BeoLiving news & support from Khimo!

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Khimo Support

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Posted April 2, 2019 at 15:33 GMT

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Hello (Beo)World!

I'm Ivan of the Khimo team and this is our new BeoWorld forum account.

We are the people behind the development of B&O's Smart Home solutions for the last ten years. I will be available for any queries related to our BeoLiving Intelligence and will report on new products or firmware updates that may be on their way.

At the moment we are very happy with our latest update release (BeoLiving Intelligence v2.0.1 and BeoLiving APP v1.0.5) which includes a big upgrade for the BeoLiving Intelligence (BLI) in Essential mode.

What's new:

- Support of Philips HUE systems and ONVIF cameras

- Easy discovery and addition of available devices through BL App

- Lights and cameras controlled through the app or B&O TVs

- "Passwordless" users make login through TVs a lot easier

- More intuitive navigation on the BeoLiving App and improved speed response - especially noticeable in big installations -

A tutorial for a simple home installation using the BeoLiving Intelligence on Essential mode is already online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLQhc2VGZVo

1990 (archived2)

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Posted April 3, 2019 at 15:54 GMT

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Hi Ivan,

Great that you are taking the effort to post on this forum. I'm quite curious and pondering whether to buy a BLI... These new features make the 'Essential' version a lot more interesting!

Some questions I have regarding the new product:

* Can the Scenes that are available in the Essential-mode be triggered by BeoRemote-commands?

* Is an Android-app on the roadmap?

* Do you need to pay a separate license fee to Khimo for the use of Alexa/IFTTT?

Khimo Support

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Posted April 3, 2019 at 17:51 GMT

#1485441

Hello 1990,

Great to hear about your interest in the BLI Essential!

Regarding your questions:

[quote user="1990"]

* Can the Scenes that are available in the Essential-mode be triggered by BeoRemote-commands?

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This is not possible at the moment on Essential mode. The BeoRemote commands are available as triggers on the Macros configurable through the Pro mode's setup page.

[quote user="1990"]

* Is an Android-app on the roadmap?

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The Android app is in development! We will let you know as soon as it is available on the Play Store.

[quote user="1990"]

* Do you need to pay a separate license fee to Khimo for the use of Alexa/IFTTT?

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The BLI is configured from factory to be connected to Khimo’s cloud service. You do not need to pay extra to use Alexa or IFTTT 🙂

Most of this information is available in our documentation (

Normann

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Posted April 4, 2019 at 08:05 GMT

#1485442

Hello.

I have a BLGW and the newest version of the Beoliving app, and I don't seem to have the option in the app that says "Easy discovery and addition of available devices through BL App"

Isn't the software on BLGW and BLI the same?

Khimo Support

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Posted April 4, 2019 at 14:04 GMT

#1485443

[quote user="Normann"]

Isn't the software on BLGW and BLI the same?

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Hi Normann,

The Discover my devices button is a new feature. Created with the Essential user in mind, it is only available on the BeoLiving Intelligence (both Pro & Essential).

We continue to provide support and backup on the BeoLink Gateway, but new features will be developed and released on the BLI.

1990 (archived2)

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Posted April 4, 2019 at 16:28 GMT

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[quote user="Ivan at Khimo.com"]

The Android app is in development! We will let you know as soon as it is available on the Play Store.

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Cool! Do you have any information on the time frame? Would make buying the BLI look a lote more sensible for the Mrs...

Some more questions regarding the differences between Scenes and Macros: can Scenes be timed? Or do you need Macro-programming to achieve anything like that?

Can you elaborate a bit more on the projects you will finish in the near future? (And do you have beta-test programmes?)

Khimo Support

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Posted April 4, 2019 at 17:01 GMT

#1485445

The BeoLiving app has a Scene screen, from where you can configure simple Scenes as well as trigger macros, etc. This configuration includes time scheduling, so you will be able to time Scenes on Essential mode 🙂

Sorry but at the moment I cannot comment on the ongoing development, I will post here as soon as the new app is available!

1990 (archived2)

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Posted April 5, 2019 at 12:36 GMT

#1485446

One more question that I can't find an answer to on Github: Can you make the "JOIN" command part of a Scene or Macro?

Khimo Support

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Posted April 5, 2019 at 16:50 GMT

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[quote user="1990"]

One more question that I can't find an answer to on Github: Can you make the "JOIN" command part of a Scene or Macro?

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Yes! The JOIN command is available on Macro configuration under Send Command --> JOIN 🙂

beojeff

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Posted April 6, 2019 at 11:10 GMT

#1485448

I'm glad to see you here on BeoWorld in the home automation forum.

Many of us still have BLGW. It sounds like there are still huge disadvantages to upgrading to BLI if we have any ML products in the mix.

1. Have you come up with a good solution for ML devices such as having a driver for the BLI to interface with the BLGW?

2. Will you still offer new systems in the BLGW systems list? Are the drivers really that much different between BLI and BLGW?

3. While creating a macro in BLGW, I saw the option to include a Speaker Group. How can we create speaker groups with the BLGW?

Thanks!

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