General Category > Ideas/Feature requests
IFTTT Integration
LGNilsson:
Yes, we're working on actual automation, but it won't be IFTTT, it'll be our own system. We expect to have the first parts ready by next month.
IFTTT support would be something we'd consider later on.
ograbah:
I would also like to chime in on the request for IFTT support. That would allow parents to see when their kids wake up the XBOX or PS and would let them know when any of their children's wifi connected devices are in range. What a great way to know if your kids have arrived home at the proper time, too. :)
For me, I'm looking to be able to build automation that can determine if both me and my wife are home, based on the presence of our phones. It would also be very nice to be able to have it log any user MAC addresses and Computer Names to an Evernote File. That way I can see who is accessing my network and use that to assign long-term IP Addresses or to block them. Plus, I can have notifications sent if my front door lock sensor unlocks while my wife and I are not present.
I have absolutely no idea what it takes and am glad to hear that you are considering it. I have an Almond+ and am really looking forward to an easy way to unlock the door from my phone and do many other things from my phone. So, I know that you are working on many items. I just wanted to chime in that this would be a pretty fantastic connection that might lower the automation that you have to create and provide time to focus on other items.
Either way, I'm looking forward to it!!
Blueiris8:
Yeah, I'm hoping that once the Home Automation stuff is done and most of the bug worked out that this is near to top of the list. In one quick swoop Almond+ could be integrated with an ever expanding list of services larger than the Almond+ team could ever dream to do on their own.
Mike:
I understand that sucurifi is not working on IFTT support. While the concept is very interesting and easy accessible, the functionality is child's play when you consider actual *home* automation. I expect that when almonds automation functions start to shape up it can offer a lot more functionality on its own.
As far as I've seen ifttt it can do a lot things but are hardly of any use. Most of the actions can be done better with just opening an app or a simple google search.
In addition it builds an octopus of linked cloud-based services,.. I'd rather skip this for reliability and security reasons and link some accounts with the almond platform if this becomes possible and/or useful.
If anyone can think of examples where ifttt + almond can provide additional useful scenarios I'd be happy to hear them. (Considering the almond will have presence awareness, sensor logging, automation rules, notifications)
Blueiris8:
Sensor to Sensor communication should always be better within the Almond+ system. It's when you want to pair those actions with things outside of just the home automation sensors that IFTTT becomes beneficial.
For example, UP by Jawbone knows when you are waking up (much better than a motion sensor ever will). There are many ways you could leverage this information. For example, you could slowly undim the lights in your bedroom to mimic sunrise (assuming its still dark out). This gives you a much better wake up experience.
Other people like to do detailed analytics. You could connect the Almond+ to Google Drive or EverNote or whatever your preference is to log sensor changes, electricity usage (smart meters), etc...
Even basic things like make a phone call or send a SMS when an event is triggered. I'm some support may eventually be added to Almond+, but leveragin an already existing network will cut down on development time and maintenance cost.
There are also a bunch of niche examples; you could have IFTTT blink your lights to notify you of something (calendar event, facebook mention, email from your mom, outbid on Ebay), automatically turn on the A/C when I'm 5 minutes from getting home (heck just connect the A/C to the weather outside), etc...
Like I said, it's not about communicating sensor to sensor, its about connecting the outside world to your sensors. This allows your imagination to really open of to the options. A lot of them will some pointless to some, but amazing to others.
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