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I'll be interested to hear how well it fits in where the door station was...I haven't checked measurements but looks similar.

I think you should get a large batch of sample programming as part of a purchase like this, or when you purchase a system or Composer HE (right now it depends on your dealer more than anything). But yeah, if the loop isn't good then they ought to leave it to the experts. I wondered about that loop...

Ought to see a LOT more of this, shouldn't have to dig here or wait for a C4 blog to reference it: http://nycesensors.com/support/control4-lighting-examples/

If you happened to buy through this deal, supposedly you can request a 4.x key for free from Blue Iris support. I think the cutoff was Dec. 1 purchase. I will report back if I'm not successful.

Glad I pulled the trigger on the $35 Blue Iris license now (still available through Foscam, check Slickdeals for details)! Kept thinking that I was saving up for SecuritySpy, a Mac, and cameras before...thanks DavidP!

Thank you sir! For some reason most of the posts are fairly old on this topic or my searching terms aren't right. Getting exterior IP cameras going is the last big thing I need to do with C4 on my setup. I can get Blue Iris going now with my internal Panasonic cameras and move on to exterior later.

Let me try to clarify further, my understanding is Control4 is getting better at supporting more and more cameras natively. A lot of the reason for Security Spy integration through Extra Vegetables was to increase the types of cameras that work with Control4. So that's not a big deal as much now right? Nothing against Security Spy, but you need a Mac and I don't have one. So it seems that Blue Iris gets me the archiving that Control4 "lacks" but it won't interfere with Control4 integration? Anything I'm missing? Any better solutions?

That's basically what I'm asking. Is there a reason why Blue Iris would not be sufficient for archiving in a C4 environment, or do you want to go with something like SecuritySpy because of some reason you want that for C4 that makes Blue Iris less desirable?

That doesn't do anything for proper and robust archiving unless I'm missing something? To be clear I'm already looking at cameras just fine on touchscreens, iOS, Android, etc through C4 integration.

I just got Blue Iris on sale, and there is discussion here about it but not much. Anybody have any recent experiences to share? I want to integrate cameras as much as possible with C4, but the whole camera integration thing seems to be more for real time viewing. Is this correct thinking? Blue Iris would be more of a separate piece for archiving?

He talks about the mesh of devices in play. And I have Sonos but I have no Sonos mesh. That's what I'm talking about.

Problem with that article is that there are different levels of Sonos and he doesn't really cover that. No, I don't want Sonos Play 5's all over my house but I do want a ZonePlayer or two as an audio source with an EV driver to control it. I think now that you can see your Sonos favorites in the EV driver it is relatively foolproof.

Yeah, these remote dealers are great but unfortunately many times you still need on-site visits to clean things up and that is where it gets dicey because it is hard to find a "rescue" dealer that will do truck rolls on an existing project.

I only have the free version of Eragy. They have not added the hourly pricing through my utility so its use is pretty limited to me right now. I love the Enphase microinverters, had a 6.75kW array about a year now.

I have an Enphase system, and eGauge. I don't think anybody has done anything with C4 and the API for Enphase. Have you looked at Eragy?

They need a smarter transfer switch it sounds like. Look at the Generac Nexus. It will do smart load management and I think it would avoid the voltage fluctuation issues.

This works by the way if anybody wonders in the future.

Well, I was barking up the wrong tree. The actual masking is from ESI. Web page with driver here: http://elec-solutions.com/software/control4-rq-driver.html EDIT: I should say the masking controller is from ESI - Its an RQ bridge.

That's exactly what I was envisioning when I read this thread. I think its good to have both options available, if one fails, or if you want to give temp access a fingerprint is hard to setup vs. a code.

What are some examples of scanners this would work with?

I'm pretty sure that was the one I looked at, it was just too scary to be on that much of the cutting edge with a non-integrated solution. And the shipping was a killer. I saved a little money on the Seymour system but still very expensive. I'm only doing this once though. I know of no limit to masking ratios on my setup. I'm confident I won't have any trouble interfacing with C4, it will just need to be here to figure out. But it should be the same as any other masking system, and RS232 may be a likely candidate.

Hmm, nothing? It probably is basically the same as any masking/drapery system. Anyone?

I need to place an order for my screen and I need to choose which control option to include. Can someone help me decipher this and give me some advice? I've got a request into my C4 dealer but I know he has never used this brand masking system before. I really haven't done a lot yet with my system and relays so that is a little new to me anyway. Here is part of an e-mail from the screen company explaining my options: 2) How were you wanting to control the motors? They come with independent AC motors per side. You can choose to use various 4-wire AC motor control product from other companies, or we have several motor control options. The motors are set for full open and the closure limits at 1.33 ratio. One popular way to do it is use the dual motor control box and just control it's intermediate stop(s) via timed relays into its dry contact inputs. Some standard kit: IR control eye RF control receiver 12v control input module Dual Motor Control master 120v AC box RS-232 module Serial to Ethernet module