neil12011 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 What's the group recommendation on ceiling fans these days? Client wants rock solid reliability (Control) above all else. He's looking at the Haiku Gen 4, but it does not appear to be wifi as the other Haiku models? Would their wifi module work with this? Does the C4 Fan Speed controller work with these fans? Please post your ceiling fan picks! Thanks! Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Modern forms neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnicholson Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I have 18 Modern Forms fans. The C4 integration is fine, but the fans sometimes drop off WiFi and need to be power cycled from breaker (can't control them even from native Modern Forms / WAC iPhone app). I wish there was a hard-wired option for use in new construction. But when they work, they are really nice fans. Not sure if other C4-friendly fans are any better-- just sharing my experience. Also, and maybe this is prob a C4 thing, I wish they showed up in Comfort and not in Lights--- especially since my fans don't have lights. neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 In regards to big ass fans, I think we've only ever had 1 or 2 support tickets for it. It's an incredibly solid product and driver neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 36 minutes ago, cnicholson said: maybe this is prob a C4 thing It's a c4 thing! Unfortunately, they made a decision to have fans show up in lighting, not in comfort. I don't agree with it either neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopedogg88 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 In regards to big ass fans, I think we've only ever had 1 or 2 support tickets for it. It's an incredibly solid product and driverI had plenty of problems with the v1 Haiku driver, which created several headaches. V2 seems solid so far. Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, chopedogg88 said: I had plenty of problems with the v1 Haiku driver, which created several headaches. V2 seems solid so far. Sent from my SM-G986U using Tapatalk Just to clarify, I was referring to v2. V1 required polling. V2 is a total rewrite and utilizes a different protocol which provides feedback in realtime (and a huge amount of capabilities exposed via read/write variables). neil12011 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 3 hours ago, cnicholson said: I have 18 Modern Forms fans. The C4 integration is fine, but the fans sometimes drop off WiFi and need to be power cycled from breaker (can't control them even from native Modern Forms / WAC iPhone app). I wish there was a hard-wired option for use in new construction. But when they work, they are really nice fans. Not sure if other C4-friendly fans are any better-- just sharing my experience. Also, and maybe this is prob a C4 thing, I wish they showed up in Comfort and not in Lights--- especially since my fans don't have lights. I have my fans hidden in lights and use experience buttons to control them in comfort (and / or favourited to the Home Screen). Both bNet solutions and Chowmain have cool experience buttons for fan control. Neo1738, Time2Jet, C4 User and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil12011 Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 Any of you guys using the Gen 4 Haiku fans? They look to only have bluetooth control (The cutsheet doesn't directly imply IP control) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/19/2023 at 1:38 PM, Andrew luecke said: In regards to big ass fans, I think we've only ever had 1 or 2 support tickets for it. It's an incredibly solid product and driver I have V1 and V2 fans with the Chowmain driver. When I use the Haiku app from time to time it wants to upgrade the firmware of the V1... Will this create any issues with the driver? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejn1 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/19/2023 at 11:20 AM, neil12011 said: What's the group recommendation on ceiling fans these days? Client wants rock solid reliability (Control) above all else. He's looking at the Haiku Gen 4, but it does not appear to be wifi as the other Haiku models? Would their wifi module work with this? Does the C4 Fan Speed controller work with these fans? Please post your ceiling fan picks! Thanks! Neil I've been happy with my Chowmain driver and Haikus... I have one Modern Forms but prefer the Haiku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 2 hours ago, ejn1 said: I have V1 and V2 fans with the Chowmain driver. When I use the Haiku app from time to time it wants to upgrade the firmware of the V1... Will this create any issues with the driver? Thx The BAF mobile app firmware is not compatible with v1 /haiku app firmware and vice versa. That being said, the v2/BAF firmware and driver (free upgrade for v1 users) is significantly better. And we've only maybe had 1 or 2 support enquiries. One is an issue with Alexa (which turned out isn't a bug with our driver, and may be resolved by now), the second is something we're investigating (led button colour issue for configurable keypads), which doesn't affect the operation of the driver ejn1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time2Jet Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Turns out this has been a very productive topic. Good job all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/19/2023 at 1:30 PM, msgreenf said: Modern forms Never heard of them till now...great timing as we've been looking for a bedroom replacement for some time... all that said, do you know: how do they compare in general to big ass fans? how do they compare to BAF in price? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 They are like 1/3 of the price of BAF. I would recommend buying thru lighting New York which has very competitive pricing. ekohn00 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Also might be worth looking at Bond's solutions for fan integration. Smart By Bond Built in Wifi with Multi Fan Speed and 0-100% Light Dimming functionality. Two-way communications (use the original remote and will feed back to our driver) Manufacturers include Beacon Lighting minkaAire Hinkley Progress Lighting Hampton Bay Quorum Westinghouse Wind River Star Fans Air Cool URL : https://bondhome.io/products/smart-by-bond/ Fan Speed Controller Add Smart By Bond to a dumb AC fan URL : https://www.homedepot.com/p/Universal-Smart-Wi-Fi-4-Speed-Ceiling-Fan-Remote-99434/311264804 Bond Bridge / Bond Bridge Pro Replicate RF signals of your multi-speed fan with lights. Works with most fans sold at Home Depot, Lowes and other stores. Search for supported device via url https://bondhome.io/supported-devices/ URL : Bond Bridge - https://bondhome.io/product/bond-bridge/ URL : Bond Bridge Pro - https://bondhome.io/product/bond-bridge-pro/ Control4 Driver here https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-bond Andrew luecke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alt Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 @Andrew luecke Trying to confirm if the Haiku Gen 4 fans are compatible with your v2 Big ass fan driver. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Alt said: @Andrew luecke Trying to confirm if the Haiku Gen 4 fans are compatible with your v2 Big ass fan driver. Thanks! From our understanding, any device that supports the big ass fan mobile app via wifi will also work with our driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew luecke Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Alt said: @Andrew luecke Trying to confirm if the Haiku Gen 4 fans are compatible with your v2 Big ass fan driver. Thanks! Also, if there isn't a command that does what you need, the variables available on this driver are extensive (I basically tried to expose all of them, and it's a huge list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alt Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Thanks Andrew for the feed back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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