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@vesa said in Any News on Flic Twist updates:
@Emil said in Any News on Flic Twist updates:
@steveff Our Matter integration is just around the corner.
Well this is good news. Are we talking weeks or months?
CSA is currently reviewing our certification application.
BTW, the 5 minute wait after helping someone out on another thread is quite annoying.
Not sure what 5 minute wait you are referring to?
@steveff Our Matter integration is just around the corner. For the Twist this is probably most relevant for lights, as no speakers I know yet support Matter.
What we also have in the pipeline for Twist is e.g. more configurable steps (4 -> 12) for Advanced Dimming/Scene Blender so that you can trigger an action (e.g. Alexa) with higher resolution and before as well as Hub SDK features for the Twist so that you can build custom integrations.
Spotify has an API (over cloud) that we could potentially use for controlling the volume, but we are not sure if the latency will be low enough to make this action have a good user experience. We also don't like that they don't provide any means to "push out" the volume status when it is changed so that the LEDs on the Twist could update accordingly (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-for-Developers/Access-to-websockets/td-p/4955299).
@richard-mead "skill no longer exists" does not sound as the same issue as "The device is currently not supported". What Alexa region are your account in and can you show a screenshot or video how you trigger that error message?
@michael-4 Probably the response is too big to fit in the RAM memory given to your application. Do you know how big the response is?
You simply choose, for example the 4 points, on the scene blender and give each of them button status.
Technically it would theoretically be possible to create one "virtual button" for all 4 twist points. But remember that HomeKit is under certification with pretty strict usage requirements from Apple, so we cannot really do this even though we would like to. This is for example possible with our Alexa action right now.
That you've now put it underneath the matter logo is misleading.
We have listed a selection of companies that have joined Matter. Please note that Matter is technically divided into "controllers" and "end devices". Controllers include HomeKit, Google Home, Alexa and end devices include Philips Hue Bridge, Nanoleaf, Govee and so on. Controllers can typically not control other controllers, since that would not make sense (you cannot "control" HomeKit from Alexa). Our intention is to be able to control all Matter end devices with Flic, having Flic Hub as a Matter controller.
It is 6 months since this topic was raised and there has not even been a firmware update for the hub within that time.
We have released multiple firmware updates for the Hub LR with tons of bug fixes during this period.
@gregorysinclair can you point out where we would have said that Flic Twist would ever support HomeKit?
Currently it would be impossible for us to support HomeKit for Flic Twist, at least until Apple decides to add support for "rotating" input devices. Currently the only supported input devices by HomeKit are push buttons (click, double click, hold) and on-off switches.
Our Matter integration is just around the corner. With that one you will be able to control Nanoleaf, Govee lights etc. (at least their devices with Matter support) with the Flic Twist. We really hope more devices will add support for Matter since this protocol seems to be the only "open" protocol that seems to have any kind of future.
@kristofer-john-nilsson sure!
One is ground.
One is power for the LEDs.
One is power for the receiver.
One is the signal from the receiver.
Not sure exactly which pin has which colour, but you should be able to find that out pretty easily.
The LEDs are directly connected to the LED power pin so the hub emits the "raw" signal.
The receiver also delivers a "raw" signal (however frequencies outside common IR range are filtered away) so if you connect it to an oscilloscope you will see the raw IR signal. If you record and send the same signal as power to the LEDs, it should "replay" the same command.
@gchen887 I saw the video. Still a bit confused why this happens because from what I can see, nothing in Amazon's documentation says that the Doorbell device type (which is what we use) would not be supported in Japan. I'll see if it's possible to get in contact with their support somehow... Please try you too if you want.
@meridian129 how do you control Tapp/Kasa from flic hub? It's not a device we can control directly.
