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Amazon Alexa
Somfy TaHoma
With the TaHoma By Somfy skill and Alexa, you can now interact with your TaHoma by voice. To get started, select the 'Enable Skill' button in the Alexa App to link your Somfy account and discover your scenes. Find more information about connecting smart home devices and scenes at Connect a Smart Home Device to Alexa
With the skill you can:
When using the skill, you need established names for your scenes. You can use the names you already set up. These are shown in the TaHoma By Somfy app or in the TaHoma web portal and can be changed.
Once you know the name of your scenes, you can say for example:
- "Alexa, turn on Good Morning."
- "Alexa, turn on Everything Up."
- “Alexa, turn on Bedtime.”
In order to use Somfy TaHoma with Alexa, you’ll need:
- You will need the Somfy TaHoma mobile app with an account already set up to use this skill.
Somfy Protect
Thanks to the Somfy Protect Skill, you are now able to control your Somfy One, Somfy Home Alarm and Somfy Security Camera using your voice. Everything is secured with the passcode that you set, there’s no risk of your child disarming the alarm.
With the skill you can:
- Arm and disarm the alarm.
- Enable the night mode.
- Open and close your Somfy One or Security Camera shutter.
- Have a quick summary of the daily events or the weekly events.
In order to use Somfy Protect with Alexa, you’ll need:
- You will need the Somfy Protect mobile app with an account already set up to use this skill.
Google Assistant
With Google Assistant you can use your voice to control the connected equipment you have configured in the TaHoma and Connexoon apps.
- At home, with Google's connected speakers: Google Home and other speakers that offer Google Assistant.
- On the move, with your smartphone or compatible Android and iOS tablet.
What can I ask Google?
Thanks to the compatibility between Google Assistant and Somfy, you can use your voice to:
- Launch a scenario created in the TaHoma app
- Control an item of equipment using the name you give it in the TaHoma app
- Control a group of equipment
How Does it work?
- Say « Ok Google » to wake up the voice assistant.
- Say the trigger words « activate », « switch on », « open » or any other action verb which corresponds to the product in question.
- Say the name of the scenario, the equipement as you named it in TaHoma, or the group of equipementyou want to launch.
For example: "Okay Google, switch on all the lights"
In order to use Somfy with Google Assistant, you’ll need:
- The Somfy TaHoma, Connexoon Windows RTS, or Connexoon Access RTS app.
IFTTT
IFTTT is an english acronym which stands for "If This Then That", meaning "If this happens", then "do that". After uploading IFTTT app, users are invited to create simple scenario, called “recipes,” where an event in one device or service automatically triggers an action in another.
❝For example if I say “Ok Google, Bed time” to the Google assistant, TaHoma closes all my shutters and garage door, switches the thermostat onto night mode, turns off the lights and activates the alarm.❞
Thanks to IFTTT, TaHoma enhances the smart home experience: Netatmo weather station, Bosch Connected Appliances, Google Assistant, and much more. IFTTT is a free app and web interface for automated interactions between two connected devices or services outside the SOMFY ecosystem.
This platform allows you to create automatisms between TaHoma scenarios and other brands compatible with the IFTTT, free of charge! Thousands of options to add to your smart home experience!
(The Connexoon RTS can be connected to IFTTT by via Google Assistant. Amazon Alexa can be connected via IFTTT. This is not officially supported by Somfy in the UK, only attempt this if you are confident with smart technology. Connect devices at your own risk.)
So Open Partners
Open up to new ideas
Do you already have connected equipment or want to complete your existing installation? Perfect! You can access hundreds of Somfy compatible equipment and also equipment from our partners brands.
Lighting Partners
Philips Hue has a plethora of options. Somfy Smart Home, for example, can now control all of your Philips Hue bulbs. When you pair Philips Hue with the Somfy TaHoma®, you'll be able to see how your Philips Hue lights can react to a Somfy light sensor or motion detector, turning on automatically when you arrive or when it becomes dark. Or, for a pleasant environment in the house or on your terrace, construct a scenario with your Hue lights and your Somfy Smart Home applications for blinds or awnings.
Ambiance Partners
Play the song of your choice in each room, or the same song in all of them. You can fill your house with music via Sonos and Somfy, and blend your music or favourite radio station with a scenario and life moments encoded into TaHoma.
All Sonos speakers are compatible with the Tahoma interface, which uses your "favourites" list from the Sonos app. The Sonos system is integrated into the TAHOMA platform, and the speakers are identified in specific rooms or groups of rooms in TAHOMA, reflecting any changes made in the Sonos app.
Heating Partners
Connected energy management solutions
Atlantic
Atlantic and Somfy have teamed together to provide a solution that combines Somfy's smart home experience with Atlantic's heating control expertise. This partnership allows Atlantic equipment, as well as other household appliances, to be controlled remotely, enhancing comfort and reducing energy consumption.
