Control4 Processor Power

[ajd123]

My system is currently running an EA-5.

If I added a Core-3 or Core-5 to the system, could these run in tandem with the EA-5 to help reduce the workload on the existing EA5?

Would I need to program which controller would execute different programming or Would it split up the work load automatically?

[msgreenf]

No

[ajd123]

29 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

No

So the Core-3 / Core-5 would completely replace the EA-5?

Could I still use the EA-5 in the system for anything?

In terms of processing power, would a Core-3 be more powerful than a EA-5?

[msgreenf]

You could use the EA for audio output and IO 

[Cyknight]

Main system runs all processes in general. The only things you can possible offload to save some overhead are:

-Zigbee to a secondary  controller (though that means the comms are dropped on the network of course)

-Audio though it's limited and costly to get extra outs for (the main system still handles the streaming though

-on screen is probably the biggest one

 

It's also rare that you NEED that much processing power, slow systems are usually more likly related to networking, sometimes zigbee and most commonly bad drivers.

 

And yes a Core3 does have more popwer than an EA5

[Andrew luecke]

We've done a lot of benchmarking at Chowmain, and I seem to recall from the benchmarks I ran that the core series was 3x faster provided the drivers are correctly written

[ajd123]

41 minutes ago, Cyknight said:

It's also rare that you NEED that much processing power, slow systems are usually more likly related to networking, sometimes zigbee and most commonly bad drivers.

And yes a Core3 does have more popwer than an EA5

So other than Apple Music and Z-Wave what would be the rationale behind upgrading from an EA-5 to the core series?

[ekohn00]

gotta ask.....

I have my system running on an EA-5.

I have a Core1 doing almost nothing. It's there only for Apple Music - not connected to anything but the network.

Should I even bother moving the system off the EA-5 and onto the CORE1?

Of course I'd keep at the audio connection on the EA-5 and the Core1 will now run the system and do apple. I assume (maybe wrongly) I can even keep zigbee on the EA-5, or should that move too?

 

 

[Cyknight]

Not sure I'd move ea5 to core1 as the Core1 does dropp of a bit due to the lack of dedicated audio chip compared to 3 and 5, though I would put core1 and ea5 about equal at that point.

To be clear the Core series is a much more powerful controller than the EA was, a bigger jump than hc800 to EA was (and that was not inconsiderable)

 

18 minutes ago, ajd123 said:

So other than Apple Music and Z-Wave what would be the rationale behind upgrading from an EA-5 to the core series?

It IS more capable as I said, but if you're not experienceing lag now....then I wouldn't push for an upgrade to core.

[ekohn00]

8 minutes ago, Cyknight said:

Not sure I'd move ea5 to core1 as the Core1 does dropp of a bit due to the lack of dedicated audio chip compared to 3 and 5, though I would put core1 and ea5 about equal at that point.

 

if the EA-5 stays in the system an the CORE1 has no audio connection, would that matter?

 

[Cyknight]

58 minutes ago, ekohn00 said:

if the EA-5 stays in the system an the CORE1 has no audio connection, would that matter?

 

in my opinion on not bothering moving the system over ? Not really.

[Andrew luecke]

At the very least, I'd probably recommend moving when X4 is released

[Cyknight]

Yeah fair point, X4 may change things

[ekohn00]

15 hours ago, Cyknight said:

in my opinion on not bothering moving the system over ? Not really.

Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean.

I understand that i might not be worth the move at this time.

But what I was asking is, if the audio is physically tied to the Ae5, then the core1 not having the dedicated audio chips shouldn’t be a factor in the equation, correct?

[msgreenf]

24 minutes ago, ekohn00 said:

Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean.

I understand that i might not be worth the move at this time.

But what I was asking is, if the audio is physically tied to the Ae5, then the core1 not having the dedicated audio chips shouldn’t be a factor in the equation, correct?

Correct. But it does add another level of network dependency 

[ekohn00]

22 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

Correct. But it does add another level of network dependency 

Thanks Mitch.

Network wise, for me, wouldn’t be another level since the Core1 is still part of the Apple Music with the EA

[Cyknight]

3 hours ago, ekohn00 said:

Thanks Mitch.

Network wise, for me, wouldn’t be another level since the Core1 is still part of the Apple Music with the EA

And that's where I'm not sure it would make a difference, as the audio portion is still in use.

[therockhr]

3 hours ago, Cyknight said:

And that's where I'm not sure it would make a difference, as the audio portion is still in use.

I thought the Apple Music piece had to do with the upgraded processor and software handling the DRM. I may be misremembering though.

[msgreenf]

50 minutes ago, therockhr said:

I thought the Apple Music piece had to do with the upgraded processor and software handling the DRM. I may be misremembering though.

Linux kernel being able to decode the DRM