beojeff wrote:

Something that I don't understand is how little unity there now seems to be between Khimo and B&O. There are now TWO iOS apps that seem to be nearly identical - yet one claims ownership by B&O and the other claims ownership by Khimo. There has been no mention of the BLI on the B&O site. Likewise, Khimo no longer seems to be using the BeoIntegration site to provide documentation. This was not how it was with the MLGW or the BLGW. Continued incorporation of ML products seems to not be well-planned. Most importantly, the B&O branding seems to be diminished in the new BLI. What is going on here? This all causes me to lose faith in Khimo's partnership with B&O.

Hi Beojeff,

The BeoLiving solution is a joint effort between Khimo and Bang & Olufsen. Khimo has always been the developer of B&O's smart home solutions (MLGW mk1, MLGW mk2, BLGW and the BeoLink's apps). It was decided to release this product as a joint venture to make the solution more flexible.

The BeoLiving app is the latest iteration of the BeoLink apps. The BeoLink2 app is on its way out and will soon be taken down from the app store. We want to make sure we give enough time for everybody to switch to the new app.

Beointegration.com is continuously being updated (please find the latest update about BeoLiving Intelligence here https://beointegration.com/beoliving-intelligence/) to show all the latest tools and information. The move of the documentation to its own webpage is to manage a more fluid support experience.  We believe this is a great solution as the BeoLiving Intelligence (BLI's) support documentation is now more complete, searchable and up to date. Please, send us any suggestion that you may have to make it better!

The BeoLiving Intelligence's branding illustrates the close partnership between Khimo and B&O, the two companies who have proudly been working together for the last fourteen years on providing great home integration experiences. 

Hi Ivan,

Welcome to the BeoWorld forums. I too still use the BLGW and can't upgrade at the moment because I still have a number of Masterlink products. However, I have been using the BLGW and IFTTT for a while and the integration is great. I have a couple of suggestions (hope you don't mind).

1. If is possible to have a IFTTT driver. I use IFTTT in both directions to send commands to the BLGW but also from it. I currently use custom HTTP to send Webhooks to the IFTTT service but its a pain to change things if the key changes on IFTTT. It would a great if the Webhooks key could be centralled stored and managed.

2. Previously there were rumours of a driver from Danfoss. However, this never happened and instead I went for the Honeywell Evohome zone heating system. Honeywell do have APIs available for this system and I think it would make a great addition to be able to control and receive updates on the BLGW/ BLI and the app.

Thanks

Steven

+1 for the Honeywell evohome driver!

Hello Ivan,

I personally love my BeoSound 5 and the way it is embedded in the BLGW (search functionality, song schedule and album cover). It would be fantastic, if this functionality could be implemented in the same way into the BLI-Gateway.

May I still hope? Will there be an (external) "driver" for it? Is there another solution?

Thanks for a short answer.

Best regards

Doc Leisure

Tutorial - essential mode:

Hi Ivan

I understand that you and Khimo are able to support in the Beoliving (and thereby maybe the Beolink Gateway)

Some questions

1. If I buy the Beoliving Intelligence box - can I then transfer all setups (software) from my Beolink Gateway ?

2. Please see the screen dumps. I have installed the Beoliving app on an iPad - there is a problem with the text - there is plenty of spaces to show the whole line, but at the moment is is not very useful.

3. I have been talking to Morten Hemmingsen at B&O by mail, as I need a driver for IHC system (in Denmark). Morten wrote back, that he was talking to L&K in Denmark and was waiting to setup this driver. The issue is that he is no responding anymore - maybe he left the company. Can you help to make this driver, as the IHC system in Denmark is common for many people.

BR Rudi

In the setup I cannot see the "JOIN" command supported. Is it only available in PRO-mode?

1990 wrote:

In the setup I cannot see the "JOIN" command supported. Is it only available in PRO-mode?

What exactly do you mean by "In the setup"?

Ivan at Khimo.com wrote:

What exactly do you mean by "In the setup"?

I meant the tutorial that MM linked to!