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"Name your price" lowest amount allowed is $1.99. If I only had a handful of things--but I'm way past MRC fatigue... Yes, the article claims you only get that price for a year, but I think that is wrong. It's an indefinite amount of time that's allowed. EDIT: the article was probably right when it was published, but backlash seems to be pressuring IFTTT into adjusting the deal with the devil.

My initial impression is I pretty much have to do this for Chowmain's driver, thoughts? (That's ANOTHER recurring monthly cost) https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/10/21430265/ifttt-pro-subscriptions-free-controversy

The fragmentation of streaming is a newer development that helps push distributed video...never know when Roku or Amazon or Apple are going to have exclusive content only available on their devices. Peacock and HBO Max only on Apple for example...

Rebooting the controller got me to activation status of "License Activated". But I shouldn't have to do that--there should be a simpler way to "kick" it... Seems like it was treating me as expired under the "registering driver" status...not good.

The last Pushover communication on my Chowmain IFTTT drivers shows August 13. I've verified my triggers in IFTTT are working and Pushover is working. The helpdesk at driverCentral.io is closed until Monday. My activation status for the driver shows: "Cloud driver found. Registering driver..." It shouldn't say that should it? I've tried tricks like forcing it to take the Pushover credentials again, and forcing it to take the driver key again...no change. Interestingly enough, the last check-in for the driverCentral Cloud driver is August 13...

I have this in 3.1.3. Haven't investigated it fully yet, but one zone quit playing audio after an announcement. No changes that would have caused it otherwise than I know of other than a bug that has crept in.

Good luck with that. I had to get a rescue dealer--the original guy never finished the basic stuff. There really isn't a reason you have to wait on him. You can temporarily have a remote dealer fix the most painful areas.

moviesounds.org. I rotate about 8 different movie / TV lines for when people leave doors open.

They had a new version for the Xbox One as well. The current models won't even work with it without an adapter that is almost impossible to find. So it hasn't been "dead" as long as all the way back to the Xbox 360 days. I keep my Xbox 360 in my Theater specifically to play those titles. I don't remember what the main reason for the demise of the tech was, but I think the core functionality you are seeking can be had through other means that are much more ubiquitous now than they were then. Mainly a cell phone or tablet.

And...still no HBO Max on Amazon or Roku. And now add Peacock TV to the list of stuff that doesn't show up at launch on either of those. So with streaming, you still get the platform / provider wars where the users are pawns, and you can't even skip commercials. And in the Control4 ecosystem you give up a lot of control as you always have compared to, for example, DirecTV. Can we go back to linear TV and DVRs now?

I don't think there is any way to access the data through C4 any more. Even with the API key, C4 doesn't support it on their side.

I thought there was previous discussion about this and maybe even C4 reps chimed in with some explanation. If I find it I will post.

Nope, already basically tried this. Did it again exactly as you describe. No bindings. When I mess with the API key the system entry disappears. But it still associates and populates. I can then do the deselect / reselect system as you describe and nothing changes. I can tell it is talking to the Rachio cloud because the API call number increases when I do these. EDIT: did all this again after a system reboot and I got bindings. Not convinced this is fixed though because I had already rebooted after I loaded the newest driver. I guess I will just have to wait this out to see if the bindings stay or not.

Well, I spoke way too soon. The bindings are completely non-existent for me with the new driver. Anybody else try driver 211 yet? The good news is the Rachio doesn't de-associate every time my HC800 is rebooted, but the bad news is the driver is now completely broken for me--I could at least workaround the issue before.

The driver has been updated, and seems to fix the major issue I was having.

I have a problem with the current version of the driver where the connection is lost between the driver and Rachio every time the controller is restarted. Supposedly that is rare, but it would be something for your dealer to check.

No reason to pick one or the other, as soon as you think you can get by without one of them, something happens like HBO Max that isn't on all the platforms. Or Vudu has a sale on 3D movies and all of sudden you realize that Apple TV supports Vudu 3D but Roku doesn't.

What's weird about that? Why would he want to install random stuff that may or may not work from Ebay? But that's also how the dealer makes ends meet--the margin on the hardware. it isn't enough to just get the labor payments for the job...

Just replaced some A19 100w and 60w equivalent bulbs that were originally expensive Philips bulbs bought most likely off of Amazon 5-7 years ago. Got some Feit from Ace and GE from Walmart. Both work fine, even on previous C4 dimmers. In fact, dim better than the Philips did, so I concur with what Ryan says above...I probably need to see if Philips will warranty them but I doubt it. EDIT: got a response from Philips, and the hoops you have to jump through on a warranty claim are insane. Take a picture of the light fixture?

That's crazy that he would not exchange it.

I definitely get better than that. The room is small (although it is close to 8' ceiling), so I'm probably not the best example. I know another dealer that posts frequently here said to avoid Nyce, but I'm not sure how many other good options there are for C4. Axxess seems hard to come by.

If the dealer set you up with Composer Pro (not debating that here as doing that without also requiring training seems sketchy), I would not recommend going around him for stuff you still need him for. He can yank that access if you upset him...

Exactly, security motion sensors will not do it, especially not ones powered by battery. However, battery powered sensors can work if they are ZigBee. The Nyce Ceiling Motion Sensor has been almost flawless for me for years.

What about controlling through the DirecTV app? I have the same Genie you do, but I only have one mini for 4K. The others are standalone receivers (3 of them). I find that when I have issues using C4 control (I normally don't completely lose control, it just becomes flaky or slow), the app still works. That at least points to something besides a DirecTV issue I believe. Unfortunately with DirecTV being a legacy system I would expect things to continue to deteriorate...

Since I've been keeping track, every time I restart the HC800 it loses the details. Wish I could find some other users this is happening to. I don't normally restart the HC800 that often but for various reasons it has been lately. Hopefully support comes up with something.