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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Controller for Homekit is a feature-rich 3rd party HomeKit application that brings you all the tools you need to manage your Apple Home setup.
In this video we will explore the new Floorplan feature that was released with the Cntroller 7.0 update.
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0:00 Chapters
1:15 Controller for HomeKit
2:18 Scan for your Floor Plan
3:30 Create a Floor Plan Dashboard
4:27 Add Elements to Floor Plan
7:43 Using Floor Plan (Demo)
9:15 Bonus Tip: Use Service Groups
12:00 New App Design (iPhone)
12:25 New App Design (iPad)
13:11 Privacy
13:34 Pricing
14:18 Controller for HomeKit Course
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Here’s the bs pricing, keep in mind Apple has no refund option, ridiculous!Stop fetishising apps, it’s weird…. Duuuude!
In-App Purchases:
PRO yearly subscription (1 Year)
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Lifetime license
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£24.99
£19.99
£44.99
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I have the lifetime subscription and have just updated my Controller app to the latest release. I know what I will be doing most of tomorrow. Setting up my smart home rooms in the Controller app.
Can’t wait to try! Have used controller for a while but have never unlocked 1/3 of its great features maybe this will inspire me to use it more!! Thx
I definitely use Controller for HomeKit and have the lifetime license. One warning about the new update is you can't scan a room, save, go off and do something else, scan another room, scan a further room, scan the common hallway, and expect to stitch separate scans back together into one floor plan. You should also have everything in the house uncluttered and furniture where you want it before you start. Then you have to have the battery charged and the time to scan the whole house all at once.
Yeah this was/is my biggest concern. I'll be honest, I have a rather cluttered house. I really want the option to edit/delete the things it detects as "furniture" so I can clean up the floor plans. Plus honestly I'd rather have the raw room plans WITHOUT any furniture because that may change in the future.
My house was not really cleaned or declutterred before doing the scans and it came out well. It only recognizes certain things as furniture or appliances so I don’t think it will detect things as furniture that aren’t.
@@ShaneCreates In the first room I scanned, there was a folding table against the side of a wall with some stuff on it and under it. The folding table showed up as a box in the floor plan. Thankfully none of the stuff showed up. On the other side of that room is a wall that I have a lot of storage boxes stacked up side-by-side. That showed up as one large box protruding from the wall. I ended up removing the project table against the wall before I started the full house floor plan scan.
All in all the floor plan scanning goes rather quickly and ignores nearly all of the "clutter". It is just best to know, what you scan is what you get, because I see no editing tools for afterwards
@@mustang607 thanks for sharing!
That’s floor plan looks clean!
Like always, Shane. Great video I have been looking for something like this for a while and definitely will be making the purchase for Controller for HomeKit.
Love this update, have been waiting for this for a while. I was hoping Apple would update their Home app with something just like this. I have the annual Controller subscription, but I may be upgrading when my renewal comes up!
Thanks Shane! Appreciate your work!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Great video as always, Shane. I will be trying this soon.
Thanks Edgar!
This is going straight on my wall-mounted iPads. I love this look and hope it will make it easier for the family (read: wife. The kids have mastered it for a while) or guests. I might even use a second build for guest mode when we are hosting a party so that I can limit the easily accessible devices.
That’s great! I love the idea of using a different version for a guest mode!
Darn I wish I could do this with my iPhone 12. Time to reach out to a friend. Haha. Thanks for the video.
Great Video Shane!
I have also the lifetime version of Controller. It’s really worth it. Floor plan I will setup today, Notifications is really useful too, a bit complicated to setup though.
I have planned to learn the workflow section also, it’s som kind of more complex automations I guess. I don’t see yet how to use it properly.
This is so cool. Added my floor plan and accessories. The scanning process was simple, but all my rooms are small. I kept getting a 'Move further away' message. It picked up the cat as a small table and missed a couple of small storage units. I'll try again tomorrow.
I was hoping you would do a video on this. It’s a game changer.
Thanks for watching!
This is cool.
May do a test of it if I can find time. Previously, I used the Lidar to scan the house within one of the UniFi Apps and wasn’t getting good results. Perhaps this is a better process.
Your scans looked pretty decent.
Good video. Thanks for the content.
Thanks for watching!
Wow. That looks awesome. I like the fact that there’s a lifetime license too.
Me too! I have so many subscriptions. 😫 I love when I can just pay once and not worry about it any more!
2:22 if this isn’t my life lol .. wife on the couch with phone as I’m messing with some tech
😂 Just grateful they put up with us!
@iDard3n 😂😂😂 A girl just trying to relax!
I like how you named your housed "Whatley Resort". I'ts cute but do you get a lot of guests?.
I'm going to have to try using the Lidar camera OUTDOORS because all of my devices are on the OUTSIDE of my home. I have a great many WILDLIFE CAMERAS and lights outdoors. Of course, there are switches also so I can turn on or off banks of cameras or lights.
Good idea am still thinking about this app not cheap £100 lifetime or yearly £24.
