Bond Bridge Platform

Description

The CPLLC Bond Bridge Platform brings the devices on a Bond Bridge into Crestron Home. Bond Bridge is a Wi-Fi to RF bridge for ceiling fans, fireplaces, motorized shades, lights and other RF-remote devices. The installer enters the bridge’s IP address and its local token once; the platform reads every device the bridge knows and adds each one to Crestron Home as its own device, with the controls and tile that suit it. The bridge reports every change back to the platform, so Crestron Home follows the devices even when they are run from the Bond app or a remote.

Drivers->Platform->Bond Bridge->Bond Bridge Pro (Latest OS3 Release Notes) (Download OS3 Latest Version)

Drivers->Platform->Bond Bridge->Bond Bridge Pro (Latest OS4 Release Notes) (Download OS4 Latest Version)

Windows utility that simplifies sideloading of drivers and extensions.

The platform’s own license key, or a CPLLC site license key, is entered in the platform’s Enter License Key option. The License Manager is not required, but it is the convenient place to enter a site license key once for every CPLLC driver.

All license purchases are final and non-refundable. Every CPLLC driver works fully for two hours without a key: test it on your processor before you buy. See the Terms of Use.

Platform Installer Options

• IP Address/Hostname – The Bond Bridge’s IP address or hostname (default 10.10.10.10). Give the bridge a fixed address in the router, so it keeps it.
• Port – The bridge’s HTTP port, 1 – 65535 (default 80, the Bond Bridge’s own).

Ceiling Fans

A Bond ceiling fan is added as a Crestron Home fan, with power, speed, direction and breeze where the fan has them. Touching its tile turns it on or off; its … button opens its page. A fan with up to five speeds has a speed slider with + and − below it; one with more has + and − alone.

Ceiling Fans Installer Options

• Tile Clickable – Touching the tile turns the fan on or off (default on).
• Only Display Tile – Shows the tile alone, with no page of controls (default off).
• Auto Enabled – Offers a timer that turns the fan off again.
• Maximum Auto Time – The longest time that timer can be set to.

Ceiling Fans Actions

• Fan On / Fan Off – Turns the fan on or off, as its tile and its page do.
• Fan Toggle – Turns the fan on if it is off, and off if it is on.
• Fan On w/Auto Off – Turns the fan on, then off again after the number of minutes given (up to Maximum Auto Time).
• Fan Speed – Sets the fan’s speed, 1 to its highest (a fan that has speeds).
• Fan Direction Forward / Fan Direction Reverse – Sets the direction the fan turns (a fan that has a direction).
• Fan Feedback On / Fan Feedback Off – Sets the state Crestron Home shows for the fan, without sending it a command.
• Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the device. A disabled device shows Disabled and ignores its tile and page.

Ceiling Fans Events

• Fan is On / Fan is Off – The fan turned on or off, from Crestron Home or anywhere else.
• Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The device was enabled or disabled.
• Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered (with a Starting Pin Code set).

Fireplaces

A Bond fireplace is added as a Crestron Home fireplace: flame on and off, flame height, and the fireplace’s fan where it has one. Its options are Tile Clickable (default on), Only Display Tile, Auto Enabled, Auto Time in Seconds and Maximum Auto Time, with the icon and text fields and the Show CH Icons link, which opens Crestron’s list of icon names. A fireplace’s light is a light of its own: see Lights below.

Fireplaces Actions

• Fireplace On / Fireplace Off – Turns the flame on or off, as the tile and page do.
• Fireplace Toggle – Turns it off when on, on when off.
• Fireplace On w/Auto Off – Turns it on, then off again after the number of minutes given. Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is off.
• Fireplace On w/Auto Off (Seconds) – The same, in seconds (1 to Maximum Auto Time). Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is on.
• Flame Height – Sets the flame height (a fireplace that has one).
• Fan On / Fan Off – Turns the fireplace’s fan on or off (a fireplace with a fan).
• Fan Toggle – Turns the fireplace’s fan off when on, on when off.
• Fan Speed – Sets the fireplace fan’s speed (a fan that has speeds).
• Fireplace Feedback On / Fireplace Feedback Off – Sets the state Crestron Home shows, without sending a command.
• Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the device. A disabled device shows Disabled and ignores its tile and page.

