dannyboy

4K is nice to have, but I’d preference reliability and price...

Hi all, it’s been a while again since I’ve been circling the forum, life kind of got in the way... hope everyone is well and I can get some updated advice.. My old monoprice switch failed and I’m getting really frustrated swapping hdmi cables in the rack... im looking for an inexpensive hdmi 4x4 replacement that has a C4 driver readily available and (for the aussies) known to work with Foxtel and fetch as sources? appreciate any thoughts and links... cheers Dan.

There is a reset sequence, which I cannot remember off the top of my head. You might find this in the forum, otherwise email me and I'll look up my docos. Failing this if Your hc-300 is a zigbee pro radio and you have embernet keypad, you need an embernet radio to upgrade the keypad to zigbee pro. Once you upgrade a controller to zigbee pro, ie 1.8.2 or higher, I don't think you can go backwards to an embernet radio, thus it becomes pain to upgrade these devices. Of you are in this boat your options will be: 1. Sell to a 1.7.4 user 2. Buy a hc-200 or 300 on 1.7.4 to get an embernet radio to do the upgrade 3. See a dealer, some might have separate radio that plugs into a USB port to do such upgrades.

Guys, I've been thinking about this also. The problem is, I have not found a split system with an external thermostat to connect a C4 Tstat to. One dealer I meet told me he used c4 with IR to control a split system. Anyone else out there done this???

Other factors, I suspect x10 will be less expensive and can be diy, but control 4 is more reliable. On the subject of motion sensors, there is out of the box integration to a number of security systems for hardwired or wireless sensors or control4' s partner cardaccess makes zigbee wireless sensors for control4 There is web access via a subscription, or some users have created VPN access to their system for remote access via iPhone. I've just got my iPad, so have not tried this yet. I like the AV and multi room audio aspects of control4, I notice you have not specified this, but in my mind is one of the fundamentals of automation that control4 excels at. Good luck with your decision making.