Re: Pilot: Home Automation Client (iOS app)
Posted: Sunday 10 August 2014 12:30
I Agree, my wall mounted iPad needs an attractive interace that can impress our guests and still be useful to me 

Open source Home Automation System
https://forum.domoticz.com/
Ah thanks mate!Steven84 wrote:What a fine looking/working app...!!!! Please continue the great development! Location function works splendid. First interface that forfills my needs. Maybe idea to implement actions and notifications.....?
patoo77 wrote:Ah thanks mate!Steven84 wrote:What a fine looking/working app...!!!! Please continue the great development! Location function works splendid. First interface that forfills my needs. Maybe idea to implement actions and notifications.....?Pretty glad to see the location feature used by someone other than I!
What do you mean by actions and notifications?
I have a few features coming for version 1.1, but I am always listening for new use cases.
Basically, tell me what you're trying to achieve and I'll see how that can be implemented.
About notifications, I see what you mean. I think it would be very difficult to do, it requires having access to the core Domoticz code, and that is not something I have the ability to do. I will check if it is possible to retrieve prowl/pushover/email notifications and send them to Pilot, but I don't think it is the most efficient way to do it.Steven84 wrote: Domoticz can send notifications true different clients like Prowl client.
The notifications can be defined in "events" like: send me a message when alarm is enabled.
Domoticz has even build in messages. When you open a switch or something like that in the web interface you can enable notifications.
By actions i mend simple events. Example: on sunrise enable switch. Don't even know if this is possible.
Like earlier posts: Camera live-feed and grouping of devices are a big plus.
You wanna let know what the release notes are for v1.1?
Maybe idea to let users donate for R&D (research & development ...?
-> Notifications, alrdy answered.dhanjel wrote:I agree with the other posts, this is my wish list:
- Notifications
- Group by room
- Some kind of dashboard (Weather, selected devices, look at Fibaro for example: http://a3.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v ... 0x480.jpeg)
- View cameras
- iPad Landscape mode
Thanks for your feedback and suggestions, I will look into it.davzzz wrote:Hi,
Wow !Good job, beautifull designed app (native ios 7 ), very reactive !
For me, design in home automation is important and pilot is what i was expecting in this sense
Here is what i expect for features :
- Make groups
- Hide some devices
Later :
- Native Ipad app with dashboard
I'll buy full app in order to activate localisation feature.
Found a little Bug :
if i tap a sensor (e.g RAM Raspberry pi), there is no actions possible, all is OK. Then, if I tap a Somfy RFY Device, I have 3 actions possible : down, stop, up, all is OK
But if i tap again a sensor (e.g RAM Raspberry pi), the actions possibles are RFY (down, stop, up), there should be no actions...
Long life to this app !!![]()
Version 1.0.1 is out, should fix your SSL issue.gerlo wrote:Thanks for the ssl fix! I have my own certificate , not self signed.
Create 2 virtual switches. Phone 1 flips switch 1, phone 2 flips switch 2.Steven84 wrote:Question, what does the app when there are two phones home with Pilot en location service on and one phone leave's home?
You will be able to open the last used screen in version 1.1ben9519 wrote:Nice app! And a lot faster than the cached web page on my iPhone!! Great work!
But I have a question, is it possible to open the favorites tab on start up?
Most of the times I want to switch on/off lights, and not interested in other information like CPU, MEM and disk %
And also, maybe think about the in app purchase of the location feature.
I can accomplish the same wit the free geofancy app.
Thanks Dynamic, that's exactly how it's done. I actually made it work at home, I can share it with you guys when I get home (in a few days).Dynamic wrote:Create 2 virtual switches. Phone 1 flips switch 1, phone 2 flips switch 2.Steven84 wrote:Question, what does the app when there are two phones home with Pilot en location service on and one phone leave's home?
What to do when one (or both) phones are 'home' or 'away', needs to be done in Domoticz using LUA or Blockly.
Yes please share.patoo77 wrote:hanks Dynamic, that's exactly how it's done. I actually made it work at home, I can share it with you guys when I get home (in a few days).
Basically, I did the following:
- Pilot installed on every phone
- Every phone is linked to a proper virtual switch
- Blocky script: When one of the 2 phones gets home, if there was no phone home before, I trigger a "welcome home" event.
- Blocky script: If one of the phone leaves home, I check if there is another phone is home.
- If yes, nothing happens
- If not, I trigger a "close home" event.
That way I can handle 2 phones! It's a bit trickier than with one phone, but it works just fine once it's all setup!
Ah! I just noticed lolSteven84 wrote:Yes please share.patoo77 wrote:hanks Dynamic, that's exactly how it's done. I actually made it work at home, I can share it with you guys when I get home (in a few days).
Basically, I did the following:
- Pilot installed on every phone
- Every phone is linked to a proper virtual switch
- Blocky script: When one of the 2 phones gets home, if there was no phone home before, I trigger a "welcome home" event.
- Blocky script: If one of the phone leaves home, I check if there is another phone is home.
- If yes, nothing happens
- If not, I trigger a "close home" event.
That way I can handle 2 phones! It's a bit trickier than with one phone, but it works just fine once it's all setup!
Patrick like i suggested: i made a donation...
Don't worry, must be a bug/typo. If the App Store upgraded your app to 1.0.1, you're good to go.davzzz wrote:Hi,
I think Pilot app has been updated to v1.0.1 on my iphone (was notified by app store) but when i go to settings -> about, version is 1.0.0. Confirm ?
I look forward to see v 1.1
That's weird.Steven84 wrote:Patrick,
after updating app my location service trigger doesn't work any more? Any ideas?
So it's working again? Maybe you didn't have any network coverage, or something went wrong in the app... Let me know when this happens again.Steven84 wrote:Still working again, don't know what causing the failure..??