chicagoskiguy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Looks like Denon has some Control4 tricks up their sleeve for 2010http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/27/denons-2010-receivers-blu-ray-players-are-control4-streaming/The Control4 part is specifically this release:DENON® HOME ENTERTAINMENT COMPONENTSRECEIVE CONTROL4 CERTIFICATION-- Control4 Certification Underscores Denon's Leadership In Sophisticated, Easy-to-Use Products That Integrate Seamlessly With All Leading Home Automation and IP Control Systems --Mahwah, NJ, April 26, 2010 – Denon Electronics, one of the world's premier manufacturers of high-quality home entertainment components, is proud to announce that 13 of its advanced home entertainment components have earned Control4® certification, ensuring compatibility and smooth integration with all Control4 IP-based home automation and entertainment systems. Denon's Control4 Certified products, with expected SRP and availability in parenthesis, include the A/V receiver Models AVR-5308CI (SRP: $5,500, current), AVR-4810CI (SRP: $2,999, current), AVR-3311CI (SRP: $1,199, June) and AVR-2311CI (SRP: $899, June), as well as the DVD-A1UDCI (SRP: $4,500) and DBP-4010CI (SRP: $1,999) Universal Blu-ray Disc players and the AVP-A1HDCI (SRP: $7,500) A/V surround sound and video processor. Other previously introduced Denon products that also meet Control4 certification requirements include the A/V receiver Models AVR-4310CI, AVR-3310CI, AVR-2310CI, AVR-990 and AVR-890, as well as the DBP-2010CI Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player. As part of its commitment as a member of the Control4 certification program, Denon looks forward to introducing future products that also meet Control4 certification requirements.All components earning Control4 certification must pass rigorous interoperability tests in Control4 labs. Along with this important certification, Denon's wide range of home entertainment components are fully compatible with several other leading home automation providers with which Denon shares Integration Partner status, including Crestron, RTI, Universal Remote Control, AMX and Savant. Integration Partner status ensures the CI channel that Denon is working closely with these companies to make integration between the products easy, reliable and cost effective.Noted Jeff Talmadge, Director, Product Development & Systems Integration, Denon Electronics: "Control4 Certification is yet another indication of Denon's commitment to our valued custom integrator customers and to providing them with the advanced solutions they need to offer their clients fully integrated, easy-to-use home automation and entertainment systems. From our industry-leading A/V receivers, Blu-ray players and other IP/232 controllable products, Denon is committed to utilizing all of our engineering expertise and experience to bring our integrator customers all the benefits of a truly connected and automated digital home.""Denon is one of the first companies to complete Control4 certification testing, which demonstrates their commitment to providing seamless integration with Control4® systems," said Jeff Dungan, Vice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing at Control4, "With Denon in the growing Control4 Certified partner ecosystem, Control4 continues to provide our dealers and their customers robust and easy-to-use systems for homes."All Denon components with Control4 certification include RS-232C connection capability for third-party system control and/or IP control remote in/out connection for custom installation convenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin L Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 no tricks.. just good quality drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingerbrown Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 As the press release states, Denon already had recievers and blu-ray players that were control4 certified (the AVR-4310CI, AVR-3310CI, AVR-2310CI, AVR-990 and AVR-890, etc.). So does this press release mean its next round of recievers will continue to be control4 certified? I guess I'm glad that Denon isn't ditching control4 certification, but there doesn't appear to be anything new here in terms of technology or control4 compatibility. Correct me if I'm wrong, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmk709 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Are the Denon products allowing C4 to control the receivers via the ethernet prots or are you still required to connect via the 232 port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3fingerbrown Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Are the Denon products allowing C4 to control the receivers via the ethernet prots or are you still required to connect via the 232 port?Some of the Denon recievers have an ethernet port, and for most (if not all) of these there is an IP driver available, which all adds up to IP control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 whats the advantage of IP control? is anyone here using it currently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdvr Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 One advantage would be if you ran out of rs232 ports.You can control a lot more products using ipBrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henniae Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 whats the advantage of IP control? is anyone here using it currently?I control my Integra DTR 7.8 receiver with IP.Advantages1. You will not run out of serial or IR ports. 2. Less wire. You only need one cat-5/6 to each device.3. It is 2-way communication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I have a Denon 3806 now on IR control. wondering if its worth the hassle to upgrade for this. would be nice to have discrete volume control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padouk Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 whats the advantage of IP control? is anyone here using it currently?I control my Integra DTR 7.8 receiver with IP.Advantages1. You will not run out of serial or IR ports. 2. Less wire. You only need one cat-5/6 to each device.3. It is 2-way communicationHi,Do you have drivers Integra C4 (IP) compatible ? seem I cannot find any..Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidrab Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Anybody using a Denon receiver (3310?) with the IP driver? Seem that caused an issue with my friends system. The theater 3310 was bogging down the ethernetnetwork causing all sorts of C4 issues. A full power cycle has fixed the issue sofar. Funny that this Control4 certified product would cause this issue. Granted it may just be their individual unit, but who knows. I've seen other places where the 3310 has had issues with its ethernet port but that seems to be where it stops working. I was almost thinking that maybe it was the way the HC-1000 handled the 3310 having issues, but this is just thinking out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorboy Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I currently have a Denon AVR4311CIBKEU, C4-HC300C-E-B, C4-8AMP1-B using ir to control the Denon. I use a iPad with Control4 MyHome 2.1.0. When I change the volume of a zone using the c4 amp the gui feedback displays the percentage of volume and there is a slider. When I change the volume of the zone fed by the Denon amp there is no control feedback. If I change the control of the Denon from ir to RS-232 will I have a volume control slider and percentage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevil Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 I have a Denon 3310-CI and had to switch from IR to RS232 to get programmable volume control (vs. just up down w/ remote). More specifically to get it so I could have programming that set my volume at a specific value, I had to use RS232. However, I'm not using the zones in the way you describe... I just have a main zone and use my C4 controller for a 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted March 26, 2011 Share Posted March 26, 2011 Anybody using a Denon receiver (3310?) with the IP driver? Seem that caused an issue with my friends system. The theater 3310 was bogging down the ethernetnetwork causing all sorts of C4 issues. A full power cycle has fixed the issue sofar. Funny that this Control4 certified product would cause this issue. Granted it may just be their individual unit, but who knows. I've seen other places where the 3310 has had issues with its ethernet port but that seems to be where it stops working. I was almost thinking that maybe it was the way the HC-1000 handled the 3310 having issues, but this is just thinking out loud.This happened at a customer's house. It wasn't flooding just the network, it was flooding the master controller with commands which crashed the project and mesh. I found info that it was a firmware issue with the denon and there was a firmware upgrade that should fix it. The customer wanted to switch to ir and not even bother doing the firmware upgrade to see if that fixed it, so we didn't get to test the new firmware. We recreated the mesh and all has been well since. It took a little over a month before the denon crashed the project, before that it was working well with control4 via ip control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beitomatic Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Hi All, I have an AVR-2311 and want to connect it to my controller using the RS-232 control port. Does anyone know I can turn on that port? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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