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At the time of my install there was only a serial driver.  It has been nothing less than great and very responsive.  All of my equipment is in the same rack so I haven’t thought about the idea of changing to the IP driver

I had to replace my GE Concord too.....
Looked at Clare becuase it "looks" like C4 and is supposed to have easy intigration.
Since I use GeoAlarm for dirt cheap monitoring and they won't monitor Clare I decided to try Qolsys. I did look around for others that might do Clare, but like C4 it wasn't DYI friendly.
The Qolysis install was a piece of cake. Just moved the Hardwired sensors over to their board. Everything works off the main touch screen, and all the boards then talk to the touchscreen wirelessly.  Easy as crap to set up.
Next comes the C4 integration. Load driver....pretty much done.
Coming from GE concord, i was pretty amazed and wish i did this a long time ago........
 

Qolsys IQ Panel 2 Plus integrates very nicely.  There is a version of the panel that can reuse a lot of the sensors you already have for your Concord4 panel.  I did that exact thing when I replaced my Concord4 panel.  Contact AlarmGrid ... they are very helpful.  
https://www.alarmgrid.com/

At the time of my install there was only a serial driver.  It has been nothing less than great and very responsive.  All of my equipment is in the same rack so I haven’t thought about the idea of changing to the IP driver

Thanks @rayk32 Glad they are with a good home that will use them!

I received the 2 Neeo remotes as promised and they were packaged very nicely with an unexpected bonus of an extra power supply and charging base.  The remotes were added my project and they work perfectly.  A totally different feel as compared to the 250's and 260's.  I definitely like seeing the logos and graphical presentation of my sources.  I haven't done anything with favorites or other customizations yet, but I'm looking forward to it.  Zappbranagan was very responsive and it was a good purchase experience. Thanks for everything! @Zappbranagan

It looks cool from my perspective as a geek and C4 user, but it looks like the hardware is an issue.  And it can be hard to compete with Amazon selling Echo Dots at dirt cheap prices.
But this has privacy benefits, of course.

Here is the link. Let me know if you have questions. I’ve changed the magnet system to look better and switched to spray on suede (flocking). Looks better now.
 

Not sure if this is the correct section, but I think it is.
I was in the market for an iPad mini wall mount.I have several old models around the house and wanted make use of them. All the mounts I found that looked the way I wanted cost more than the iPads are worth so I made rather myself. I got a little carried away and made a few more than I actually need. Just curious if anyone is interested in them. I made a video on YouTube about making them, but I’m not sure if I can post links?
iPad Mini 1-3
bare mount $30
painted with magnets, $45
 
 

I added viewport to my system last week. I used a free camera icon which worked great. 

Yes. There are hdmi no control drivers.  