Does one subscription covers multiple platforms? Thanks!
A lot of potential! I created the plan (which works great) but adding accessories on the plan does not work for many of my Homekit devices… It just does nothing. I’ll report the issues so the next version gets better. I’ve been a lifetime member with Controller for years.
PS. The link for $19.99 worked for me even though I had an expired annual subscription from a while back. Hopefully it will work for anyone interested, regardless of their prior subscription status (expired vs. never had).
Thanks for sharing!
How does it address external buildings. My garage is not attached and I have a Shed/Man Cave?
Shane, this is awesome, can the Aqara FP2 presence sensor be integrated into this new Controller feature?
It would be cool to see your location in the room/house on the dashboard. We could have seen you sitting at your desk during your video 😅.
Yes you could technically. Since the FP2 creates a separate sensor for each zone in HomeKit, you could simply add each sensor that you want on the floor plan and it will light up when motion is detected.
This looks awesome! Can you share this with spouse and kids? If so, can you just grant the kids certain rooms? Thank you....
Hope they come out with a big discount for the lifetime as I really want it. Will watch as I know they do at times.
Would be kinda hilarious if Apple announces an updated Home app at WWDC tomorrow that does all this
Hello Shane!
Hi Shane, thanks for the video, very interesting. I was just wondering if there's an option in the Controller app (or another third party app maybe?) that would allow dimming the screen of the ipad and reactivate it when the camera is detecting someone ?
Basically I would not want my iPad screen to stay on 24/7 but only when I am in front of it ready to monitor or trigger some automation.
Thanks!
There are a couple of hacks you can use to achieve this. You may have even noticed the iPad waking up when I approached it in the video.
I am using the iPad in "Guided Access" mode. A motion sensor close by will send a notification to the iPad and wake it up whenever it detects motion. Here is a short video I made a while back explaining it: ua-cam.com/users/shortsX9yr0s1kOX8
@@ShaneCreates awesome, thanks!
Hello can I ask free trial if i download will i get charged at the end
It was a bit hit or miss for me. I have a fairly large floor plan and I could never finish scanning the whole house. “Lost in Space” error 😅
Hey Shane! I’ve been following you for years, and I’ve gotten a ton of great advice from your videos, so thank you very much for all the smart home inspiration you’re giving us all! One thing that has been bothering me a bit lately is how your reviews are now almost always sponsored by the manufacturer of the product you’re reviewing. For me, this practice kind of changes the whole setting from a review to an infomercial.
For example in the beginning of this video where you say you’re a fan of using third party apps to compensate for the limitations of the native Apple HomeKit app.. in the old days you would have mentioned not just that one app you’re reviewing but also alternatives like the Eve app.
It’s great to see your hard work paying off and your channel growing but I’d be more careful to select sponsors for each video who have no conflict of interest with the topic of the video. Just my 2 cents, all the best from Denmark!
Thank you for the continued support. And as always, I appreciate your feedback.
I have always been very selective regarding the brands that I collaborate with. I only agree to work with brands that I support and can recommend. If I endorse a product, it is a product that I have used. I will never accept a sponsorship for a brand or product that I have not used or do not like.
If I make a video about a product, I always do my best to provide the good and the bad from my experience with that product, whether it is sponsored or not. I still make videos on products that are not sponsored. I try to make videos on the products that I think you, the audience, wants to see. And whether they are sponsored or not, I’d never make a video on a product that was absolute trash. So maybe I look at it a little differently… I say, why not work with the brands that I love? The brands that I’d be making videos about anyways, sponsored or not?
To this video specifically, it was intended to cover a very specific new feature in the controller for HomeKit app. It’s not a feature that’s available on any other 3rd party HomeKit app, so I didn’t think there was a need to mention any other apps. There was no other reason for not mentioning them. There is no alternative to this app. I’ve mentioned this app many times in the past (not sponsored) and even done similar videos covering specific features of the app (again, not sponsored). So I was pretty excited that the developers wanted to collaborate on this to share with you a very cool, new feature. I’ve been using the app for years and I’ve always recommended it to HomeKit users.
Sorry for the long-winded reply, but I wanted to share my perspective and my stance on the subject of sponsors. I hope it helps. Again, I do always greatly appreciate honest feedback and certainly take it all into consideration. Thank you for sharing and thank you again for your continued support of the channel. 😃
Thank you for getting back to me, it really is much appreciated. I get where you are coming from, and to be honest, maybe I didn’t choose the best video to give you this feedback for (totally agree that this new feature in interesting, and it’s awesome that you have become such an authority that all these companies reach out to you) - it’s just something that has been increasingly on my mind.
For example, a little over a week ago you reviewed the new Aqara U50 with the title “Best budget smart lock” in a video that is sponsored by Aqara. I know you’re not one to bullshit anyone, but I still think reviews and product announcements sponsored by the manufacturer are a slippery slope.
@@goingforgrapes3631 I understand where you are coming from as well. As you mentioned, I'm "not one to bullshit anyone." And I appreciate that. Again, just know that if I'm covering a new product in a sponsored video, I've used the product and I think the product and/or brand is good. Not to say it's perfect. Nothing usually is and I always share any issues that I find, if any.
