![]() It was unclear, but it sounded like v2 will also support alerts for motor online/offline events and improve the ability to recover from failed commands. V2 supports Ethernet connection for control and PoE which allows much more freedom for hub placement and will make it trivial for those that need more than one hub to integrate into C4. You cannot use a 3.5mm to DB9 connector (like on an EA1 or EA3) to control the hub. The most annoying thing about version 1 of the hub is that it has an RS485 connection which must connect to a C4 controller with a serial DB9 connection. I’m more excited about the hardware changes and C4 integration. V2 will also support native sunrise/sunset support. This will make it easier in C4 because you no longer will have to convert the motor level values between what Automate shows and the C4 motor driver uses. ![]() The ap will change shade coverage percentages to match the industry (so Closed is now 0% rather than 100%). ![]() (This is generally available today but the v2 platform will include more natural voice control - Alexa, raise the Kitchen Shades rather than Alexa, turn off the Kitchen Shades, though Amazon is a bit behind schedule with their work to allow Alexa devices access to a true shade device proxy) and native sunrise/sunset support. There will be native Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant and Alexa support for direct voice control. No release date has been announced but it’s anticipated to be in August, maybe September. ‘Was talking to support yesterday on a non-related issue yesterday and got some information about the new Automate hub that is ready to be released pending final approval from Apple so the production firmware can be flashed. For those using Rollease Acmeda motors in their shades, Version 2 of hub/controller and related ap is coming soon.
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