antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I’m a new C4 user and have a 10in T3 touchscreen that displays the time & date during standby mode. 1. Can it be turned to off during the evening hours at a certain time? 2. I am worried about the life of the display with the Screen essentially always on . 3. do most leave their T3 Blank during standby or have the time/date displayed? 4. what’s the average life of these T3s? thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 That can be programmed, yes - though not from the screen itself. 2 It's designed that way, even if you turn the screensaver to 'blank', the device and (touch!) screen are on regardless. There is no 'standby mode' as such. 3 Time, date, temp is the default we set up. Personally use photos, some people like the media display. I do suggest setting the text to 'move' (option under the screensaver) to prevent ghosting. Note that there is no true screen burn-in - ghosting does dissapear after a little bit. 4 Day 1 and counting...not sure how many years it's been. Trying, but can't remember any T3's dying on me (that wasn't due to an external reason like dropping portables...or a hockey puck buried in one), though there was a batch that had a failure on the touch portion of the screen (we've only had 1 or 2 out of more than I can count). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 1. They can programmed off at night ? 2. They can display the weather too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Yes and temp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstafford388 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I have mine display the date/time and media if that room is on. I also turn screen saver off at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Does dealer have to program this or can end user customize the T3 touch screens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, antneed said: Does dealer have to program this or can end user customize the T3 touch screens? Some customizations you can do on the hardware itself other customizations can be done with composer home edition- did you buy that software from your dealer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 No I have not purchased composer HE. I was debating on getting it Do most use it frequently and what all can you do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 31 minutes ago, antneed said: No I have not purchased composer HE. I was debating on getting it Do most use it frequently and what all can you do with it? its $150 but comes with 1 year of 4sight which is $99 so really its like $50 you can do 95% of the programming your dealer can do - you just cannot add hardware, create rooms, bind hardware to endpoints, etc. do most use it? most on this board, probably yes. Out of all C4 installs in the world no idea what % have it - my guess is its on the lower end because they likely dont know about it or are not inclined to learn how to use it (Which is not all that hard - it is drag and drop programming) Matt Lowe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Nice! It’s a yearly fee like 4sight then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 no, its a 1 time fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Nice! Seems to be worth it then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PorterTX Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 If you are even remotely interested in doing any programing yourself it is a no brainer for sure. My only regret was not getting it sooner! msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 25 minutes ago, antneed said: Nice! Seems to be worth it then! very much so if you use it once or twice vs calling a dealer you likely broke even msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Yes for sure and if it’s a one time fee it does seem like a no brainer. However, does it walk you through on how to use it? Is there a large learning curve? do you have purchase it from your dealer ? Or can you get it through Control4 directly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, antneed said: Yes for sure and if it’s a one time fee it does seem like a no brainer. However, does it walk you through on how to use it? Is there a large learning curve? do you have purchase it from your dealer ? Or can you get it through Control4 directly? purchase through your dealer (or any remote dealer on this forum) here is a user guide for 3.1.3 which is slightly behind but really no difference from 3.2.x to a total first timer with Composer HE https://www.control4.com/docs/product/composer-he/user-guide/latest/composer-he-user-guide-rev-u.pdf You can also ask questions here - tons of people share snippets of their coding, ask for feedback/help and the forum will chip in to assist. so you need Composer HE to at least get started but people here can walk you through it lastly - 1 person on here started an online paid education course for Composer HE - @Matt Lowe and this service: https://www.patreon.com/waltstv PorterTX, cnicholson and Matt Lowe 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Thank you ! Impressive manual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Can I use/install Composer HE on a desktop in another room? or does it have to on a laptop hardwired to Controller or router ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Just has to be on the same network. Or if you have 4sight, just needs to have internet access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 1 hour ago, antneed said: Can I use/install Composer HE on a desktop in another room? or does it have to on a laptop hardwired to Controller or router ? yes just on the network as mentioned. that said it is PC only, so does not work native on Mac (can do Parallels or whatever to get Windows on a Mac but that is another conversation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antneed Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Thank you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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