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The remote connects to your iphone, iPad, or Mac. The phone/computer uses wifi or the net to talk to your devices. You can also use IFTTT to control hundreds of
by conesus 9y ago
The remote connects to your iphone, iPad, or Mac. The phone/computer uses wifi or the net to talk to your devices. You can also use IFTTT to control hundreds of devices that aren't natively supported by Turn Touch.
I have a Turn Touch in a pedestal next to my bed and it controls all of the lights in my home.
- splitbrain 9y agoHuh? It needs my phone to be present to turn on the lights? What if my wife wants to turn on the lights? Why does it need to talk to a phone? Wouldn't a zigbee device compatible with the hue bridge make more sense?
- conesus 9y agoIn that case you'd be better off connecting it to a communal iPad or to a Mac that lives at home.
- StavrosK 9y agoOoh you may want to make it (much, much) clearer that this won't work without an Apple device.
- oh_sigh 9y agoHow many wireless standards are there?
- masukomi 9y agoabout 18 so far (according to wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11
- jd20 9y agoMaybe a good idea for a future add-on to this product: sell a stand-alone hub (something like a Raspberry Pi) that could replace the need for an iOS or MacOS device. You could still use an iOS (or Android) app to configure the hub. It'd add a bit to the price, but clearly not everyone has a spare Apple device sitting around, that is always-on.
- roel_v 8y agoThere are dozens of this sort of 'home automation hub' on the market already; some of the based on Raspberry Pi, or on COTS hardware, or dedicated devices.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoThis is pretty neat, but I was hoping for something not mobile app dependent. Like a ZigBee or Z-Wave connected device. (My automation software currently runs Insteon only, though I've got the hardware to add ZigBee and Z-Wave and will someday get around to it.) I don't have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, so I pretty much immediately ended up outside of your market. I love the idea of the wall dock for it, that I assume is magnetic.
- hathawsh 9y agoDoes it work with non-Apple Bluetooth devices? The language on the "how it works" page seems surprisingly specific to Apple. Also, does it connect with Sengled hubs?
- conesus 9y agoIt's Apple only for now. Once that market shows it's worthwhile I'll expand into Android. As for Sengled hubs, if there's IFTTT support or custom URL support, then it's in there.
- hathawsh 9y agoThanks for the response. Personally, I would be more interested in connecting through a Raspberry Pi 3, which has Bluetooth on board, rather than a mobile device.