Nice! I do like the GE & Home Depot integration. Really my only gripe is the required cloud relay. Well, that and the somewhat funky & inflexible app design. So we'll see how well Samsung addresses those two items.
Wink's partnership with GE is similar. On the beta side, we've done surveys regarding all major kitchen appliances. They are definitely working on other products. Quirky's also just recently shown off a coffee maker, baby bottle warmer, and pet feeder. My point is that they have the resources with GE to almost match Samsung in the product department.
Wink also has the Home Depot partnership as an advantage. Home Depot has talked about ensuring they are selling connected products. I'm sure GE would get priority over Samsung as long as this partnership is intact.
Of course, while those partnerships exist, there's a lot of If's and Hopefully's. Wink just needs to take advantage of what they've put in play.
I guess hub update 0.82 is being gradually rolled out to users. Not sure what the big changes are at this stage. I've noticed that twice in the last 2-3 days, my lights have been unresponsive and I've had to reboot the hub to fix them. Not sure what the issue is.
my 8 GE Link lights recently went unresponsive too.....
I had to delete all hub settings, reset lights, and the re-pair all of them individually (painful process with recessed lights since you have to unscrew them).....
they should just open the platform up the opensource community.....
they'd have great software with real log files and debugging if they did
The GE lights have a bit of a bad reputation for developing amnesia.
Mine quit working yesterday (again). Firmware .77. Went for a walk with my wife & wanted to toggle the light as I walked out the door with my fancypants smartphone app - nope! No response. That earned a snicker, thanks Wink
Internet access is going to be a little limited where I'll be, so I HOPE they work OK because I won't be able to check frequently and I certainly won't be able to reboot the hub.
Internet access is going to be a little limited where I'll be, so I HOPE they work OK because I won't be able to check frequently and I certainly won't be able to reboot the hub.
So, it has been awhile since I asked, but I'll ask again -- anyone using the Remotec ZXT-120 Z-wave to IR air conditioning controller with Wink?
http://www.amazon.com/Remotec-Z-Wav...p/B00CJBBYS0/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8
I REALLY want to buy one for the portable AC unit in my office, but won't without ensuring it works with Wink first.
An option I use which has worked pretty reliably and is relatively inexpensive is use a Wemo Switch. You can access the switch remotely over Wifi and 4G. It does the trick if you're just looking to turn off then on the load, which in this case is the Wink hub. And for $35 you can't go wrong.
There's some tricks you can use in order to do stuff like that. I have a Monostrip, which is basically a budget IP-PDU (smart power switch):
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2269658
You can turn it on/off via Wifi or 3G, so if you have the Wink Hub plugged into one of the outlets, that would let you manually power cycle it as needed. Just did a quick check on their product page & it looks like they have a newer version of what I have available. Downside is it's about $125
http://www.amazon.com/Visible-Energy-VE-178-US-Power-Center/dp/B0057HX17K/
I'm using Google Voice on both a phone and a tablet, neither of which have a phone number. I happen to also be using GV with Hangouts, but that isn't necessary. I think you can make it work.Also, I'm using an old Android phone to run some Wink Tasker-Robots and a few IFTTT things. I originally set this up using Google Voice texting since the phone is not on a service plan. The texting seems to have been broken since Voice really, really wants that phone to have a network phone number. Sooooooo... anyone got any ideas of a service I can use to replace it
What I have done to resolve this is buy a $10/$15 low light timer from HD. I have my hub plugged into that and it cycles power once a day - turns off for 1 minute and then back on. Low tech...never think about it.
Knock wood, have had no issues with hub hanging since I did this...went this route since WeMo and others have also had issues and are much more expensive. It's been about 10 weeks since I have put this is place.
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in Hi-tech solutions that it only ends up creating more headaches when in fact the best and most reliable answer is something low-tech like this! Brilliant.What I have done to resolve this is buy a $10/$15 low light timer from HD. I have my hub plugged into that and it cycles power once a day - turns off for 1 minute and then back on. Low tech...never think about it.
Knock wood, have had no issues with hub hanging since I did this...went this route since WeMo and others have also had issues and are much more expensive. It's been about 10 weeks since I have put this is place.
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in Hi-tech solutions that it only ends up creating more headaches when in fact the best and most reliable answer is something low-tech like this! Brilliant.
So the one I have been using is:
http://t.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-15-Amp-7-Day-Plug-In-2-Outlet-Digital-Timer-49808/203678095/
It can do 1 minute increments and also has two plugs not that I have used the second for anything but decided it was both a couple bucks more just in case...after all I was saving at least twice as much over a WeMo or similar product introducing another technology
It looks like a Wink:Shortcuts section has been added to IFTTT. So essentially you can have a IFTTT action run a Wink shortcut.
So that means basic IFTTT support is finally there.