Convenient control per app or voice command
With the connection of your weinor awning or louvred roof to the Smart weinor BiConnect Box, you shape your everyday life even more comfortably. With the matching weinor BiConnect app, you have the possibility to operate the unit quite simply with your Smartphone or Tablet and to check its current status at all times.
Connect the BiConnect Box to the large Smart Home platforms* such as Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Samsung SmartThings via Matter. As a result, all weinor products with BiConnect remote control can connect seamlessly with several further branded devices and control automated devices and devices with language assistants.
*System-dependent, further hardware may be required. Further information is available from the platform providers
Further information
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FAQs for the weinor BiConnect Box
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All weinor products with a BiConnect remote receiver can be controlled with the BiConnect Box – even products dating back to the year 2013.
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The model designation BiEasy … must be included on the remote controller name plate.
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60 remote channels can be programmed, i.e. one channel is occupied per function (awning motor, light or remote heating receiver).
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The programmed products can only be controlled by the BiConnect app in the home Wi-Fi. That simplifies operation and hinders dependencies on external cloud services. Furthermore, the products can also be operated when the Internet fails.
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That is possible with a connected, compatible control unit (Smartphone or Tablet) if a compatible Smart Home Hub (Apple TV, Amazon Alexa, Google Nest, etc.) is set up in the home Wi-Fi.
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The BiConnect Box has a remote range of approx. 20 m indoors. It can be erected extremely flexibly and only requires a power source. Wi-Fi connection must be possible for network connection. It should be available constantly for resets possibly necessary or for the connection of further operating units (QR code scanning)
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The BiConnect Box is programmed with the remote receivers like a hand transmitter and can always be adapted or extended with further BiConnect remote receivers.
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No, for security reasons the weather sensors transmit directly to the BiConnect remote receiver.
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No.
FAQs on compatibility
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Yes, several bridges can be connected to the Matter, e.g. a Matter bridge for Homematic IP and a Matter bridge for Somfy RTS can be integrated simultaneously.
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Voice control is made via the respective platform’s language wizard, i.e. Siri for Apple Home, Google Assistant for Google Home, Alexa for Amazon.
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In principle, the BiConnect Box should be compatible with all application platforms (i.e. Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings and more). However, this also depends on the implementation by the respective platform providers and also on the Smart Home hub used. Therefore, it is mandatory that the Smart Home hub used supports the BiConnect Box.
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Only the functions are supported which meet the BiConnect specifications. Moreover, the supported functions on the respective application platforms (Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, etc.) depend on the actual implementation of the specifications by the platform providers. The functions intended in the BiConnect specifications are not always all implemented by all platform providers.
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Although this is desirable, there will probably practically be minor differences in the implementation of the specifications by the respective application platforms (Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, etc.). The functions intended in the specifications are not always all implemented to the same extent by all platform providers.
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Yes, the BiConnect Box can be registered on several platforms simultaneously and the units programmed on the box can also be controlled parallel via different platforms.