Apologies for the intrusion. Let me say first of all that I am unfortunately not familiar with Control4 as a company or software. I created some software and figured if there's anybody who'd benefit from knowing of its existence, they likely gathered here.
I had a need for a simple component matrix switcher and ended up finding a used Zektor Prowler 8x8 matrix for less money than what a new simple 4:2 would've set me back.
Upon receiving the unit I was amazed by the level of control and customization offered by the device. If as they say, real men don't read instructions, then surely an exception for such a device is warranted. I could foresee myself tirelessly refering to the manual whenever I'd want to change some of the config, and since the device features full control over a serial protocol I set out to put together a 'quick' application that would let me do most of the important configuration stuff from the user interface of a good old computer program.
Three days later the simple application escalated to a full implementation of everything I could think of, and then some:
Per-zone separate audio/video input selection, delay switching and muting
Full per-zone audio control including volume attenuator, bass/treble adjustment, 5-band equalizer, stereo mix down mode selection and digital audio routing options
Allow assigning custom names to zones and inputs
Lip sync control, both per zone or per input
Allows global control of power, master volume
Support communication both over TCP/IP and serial/COM port
IP address management and other advanced config controls
Front panel LED brightness management for 3 different modes
Support for both 'classic' (analog/digital audio separated) and 'auto conversion' modes
Support for both checksum and checksum-less commands
Full use of optimal channel bitmaps wherever possible
Fancy command logger with syntax highlighting and hover-tooltips
Quick overview of the main screens:
Source code is freely available at https://github.com/zzattack/zektor.
Download at https://github.com/zzattack/zektor/releases/tag/release-v1.0
Comments and improvement suggestions are of course welcomed.
