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I have a non-touch Halo that I put on the charger yesterday.  After 24 hours the remote isn’t responding and doesn’t appear to have power. (Verified the charger is working with another Halo).  Tried holding down power button for 20 seconds - nothing.  Tried factory reset - nothing.  No activity on the screen whatsoever.  Appears as if the battery is totally drained though that doesn’t make sense.

Any ideas on how to revive the remote?

Should this work on the Halo remotes?  When I try to load “Movies” for a server I get communication Error - no response to this request.

Running 20220907 version 

Also - collection on two servers not fully populating on an iPad.  Diagnostics report an internal driver crash.

CA-10 controller (currently running as master controller).  No remaining warranty.

Available early December.. Ship or pickup in Denver area.  PM with offer.

I have a macro that plays a BluRay (2 rooms), a playlist (4 rooms) and a stream (6 rooms).  Been working fine until now.  The last invocation each session dropped the last room.  If I go into sessions and add the dropped room back, it drops again.  I’m stumped.

(Example - BluRay plays in Living Room and I join the Theater.  A few seconds later the Theater drops.)

Where do I start?

2 hours ago, Skwerl said:

FYI, I bought a bunch of Rollease Acmeda motorized blinds from SelectBlinds a couple years ago.

 

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I certainly regret my Rollease purchase.

That sounds like a SelectBlinds issue, not a Rollease one. Don’t know why you would mention the original hub - that is now quite old.  I doubt you can even buy one any more.  The current v2 hub and app work well (just make sure you have firmware > July 2023.

I find them to be very reliable with Control4.  As for retrofitting, yes you can.  I had two Hunter Douglas shade motors replaced with Rollease motors.

1 minute ago, booch said:

First question: Are you sure this is an AC vs. DC fan? Most newer ones are the latter and require a non-electrical integration approach, e.g., Bond Bridge.

If the answer to the above is ‘yes,’ then you’re in luck, as you could just use a configurable keypad dimmer to control the lighting load and add whatever buttons you want via connections or programming for the fan.

No idea.  Presume the two fans already there are newer (apartment complex built in last 2 years.  The Casablanca fan I’m bringing with me is 10-15 years old and has its own remote.  It was previously hooked up to a regular C4 switch.

Unfortunately cutting the wall is not an option and the gang box is normal depth.

7 minutes ago, Andrew luecke said:

If you're looking to the Shelly chowmain driver. Happy to answer any questions

By the way, I recommend the plus modules (as they're gen 2)

Thanks.  I was looking at the Chowmain driver but I think my question is more basic as I don’t think I understand what the Shelly devices do and therefore don’t understand what I’m looking for.  I’m guessing from the previous answer that a C4 fan controller would take care of the fan part (good because the pull chain has been cut off of the fans (moving to an apartment) and the current mechanical switch has 4 fan positions and off.  I presume there is a Shelly device small enough to Mount inside the same single gang and that’s wired to do an on/off for the light?  The existing light control also has 4 settings but I don’t care so much about them.

I’ll be bringing one fan of my own (an old Casablanca fan) that just hooked up to a regular C4 switch to do on off because there is a remote control to handle fan settings (was going to see if Bond could recognize the Casablanca controller)

Is there a C4 driver for the Shelly 1?

Never mind.  Found the Shelly Suite.

I need a one gang switch that can control 4 fan speeds and an integrated light.  The C4 Fan Controller needs a separate light switch.  This would replace a switch that has a four position switch for light level and a four position one for fan speed.

Suggestions?  Can use a Lutron Castea switch if that’s an option.

29 minutes ago, Cyknight said:

LOL.

 

Do note Alan's comment on the shade requiring the support feedback option. Basically if the Bond bridge can do positional feedback for that blind, Control4 can get that data from the chowmain driver, so search for your blind plus bondbridge to see if they do or do not.

I’m currently using Rollease Acmeda motors with the Annex4 driver.  Both support two-way status communication.  If Bond doesn’t, it won’t be the end of thevworld but given that the Bond Pro specifically mentions those motors as supported, I’m hopeful they do.

Great.

I guess that means I’m going to license yet another Chowmain driver.  
 

At some point I may have to refer to it as my Chowmain system instead of my Control4 system …

I need to replace an Automate Pulse 2 hub for Rollease Acmeda shades.  I see that Rollease is supported by Bond Bridge Pro.

Does anyone know if the non-Pro Bond supports Rollease?

Does the Chowmain driver support Bond Bridge Pro or just the regular?  If using Bond Bridge Pro that supports 2 way communication- does the shade driver support 2 way?

Appreciate the input.  I think I’m going to go with the Ecobee.  The Alexa function alone will be a big plus for me because of where this will be located and though I’m not a big fan of the interface I am used to it

What do people use/recommend with C4 these days?.  Had Ecobee and don’t/didn’t really like it.  Looking at Google Nest Learning but don’t know other options.

8 hours ago, Cyknight said:

PS - Philips doesn't suggest using a switch because it's best not to constantly cut power to the bulbs: technically you should ALWAYS have a switch in place however - it's likely code in most places to be able to cut power to any fixture..... just don't constantly USE that switch. But having one in place for a quick reset in your scenario certainly wouldnt hurt.

I had wondered about that.
 

All my power is normally on.. The Hue bulbs are all in fixtures that don’t have programmable power or dimming control.  I may do that because it would be nice to reset everything programmaticly in the future but probably not for a while.

Well, I moved my Hue bridge into another room (it was right next to the wireless router) and have new generation bulbs in the bedroom fixtures (I think one of the original 6 bulbs had gone bad).  If I still see problems I’ll get a new bridge.  Mine is a few years old but it’s a v2 and it doesn’t seem like there is a newer bridge.

4 minutes ago, Control4Savant said:

I have access to wireless Rollease motors if that is helpful…

It might be.  I’ll send you a PM.  Thanks.

Well, I had a pretty good warranty on my current motors that died.  Only reason I’m looking now is I can’t get warranty service because the original dealer died from Covid and the business is radically different now run by family as a side job.  At this point I would just prefer to get the motors replaced but I can’t do it myself and finding someone to do it is a whole lot harder than just buying new 

Ok.  Respect you all, thanks.  Going to look at Lutron.  Hope there’s more fabric choices then when we looked a few years ago.

Thanks.  This TV will probably remain 5.1 so good to know I don’t really need to care.

Yes, I realize that and probably won’t use any of the TV apps.  The vast usage source would be HDMI via video matrix or a local,Roku.  Just trying to understand options.

Yeah, I know Lutron.  Second choice?

Mostly concerned if they will both handle the newer audio formats.  Had read some articles (old) that indicated they couldn’t handle the new Dolby stuff which didn’t make sense to me but I know nothing about audio

Looking for motorized shade drivers that provide control and blind position status.

I have Rollease motors and the C4 driver which works great but can’t get some dead motors replaced so looking at new shades.  Probably can’t afford Lutron.  Looked at Somfy and Bond Bridge but that appears to be one way only.