So some clarification and information for you to cut through the clutter. I'm a networking professional and have architected many very large high scale networks (500K user+ type environments). I was CCIE level 20 years ago, tier 3 tac level at a Cisco competitor, have moved on to other products but manage a networking team now. My guys install around 20K access points each year and thousands of switches, lots of large firewalls etc. I also do a little C4 programming as freelance for a dealer on the side, some C4 driver development as well as have a decently large install myself with lots of odd things. I run pro networking gear myself at home in my environment (Ruckus and Juniper switching, have use Mist, Aerohive, and Aruba APs with my current C4 setup as well).
All of the C4 restrictions around networking are because most dealers don't have an in-depth knowledge of networking. Let's discuss:
C4 uses broadcast - not true. Do a wireshark and set the display filter for eth.dst == ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, you'll see lots of ARPs and probably netbios garbage but nothing important for C4 beyond ARP. C4 does rely heavily on multicast (wireshark display filter ip.addr >= 224.0.0.0). Ubiquiti is supposedly on the "no" list because of some UBNT hardware not forwarding multicast, specifically the routers as I recall. It works fine other than that rare case, no reason to change to Cisco or anything else.
Spanning Tree Protocol - Recommended against because it's a pain to configure properly and configured improperly you can have issues, I suppose they consider it better to allow a customer's network to get locked in a hard loop. It works fine, I've used MSTP, RPVST+ and some other flavors with C4 and it's fine if configured properly. Home grade switches may have poor implementations.
Flow Control - Properly implemented flow control is fine, the issue is most network hardware doesn't expose getting pause frames from devices that are overloaded..again instead of identifying the problem it turns into some sort of mystery that's resolved when the overloaded device is replaced randomly. This could be an issue in switch to switch communications or server to server where lots of disk IO is happening. If you're running pro gear and routinely check for pause frames as part of your troubleshooting not an issue.
QoS (Quality of Service) - I've also used switch level QoS with no issues, I would be cautitous about QoS or traffic shaping in home grade routers. Industry standard DiffServe on switches works fine. I would avoid punishing multicast or anything C4 is doing. I would also avoid voice prioritization for wireless unless you have someone who really knows what they're doing set it up. Lots of bugs in those features on most wireless products.
Wireless isolation (QoS setting) - This will cause problems RE C4 discovery works off of multicast.
Privacy Separator - presume this is same as client isolation, same deal
PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) - Works fine as well as LACP/802.3AD dynamic and static. If  you don't know how to configure these protocols you can of course create problems. There are special criteria in PIM environments with LAG/PAGP
IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) - Presuming from the bitching I hear from dealer friends about this, I presume that either the C4 gear doesn't prune/join properly or they've had networking folks not set this feature up. I run IGMP enabled on my Juniper switches but your mileage may vary. They left off storm control, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP inspection, etc here but again, I use it and it works fine.
So, the recipe for success, is keep all the C4 gear and all the clients that talk to it on the same VLAN, even over wireless. 
You should be able to have multiple VLANS working with PIM with a phone or touchpad on one side, however if any of the C4 devices don't handle IGMP properly you may still have issues. C4 doesn't really define which devices need which s, g publicly so any PIM troubleshooting would be a guessing game. You may also have RP overload in a home environment with a setup that large. We generally filter out SSDP, MDNS, Bonjour etc in corp environments as I've seen 50 misbehaving clients take down a 1 terabit line rate switch with enough control plane traffic thanks to MDNS. Though technically possible you would be in the minority with this type setup. The exception here would be things that do not need multicast discovery. For example I have all of my IP cameras on a firewall zone on an isolated switch (ethernet connection on the outside of my house, security problem!). The IPs are manually configured in C4 so no need for multicast, works great. If you put things that never need to talk to C4 on different VLANs, that's fine as well.
I saw you ran some pings as a test. 12 pings isn't enough and if you're running 1G or 10G you're not loading enough of the wire to see an issue. I would run 1000 pings and I would also increase the packet size to 1472, after applying the header that's the largest payload you can squeak through a 1500 byte mtu ethernet connection. If you run 100% clean with no loss I would say it's unlikely network is your issue. You will see loss over wireless, I would test from wired. You could still have multicast being blocked but that would be more difficult to test. You can use netcat if you have a unix system or if you have two laptops you can generate a multicast stream with VLC and some video file. Google will explain that process better that I am willing to here. I would also suspect that your issue with controls not working is not a multicast issue. Multicast is used by C4 for discovery. Once the remote device is discovered (Say an EA1) the communications are unicast for which ping is a good test. Anyone that doesn't believe me is free to use the above wireshark filters to find out for themselves.
I think it's unlikely you have a wired network issue.
I would look into the EA that runs director. I've had severe C4 latency issues with an IP driver (Yes, a Control 4 issued driver BTW) eating a lot of CPU and lagging out director. Identifying that driver and fixing an issue with it has completely resolved the issue. I spent a week on the phone with support on that one. Engaging your dealer is the best way to identify if something like that is causing the issue because they're going to have access to deeper troubleshooting tools that you don't.
You could also be having a spectrum issue with zigbee. It's sitting on the 2.4 band. Given that you have 11 APs, hopefully someone has told you or you know to turn off most or all of the 2.4ghz radios. There are only three non-overlapping channels in 2.4, given that there's better reach on 2.4 vs 5ghz, it would be difficult to not have channel overlap 3-4x in that setup. I would only use 5Ghz if possible and potentially only enable 2.4 on three APs at most. If you need more you should do a heatmap of your house and identify which APs have the most RF barrier between them and configure the overlapping channels there, using the attenuation of of your structure to your benefit, adjusting down power as needed. Just the SSID broadcast from two networks (user and guest) could eat something like 40% of the 2.4 ghz bandwidth if replicated on three APs overlapping each other...it would also trash zigbee pretty bad. If someone configured the ubnt gear for 40 or 80 mhz channels on 2.4 you will have similar issues as well. My recomendation would be to disable 2.4 altogether if possible and use strictly non-overlapping channels on 5ghz, I think with 40mhz channels you should be able to just make it.
Speaking of wireless, I would also get someone who is a drop dead expert on the ubiquiti gear or an expert with Airmagnet to look into the wireless, especially if the touchscreens are wireless. 802.11r/k are squirlley in a lot of client and AP chipsets, you may have stability issued on the T3s with roaming given the number of APs you have r/k/v enabled. Band steering can also create issues etc... There are other issues with fast roaming on cheap gear as it generally doesn't generate l2 forwarding table updates on a client roam. Controller based enterprise gear does this, UBNT might, however I don't know. My understanding is that the UBNT controller doesn't really handle traffic so I would expect not. Other solutions like Mist, Aerohive, and Ruckus unleashed have this sorted in a decentralized forwarding plane setup so perhaps UBNT has this as well. I'm also not sure how well autopower/auto channel works on ubnt, generally only Mist, Aruba, and Cisco have this actually working. You should probably use an analyzer to tune down the power on your APs to make a more microcell environment. I would get an expert on UBNT wireless as its very complicated and it's much more about the skeletons in the closet on each platform.
Actually, just looked before submitting and it seems the T3s are 2.4 ghz only. If you're running them on wifi, I would kill all but one of your APs and put a T3 right next to the active AP and see if that stabilizes the T3. If so you probably have channel overlap issues on 2.4ghz.
Good luck, hopefully this helps.
 

