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Welcome to the Push2Run setup page.
Having trouble with a password prompt on first use - please
click here -
if not, great, please read on.
This page explains how to setup Push2Run and control your Windows computer using a Google Assistant (Google Home, Google
Mini, Google Max, or smart phone running Google Assistant), IFTTT, and
one or more of the following: Dropbox, Pushbullet and
or Pushover.
As part of the set up process you
will need to chose if you are going to use
Dropbox,
Pushbullet and or
Pushover in conjunction
with IFTTT and Push2Run.
All products are great, quite
reliable, and have
many features going beyond those needed in support of Push2Run.
Having that said, here are some key differences as they relate to their
use with Push2Run:
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Dropbox |
Pushbullet |
Pushover |
Free account limits
effectively unlimited in terms
of using with Push2Run (only one very small file is temporarily
created and used)
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Free account limits
unlimited time; 500 pushes
per month |
Free account limits
7 days; 25,000 pushes |
Paid account
(*)
Not required for use with Push2Run but if you
would like additional Dropbox space please see
here
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Paid account
(*)
$4.99 US per month or
$39.99 US per year |
Paid account
(*)
one time license of $4.99 US per
platform; Push2Run only needs the Desktop platform |
Use with IFTTT
and Push2Run
each IFTTT applet allows you to
identify on exactly which computer(s) you want a particular IFTTT
triggered command to run |
Use with IFTTT
and Push2Run
each IFTTT applet allows you to
identify on exactly which computer(s) you want a particular IFTTT
triggered command to run |
Use with IFTTT and Push2Run
each
IFTTT applet triggers one or all Pushover devices, so if you
are running Push2Run on three or more computers you may not be able to
tailor exactly which computers you want a particular IFTTT
triggered command to run
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Status reporting
There is no status at bottom of the main window or systray
icon
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Status reporting
Status at bottom of the main window and systray icon
confirms when connection is active
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Status reporting
Status
at bottom of the main window and systray icon confirms when
connection is active |
Misc. notes
Requires at least 7 seconds
between commands.
Push2Run only monitors the one Dropbox folder (which
you specify) and only interacts with one file (which you
specify) in that folder.
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Misc. notes
If you are using the free Pushbullet service and if
you go beyond a month not using either Push2Run with
Pushbullet, or Pushbullet separately, then Pushbullet may
deactivate your free account in which case you may need
to set up a new one. |
Misc. notes
Service
may require re-authentication if you switch network services when
Push2Run is running. For example, if you switch between using
your regular network and a VPN the service may require
re-authentication. |
(*) Push2Run is funded
solely by the donations of kind
people such as yourself and advertisements on the Push2Run
website (so if you're using an ad blocker please consider
white-listing this site). Dropbox, Pushbullet, and or Pushover
do not provide commissions in support of Push2Run.
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For further setup
instructions please see:
Push2Run setup instructions using
Dropbox
Push2Run setup instructions using
Pushbullet
Push2Run setup instructions using
Pushover
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Using a
combination of Dropbox, Pushbullet and Pushover:
As of September 2020 it's now possible to setup Push2Run to use one, two or three
of the Dropbox,
Pushbullet and Pushover services in conjunction with IFTTT.
However, for this you will require a subscription to IFTTT's
Pro service.
IFTTT's Pro service provides for several advantages,
but in particular for use with Push2Run it allows the triggering
of more than one action.
The reason you might
want to do this is for redundancy. For example, if one of Dropbox, Pushbullet or Pushover was down
or responding slowly,
triggered actions would still flow through the other two.
Push2Run has built in logic to ignore multiple triggered actions
for the same thing. So, in short, Push2Run works the same
with or without redundant services, however it is more reliable
with redundant services enabled.
To setup an IFTTT Pro
applet just
follow the instructions above for setting up a Dropbox,
Pushbullet, or Pushover applet. Once done, add either one or two
of the other services as additional actions. Please refer to
the setup instructions above for the details on how to
set up each service.
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Using Cortana
instead of, or in addition to, Google Assistant
You can additionally set up Push2Run to work with Cortana - in
fact the set up instructions are the exact same as those for
Dropbox, Pushbullet, or Pushover except: you don't start off with
a 'If this' of 'Google Assistant' but rather you pick 'Cortana'
and select the option to 'Say a phrase with text'. Using Push2Run
with Cortana gives you finer control over what your computer does
when it hears you speak.
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