Call to Prayer

Overview

This driver is built specifically for those Muslim Control4 home owners who want to program their home for adhan (or azan) - the call to prayer which happens 5 times a day.

This driver will utilise latitude and longitude co-ordinates along with the timezone to return the prayer times to Control4 from the aladhan website.

We also expose a few other events that are significant.

Features

• Downloads prayer times daily
• Ability to choose different calculation methods
  • Egyptian General Authority of Survey
  • Gulf Region
  • Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran
  • Islamic Society of North America
  • Kuwait
  • Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura, Singapore
  • Muslim World League
  • Qatar
  • Shia Ithna-Ashari, Leva Institute, Qum
  • Union Organization Islamic de France
  • Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah
  • University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi
• Fires events when it is time for
  • Fajr
  • Sunrise
  • Dhuhr
  • Asr
  • Sunset
  • Maghrib
  • Isha
  • Imsak
  • Midnight

• Variables for all prayer times

FAQ

Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver?

• Setup mp3 to playback Adhan/Azan in the home
• Combined with Chowmain Advanced Announcements driver to advise over an audio announcement when the times are for that day.
• Setup popup on touchscreen to advise when the next prayer time is.

Where do i get the mp3's from?

Download your clients favourite Azan / Adhan MP3’s from the customer or from the internet.  You can download some mp3s from the following example sources

• http://praytimes.org/audio/
• http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=adhan
• https://islam4universe.wordpress.com/dounloads/islamic-audio-and-video/azan-adhan-mp3-downloads/
• http://www.islamcan.com/audio/adhan/

Why do you only support OS 2.6 and above?

OS 2.6 offers a superior security encryption algorithm and a new and improved driver format. We have decided to only utilise this new format to ensure that the integrity of this driver is not compromised and that we can provide the best dealer/user experience available.

Do you offer showroom discounts?
We offer dealers a free showroom licence for demonstration and educational purposes.  See link below for T&C's and signup procedure.

Chowmain Dealer Showroom FAQ

I want to try this driver out before buying it?
All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 90 day trial.  Just add the driverCentral licencing driver and this driver and you're good to go.  No registration required.

Do you offer other drivers?

We have hundreds of drivers.  Many of which are manufacturer sponsored and free.  Please visit our website to view all available drivers including FREE drivers.

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