Control4 Shelly: Obtaining An API Key

Control4 Shelly: Obtaining An API Key

Benefits of Shelly Cloud

To facilitate Setup of Shelly, it is recommended to use our Shelly Agent and setup Shelly Cloud.

This provides fast setup of devices, IP self-healing and better handling of sleepy devices. 

Alert
Chowmain's Shelly Driver suite will always use LAN for communication. Shelly Cloud is simply used for enhanced provisioning  and operation. It cannot be used by our driver to control remote devices. All devices must be accessible locally by the controller.

For further improved self-healing, Local Discovery can also be enabled in parallel.   


Procedure 


Warning
All Customer Control4 Projects must be assigned to a different Shelly Email Account. Failure to do so may be a security risk. Refer to our Best Practices Guide   
  1. Provision all shelly devices onto cloud using the Shelly Mobile App. Ena
  2. Navigate to the https://control.shelly.cloud on computer. Ensure all devices correctly show. If devices are not shown, ensure they have been correctly added via the Shelly mobile app to Shelly Cloud
  3. Navigate to Settings, Access And Permissions, Authorisation Cloud Key and Get API Key: 
  4. It is strongly recommend to copy and paste details in to Shelly Cloud Agent. Do not attempt to type them. Ensure you only copy the https:// address for Server (do not include Server:)

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