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  1. With the idea of getting wireless cameras out of the 2.4 ghz wifi zone - does anyone have a WIFI camera they recommend that uses 5 ghz or 6 ghz? Bill
  2. OK - now the "hiccups" Eero's application allows you to monitor real time what is going on with the wireless. MY problem is the "busyness" which hovers around 97 percent - when it gets to 100 percent the router re-boots. I am told that the busyness is outside interference using the same channel - My Zigbee is on 15 or high channel and the 2.4 channel is the congested one for me - anyone have any idea to try to reduce the congestion? The re-booting is going to drive me bonkers Bill
  3. I updated my house to EERO 6+ Pro yesterday - I do not have a single thing in my house that supports or can use WIFI 6. BUT - it supports up to 100 contacts PER "router" and the band width is amazing - 1. ALL my WEMOS connected immediately - (I did not turn on WPA3) and 2. all my LIFX also connected with no issues - 3. it is amazingly fast and I have not had any hiccups so far. 4. technical support is readily available by phone - a human picks it up and is the person that helps you. REcommended. Bill
  4. The thread wanted me to start a new thread - but since it has to do EXACTLY with the topic in this thread I am going to continue. WIFI7 is coming out soon an I am going to want to update my house to a newer and faster system. SO - I am wanting to have switches and light bulbs that work with MESH networks and WAP3 specifically - does anyone know of or have working any "switches" meaning electrical plugs that work with advanced networks that use WPA3?\ i sure would like a recommendation that works. Bill
  5. Mine would not link - working fine and then stopped working. I have the old Amazon/Alexa driver and while the license was there is was not making the screen show active. We copied it, removed it, then clicked on sET. Then pasted the license key back in and selected SET. It came on line - the Alexa driver "skill" then synced easily and it has been working ever since. Also had the LIFX driver become disconnected as well - this after updating to the 3.40 version of the Control4 software. The cure for this was rebooting the controller. The problem - it seems - was that the driver and the lights were being loaded in the reverse order that they should be loaded and rebooting sorted that out. Thank you Chowmain technical support!
  6. I have a Core-5 AND an EA3 - When I upgraded to the Core5 my speed dramatically improved and I am much happeier with the end result. I have a rather "loaded" house. I also updateed to three CA-1's. BIG improvement. Bill
  7. Good to know - how much do they go for? I am not in the market right now - but just checking -
  8. I have Kwikset 916 and other models all over my house and they work great. My only caution is that if you call Kwikset they will warn you that this is a soon to be discontinued model and they no longer sell them. Unfortunately - as I learned from experience - you cannot simply purchase a Kwikset lock with Zigbee - you have to purchase from Control 4. BUT - this is a good solution and it works well with Control 4. Bill
  9. I have FloLogic AND also have now purchased the latest Flume - the flume is really great - (I also really like Flologic) FloLogic is integrated with my Control 4 and while the Flume has an API - there does not appear to be any integration yet with Control 4. I did a search for Flume here and the messages are all over a year old. Has anyone successfully integrated this with Control 4 yet? Bill
  10. I have tried to use the ZWAVE and ZIGBEE Kwisket locks and have found the follwoing to be true - if you don't purchase them from Conrol 4 they will not ttach to your network. PRIOD. I have spent a large amount of ie and effort and the long and short of it is that you have to have a ZIGBEE card (or ZWave) FROM Control 4 or they simply will not work. Bill
  11. I have been working on getting some additonial locks nistalled - my first ones were ZWave and even though my Core-5 suports Z wave my house is too big and the locks are too far. So - back to Zigbee - I ordered several f the Kwikset 914 look with Zigbee and they simply will not add - I notice with irritation that they are Zigbee 3.0 and I suspect that Control 4 does not support 3.? Does anyone have any words of wisdom? What options do I have other than returning the locks?
  12. Yes - it looks like the 9XX series is supported and the 6xx is not - unfortunately I have 610 and 620 locks - these are the newer ones and from what I see the 9xx series was being discontinued as it used an older chip/protocol. If anyone knows how to get a 610 driver or 620 driver for ZWAVE in Control4, I would REALLY like to know.
  13. I go to Connections I click on the Zwave tab I see the driver for the kwikset lock If I click no it or do anything on that page it indicates that I need to have a Zwave controllre. I see no option on enabling the controller on that screen/page. Can you think of anything else tha I might need to do first? Bill
  14. I have never installed anything ZWAVE before - but now that I have a CORE 5 which has ZWAVE included I would like to install a couple of Kwikset locks that have ZWAVE connectivity in them. I installed the driver for the KWIKSET locks but when I try to attach them it indicates that "there are no Z wave controllers". Can someone give me a quick tutorial on where to go to turn on the ZWAVE controller please? Also - how far can the locks be from the ZWAVE controller (Core 5?) Does ZWAVE use the light switches as well as ZIGBEE does so that they can be just close to some light switch and find its was back to the Core 5? Thanks, Bill
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