With ZOOM WhatsApp AI residents talk to their home over WhatsApp, writing the way they would to a person: “turn off everything in the living room and set the bedroom AC to 22”, “is the front door locked?”, “close the bedroom shades”.
An AI assistant understands the request, picks the right items and the controller carries it out. Opening a gate, pulsing a relay or unlocking a door only happens after the resident replies YES.
Residents talk to the official ZOOM WhatsApp number: no SIM card in the house, no third-party account and no router ports to open. The integrator chooses who can use it and which items the assistant can see.
The house also sends alerts through the same number from Composer programming: alarm, door left open, water leak, doorbell.
The license includes 12 months of service with up to 300 messages per month per house; after that the service is renewed yearly.
Installation
- Add the ZOOM – WhatsApp AI driver to the project and enter the key in License Key (30-day trial)
- In Authorized Phones, register the residents as Name: phone, separated by semicolons
- Choose in Lights, Shades, Thermostats, Relays, Locks, Sensors and Rooms what the assistant may use
- Check that Connection Status shows Connected
- Each resident sends the Activation Code message (e.g. ativar 482913) to the ZOOM WhatsApp number once
- Use the Send Message command in programming to send home alerts
Features
- Natural language requests, several in one message ("turn off the living room and set the bedroom AC to 22")
- Lights, lighting scenes, shades, air conditioners and thermostats
- Locks, gates and relays with a YES confirmation before opening or unlocking
- Sensor, temperature and home status queries
- Home alerts over WhatsApp from programming (alarm, door left open, water leak)
- Scheduling over WhatsApp ("at 10 pm", "in 1 hour"); with ZOOM Universal Scheduler, also repeating and at sunset
- History of everything done over WhatsApp and by whom, with alerts through ZOOM Universal Notifier
- Custom commands that become events for Composer programming
- With ZOOM Universal Notifier, alerts from locks, alarms and other ZOOM drivers arrive through the same official number
- Only phones registered by the integrator can talk to the house, and the assistant only sees the items you allow
- Official ZOOM WhatsApp number, no SIM card in the house and no third-party account
- Replies in the language the resident writes in
Requirements
- Control4 controller with OS 3.0 or later and internet access
- WhatsApp on each resident's phone
- Active message plan (the first 12 months come with the license, up to 300 messages per month per house)
Release notes
- 20261113
First release: control and check the home over WhatsApp with artificial intelligence, confirmation for gates and locks, custom commands, voice messages, one-tap activation invitation, scheduling over WhatsApp (repeating and by sunrise and sunset with Universal Scheduler), a history of everything done and by whom, alerts from programming and from Universal Notifier, and a notice before the plan expires. Shows in License Status when a new driver version is available.
