Hey there!
I’m new to this topic, so first of all, excuse me if I ask some simple & maybe silly questions.
The past three years, I equipped my home with several home automation devices. I am very interested in new technologies, and I really like the multiple options, these new technologies bring.
My setup at home is based on Apple Homekit, with which are bound some Philips hue spots and bulbs (via hue bridge), some Elgato eve energy plugs, one Elgato eve room and one Elgato eve weather. As bridge for homekit, I’m using an Apple TV 4. This works so far, using several Apple devices for managing.
In addition to this I have working:
- Some Osram Lightify bulbs and spots in the garden, bound to the Lightify bridge.
- Two netgear arlo cameras, bound to the arlo bridge.
- A Sonos system
- Several jalousies which are equipped with Somfy io homecontrol motors. For these, I have the Somfy Tahoma bridge, so I can manage them by iOS devices.
- A QNAP
So far, so complicated, because I have to use several apps for managing the devices and – which is worse – some devices can’t interact.
As far as I understand, openHAB could be my solution to manage all devices from one application and to smart connect them.
Hue, Elgato, Sonos and Lightify shouldn’t be a problem, but is there anyone who knows if the Somfy io homecontrol devices can be bound to the system? This would be an absolute precondition for me.
(Netgear arlo would be nice, too, but not as important as the Somfy system.)