as climate, lighting and shades using intuitive graphical interface. That interface provides a real-time status of room temperature, lighting levels, shade position and digital media meta data such as volume, title and artist.
The Crestron Control App for the iPhone can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store without any charges.
[via Remote Shoppe]
iViewer is an application for iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to control any hardware or software capable of TCP/IP socket communication. Once of good application of iViewer is control of home automation systems such Crestron, AMX, Control4 or LinuxMCE.
The iViewer has fully customisable interface. The guiDesigner offers all tools to create user-friendly and functional GUI (for people who familiar with Crestron or AMX’s interface design software using guiDesigner won’t be a problem).
iViewer is available on the Apple’s AppStore store for free download. So, don’t miss it!
As I know LinuxMCE developers investigate possibility to use iViewer with LinuxMCE. It’d be great. Because currently iPhone owners can use web orbiter only.