funnyfarm299 Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 I'm trying to figure out how much I can add to my HC250, and the only calculator I can find is the one way back from 2.3. It's missing a lot of the new services, proxies, etc. I know the guidelines for EA series, but what about last gen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm299 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Share Posted May 30, 2016 Typing this reminds me of a couple controllers I've seen that are running WAY more than they should. Running a full rack with 4 slave controllers is NOT ok for an HC250... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SMHarman Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Typing this reminds me of a couple controllers I've seen that are running WAY more than they should. Running a full rack with 4 slave controllers is NOT ok for an HC250... My 250 only started getting cranky on 2.7 with the new media proxy and a lot of music and also adding the Pandora driver. Happy upgrade to the 800 no performance complaints from the missus. Sold the Sonos and 250 to pay for a chunk of the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm299 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 1 hour ago, SMHarman said: My 250 only started getting cranky on 2.7 with the new media proxy and a lot of music and also adding the Pandora driver. Happy upgrade to the 800 no performance complaints from the missus. Sold the Sonos and 250 to pay for a chunk of the upgrade. I think keeping all my music services on Sonos keeps the load down a lot on my controller. Though as I start adding lighting and programming to go with it / my security panel I wonder how much I can run smoothly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMHarman Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 I think keeping all my music services on Sonos keeps the load down a lot on my controller. Though as I start adding lighting and programming to go with it / my security panel I wonder how much I can run smoothly. The Sonos driver is big though. My failure here was to have both the Sonos driver and the native. Double down on big drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 9 hours ago, funnyfarm299 said: I think keeping all my music services on Sonos keeps the load down a lot on my controller It doesn't really as the Sonos driver eats up as much or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THawes Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 My HC-250 really started to buckle after updating to 2.8. I knew I was pushing it harder than it could happily handle, but figured I would update to a beefier controller once I hit the limits of the 250. Adding a bunch of IP drivers was the final straw. At the point I moved up to an HC-800, the 250 was running the following in 10 different rooms: Fire TV IP driver (3) TiVo IP drivers Vera Lite IP driver Grace Digital IP driver Pandora Fusion Research Ovation + Spotify IP driver (this thing is pretty big) (2) Roku drivers Plus about 2 dozen ZigBee devices. So - I was pretty impressed that it kept up for so long, but from looking at system stats you can clearly see that the IP drivers are a heavy burden on the 250's memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyfarm299 Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Looking at that, my system sounds like it will be fine. Just wanted to get an idea before I start adding programming events. 2 room project (plus zone 2 off amp) 2 rokus 2 DirecTV IP Vista 20 GC iTach for the vista Sonos network and zoneplayer couple remotes, couple lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINCELdUB Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Hc250 no problem. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubben Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 On 31 maj 2016 at 1:28 AM, funnyfarm299 said: Looking at that, my system sounds like it will be fine. Just wanted to get an idea before I start adding programming events. 2 room project (plus zone 2 off amp) 2 rokus 2 DirecTV IP Vista 20 GC iTach for the vista Sonos network and zoneplayer couple remotes, couple lights That sound pretty ideal for the 250, Don't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 the performance calculators and contro4 recommendations are only a baseline to ensure the best quality service. if your controller starts to see performance issues, you could do a few things to help. remove navigator remove zigbee server. even adding a new ea-1 can help unload the most taxing resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 On 5/30/2016 at 2:08 PM, funnyfarm299 said: I'm trying to figure out how much I can add to my HC250, and the only calculator I can find is the one way back from 2.3. It's missing a lot of the new services, proxies, etc. I know the guidelines for EA series, but what about last gen? Here is my thread describing everything I have running on a single HC-250. I don't seem to have any noticeable lag or problems. It is running the latest OS and drivers including the new Dish MSP driver, Vista panel driver and Sonos driver. Since this thread I added another SR-250 (3 total). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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