![]() Then, a year ago, new, improved versions were also created in the form of new buttons – Flic 2 along with an updated hub dubbed Flic Hub LR. With a subsequent campaign, Shortcut Labs created its first Flic Hub, which extended the use of their Flic buttons, with options that allowed the buttons to be used without the need to use your phone as a bridge with other systems. Since then, the number of integrations with other systems has grown rapidly, and an app for macOS has also been added. In the beginning, they could only be used in conjunction with your smartphone, via an app for iOS and Android. It all started in 2015, when Shortcut Labs, then a newly established Startup, conducted a crowd-funding campaign that ended successfully, resulting in the creation of Flic buttons. Still thinking about meaningful use cases and happy to hear your ideas.On December 1st, Swedish company Shortcut Labs provided current and future Flic LR users with an early Christmas gift in the form of a long-anticipated hardware upgrade that adds Apple HomeKit support to the Flic 2 system. The company describes its Flic buttons as the smartest buttons in the world, and after a closer experience with them, it’s hard to disagree with that claim. Maybe that could be used for our office door opener, a request for a meeting (that would be fun), checked-in code, starting and stopping an Azure VM, or other actions. Now, the fun part starts by doing other actions, as sending the click, double click or hold information to a time tracking system or similar. So the runtime is really fast and immediately. It´s amazing, that the message appears in Teams in about two seconds. When the button is clicked, double clicked or hold, a message appears in the Teams channel as in this screenshot. Let´s try! Click the button and see the result So, the configuration looks as here.ĭone. Through the Flic account and the Flic connector to that button and the event in the Flows, events will be sent to the corresponding Flow. In the Flic app, I simply added "Microsoft Flow". To use Azure Logic Apps (or another processing tool), use the "Internet Request" action in the "Advanced" category.įlic offers a bunch of connectors, organized in the categories, as IFTTT, IKEA, LIFX, Philips Hue and more vendor light controls, Share location, music control, Alarms, Timers, Stopwatch, Runkeeper, GitHub, Random Number and more. The same flow can be duplicated for the other events, as I did here. As followed action, a new message is posted into a Microsoft Teams channel. The Flow connector requires the Flic account (username and password) and can be triggered for the events click, double click, hold and any as shown here. ![]() This can be done from the Flic templates, or by doing it manually, as I did. On the computer, I signed-in to and created new flows. Create Flows (or other processing actions) When connected, I renamed the button and the app shows the total clicks and the possible actions. Then, I did register with a new account and pressed the button to connect. Install the app and connect to the Flic buttonįirst, I installed the Flic App from the store. Other models have replaceable batteries, which makes more sense. Afterwards, the whole button must be replaced. That button´s battery should last 1 to 2 years. That can be any smartphone or an IoT Hub, as the flic-hub. On the other hand, a Bluetooth device is required that sends the button information to another system. So, the good news is, that pressing the button happens instantly, and the connected app responds with an acoustic message after pressing. The button has an adhesive backing and can be glued to any device, as to my monitor. ![]() So, it was time to unpack it and test it. I got mine branded with the new SharePoint logo (see more here) at an event. ![]() Flic has nice buttonsįlic buttons ( flic.io) are available in various styles. Another article with that IoT button will follow shortly. My colleague Christoph has started to play with the Flic button and another IoT button, so I was interested as well. ![]() Well, as first step, I simply created a message in a Microsoft Teams channel. It takes only some minutes to connect that IoT button to a connector and execute customs tasks. I just got a cute Flic button to play around with. ![]()
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