Nice :)

I have been thinking about the BLI. What is the cost for the actual hardware as well as upgrade to PRO?

Tried to find priceinformation but I found nothing so far.

I will eventually have to replace my LC2s I use for light control since I have to go to LED bulbs soon. Will that require PRO in order to interface towards e.g Homekit bulbs?

Note that there is a thread regarding the Beoliving Intelligence in the

Hello Hiort

the cost was around 1000 euros for the BLI and 600 for the upgrade. I will check the kin immediately!😁

Tassos wrote:

Hello Hiort

the cost was around 1000 euros for the BLI and 600 for the upgrade. I will check the kin immediately!😁

The cost sounds nice. Better than the BLGW. Especially when you factor in that for the BLGW to use Alexa/IFTTT, we must pay an annual subscription to Khimo of around $100 USD -- which isn't necessary with the BLI.

Khimo has advised me that even with the NL/ML Converter, the control of ML products will be limited compared to what we have with the BLGW. Khimo plans to write a driver to interface the BLI with the BLGW to get full functionality. Therefore, we might need to hold onto our existing BLGW if we have ML products.

It's great to finally have someone here with first-hand experience with the BLI. Please do keep us posted with your experiences. Perhaps this thread should be moved to the home automation forum so it doesn't get buried by other threads.

P.S. You were asking about controlling the Epson projector. You might want to take a look at the Global Caché products, for which there are drivers for the BLI/BLGW. You can control just about anything with them and the price is pretty inexpensive. You go to their website and download the codes for whatever you want to control. I checked and Epson projector codes are in their database. You can find the Global Caché models on Amazon. There are IR models as well as RS232 models. I got an IR model to control my Dyson humidifier.

Hello beojeff

after having searched the web on how to control the Epson projector I have decided to go for the global cache solution. It seems that there is no other way to control the projector via the ethernet port but the iprojection app.

As far as the subscription is concerned you still have to subscribe to have remote access to the BLI.

Moreover I have to admit that they have done a great job with the interface and possibilities you get with it. It is very easy to program (I have never had any experience with home automation systems).

My next step will be to add the Rako and Doorbird system. I am planning to do so within the next month. My feeling is that they will integrate smoothly like all other systems.

There is though one issue I have run into and haven't yet solved. When a Beosound Moment source is selected FROM ANY OTHER DEVICE BUT THE MOMENT the source plays for about 5 minutes and then pauses. If the source is started from the moment directly it plays continuously.

I have used the beotool to check any inconsistencies and bli always appear as offline. I will investigate further and come back with an update.

So you're saying that you still have to pay an annual subscription to Khimo? I had thought that you just paid the one-time upgrade fee for the pro version. That's unfortunate.

FYI: If you need to use a paperclip to reset the Global Caché device, a plastic paperclip will not work. It has to be a metal paperclip. This had me quite stumped and frustrated.

Tassos wrote:

Hello beojeff

after having searched the web on how to control the Epson projector I have decided to go for the global cache solution. It seems that there is no other way to control the projector via the ethernet port but the iprojection app.

As far as the subscription is concerned you still have to subscribe to have remote access to the BLI.

Moreover I have to admit that they have done a great job with the interface and possibilities you get with it. It is very easy to program (I have never had any experience with home automation systems).

My next step will be to add the Rako and Doorbird system. I am planning to do so within the next month. My feeling is that they will integrate smoothly like all other systems.

There is though one issue I have run into and haven't yet solved. When a Beosound Moment source is selected FROM ANY OTHER DEVICE BUT THE MOMENT the source plays for about 5 minutes and then pauses. If the source is started from the moment directly it plays continuously.

I have used the beotool to check any inconsistencies and bli always appear as offline. I will investigate further and come back with an update.