hsinyi68 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Is there any 8 or 16 relay module work with Control4? I have seen some product from http://www.controlanything.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=NCD&Category_Code=CAT_RELAY8_RS232Can anyone tell me if this will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 There's currently no 2-way serial driver for relay modules.Control4 has contact/relay extenders, which provide 4 contact inputs and 4 relay outputs, and communicate either over ethernet or zigbee.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipperman19 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Actually..I was reading the manual and it said you are able to control it with 1-way serial commands. So it is technically possible, but would be weird programming. You would have to make a fake TV or something with serial commands. Then program all the serial commands for the relay module in as custom commands. Then you would need to have your program send those codes through the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsinyi68 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 So, What kind of solution we have if we do not want to install so many switch in one area? Technically we do not want to use the switch at all, This is new building home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipperman19 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 What are you talking about? What are you trying to use the relay module for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsinyi68 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I am trying to control all the light and dimmer without having the actual switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipperman19 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 You don't want to use the normal control4 dimmers to control lights in your home? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsinyi68 Posted April 2, 2008 Author Share Posted April 2, 2008 I would like to have a 2, 3 or 6 button keypad. But not for switch and dimmer, due to some of the area has more than 6 light and 2 dimmer, That is going to be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipperman19 Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 So you can either hide the switched in the closet of each room, or put them all somewhere like that garage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Sounds like you're wanting to do centralized lighting. I'm guessing a relay module won't be able to handle the power that lighting would require, and Control4 doesn't recommend ganging a bunch of dimmers in a single location.There's not a real good solution for that ATM.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slemay Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Ryan is correct,But if you gang a bunch together in different closets / space them throughout the house - it should work. I don't remember the exact numbers - but I'd guess around 10 per location... keep it under that and they should work for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Shawn is correct. The most amount of zigbee nodes ganged together is 10, or at least that was what I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpugh Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 Do the US not have the In-line dimmers we have in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 mrpugh,The in-line dimmers are not a US product. They are international only.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrock Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 so these inline ones... how long till the us gets em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsinyi68 Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 How many light can be control with the in-line dimmers? How much does it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 in-line dimmers are single dimmers that are installed 'in-line' That is, they have no front toggle paddle.I don't think there's a plan to make in-line dimmers available in the US.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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