Fireplaces Events

• Fireplace is On / Fireplace is Off – The flame turned on or off, from Crestron Home, the Bond app or the remote.
• Fan is On / Fan is Off – The fireplace’s fan turned on or off (a fireplace with a fan).
• Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The device was enabled or disabled.
• Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered (with a Starting Pin Code set).

Lights

Bond lights, and each light of a fan or fireplace (its light, up light and down light), are added as Crestron Home lights. They join the room’s Lights tile, each with its switch and a brightness slider where it dims, and can be in the room’s lighting scenes. A light has no installer options of its own and no page; Crestron Home draws its controls.

Shades

A Bond shade is added as a Crestron Home shade. Touching its tile opens or closes it; its … button opens its page, with Open, Stop and Close, and the auto close timer below them. Open is lit while the shade is closed and Close while it is open; Stop is lit while it moves.

Shades Installer Options

• Tile Clickable – Touching the tile opens or closes the shade (default on).
• Only Display Tile – Shows the tile alone, with no page of controls (default off).
• Seconds between Fully Closed/Opened – How long the shade takes to open, so the page shows Opening until it is open.
• Seconds between Fully Opened/Closed – How long the shade takes to close, shown as Closing.
• Enable Stop Button – Shows the Stop button on the page (default off). Offered only for a shade whose Bond remote has a Stop (Hold) button.
• Auto Enabled – Offers the auto close timer and Shade Open w/Auto Close (default off).
• Auto Time in Seconds – The auto close time is in seconds; unchecked, it is in minutes (default).
• Maximum Auto Time – The longest auto close time allowed, in the unit above (default 600).

Shades Actions

• Shade Open / Shade Close – Starts opening or closing it, as the Open or Close button does.
• Shade Stop – Stops it part way, as the Stop button does. Offered when Enable Stop Button is on.
• Shade Toggle – Opens it when closed, closes it when open.
• Shade Open w/Auto Close – Opens it, then closes it again after the number of minutes given. Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is off.
• Shade Open w/Auto Close (Seconds) – The same, in seconds (1 to Maximum Auto Time). Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is on.
• Shade Feedback Open / Shade Feedback Close – Sets the state the tile shows (Opened or Closed), without moving the shade.
• Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the device. A disabled device shows Disabled and ignores its tile and page.

Shades Events

• Shade is Opening / Shade is Closing – A move started.
• Shade is Opened / Shade is Closed – A move finished.
• Shade is Stopped – A move was stopped part way.
• Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The device was enabled or disabled.
• Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered (with a Starting Pin Code set).

Generic Devices, Smart Switches and Heaters

A Bond generic device, smart switch or heater is added as a Crestron Home outlet that turns it on and off. Its options are Tile Clickable (default on), Only Display Tile (default on, so it shows as a tile alone), Auto Enabled, Auto Time in Seconds and Maximum Auto Time, with the icon and text fields and the Show CH Icons link.

Generic Devices, Smart Switches and Heaters Actions

• Outlet On / Outlet Off – Turns the device on or off, as the tile does.
• Outlet Toggle – Turns the device off when on, on when off.
• Outlet On w/Auto Off – Turns it on, then off again after the number of minutes given. Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is off.
• Outlet On w/Auto Off (Seconds) – Turns it on, then off again after the number of seconds given (1 to Maximum Auto Time). Offered when Auto Time in Seconds is on.
• Outlet Feedback On / Outlet Feedback Off – Sets the state the tile shows, without switching it.
• Extension Enable / Extension Disable – Enables or disables the device. A disabled device shows Disabled and ignores its tile and page.

Generic Devices, Smart Switches and Heaters Events

• Outlet is On / Outlet is Off – It turned on or off, from Crestron Home or anywhere else.
• Extension Enabled / Extension Disabled – The device was enabled or disabled.
• Pin Locked / Pin UnLocked – The PIN keypad locked again, or the right PIN was entered (with a Starting Pin Code set).

Bond Groups

A Bond group whose members are all one kind of device (all fans, all shades …) is added as one more device of that kind, with that kind’s page and options, so a whole group runs from one tile.

Sequences

Each device the platform adds brings the actions and events of its kind of device to Crestron Home sequences, under its name in Customize Actions & Events: on, off and toggle for every device; speed, direction and breeze for a fan; flame height for a fireplace; open, close and stop for a shade; brightness for a light. Each reports its state changes as events, so a sequence can follow a device run from the Bond app or a remote.