When it comes to Home Automation, there is only one clear winner in terms of raspberry pi. Make sure you pick the correct raspberry pi for installing Eddy Bridge and…
This is the firmware for Eddy Bridge. You need to have Eddy Bridge already installed for this firmware to work. You can find instructions to install Eddy Bridge here. Here…
What is a TiVo Controller? TiVo is the manufacture that use IP Based Technology. Basically, the TiVo controller uses Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate . TiVo is well know for…
What is a Broadlink RM controller? Broadlink is a manufacturer that uses IP Based Technology. They are known for making cheap IR Blasters. Basically Broadlink RM controllers convert a network…
What is Chromecast? Chromecast allows you to send your videos from your computer or smartphone into your TV using proprietary IP Based Technology. The functionality is limited and cost around…
What is a Global Caché controller? Global Caché is a manufacturer that uses IP Based Technology. They are known for making great IR Blasters. Basically a Global Caché controller converts a…
Trying before subscribing is the best solution, if you are worried about things working out. Sometimes things sound too good on paper but are difficult in real life. Some people…
What is Wake on Lan? Wake on LAN (WOL) allows sending a special message to wake up a computer or device from sleep mode. Note: this will only work if…
What is IP Based technology? IP based technology basically means devices using an Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate. This is very broad but there are two terms people associated with IP…
Which Technology is best? Every technology / device has its pros and cons to controlling your entertainment devices. Look at this table below and see which device or technology might…
Introduction Eddy Voice Remote, otherwise known as Eddy, is an Internet Of Things (IOT) platform for interacting with your entertainment devices with voice commands. Eddy lives in the home automation…
What is Eddy Bridge? It’s a piece of software that runs on a Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi Zero W. The software allows your local devices to communicate with Eddy’s…
You can setup Eddy Bridge on either (a) Raspberry Pi 4 (b) Raspberry Pi 3 or (c) Raspberry Pi Zero W. Setting up Eddy Bridge should take 10-30 minutes depending…
What is Port Forwarding? Port forwarding allows Eddy’s Servers to communicate with your device, which is behind your router. Before: Your router blocks all ports, so the server can’t communicate…
What’s a Skill? An Alexa Skill is like an App, where you can enable or disable one. Eddy Voice Remote offers two skills that you can enable. Both skills require…
Eddy has two ways to talk to your devices (1) via Port Forwarding and (2) via Eddy Bridge. Alexa talks to Eddy and Eddy talks to your devices. Here is…
What’s a Controller? In Eddy Voice Remote, a controller is a physical device on your local network that is used for home entertainment purposes. Click here for a full list…
What’s an IR Blaster? IR is an abbreviation for Infrared, so an IR blaster is basically an infrared blaster. Infrared is a spectrum of light you can’t see but it…
What is HDMI CEC? CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) is an HDMI 1.3a feature that allows you to command and control other CEC enabled devices that are connected through HDMI. CEC…
What’s the difference? Port Forwarding is free but it has limited features. It can also be difficult to setup and it is insecure. Eddy Bridge ,on the other hand, requires…
Getting Started Here are some things you need to prepare for setting up Port Forwarding: Have access to your router / modem Some ISP block access to your device Write…