jfh Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 For those that have upgraded to 2.9 - what do you think? Is it stable enough to move to? Anything that annoys you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I've not seen a single issue personally on any of the systems we've done. There are some known bugs, but the biggest ones are all patched I think. Mileage seems to vary though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 OS is fine ive tried two custom experience buttons and they aren't ready for prime time. Having issues with both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm299 Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 25 minutes ago, eggzlot said: OS is fine ive tried two custom experience buttons and they aren't ready for prime time. Having issues with both Which buttons? What's going on with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annex⁴ Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Wait for 2.9.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 56 minutes ago, annex⁴ said: Wait for 2.9.1 Because? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 The waiting game in technology never works imho. You will always be waiting. If you wait for 2.9.1 might as well wait for 3.0 but not. Gotta wait for 3.0.1 oh but now 3.1... Never ends Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 12 hours ago, funnyfarm299 said: Which buttons? What's going on with them? Here are some links: This is a light switch attached to an experience button not working properly And here a relay/experience button is not showing up properly across all platforms (OP had an issue with a sensor in general in 2.9 - my issue was the reading of the sensor was incorrect and the experience button was also incorrect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adidaswood Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I've been on 2.9 for a couple weeks now. No real issues to report as of yet. In fact I would say I don't even really have any minor issues. Been pretty solid for me, however I haven't ventured very far off the beaten path. I'm doing pretty regular stuff, nothing cutting edge. Simple media and Lighting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
control4.texas Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I haven't seen any difference Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEORY Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 There have been a number of strange little things on 2.9. Audio Issues, where some users get no audio, or the gain of the audio of a controllers drops drastically. Lights randomly turning on or off, Some other minor things. I would suggest holding off so as to hopefully get a build that is that much more stable. Every version number change for Control4 across 2+ has only been stable on the final version of that release. eg. 2.8.2, 2.5.3 Hold off unless there is something you desperately need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 5 hours ago, eggzlot said: Here are some links: This is a light switch attached to an experience button not working properly And here a relay/experience button is not showing up properly across all platforms (OP had an issue with a sensor in general in 2.9 - my issue was the reading of the sensor was incorrect and the experience button was also incorrect) A whole new set of experience driver updates were brought out last Frday, and I think they cover these issues mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Cyknight said: A whole new set of experience driver updates were brought out last Frday, and I think they cover these issues mentioned. I guess I'll have to follow up to find out. My dealer said in general his experience with EB was negative and most were broken but a fix should be coming "soon". I had this talk with him this weekend, and the button is right around a week old, so I wonder if it was before or after the Friday you are mentioning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 They were just posted, so I doubt you have the updated versions. All updates, I believe, were to fix reported issues from the dealer forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, eggzlot said: I guess I'll have to follow up to find out. My dealer said in general his experience with EB was negative and most were broken but a fix should be coming "soon". I had this talk with him this weekend, and the button is right around a week old, so I wonder if it was before or after the Friday you are mentioning they were literally just released friday...so unless your buttons were installed after that, they are old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 9 hours ago, eggzlot said: I guess I'll have to follow up to find out. My dealer said in general his experience with EB was negative and most were broken but a fix should be coming "soon". I had this talk with him this weekend, and the button is right around a week old, so I wonder if it was before or after the Friday you are mentioning Soon in this case meaning he's behind a day or two MY experience with them has been positive, as they've added a whole new world of option. Most of them weren't 'broken' at all, but set a few thousand people to try and push the envelope and you're bound to find scenarios where something that's brand new will have some glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Back to OPs question... I'd definitely upgrade... I've seen some bugs, but the pros out weigh the cons... main bugs I have seen are: 1. Music takes much longer to come on (but what is a 5 second delay :-)) 2. (Old fashioned) Sensors which have been inverted don't show the state correctly but triggers from these work fine. 3. The access agent has stopped working in my V2 Touchscreens so there is no restriction to what users can do on these Touchscreens. Still works on all other navigators. 4. Some bugs on the Experience Buttons but many have been fixed and it sounds like more have been fixed recently (note: you can set these to auto update with Control4s new auto update schedule - probably worth doing!). 5. The new irrigation program driver (which I love) died on me... maybe that has been updated too. 6. I am still waiting for Control4 or Alan to give us an Experience Button where we can control when the delay changes... to allow, for instance for a count down in days... Items 4 and 5 are bit a loss as you would not have these on 2.8 and the benefits of 2.9 (e.g. Experience Buttons which really are cool!) outweigh items 1, 2 and 3 (which are irritations rather than real issues). Item 6 is just my personal wishlist. But you can wait for 2.9.1 if you want and there will be new bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 56 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: Back to OPs question... I'd definitely upgrade... I've seen some bugs, but the pros out weigh the cons... main bugs I have seen are: 1. Music takes much longer to come on (but what is a 5 second delay :-)) #1 would be a big deal in my house. Is this delay with any audio stream, regardless of source? i know you are a big fan of the experience buttons (and I love the idea), but that's a new function. Other than new function, what's on the Pro side of the equation? What is improved/fixed from 2.8? My biggest gripe now is that if music is playing and and announcement is triggered there is a volume spike in the music just before the announcement is played (e.g. Doorbell) and that is super annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 3 hours ago, jfh said: #1 would be a big deal in my house. Is this delay with any audio stream, regardless of source? i know you are a big fan of the experience buttons (and I love the idea), but that's a new function. Other than new function, what's on the Pro side of the equation? What is improved/fixed from 2.8? My biggest gripe now is that if music is playing and and announcement is triggered there is a volume spike in the music just before the announcement is played (e.g. Doorbell) and that is super annoying. Music delay - I've only noticed it on MyMusic, so suspect it is linked to DigitalMedia. Apart from Experience Buttons, the only big update (that I can recall) on OS 2.9 was the blinds / shades proxy and User Interface. They also revamped the wake up agent but this still needs some work (my view). For completeness, they also added native Alexa control (but as you know, this is available on 2.8.2) and they made the Services agent available in residential properties but I can not (yet) see any real use for this. The various announcement bugs are all still present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: The various announcement bugs are all still present. and IMHO not a reason to delay upgrading - the problem exists now - and in the upgrade....so it's nothing new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 1 minute ago, msgreenf said: and IMHO not a reason to delay upgrading - the problem exists now - and in the upgrade....so it's nothing new 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annex⁴ Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Unless there is something you absolutely must have, hold off. For the most part it seems the majority haven't had many issues if any. Although there are numerous oddities that it seems there is a patch going through testing that fixes half a dozen things. Hopefully 2.9.1 will fix even more. If there is something you really need in 2.9, update, but if not and your system is running fine, hold off. I would imagine the more complex the system, the more likely to have an issue, not that you will just greater exposure as there are more parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybuch Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Lets not forget the blinds driver.....ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Lets not forget the blinds driver.....ugh! Ugh? Looks like this may be the reason I need to upgrade with 3 relay blinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybuch Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 The new blinds driver isn't quite right in 2.9, unless something changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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