Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hi, Yes I’m aware of this they are a neat invention indeed. Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 1:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hi Robin, Apart from the power-saving benefits, another advantage of LED light bulbs is their long life. A good LED bulb will last about 15 to 20 years with normal use of a few hours a day. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 11:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hi, It would also be interesting if such systems could indicate when a bulb has died and needs replacing. Dead light bulbs are the bane of my existence (smile). Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 inapprop
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
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 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 wher
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Thanks, Ben, I know jailbreaking does has a few interesting perks, but I assume Apple will give developers access to SIRI sooner or later and it's probably going to be sooner rather than later. I heard a demo when SIRI first came out where the guy who did the demo had found a way to control his WiFi thermostat with SIRI. Apart from a focus on health related stuff, I think there will be a lot of new stuff in the area of home automation. I heard that some developers found code somewhere which indicates Apple may design a new Apple TV to be not just for TV and other media, but also the hub for everything related to home automation. I think this would make total sense since your Apple TV sits there all the time, it's already connected to your home network and could easily pass along all sorts of commands and requests. Regards, Sieghard a guy had -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:15 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hi Sieghard, I have the Wemo switch which lets me turn power outlets on / off remotely; as far as I'm aware all the Wemo devices use the same app for control & in my experience the app is fully accessible. With a little bit of jailbreak magic I can now turn things on and off around the house with my voice. I know jailbreaking's not really your thing but sometimes it's nice to show what can be done. As a side note, solutions for controling wemo devices outside of iOS aren't overly great at the moment but I did find this http://moderntoil.com/?p=839 shell script which works for me. It can be made to run under Windows with the help of sigwin. Cheers, Ben. On 12/18/14, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone li
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hi Robin, Apart from the power-saving benefits, another advantage of LED light bulbs is their long life. A good LED bulb will last about 15 to 20 years with normal use of a few hours a day. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Frost Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 11:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hi, It would also be interesting if such systems could indicate when a bulb has died and needs replacing. Dead light bulbs are the bane of my existence (smile). Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel <mailto:siegh...@live.ca> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 inapp
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 To: 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 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 To: 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails f
Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hi Sieghard, I have the Wemo switch which lets me turn power outlets on / off remotely; as far as I'm aware all the Wemo devices use the same app for control & in my experience the app is fully accessible. With a little bit of jailbreak magic I can now turn things on and off around the house with my voice. I know jailbreaking's not really your thing but sometimes it's nice to show what can be done. As a side note, solutions for controling wemo devices outside of iOS aren't overly great at the moment but I did find this http://moderntoil.com/?p=839 shell script which works for me. It can be made to run under Windows with the help of sigwin. Cheers, Ben. On 12/18/14, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hi, It would also be interesting if such systems could indicate when a bulb has died and needs replacing. Dead light bulbs are the bane of my existence (smile). Robin From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Light detector is wonderful for finding lights around. I don’t think I know anything about the lights you are talking about here, in fact, I know I haven’t a clue but I do know how guests seem to turn on every light in the house and then leave me to figure out which ones are on and I find some I’d least expect, like in my bedroom where they were not invited or expected to be. Drives me a bit crazy. Not sure I would automate this place anyway it would probably break everything, and I have had enough things stop working here over the past several months. Need to change batteries in a talking thermostat today, hope I have the right batteries and can figure out how to do this, recall Tom taking it off the wall once a few years ago, not sure if I can do it or will have to call cousin/husband over 100 miles away to help, hopefully since I know how to use almost any hand tool I can do this alone. If I don’t have the right batteries I can call someone close but she is not mechanical at all, I know 10 times what she does about fixing anything. She is a great driver, great finder if something its lost but no mechanic. At least Dad knew life would be difficult enough, so he taught me at a very early age how to use hand tools, screwdrivers, wrenches, of all types and how to take apart and put things together. I could have been only about four when I replaced a door knob that was a problem in their house. Mom did not want me to do it but once I did she was glad she did not have to wait for Dad to come home and fix it. Still messing with this thermostat is not my idea of fun but if I don’t I won’t have the right assistance until Christmas Eve. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:59 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs 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 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 c
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hi Betty, Thanks for this discovery. I'll probably get this Snoozie app just because the developer seems so interested in supporting accessibility. I think I am going to buy a start package of Philipps Hue in the relatively near future and then I'll report back as to how this all works out. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Denny Schwab Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 8:39 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs Hello, Here is the first item I found when I did a google search for this product: http://www.everyhue.com/vanilla/discussion/778/snoozy-2-0-is-launched This is not quite what you were looking for, but it does work with the above lights and the developer looks to be very willing to work with accessibility. Look down at the comments and see where the developer mentions putting in many accessibility support items for blind-users. I have not gone and downloaded the application, but may very well do so in the near future. Thanks, Denny On 12/19/14, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > That is where at this point the Light Detector app comes in handy. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Cheryl Homiak > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:30 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <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 &g
Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
Hello, Here is the first item I found when I did a google search for this product: http://www.everyhue.com/vanilla/discussion/778/snoozy-2-0-is-launched This is not quite what you were looking for, but it does work with the above lights and the developer looks to be very willing to work with accessibility. Look down at the comments and see where the developer mentions putting in many accessibility support items for blind-users. I have not gone and downloaded the application, but may very well do so in the near future. Thanks, Denny On 12/19/14, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > That is where at this point the Light Detector app comes in handy. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Cheryl Homiak > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:30 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > 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 <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 Phil
RE: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
That is where at this point the Light Detector app comes in handy. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheryl Homiak Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com 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 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail
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 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. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/>. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Re: Accessibility of app to control Philipps or Belkin WiFi connected LED light bulbs
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 To: 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-ar
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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