Connected heating
Hitachi
Hitachi, a heating and air-conditioning expert, is collaborating with Somfy on home comfort and energy-saving solutions. Somfy created the TaHoma® interface, which controls Hitachi heat pumps and adapts them to work with other home devices. From the app, the user may effortlessly control the heat pump. The user configures the weekly routine by selecting the operation mode (heating, air conditioning, or absence) and temperature settings.
Connected heating solutions
Thermor
Thermor and Somfy have teamed together to provide a solution that combines Somfy's connected home experience with Thermor's heating control expertise. This partnership allows Thermor equipment, as well as other household appliances, to be controlled remotely, enhancing comfort and lowering energy consumption.
Connected energy management solutions
Sauter
Sauter and Somfy have teamed together to provide a solution that combines Somfy's connected home experience with Sauter's heating control expertise. With Somfy's TaHoma®, you can now operate Sauter radiators, as well as other home equipment, from within the house or remotely, to increase comfort and save energy.
Connected solutions for air-conditioning and heating
Ciat
Ciat and Somfy have now joined their expertise to provide new comfort and energy-saving solutions. CIAT's heat pumps connected to the TaHoma® home automation box use the io-homecontrol protocol to make the transition to a smart home easier.
Connected solutions for heating and boilers
De Dietrich
De Dietrich and Somfy are coming together to offer a solution that combines Somfy’s smart home expertise with De Dietrich's proficiency in heating control and domestic hot water production. This partnership enables smart control of De Dietrich heat pumps and boilers, along with other home appliances, improving comfort and energy management in the house.
Connected thermostatic valves
Danfoss
Danfoss Living Connect radiator controllers allow you to set and programme your heating room by room, using TaHoma®. You can adjust the temperature of your home by room and program for different times of the day. They provide greater performance and comfort while saving energy and costs.
Energy Managment Partners
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric and Somfy have combined their know-how to offer a unique experience in connected housing. Joining forces to propose the first smart home ready electrical panel for the residential market: TaHoma® Din-Rail & Schneider Resi9 electrical panel with Wiser Energy module.
The intuitive TaHoma® interface from Somfy® restores the energy data collected by the Schneider Electric's module: Wiser Energy. The user can read their exact consumption through the TaHoma® App.
Door & Window Partners
Brand leader in roof windows, Velux is now offering cupola windows for flat roofs, light wells, blinds and shutters for roof windows, as well as the automatic controllers required, to make the best use of fresh air and natural light, as well as to control light levels and improve everyday comfort.
Together, Velux and Somfy developed the io-homecontrol® radio technology with feedback, shared by major home brands. Built into a wide range of mutually-compatible products, it covers the whole house and proves very useful on the roof, in loft extensions, over a mezzanine and a staircase. With intelligent home automation, Velux io-homecontrol® roof windows, connected to the TaHoma® home automation box, are accessible remotely as well, and sensors close them at the least sign of rain.
io-homecontrol® is a highly secure technology that VELUX INTEGRA® and VELUX ACTIVE products use to communicate wirelessly with each other. The security level is comparable to the communication channels between an ATM and a bank.
For more information, visit the www.velux.co.uk.
Maco
Using an Enocean dongle the Maco mTRONIC window sensor can communicate with the TaHoma® system. The Maco mTRONIC window sensor will independently monitor and detect when windows have been forced open. With the two systems communicating the TaHoma® system can send you alerts if the sensor detects a break-in. Creating TaHoma® Scenarios you can also simulate your presence, activating the lighting in your home when triggered.
KFV
By connecting KFV motorised doorlocks to your TaHoma®, you can open the front door remotely, when someone eventually forgets their keys. Monitor the locks to ensure they are closed when you are away from home, or just to save you the trip from bed.
Hoppe
The Hoppe handle, fitted with a smart sensor, allows you to check if the windows or patio door are open or closed. With TaHoma®, you can simply adjust your heating and position of your shutters based on the status of the windows in your home.
The sense of opening
G-U
It is now possible to control and monitor entry doors, sliding doors, and windows with the Somfy GU Controller io, a joint solution from GU and Somfy. The GU Controller io also allows the GU-SECURY automated multiple locking device to be connected to the Gretsch-Unitas group motor drive in TaHoma® via the Gretsch-Unitas group motor drive. You can always be sure that your front door is properly locked thanks to the closure monitoring and feedback functions. As a result, you may not only open and close your door, but also keep an eye on it from afar. You feel a sense of security and ease.
The Bricard and Somfy connected doorlock
Bricard
The Bricard x Somfy connected doorlock, combines the Bricard lock and cylinder powered by a Somfy motor. The lock is certified A2P, a guarantee of security a quality recognised by security professionals. Using the TaHoma® interface, you can control Bricard connected doorlocks. The user can open or close their door easily from the app, and even add it to scenarios.
For even more connected equipment in your home (**)
* These services are not available for all products. With the product information you will find the complete information. The availability of these services varies by country and language.
** The availability of these brands and products varies by country or region.