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Amazon Dash Button as cheap Smart-Button for Homey
Hey! I guess the most of you have heard of the Amazon Dash Button (if not: https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Buttons/b?ie=UTF8&node=10667898011 ).
They have now been released in germany and I guess other european countries will follow soon. The Button costs 4,99€ but if you order the buttons-product via button click you will be refunded that 4,99€. That makes it to one of the cheapest smart-buttons as far as i know.
And I found some nice "hacks" that turn this device into a smart-button for other purposes. And I thought that it would be a nice addition to Homey if there was an App for this Button, e.g. as flow trigger.
There is maybe a developer who is interessted in it, so I searched some code-samples and use-cases:
Amazon Dash Button and IFTTT (requires a local server):
http://www.aaronbell.com/how-to-hack-amazons-wifi-button/
Controlling Hue Lights:
http://www.danielgallo.co.uk/post/hack-an-amazon-dash-button-to-control-philips-hue-lights/
Controlling Sonos:
https://github.com/tlc/sonos-dash-cycles
Controlling SmartThings:
https://community.smartthings.com/t/hack-the-amazon-dash-button-to-control-a-smartthings-switch/20427
And finally a NodeJS attempt:
https://github.com/robertcedwards/Amazon-Dash-Node-Twilio
My questions:
Would the Dash Button technically be able to comunicate with Homey directly? ( I guess so
)
Is there a developer who is interessted in creating an App for Homey?
Thanks in advance!
They have now been released in germany and I guess other european countries will follow soon. The Button costs 4,99€ but if you order the buttons-product via button click you will be refunded that 4,99€. That makes it to one of the cheapest smart-buttons as far as i know.
And I found some nice "hacks" that turn this device into a smart-button for other purposes. And I thought that it would be a nice addition to Homey if there was an App for this Button, e.g. as flow trigger.
There is maybe a developer who is interessted in it, so I searched some code-samples and use-cases:
Amazon Dash Button and IFTTT (requires a local server):
http://www.aaronbell.com/how-to-hack-amazons-wifi-button/
Controlling Hue Lights:
http://www.danielgallo.co.uk/post/hack-an-amazon-dash-button-to-control-philips-hue-lights/
Controlling Sonos:
https://github.com/tlc/sonos-dash-cycles
Controlling SmartThings:
https://community.smartthings.com/t/hack-the-amazon-dash-button-to-control-a-smartthings-switch/20427
And finally a NodeJS attempt:
https://github.com/robertcedwards/Amazon-Dash-Node-Twilio
My questions:
Would the Dash Button technically be able to comunicate with Homey directly? ( I guess so
)Is there a developer who is interessted in creating an App for Homey?
Thanks in advance!
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Comments
Another thing to be aware of is that the dash button will sleep when it's not active. So pushing it will not trigger anything instantly. After pushing the button it will wake up, something needs to sniff your network (possibly an app on Homey or otherwise a webserver of some kind) and when a button press is seen it can trigger a flow. This could take a second or two. So dont count on an instant response.