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Thank you all for your comments again
We are in fact looking at options for ETH03; MQTT, REST, Openhab, but there seems to be new things coming out so often that we want to see which is practical and supported
We have also been working on the webserver in ETH03 - the user interface is more the challenge rather than the functionality
As a taste of what is going to be available, we plan to have a "UCM" which is also a controller. Imagine Comfort without the inputs, outputs, telephone recording which looks like a UCM which can plug in the ETH, USB interface for comunication. This can be used as a low cost logic controller where you can connect KNX, Cbus, IRIO and other modules.
Hi Slychiu,
One of the things I think at this point is critical, is integration into smart speakers such as google home and amazone alexa, and it would need to be done in a manner that is user friendly.
If you think about it currently, one of the great things about comfort, is its ability to interface to so many different standards and protocols, eib, cbus, velbus etc, and there are very few systems which allow you to do that. Whats missing is the ability to integate these into goolge home type devices.
As far as I know, there is no simple way to integrate and connect velbus, or cbus etc to google h ome devices, but if comfort was integrated to google home, then problem solved, you immediately provide people witih the ability to interface all these standards directly to google home.
I have recently got some hue lights, and a nest, and while all of my lights are controlled by comfort velbus, I now rarely use the comfort app for home control. The hue lights (and they are only two lamps at this point), are so easy to control, you just speak and it happens, it makes the app seem very cumbersome, its almost a legacy now (although that is stretching it, its important and needed, but not required as often).
Apps are no longer the easiest way to control your home, its voice now.
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