Elk interface with iPhone
- Thread starter dbinaz
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Lagerhead
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Agreed. And while you are at it, please "liberate" ports 80 and 26 (make these assignments configurable).
Sacedog
Active Member
What's interesting about this, it that Apple will be offering a $199 version of the iPhone. This is probably going to cause the price of used version 1.0 iPhones to plummet. It would nice to pick one of the 1.0 version ones up to use as a whole house remote, as it still has built in WiFi. My thought is that you would not need to have a phone plan to use the WiFi. Interesting possibility...if it works.
kccustom
Active Member
I believe the iPod touch has WiFi capabilities also, but as you said the phone might be cheaper.
You would need to "jailbreak" the iPhone in order to use it without an AT&T plan. This would be fine for a DIYer but not for a client. (Just my two cents)
Cinemar has published iPhone / iTouch webpages for movie selection and weather reporting. The code is there if you want to display ELK zone info if you are using MainLobby connected to the ELK. We just haven't gotten around to building on this, but for someone that is web literate, it's straightforward.
DrunkenLizard
Active Member
Anyone know if an iPhone can be used without it being on an active plan? I wouldn't mind using a couple as remotes if I can just use them via wifi/bluetooth.
Grrr I want a 3G but theres nothing wrong with my first gen, and I live far far away from 3G towers in the Northwoods.