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59 minutes ago, Cyknight said:
We've done Clare: IQ panels are easier to do and integrate so easily....
One last question, what is the price comparison between the basic hardware to start a system between Clare or IQ?
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54 minutes ago, Cyknight said:
We've done Clare: IQ panels are easier to do and integrate so easily....
It seems weird that the company (SNAPAV) C4 is under would integrate better.... I know my dealer said they use Clare is it takes 5 minutes to set up?
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52 minutes ago, Cyknight said:
We've done Clare: IQ panels are easier to do and integrate so easily....
Is there a specific IQ panel to buy to get the system started to add some basic door sensors? Also, any recommendation on where to buy?
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Does anyone here have the Clare system? My dealer again suggested this as the way to go due to it's ease with playing nicely with C4.
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On 1/25/2023 at 10:22 PM, wnpublic said:
All the code needed is right here:
https://github.com/garbled1/balboa_homeassistan
Works great, i've got full control from HA.
My dealer checked your link but did not see that actual driver needed for install listed. Is there a driver listed on your page?
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Just bumping to see if anyone can help with a recommendation
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On 1/11/2024 at 5:47 PM, Darin, PM C4 CX,UI said:
The bug in 3.4.1 Composer HE will impact all systems running OS 3.4.1 currently. The team that works on Composer believes they have found the root cause and they should have a patch out soon.
Have there been any updates on a fix? I was hoping to do some programming this holiday weekend.
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54 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said:
I am a big fan of a CA10 so would always recommend this… But, I do think something else is going on here. Zigbee working fine to turn the backlights green but not so fine when turning them white does not make (any) sense (to me) unless something else is clogging things up.
I'm going to do some testing this weekend to see if maybe I'm imagining the response difference between opening (changing to green) and closing (turning back to white) the garage doors.... There is definitely a random delay in which pads turn to white or green respective to closed/open status but after a few minutes they end up changing it seems.... I just wonder if it's a processing issue vs. too much zigbee at once or both....
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32 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said:
Sounds like something else is hanging your system when you close the garage door. Maybe have your dealer check CPU usage when the garage door closes.
There isn't anything else that changes when it closes as the sensor was just recently installed and prior to that I had the relay only and no delay in system response right after garage closed (I would tell Alexa to turn off or on garage lights and no delay vs. now there is the delay.... weird....)
I'll have my dealer take a look at it as he'll be out hopefully in next few weeks installing a screen.
I was wondering if maybe a CA-10 added in my system would help as I think my EA-5 is getting taxed with the number of devices I have at this point too
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On 12/28/2023 at 4:36 PM, Matt Lowe said:
yes likely just the zigbee network being flooded. Just try doing a group of devices delay 5 seconds then another group delay another. keep breaking them up into smaller groups until you get the desired results. unless the zigbee project is absolutely massive 3-4 groups should do well.
I broke down to 3 groups for each floor of the house but I'm seeing a lag in the response of the rest of the system while the change over to different light is made back to white when garage doors close. It's odd as it seems when a garage door opens (backlight LEDs go green) no lag. However, when garage doors close (backlight LEDs go back to white) there seems to be a lag in how the rest of system will respond (ie keypad buttons bound to a light won't trigger light, Alexa commands won't trigger though Alexa says "Ok").
I will try to break up the groups further or decrease the pads turning as I don't know that I need every single keypad in the house to necessarily change to green to indicate a garage door is open....
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6 hours ago, AHA said:
There is a bug in 3.4.1 that prevents Composer HE from connecting.
Well, I'm slightly glad to hear this as it's not my system that is the issue but an actual bug
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Also, I pulled the EA5 power for 30 seconds and made no difference
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Interesting... I just noticed the EA5 version is different than the Composer version....
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2 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said:
Have you tried a hard reboot of the Director?
I haven't tried that.... Refresh my memory but is a hard boot pulling the plug for 30 seconds?
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2 minutes ago, neil12011 said:
Does the director window say “ready to connect” when you load composer?
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYes, everything looks like it normally would but when I try to connect there is a pause then the error message pops up
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11 minutes ago, neil12011 said:
Mine did this, but resolved itself after a restart of composer.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI've restarted Composer and my computer 2x and no resolution....
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My system was updated to the newest firmware and I did download the new Composer but now Composer says "could not connect to director at 192.168.7.55".... Anyone having issues with Composer with new update?
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I was considering just having a delay and repeat the command to hit the keypads that didn't change as what I am seeing is different keypads not reverting at least right away to original white backlight color. It seems like they change back eventually however.
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I've made a command for when any of 3 garage doors open which turns all the keypad backlights to green.. Then when a door closes it checks if the other 2 garage doors are closed (example when Garage Door 1 is closed, (PROGRAMMING) If Garage Door 2 AND Garage Door 3 are closed then LED Wizard command to turn them all white again.
However, I'm noticing some of them don't revert to White so I'm wondering if it's because there are so many keypads and my EA5 is lagging? I'm looking at possibly upgrading system to add a CA10 as once in awhile I have some lags here and there based on how large my system has become....
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1 hour ago, msgreenf said:
This is the only driver. I'm just saying they should make it an agent. You are 100% using it the correct way
When using it as an Agent (vs. how I have it in my AV Rack room as a device), are you able to name a scene or what would be the functional difference? I was planning on doing some programming with it tonight but didn't want to have to redo it as my dealer has some installers coming out this week to change my theater screen mounts.
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3 hours ago, msgreenf said:
Yes, it's a driver and likely should be redone as an agent but it predates the agent philosophy
Will it function the same or is there any issue with leaving it as is so I don't have to have dealer do it over?
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On 12/16/2023 at 1:59 PM, msgreenf said:
No. It's a driver your dealer has to install. Once installed it's pretty self explanatory
I did get the LEDWizard installed and it looks to be working (and is awesome) as I have a macro that uses the Wizard to change the backlight to green when any garage door open. I'm just wondering is the placement of the LEDWizard in my setup correct? It's listed in programming and not under AGENTS. Is this the correct location as it does seem to be working but I thought it was going to be under AGENTS.
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15 hours ago, msgreenf said:
Use the LED wizard
I don't believe I've used that before. Can you shed some info on how that would work? Is it under Agents?
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17 hours ago, SpencerT said:
Any change in speed if you do 2 separate macros? (1 for open, 1 for close)? I would guess the issue may be with all your ifs at the end (it's circling the whole list each time). I'd either try 2 macros, or ifs for each keypad.
I might try 2 macros or 2 separate statements. It shouldn't have to circle as it's saying IF any of my 3 garage doors is open then change the backlight color on these keypads
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That's one thing I was wondering about was utilizing some of my old GE sensors from my Concord4 system and if those would still be usable with either Qolsys or Clare.