In Control Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 HiJust wanted to introduce myself and seek some guidance from anyone willing to offer it.I've been a serious lurker on this forum for the past few weeks and have just taken the plunge into Control4. Today was the first day of pre-wire! Thought I might see if anyone was willing to offer me any guidance for a first time user on whether some of the things I am after might be real errors or whether there are some basics that I am missing and should be thinking about.My project started as a single room TV/Audio to be controlled by a HC300 and 3 separate audio zones controlled by 3 speaker points.Having read a lot more about what C4 can do (on this forum basically) I am now aiming for:- 2 x AV Zones (the second controlled by a HC200);- AV zones will have blu ray, Cable and NAS drive data;- have scrapped the speaker points in favour of a matrix audio switch. The 2 AV zones are also going to be audio zones;- c4 control of external fans, garage door, pedestrian gate and car gate. Garage door will be controlled via a wireless controller (no data cables laid to it);- IP camera;- lighting in some areas of the house including dimmers. - a 7 inch touch screen and a couple of 6 button switches.Am I pushing Control4 too far here? From what I have read I didn't think so, but interested in your thoughts.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian m Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 no - no problem, but you will need a card access device for your garage and sounds like a c4 relay/contact extender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Agreed. The IO on a 300 is minimal. The extender will get you there. Also, if you have been lurking here you probably know that the 300 is capable of about 6 times more action than you are describing above. Granted, we all want "more power" but the fact is we are running gads of traffic out of that controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Control Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks for the input.Didn't see a card access device on my dealer's equipmenr list. What role does it play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 http://www.cardaccess-inc.com/automation/products/index.php?a=details&i=IGA10B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In Control Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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