Terry Mikulak Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Good day, it appears my 300-HC controller requires a power supply replacement according to the Control 4 technician I spoke with on the telephone. He advised if I could purchase a used one and swap out the power supply it would solve my problem and would avoid a Control 4 technician having to attend to program a new controller. My first question is has anyone in the forum tried this and question two is where would I find a used one in good working order. Most retailers want to sell you a new one. Any information would be helpful, thanks, Terry in Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokead Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Good day, it appears my 300-HC controller requires a power supply replacement according to the Control 4 technician I spoke with on the telephone. He advised if I could purchase a used one and swap out the power supply it would solve my problem and would avoid a Control 4 technician having to attend to program a new controller. My first question is has anyone in the forum tried this and question two is where would I find a used one in good working order. Most retailers want to sell you a new one. Any information would be helpful, thanks, Terry in Canada eBay. Drop a couple of dollars and update to at least an HC800. You can pick up a used one for under a $100 and someone could remote in to update your project. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blub Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Better try to get a used ea3, sometimes they are on ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Adams Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I'll send you an HC300 for free if you pay for shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yeah, HC300 is worthless. Take the opportunity to get a FAR BETTER controller like Tokead said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control4Savant Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 9 hours ago, Terry Mikulak said: Good day, it appears my 300-HC controller requires a power supply replacement according to the Control 4 technician I spoke with on the telephone. He advised if I could purchase a used one and swap out the power supply it would solve my problem and would avoid a Control 4 technician having to attend to program a new controller. My first question is has anyone in the forum tried this and question two is where would I find a used one in good working order. Most retailers want to sell you a new one. Any information would be helpful, thanks, Terry in Canada He doesn't want to spend money on programming or a professional truck roll so an HC800, ea3 etc are all going to require more than he is able to accomplish. Yes, I have done this countless times. I would get a used working 300 from here or ebay and do the direct swap. There are exposed screws on the bottom of the 300. There are also 4 that are inside the feet (rubber peals off). The power supply is around 2"x4" and has two clips that should be directly swappable. Unscrew the working PS and replace/ reconnect. I would plug it in and test (power and boot) before putting the shell back together. You can also pull a PS from C4-16S2- 2nd gen. (round face) audio matrix, it is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokead Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 You can pick up an 800 for around $100. No truck role required if able to move some wires. Move the IR to the new controller, plug it in. Hire a dealer from here who can remote in and maybe another $100-200 or so to move project over and update to last 2.x.x version. Gets them mobile license too. Depends on how long they want to continue having a trouble free project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control4Savant Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 30 minutes ago, Tokead said: You can pick up an 800 for around $100. No truck role required if able to move some wires. Move the IR to the new controller, plug it in. Hire a dealer from here who can remote in and maybe another $100-200 or so to move project over and update to last 2.x.x version. Gets them mobile license too. Depends on how long they want to continue having a trouble free project You are assuming all parts of his project are compatible with whatever version of 2OS...also is this his main CPU? Do we have a backup? Is this the ZB server for lots of lighting? Why spend $100+ on a still out of date unit that may cause its own problems. HC800s are far from perfect or rocket performers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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