About this app
Control Free controls all your smart devices together on a single app
Control-Free Ltd. (https://www.control-free.com/)
email: smart@control-free.com
tel: +852 8100 0827
Control Free is a cloud-based automation system connects all your smart devices together. Control Free is an open platform. We work with different smart devices and manufacturers to build your smart home and business.
Control Free is a DIY smart home app which is also scalable to whole home and business automation system. You don’t even need any hardware from us to start off.
In this beta version we have integrated with Global Cache (the global leading IOT connectivity provider) to provide Infrared, serial and dry contact control and more to your home appliances and office devices. Please visit www.control-free.com for more details.
Supports over 150,000 IR codes.
More compatible device is coming in the official version such as Wemo, Philips Hue, Nest, SONOS etc.
More features
- Highly secured system. All connections are protected by encryption. Your login is locked up with your mobile device. Meaning no one else has access to your system.
- Manage multi-server with different connectivities (Bluetooth/ Zigbee/ Z-wave etc.) at the same time.
- Create different rooms/areas.
- Add device to each room/area from our library or manually.
- Supports commands by TCP/UDP/HTTP.
- Supports HEX or ASCII code.
- Supports customized Feedback code and Delay time for each command.
- Upload picture, floor plan or take a photo of their home as the wallpaper.
- Customize scenes to run a sequence of action in a single click.
- Schedule scenes to run at a specific time without the need to purchase any server hardware.
- Execute scenes depending on feedback commands. Similar to If This Then That.
- Voice control by calling scene name! (Android app only).
You can setup your smart home in just a few steps:
1. Virtual Server
- Install our Control Free Server app (it is free) on your existing or old Android devices (tablet, phone, TV box etc.) then it becomes the smart hub (Virtual Server) at your home. Connect it to your home network, make sure there is internet access and power supply. Run the app and we are good to go.
- Requires Android OS 4.3 or above.
2. Mobile App
- Install the Control Free Mobile app on your own tablet or phone. Pair it with the Virtual Server. You smart home is ready now.
- Rotate to landscape mode for advanced control.
App Permissions
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows mounting and unmounting file systems for removable storage.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