Aqara is one of the most requested brands that I cover here on the channel and is also a brand I've used for many years myself. Again, why not partner with them to share new and exciting products that the audience wants to see anyways? That doesn't mean I'm being dishonest about anything. When I titled the video "Best budget smart lock," it's because I do think it's the best budget smart lock. I would certainly not have said that otherwise.
People may not realize this, but I receive an overwhelming amount of inquiries every single day from different brands (as I'm sure most creators do). Personally, I reject about 95% of those inquiries as my primary goal is to create the videos and share the products that I think you, the audience, would be interested in. And if I cannot recommend a product in good faith, I would never accept a sponsorship. Your trust is very important to me. That's why I'm always honest about the good and the bad, whether sponsored or not, and I hope that comes through in my videos.
Question: I noticed the White back plate behind your Ecobee thermostat. May ask where you found that plate?
It’s been quite a while since the installation, but I’m pretty sure it came in the box with the thermostat
Looks good but £100 lifetime bit high
Is a Lidar scan the only way to get a floorplan in? Have pretty good plans in JPEG and PDF but I know nobody with a pro machine
Great question. I think lidar scan is the only way to get a floor plan in right now, but it would be great if there was an upload option. I’d encourage you to submit that feedback to the developers. Maybe that is a feature they can support in a future update.
Would it be “enough” for you to have your plan as a picture behind the placed elements?
Yes I agree import a jpg or pdf. While I like the lidar scan feature I don’t like the 3D look would prefer a 2D without the walls coming up. Just a regular floor plan view option. But I do see why they do so you can see doors and windows better. Question how do you show other level (Basement and 2nd floor)?
Can you lock a floor plan from being edited? I notice the edit in the top right corner constantly shown.
Is there a discount code for the lifetime?
Good question. I don’t think there is a way to lock the floor plan from being edited, but that’s a good suggestion. I’d suggest leaving feedback for the developers. I’m sure they will continue to refine and improve the feature.
Sorry I don’t have a discount code for the lifetime license, just the annual.
I’ll wait for ios18 prefer native support. And wait, and wait, still waiting..
Little confused on where to find that "course" mentioned?
It’s in the HomeDevices app (free) or you can access it on the website here: homedevices.app/create-an-apple-home-floor-plan-with-a-lidar-sensor/
Is there any way to do an automation that uses AND logic? If front door locked AND back door locked then turn off lights. Seems so basic yet i cannot find a way. Thanks
Yes it’s very easy to do in the Controller for HomeKit app.
Add both doors locked events as start events and add both doors == locked into the conditions
When locking one of the doors it starts the automation evaluation of the conditions, if both are locked, the scene would trigger. ;)
Are you able to run this like you did with Viz Designer in Kiosk mode so no one else can mess with it?
You can put the app in Guided Access mode to keep people from switching apps, but they could still wait and modify things in the Controller for HomeKit app (if they really wanted to)
What time on Wednesdays do you normally go live?
4pm EST
would you like to review our Drones with camera
This just work with homekit compatible devices? My issue is that no all my devices are compatible with homekit. Will be great that we can use others apps!!!
It only works for HomeKit accessories
I set up homebridge on a raspberry pi years ago for non-homekit accessories. TV, video doorbell, cameras. They've all been replace for homekit gear, except my Govee HexaGlide lights. They work in fine in the new controller app.
How does Controller know what accessories are which homekit devices? I didn’t see you tell Controller what your devices are.
You give the app permission to access your home data so it can see all your HomeKit accessories. You just choose the ones you want to add to your floor plan.
What is the item on your table over your left shoulder?
It may be in a precious video. What sensor are you using for the doors. To see if open etc
You are referring to the Yeelight Cubes (I think). Full video here:
ua-cam.com/video/dFP4UmrtBIk/v-deo.html
I have a number of door sensors to include those from Abode, Aqara, and Eve
It looks like they stole the lidar scan straight outta the Alexa app.
Android.....🥺
That’s disappointing, after buy the license I discovered that my devise iPhone 14 is not compatible with scan and the app is buggy , I was not able to create automation with zone entry each time I save ,it back the config screen , IT’s a scam, please make sure that you partner ship are serious before advising us to buy it !!!
It is not a scam. I’ve been using the Controller for HomeKit app for years. It is also highly recommended and used amongst the rest of the smart home/homekit community.
I mentioned in the video that you need a Lidar-enabled device to take the scan. They also have clear documentation for this and even provide an alternative method for those who don’t have a device with Lidar capabilities (also mentioned in the video).
I am very serious about my partnerships and only recommend products/services that I have used and tested.
Shane was very specific that if you are using an iPhone, you need a PRO model as those are the ones with lidar. It’s up to the buyer to insure they have the correct hardware same as any other product. The good news is that it will be there waiting for you when you move to a new phone. The 16 pros aren’t all that far away, just saying…lol.