TP Control for Apple Watch
Ben Keyzers
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38mm version comes in at 272 pixels wide by 340 tall.
42mm version comes in at 312 by 390.
I can imagine every Apple customer will be asking about this feature soon.
Will AMX/ TP Control be the first integration company to take on this very large pie?
Comments?
42mm version comes in at 312 by 390.
I can imagine every Apple customer will be asking about this feature soon.
Will AMX/ TP Control be the first integration company to take on this very large pie?
Comments?
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My question about the convenience though, relates to tethering. I would imagine that in a large home, an owner may leave the phone in one area and walk to another part of the house, where the watch may disconnect from the phone. This affects many things, not just automation. But I can just imagine the service calls when the system wont operate because the devices are not in range of each other. I'll be curious to see how this pans out.
I understand the watch has vibration (left and right, apparently). I'd like to make use of this for feedback, such as the doorbell (when a loud movie is playing in the cinema).
Just my 2 cents worth. I don't have a watch to try, so this is only speculation
Heartbeat monitor
{
Infrared LED
Visible light LED
Photodiode
}
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Microphone
Force Touch
Scroll wheel up/down (Digital Crown)
Scroll wheel push
NFC
if iPhone connected:
Wi-Fi
GPS
Output:
Vibration
Speaker
Developers have limited access to Apple Watch features and are unable to access the gyroscope, accelerometer, NFC, built-in speaker and microphone, and the Taptic Engine of the device. Developers cannot create full apps that run on the watch itself at this point in time, but that functionality may be available in the future. - MacRumors
Will soon be redundant. Android Wear and Apple Watch both have wifi components that allow the watches to connect back to their phone on the same wifi network in the event Bluetooth LE is unavailable.
Thanks nickm.
I looked further after you mentioned this. So it would seem to get around my concern about the bluetooth tethering being within range. That's good news and thanks for clearing that up.
C-tron is more interested in the resi market than AMX is. I can't see running a boardroom from an iWatch. Of course, I can't see running my home automation from a watch either, so maybe that opinion isn't valid. I'm far from a Luddite, but some tech I just don't see the point for.
Okay, since Dave broke the curmudgeon barrier...
I have to admit that I don't get the watch thing either. I quit wearing watches a long time ago.
I know - I'm old...
If you were old, you'd still be wearing watches, and using pay phones.
Who needs a point when there is money to be made!
Paul
I'm afraid I need a point to make the sale in the first place. "It's cool," stop being something I could make money on some time ago.
I see the appeal of the watch, the no-pockets pants that make you find a device, every time you want to make a change. Quick response is what this device is all about. Of course with a small display it will be limited to less real estate, causing more page flips or less content. I believe this watch will take off, and make 'watch wearing' not just for Grandpa. Too many iOS junkies wanting every link.
There is still a (albiet niche') market for luxury watches. when I look at the feature set of the iWatch, it just doesn't appeal to me personally. I am not the target audience for this thing, however. I'm not a good judge.
It's not the first smart watch attempt. But, it is Apple after all...
I keep seeing this kind of comment, but TPControl has offered an all-you-can-eat license for a while now. Guess it's easier to complain than keep up.
At the price of 3 iPad licenses even. Much better value than before. Just wish they had it sooner or that you could trade in 3 ipad licenses for a BYOD license.
I encouraged this too but they understandably don't want to create new support for old purchases.
The sorta-work-around is to re-assign individual older licenses to new sites/customers with lesser needs (yes you can), and replace them with BYOD where its worth it.
Note that BYOD has essentially two different modes:
One, the one they talk most about, provides a touch panel project automatically to any new connecting device as well as allowing connection. The advantage is that you can allow anyone to "walk-up" and connect, and get a panel. You have to arrange connection information, but they have a way to push that via a camera scan. The down side (only if you have a mix of devices or have individualized panels) is that all panels get pushed the same ONE project. You can load another project into any pad to use instead, but not using the Cloud/Web, only TPTransfer (so you must maintain it locally). The "system" panel project can't be prevented from downloading even if the device is already licensed, and it takes precedence over a loaded specific project under some circumstances (like a netlinx reboot), leading to possible user confusion.
Two, the one I use, amounts to a site license. I don't load any project into the NetLinx, just the BYOD license. The result is that all devices that connect are enabled, and I have to use TPTransfer to load each device that isn't already individually licensed. Which I had to do anyway, as ONE project can't work well in phones and various size tablets with different aspects.
(Sorry to hijack the Apple Watch topic.)
Now that is awesome. Wasn't aware this was possible.
If there are concerns about the real-estate available on a device (i.e. Smartphone vs Tablet), then perhaps implement a hybrid Tablet/Smartphone design to cater for those instances.
Example here: Tablet Smartphone hybrid TP4 file
Using a hybrid file as your hosted BYOD file can cover a majority of use-cases, and you can fall back to the separate TP4 File Slot if required.
Do TPControl working about it or is it just planned for future?
If something in future develops from us in this area, be pleasantly surprised. Not saying it will, and not saying it won't - it's just not on the product list right now.