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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
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14/02/2017 20:59
14/02/2017 20:59
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RusH
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Interesting to hear the feedback on nest - thanks for sharing. Will continue with some more research
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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17/02/2017 21:24
17/02/2017 21:24
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Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,617 SE Essex
charlie_croker
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I need some sleep
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Have you used ITTT with your connected products? I really like Hue. Unfortunately Nest I think is a bit of a dead end since whichever of the tech companies bought it (for its IP if my inside source is correct). You mean IFTT (If This Then That)?? Yes I do, mainly for stuff like "if Nest Smoke detector/CO2 detector sounds turn all lights red and flash", Turn on certain lights 30 minutes before dusk etc etc. Its quite good. As for Nest, it was purchased by Google who then seem to not know what to do with the company, the Nest Cam is a rebranded product (Drop Cam). We also have Canary interior CCTV/Alarms, which are pretty good but again use their own standard. There really does need someone to unify these competing standards. Oh and just to ensure that our WiFi remains stable, we have UniFi USG Pro Router, Switches with POE and 4x WiFi Access points.... Now if Amazon and Sonos would finally get together then I can remove the 3.5mm cable from a Dot to one of the Sonos 5s and move on...
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
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19/02/2017 09:06
19/02/2017 09:06
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RusH
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There is a Sonus Beta App to link the echo - not sure if you've tried that yet?
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
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19/02/2017 09:33
19/02/2017 09:33
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Posts: 8,852 Cambridge & Cotswolds
MeanRedSpider
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Have you used ITTT with your connected products? I really like Hue. Unfortunately Nest I think is a bit of a dead end since whichever of the tech companies bought it (for its IP if my inside source is correct). You mean IFTT (If This Then That)?? Yes I do, mainly for stuff like "if Nest Smoke detector/CO2 detector sounds turn all lights red and flash", Turn on certain lights 30 minutes before dusk etc etc. Its quite good. As for Nest, it was purchased by Google who then seem to not know what to do with the company, the Nest Cam is a rebranded product (Drop Cam). We also have Canary interior CCTV/Alarms, which are pretty good but again use their own standard. There really does need someone to unify these competing standards. Oh and just to ensure that our WiFi remains stable, we have UniFi USG Pro Router, Switches with POE and 4x WiFi Access points.... Now if Amazon and Sonos would finally get together then I can remove the 3.5mm cable from a Dot to one of the Sonos 5s and move on... Yes - If This Then That - I'm sleep deprived: that's my excuse. From what I understand, Google knew exactly what they were going to do with Nest. The big players are pushing their standards which is meaning that the generic manufacturers are having to jump through hoops to meet them all. Apple HomeKit, for example, requires the use of an Apple approved chipset. In fact, the whole bit of kit needs certifying to the standard similar to meeting IEC, FCC etc standards which makes the burden on manufacturer approvals even higher (Prop 65 anyone?). In some ways I get it but, in others, what it will do is limit the number of products available to users and (partially as a consequence) push up prices. What would be useful is someone to come up with an open, not-for-profit, standard rather than the current land-grab.
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
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20/04/2017 16:46
20/04/2017 16:46
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Posts: 21,071 Chertsey in the Thames
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What Dyson product? I have Hue bulbs in our Garden Cabin but in the house I got rid as they are not practicle if the rest of the house keeps switching off the lights at the switch. Plus they come on full power after even the briefest of powercuts, not great for bedrooms. The lightwave Kit for house lights and sockets has proved a real hit though. Have Harmony TV control but it's not a hit. The killer app for me will be Sonos integration, that's not due till later this year However in the meantime the Radio and Spotify integration is excellent. Cooking timers are very useful as is the shopping list, although it quite often gets some spicy items added!
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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02/06/2017 21:48
02/06/2017 21:48
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,988 Sunny Darlo
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Little bump for this as I'm looking at getting one of these toys. I think the answer is no but thought I'd ask people who actually have one. Can either of these (Amazon Dot or Google Home) play music from a DLNA compatible server on the network to a DLNA compatible speaker? We can all already do this via mobile phone app (Android and Win Phone 8!, check me out! ) but it would be nice to be able to do it via voice control. If they can't, can anything else in the near future? I ask as ideally this "thingy" would sit in the kitchen and answer whatever cooking/shopping/weather related questions we could chuck at it but the deciding feature for us would be if we could also tell it what tracks or playlist to play on our existing kitchen stereo. I don't have any interest in playing music through the dot/echo/home, I'd rather use the system we have for that.
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Re: Amazon Echo and Dot
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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03/06/2017 21:09
03/06/2017 21:09
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,988 Sunny Darlo
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Cheers, I may just end up ordering one and trying it sometime.
Up yours Photobucket.
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