Knowledge of the advantages of a so-called "smart home" is growing increasingly in modern society. Sales in the smart home segment in 2018 will amount to around €2,614 million. (Statista), and in the area of comfort and lighting, around 7 million households are expected to operate intelligent lighting control systems by 2022, thus enriching their everyday lives. Networking is also becoming increasingly important in the business and industrial sectors and is playing an accelerated role.
Especially in times in which smart control is becoming more and more important, compatibility between the various suppliers is also a top priority. Networking in itself is a success – but a provider-spanning interoperability is much more relevant for potential buyers and existing customers. With the intelligent control software "Phoscon App" from dresden elektronik, it is already possible to control and connect different light sources from different suppliers. With the new addition to the public beta "homebridge-hue", in future lighting can not only be controlled by voice but also coupled with modern Apple devices, what delivers numerous advantages for the company's customers.
The Phoscon App is currently the leader in lighting control applications.
While it was already possible to couple devices from different manufacturers such as IKEA, Philips and Xiaomi, dresden elektronik now also enables customers with Apple products that support ZigBee devices in HomeKit with the publicly available homebridge-hue SD card image. This integration enables customers to implement even more complex applications in the field of intelligent lighting control with Phoscon.
Lights can now be conveniently viewed and controlled from a distance. Whether from the office or on holiday - users can use HomeKit and iCloud to control all lighting actions in the house. If desired, notifications can be sent for specific events. In combination with a door contact from Xiaomi, for example, push notifications are sent directly to the user's mobile phone or tablet. Thus the condition of the customers’ home can be supervised from far distances.
The homebridge-hue SD card image enables to control the system from a personal perspective. Family members, roommates or visitors can be assigned "roles" in order to be able to set and use specific lighting controls. For example, a visitor can switch lights via a smartphone, but cannot change the configuration such as group membership or various scenarios.
Using the Apple ID, all Apple devices - whether iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AppleTV or HomePod - can also be synchronized with each other to ensure consistent control options. Apps from third-party HomeKit providers such as EveApp can also be used in this way.
Of all solutions currently available on the market, Phoscon offers the world's largest HomeKit support for ZigBee devices in combination with the homebridge-hue SD card image. To test the public beta, Apple users only need a gateway from dresden elektronik. Smart home enthusiasts as well as designers will open up to a completely new world of modern lighting control.
The public beta will be available as a free SD card image for Raspberry Pi in combination with RaspBee or ConBee on dresden-elektronik.de as early as mid-September. A stable release is planned for Q4.
Phoscon Gateway | Phoscon App | ConBee | RaspBee
Especially in times in which smart control is becoming more and more important, compatibility between the various suppliers is also a top priority. Networking in itself is a success – but a provider-spanning interoperability is much more relevant for potential buyers and existing customers. With the intelligent control software "Phoscon App" from dresden elektronik, it is already possible to control and connect different light sources from different suppliers. With the new addition to the public beta "homebridge-hue", in future lighting can not only be controlled by voice but also coupled with modern Apple devices, what delivers numerous advantages for the company's customers.
The Phoscon App is currently the leader in lighting control applications.
While it was already possible to couple devices from different manufacturers such as IKEA, Philips and Xiaomi, dresden elektronik now also enables customers with Apple products that support ZigBee devices in HomeKit with the publicly available homebridge-hue SD card image. This integration enables customers to implement even more complex applications in the field of intelligent lighting control with Phoscon.
Lights can now be conveniently viewed and controlled from a distance. Whether from the office or on holiday - users can use HomeKit and iCloud to control all lighting actions in the house. If desired, notifications can be sent for specific events. In combination with a door contact from Xiaomi, for example, push notifications are sent directly to the user's mobile phone or tablet. Thus the condition of the customers’ home can be supervised from far distances.
The homebridge-hue SD card image enables to control the system from a personal perspective. Family members, roommates or visitors can be assigned "roles" in order to be able to set and use specific lighting controls. For example, a visitor can switch lights via a smartphone, but cannot change the configuration such as group membership or various scenarios.
Using the Apple ID, all Apple devices - whether iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AppleTV or HomePod - can also be synchronized with each other to ensure consistent control options. Apps from third-party HomeKit providers such as EveApp can also be used in this way.
Of all solutions currently available on the market, Phoscon offers the world's largest HomeKit support for ZigBee devices in combination with the homebridge-hue SD card image. To test the public beta, Apple users only need a gateway from dresden elektronik. Smart home enthusiasts as well as designers will open up to a completely new world of modern lighting control.
The public beta will be available as a free SD card image for Raspberry Pi in combination with RaspBee or ConBee on dresden-elektronik.de as early as mid-September. A stable release is planned for Q4.
Phoscon Gateway | Phoscon App | ConBee | RaspBee
