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Which Raspberry Pi is Best?
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Which Raspberry Pi is Best?

  • Posted on June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
  • by sysadmin

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…

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Firmware Update

  • Posted on February 21, 2020February 20, 2020
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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How to setup your TiVo Controller with Eddy?
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How to setup your TiVo Controller with Eddy?

  • Posted on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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How to setup your Broadlink RM Controller with Eddy
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How to setup your Broadlink RM Controller with Eddy

  • Posted on June 23, 2019June 25, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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How to setup your Chromecast controller with Eddy
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How to setup your Chromecast controller with Eddy

  • Posted on June 19, 2019June 25, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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How to setup your Global Caché Controller with Eddy
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How to setup your Global Caché Controller with Eddy

  • Posted on June 19, 2019June 25, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Try Before You Subscribe
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Try Before You Subscribe

  • Posted on November 28, 2018June 27, 2020
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Wake on LAN (WOL)
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Wake on LAN (WOL)

  • Posted on November 25, 2018November 26, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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IP Based Technology
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IP Based Technology

  • Posted on November 23, 2018November 25, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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IR Blaster vs HDMI CEC vs IP Based Technology
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IR Blaster vs HDMI CEC vs IP Based Technology

  • Posted on November 23, 2018July 1, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Eddy Voice Remote Guide
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Eddy Voice Remote Guide

  • Posted on November 23, 2018July 1, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Eddy Bridge
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Eddy Bridge

  • Posted on November 23, 2018June 26, 2020
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Setting up Eddy Bridge
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Setting up Eddy Bridge

  • Posted on November 23, 2018June 26, 2020
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Port Forwarding
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Port Forwarding

  • Posted on November 23, 2018November 30, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Alexa Skill Comparison
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Alexa Skill Comparison

  • Posted on November 23, 2018January 15, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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How Does Eddy Work with Alexa?
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How Does Eddy Work with Alexa?

  • Posted on November 23, 2018November 24, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Controllers, Devices, Buttons and Activities
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Controllers, Devices, Buttons and Activities

  • Posted on November 23, 2018June 25, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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IR Blasters
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IR Blasters

  • Posted on November 23, 2018November 24, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Understanding HDMI-CEC frame
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Understanding HDMI-CEC frame

  • Posted on November 23, 2018June 27, 2020
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Port Forwarding vs. Eddy Bridge
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Port Forwarding vs. Eddy Bridge

  • Posted on November 23, 2018July 1, 2019
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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Setting up Port Forwarding
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Setting up Port Forwarding

  • Posted on November 15, 2018November 24, 2018
  • by Jorge Corona

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…

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