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    Former Installer/Programmer Question about new setup

    in Looking For An Integrator?

    Posted

    Hello,

    I have been a Control4 customer since 2012 and an installer and programmer for a dealer since 2014.  The company that I used to work for part time has recently closed down and severed their ties with Control 4.  I had dealer login to composer pro and installed my last two systems using this login.  Now that its shut down, I recently moved and have all of my Control 4 hardware but struggle to feel the need to pay someone to install and program my system, when I have the skills to do it myself, just no logins for Composer?

    What are my options?  I know that I can always pay a dealer to install the system, but that would be a last resort for me.  I would likely move to a different home automation system if that is my only option. 

    My Movies 3.1.1

    in General Control4 Discussion

    Posted

    On 3/2/2020 at 9:25 AM, daveva said:

    I have a  question about the my movies driver. I play my movies through dune and a synology nas. The problem I'm having is when the movie is selected the Marantz receiver jumps from the correct source which I have named dune(DVD) to cd. Now if I manually press the correct source on the marantz remote the movie plays fine. I have the latest 3.1.1 Home edition. Is this part of the trouble with my movies driver or could  there be something wrong in my home edition programing causing this problem. Thanks

    I am in the exact same boat.  I have my movies driver with a dune and synology.  It used to work just fine and now it doesnt.  I have control of the DUNE from C4 and when I select a movie from "My Movies" it switches the input correctly to the DUNE and the movie doesnt play.  I can see all the movies in the Media Tab and the if I rebuild the database it find all of the movies successfully.  The issue is the video wont play automatically on the DUNE when I select play movie from "My Movies"

    I can select a movie on the DUNE screen itself and it plays just fine.

    Thoughts?

    Media Source Switching Help

    in Programming with Composer

    Posted

    16 hours ago, Dr. Venkman said:

    In the programming for the music, you’re turning on the Sonos, then you have a conditional that turns the Sonos off if it is on.

    I would expect the result of this programming would be to turn the Sonos on, then immediately turn it back off.

    I don’t know what you’re doing with the timer, but consider trying this:

    • Move the light timer programming to the top (so it’ll run no matter what).
    • Put a programming stop command after (and on the same level as) the play Sonos command at the end of the first conditional. This will quit running programming after turning on the Sonos, so it’s not immediately turned back off. 

    I’m not super familiar with the best/most efficient way to call up and play a Sonos favorite, but I’ll assume that choosing the favorite (based on the day/date conditional), then pressing play works ok. If so, the changes above should be an easy way to prevent your programming from cancelling itself out.

    I’m guessing roku and Sonos are the only sources you’ll use? What happens (or should happen) if you push true music button while the roku is playing? Does the TV turn off? If not, consider putting a room off command as the first thing under the condition, before your day/date logic.

    You seem to have keypad lights for on/off state, but it’s not clear to me that the TV on/off led is going to be set properly if you push the music button while the roku is playing. I like to remove that from button programming and do it with a macro - have a macro that sets the keypad leds based on the current selected devices and have it run whenever the room’s selected device changes. That way, you can edit that behavior separately from the on/off programming, and it’ll always be right (even if you change the source from the app or remote).

    That is it.  I added in a break and that solved it.  Yes the scheduling programming works the way it should.  It was just creating a loop that it couldnt get out of.  Appreciate the help.

    Media Source Switching Help

    in Programming with Composer

    Posted

    Hello,

    In my Living Room i have my TV and Music on/off toggles on a keypad.  The TV portion works just fine, but when I want to listen to music, I have to hit the button dozens of times in order for it to activate and play music.  Attached are the screenshots of my programming.  Where am I going wrong?

    Tv On-Off.PNG

    Music On-Off.PNG

    Monoprice HDX-401E Driver Issue

    in Troubleshooting, Workarounds, & Bugs

    Posted

    All,

    I found this driver online and I am looking to implement into my system using this HDMI Switch.  I can add the driver, but after I make all connections including IR, and go to use the driver, nothing happens.  I cannot get the IR Signal to be sent from the EA1 at my Living Room in my system to the HDMI Switch.  I have an EA3 controlling the system in a different room and the EA3 and EA1 are connected via CAT6.

    Anyone have any thoughts?

    MonoPrice AVSwitch Driver is one I found online and the Monoprice HDX-401E is one that I created using the IR codes i found online.  Neither sends an IR signal as I visually cannot see the bud emitting a signal and no inputs are changing.  I have also attached the text file with the codes as well.

     

    Any help would be appreciated. 

    Monoprice HDX-401E IR Codes.txt avswitch_Monoprice_HDX-401E.c4i avswitch_MonoPrice_AVSwitch.c4i

    Humidity Sensor for Gun Safe

    in Question & Answer

    Posted

    The De-humidifier is basically just a heat stick to warm the air up.  That is the part that I dont like and why I wanted it to turn on and off based on the humidity range with an outlet switch.  I didnt want it running if it didnt need to be.  Its not humid all year where I live.  Just the summer months.

     

    Thanks for the tips!

    Dimmer Status and Backlight Issue

    in Troubleshooting, Workarounds, & Bugs

    Posted · Edited by Jaffacree

    All,

    I have an Adaptive Dimmer and 2 keypad dimmers out of the entire house that that will not accept my backlight and status light settings.  When the room turns or gets Bright the settings take hold but when the lights are powered off or room goes dim, the status lights and backlights lights all go really dim and change color.  I have my settings in Composer set up the same as the other rooms that work.  One Keypad Dimmer and one Adaptive Dimmer are in the same room and the last keypad dimmer is linked to a configurable keypad.  That configurable keypad works just fine for the backlight and status lights. 

    Running latest 3.1.1.

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    I even downloaded the LED wizard and that didn't work at all on the lights.  Thoughts?

    C4 My Movies with Folders

    in Troubleshooting, Workarounds, & Bugs

    Posted

     I have all of my movies on a server in folders.  They are full blu ray rips.  How can I get them to show up in the native C4 My Movies?  I can search for the file extension but those are all the streams.  I need to have the movie titles from the folders they are in.  I have always used the extra veg My Movies from back in the day and I have now moved to a new place on 3.0 and I am looking to use the native tools if possible.  I suppose I can always go back to that old My Movies if this cannot be done.  763087449_MyMovies.thumb.PNG.2b08c769e813e18a0e4d1e6f1cbd11a0.PNG 

    My Movies 2.PNG

    Wake/Sleep Agent

    in General Control4 Discussion

    Posted

    Can you program the wake up agent to only activate for that day when a light level changes in that room?  I want it so that when I hit a light after 8:30 the agent becomes active and will go off in the morning at the set time, and if it doesnt change, the agent does not active?

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