tebery Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 New fireplace switch and new lineup of keypads/switches, featuring lower power consumption, stiffer tactile response, available in all 6 colors. ZigBee Pro only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 emm.. not yet! but soon… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Will these feature intercom functionality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 emm.. not yet! but soon…Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Will these feature intercom functionality? ...and two-way toaster control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Will these feature intercom functionality? ...and two-way toaster control?My toaster tweets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 emm.. not yet! but soon…Really?Blog post tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbrown Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Absent new product numbers for Z-Pro and the FP control, is this news worthy ? Any substantial design changes and/or programming enhancments ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Absent new product numbers for Z-Pro and the FP control, is this news worthy ? Any substantial design changes and/or programming enhancments ?Yes. As Cody said, check the blog in the morning. The information will be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebery Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 Blog post tomorrow morning.Morning is almost over here in Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingzz Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Blog post tomorrow morning.Morning is almost over here in Ohio. its over here in Michigan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Weird. It missed the scheduled post time, and then gave me fits about publishing. It's up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 ^Nice blog. I knew there would come a time when things would become obsolete. I can't spend thousands even if the power consuption is far less. I like the expanded colors. Do retrofit color swap kits exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I like the expanded colors. Do retrofit color swap kits exist?Indeed they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4CPA Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Contact your dealer for pricing.Ok dealers I am listening. What is the MSRP for these new switches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Contact your dealer for pricing.Ok dealers I am listening. What is the MSRP for these new switches?"The new models are direct replacements of the existing Control4® lighting and Keypad models in appearance, installation procedure, and pricing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriPink Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 featuring lower power consumption, stiffer tactile responseDo you have a reference for the "stiffer tactile response"? The WAF could improve substantially if you could actually feel when you had turned the lights on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 featuring lower power consumption' date=' stiffer tactile response[/quote']Do you have a reference for the "stiffer tactile response"? The WAF could improve substantially if you could actually feel when you had turned the lights on...I don't have any yet so I can't say. Hopefully someone will chime in as soon as they get some delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4Newbie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Will all of my existing dimmers and switches work with 2.0 Zigbee Pro when it comes out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Yes.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanisMajor Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Can I mix the ZigBee and ZigBee Pro devices in the same project?If I recently purchased through my dealer a number of non-Pro dimmers and switches, andkeypads for a new project and they have yet to be installed, should I attempt to have them allexchanged for the ZigBee Pro equivalents?Which controllers can communicate to ZigBee Pro devices? Or phased another way: If dimmers required a hardware change to support ZigBee Pro, don'tthe controllers also need a similar hardware change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Can I mix the ZigBee and ZigBee Pro devices in the same project?If I recently purchased through my dealer a number of non-Pro dimmers and switches, andkeypads for a new project and they have yet to be installed, should I attempt to have them allexchanged for the ZigBee Pro equivalents?Which controllers can communicate to ZigBee Pro devices? Or phased another way: If dimmers required a hardware change to support ZigBee Pro, don'tthe controllers also need a similar hardware change?The dimmers are merely a software update. These dimmers now shipping come with Zigbee Pro. The firmware of the dimmers, once upgraded to Zigbee Pro, cannot be downgraded to use Embernet.You cannot mix zigbee pro and embernet devices in the same project. The entire project must be upgraded to run 1.8 or later.There's no need to exchange your dimmers, unless you really want the lower power consumption or "better tactile feel". They will still function exactly the same as the new ones.All controllers can communicate to zigbee pro devices. In 1.8 or later, an HC-300, 500, or 1000 is needed to be the "master controller", making the 200, HTC & MC slaves.The Zigbee Pro move is a firmware update, and as such, the firmware of the zigbee radios in the controllers (the 1000 doesnt have one) can be updated as well without a hardware change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanisMajor Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Can I mix the ZigBee and ZigBee Pro devices in the same project?If I recently purchased through my dealer a number of non-Pro dimmers and switches' date=' andkeypads for a new project and they have yet to be installed, should I attempt to have them allexchanged for the ZigBee Pro equivalents?Which controllers can communicate to ZigBee Pro devices? Or phased another way: If dimmers required a hardware change to support ZigBee Pro, don'tthe controllers also need a similar hardware change?[/quote']The dimmers are merely a software update. These dimmers now shipping come with Zigbee Pro. The firmware of the dimmers, once upgraded to Zigbee Pro, cannot be downgraded to use Embernet.You cannot mix zigbee pro and embernet devices in the same project. The entire project must be upgraded to run 1.8 or later.There's no need to exchange your dimmers, unless you really want the lower power consumption or "better tactile feel". They will still function exactly the same as the new ones.All controllers can communicate to zigbee pro devices. In 1.8 or later, an HC-300, 500, or 1000 is needed to be the "master controller", making the 200, HTC & MC slaves.The Zigbee Pro move is a firmware update, and as such, the firmware of the zigbee radios in the controllers (the 1000 doesnt have one) can be updated as well without a hardware change.The lower power consumption and tactile changes to the dimmers and switches seems to be more that just a software change.So if I upgrade my controller from C4OS 1.7 to 1.8 does is automatically upgrade the FW on all of the ZigBee devcies in the project to use ZigBee Pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 The lower power consumption and tactile changes to the dimmers and switches seems to be more that just a software change.True, the new dimmers are actually a *new* dimmer, but it is only being released in a ZigBee Pro version.So if I upgrade my controller from C4OS 1.7 to 1.8 does is automatically upgrade the FW on all of the ZigBee devcies in the project to use ZigBee Pro?Yes, although it's not *completely automatic*, as there are a couple of steps that happen (it upgrades devices to a 'halfway point' called mini-app, then they get updated from there to Pro after they join the ZigBee Pro mesh network) that a dealer would typically need to be present to join them to the mesh.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigrzeye Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Are original dimmers and switches still available that do not run on Zigbee Pro? Originally it was said they would be available for quite some time, possibly close to a year. How close are we to that time? Same question for 3 and 6 button keypads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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