Release notes for Pairot update 1.2

Harm Elzinga
Harm Elzinga Administrator
September 2020 aangepast in Release notes - Pairot
Release notes:
- Support for many new accessories for Apple HomeKit, and some additional support for Amazon Alexa and Google Home. (see below)
- Support for new iOS Pairot app (will be available soon in the AppStore)
- Device name is now displayed at the login pagina.
- New LED status for firmware updating: fast flashing of red/green of both LED's.
- On the protocol page, when HomeKit is not yet paired, this is displayed instead of "disconnect HomeKit pairing".
- Several bugfixes.

On the documentation page the manuals and how to's for Pairot have been updated to explain more about the new accessory types and how to set them up.

Supported accessories for HomeKit:
- Switching actuator / light
- Dimming actuator / light
- Switch
- Scene button
- Thermostat
- Blind actuator / window covering
- Temperature sensor
- Valve / irrigation
- Light intensity sensor
- Humidity sensor
- Occupancy sensor
- Motion sensor
- Contact sensor
- Smoke sensor
- Leak sensor
- CO sensor
- CO2 sensor
- Stateless button

Supported accessories for Google Home:
- Switching actuator / light
- Dimming actuator / light
- Switch
- Scene button
- Thermostat
- Blind actuator / window covering (currently only supported with voice, not supported in the Google Home app)
- Temperature sensor (currently only supported with voice, not supported in the Google Home app)
- Valve / irrigation (currently only supported with voice, not supported in the Google Home app)

Supported accessories for Amazon Alexa:
- Switching actuator / light
- Dimming actuator / light
- Switch
- Scene button
- Thermostat
- Blind actuator / window covering (currently only supported with voice, not supported in the Alexa app)
- Temperature sensor

As listed above some accessories for Google Home and Alexa are only supported with voice commands, this is not our choice, but these accessories are not supported by the apps of Google and Amazon themselves.

When Google of Amazon updates their Smart Home SDK, we will of course add support for their new supported accessories as well.