Go with Roku if you are choosing between one or the other.  All round integration is better (mini apps etc)
On Plex, it depends what you are trying to achieve.  If you want to be able to view cover art, details etc on a touchscreen (say), then Alan's driver is very good.  It's overkill if all you need to do is navigate to the Plex app within Roku on your TV.  Using the Plex mini app, you can have Plex shown as a 'Watch' source on your remote, and open Plex with one touch.  You will be able to view everything that you do now, all that C4 changes is the means by which you navigate to/around Plex.  Your Roku/NAS (Mac Mini) will do all the heavy lifting.

Hi everyone

Hope you’re all well

Did a 2x2 video wall in a home office today!!


Samsung 55 inch commercial displays with a 1.7mm bezel combined.

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Programmers make comments in the code they write for all kinds of reasons, but mainly they make descriptive points of reference in the thousands to millions of lines code that make up an application.  It makes it easier to find a segment of code for them or other programmers who come behind them to fix, modify or reuse code.  

Programmers make comments in the code they write for all kinds of reasons, but mainly they make descriptive points of reference in the thousands to millions of lines code that make up an application.  It makes it easier to find a segment of code for them or other programmers who come behind them to fix, modify or reuse code.  

The intercom is completely useless to me to start off with.
I never said that this piece of equipment compares to Control4. $60 compared to $1400 like no kidding !
Beats leaving the much superior outdated C4 screen dead hanging there.
It is as responsive as the app on my iPhoneX . Its just as fast as my old C4 screen.
As far as longevity, will see, at the rate that end of life equipment is happening at C4 these days. I am probably 1 or 2 updates away from all my C4 stuff becoming part of the past anyway and that's fine. 
I guess I got a little excited at my amateurish accomplishment and should remember the level of expertise required to be relevant on this forum.
My bad
 
 
 

Does this mean they will support their own SIP compliant V1 Doorstation?  Probably not, which would be embarrassing.

Contact Matt Lowe or many of the other forum installers who do remote upgrades all of the time.
 
Matt works for Walt's TV.
https://www.walts.com/
 

Hello, Dolby Vision is supported through the HDMI outputs only. As of today, HDbaseT does not support Dolby Vision 60hz. This applies to any HDbaseT matrix on the market, not just ours. There is no technology on the market today that will support Dolby Vision 60hz over a CAT cable. Please let us know if you have any additional questions!

Sorry just seeing this.  I have not experienced any failures or issues with my No Hassle AV matrix or receivers.  In fact, I’ve owned two different models of their 4K matrices.  I purchased the first one on Amazon and because I was one of their first Control4 users, about a year later, they called and asked if I wanted to be one of the testers of their new model that I referenced as the OP of this thread.  Both matrices were rock solid.
About two weeks ago, I received another call to act as a tester of their new model that does HDR, ARC, audio extraction and downscaling.  It is now integrated and I will be posting another review shortly.
Here is the link to the new model.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MZ4T21Q
I have owned a JAP setup since 2010.  It is still running, but is now relegated to providing service to a few 1080p 24” Visio TVs that I have around the house.  It has been rock solid too, but I have had a few transmitters, receivers and a lot of power supplies fail.  Everything electrical will fail, some sooner than later and some will fail for no apparent reason and without warning.  When I told my original Control4 installer that I wanted to go with Just Add Power, he didn’t recommend it because he wasn’t familiar with the company or its technology.  I found JAP because I couldn’t afford a $10,000 “name brand” matrix in 2010 ... I still can’t afford it, but my lower priced JAP system, that few dealers had heard of in 2010, is still running 10 years later.  Hopefully, it plays out similarly for my No Hassle matrix.
No Hassle AV is Just Add Power ten years ago, a video matrix company trying to get a foothold into the home automation market.  I don't know what it takes to become a Control4 partner, but I will make the suggestion that they explore the possibility.  I'm pretty sure if it means spending money or raising prices to become "official", it will be a hard sell because that defeats the idea of staying a company that makes affordable and reliable video distribution switches.
 
Link to new review 
 

Did they send you the audio extractors? I've had some emails with them over the capabilities of the extractors.

Need the scheduler agent. Also the snapshot driver will allow you to save the light state before the button press>turn the light on, then use a timer agent for x minutes and then recall the snapshot

I have successfully programmed my doorbell to chime through announcement when pressed. I want my outside pot lights to come on as soon as the button is pressed  ( only when it is after 5:00pm)
I have found a way to trigger the pot lights on in the doorbell press BUT i cannot add a line to only turn them on if its after a specific time. Where can i program that? Thanks

App store wasn't allowing me to download it on the phone. So I APK and installed it through usb.
Thanks