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Oh man, it connected to the QS-NWK...now I just update the IP and go to composer and try to connect to pull integration IDs? 

You're the best!

1 minute ago, jackstone said:

No, you will use the utility I've attached to the last post and it will set the IP to whatever you want, just make sure it's on the same network as your C4.

Ok, so I plug in the QS-NWK straight to the network?

So I called Lutron as well and they were telling me I had to telnet into 192.168.250.8 since that's the default IP address...Then what? I'm totally lost on this thing.

On 2/15/2019 at 6:15 PM, jackstone said:

This does not look like an NWK... This driver was made primarily to enhance the blind control experience using Lutron QS Wired blinds and an NWK as the control interface. 

As for documentation, you basically need to use the Lutron discovery tool to set the IP address of the NWK, then you configure the ip, username and password (usually nwk/nkw) il the driver and if should start working.

The blinds are added using their respective blind driver and they will propose the auto-naming, auto-grouping and auto-discovery option that are very easy to use. You basically need to scan the QS network (in Action) to discover the blinds, then you need to name them from the driver property (mandatory), then it should start working without any other settings to do or command line into the NWK.

Hi Jackstone, thanks. Got the QSE-CI-NWK-E and got it wired in based on spec, however, where is the Lutron discovery tool? I have RadioRa2 inclusive but not sure how to get this NWK's ip address to plug it into Composer 2.10.6...

Hmm, any documentation on this driver, I'm guessing it's pretty straight forward but this is my first integration rodeo with this set up..

AWESOME! I'll download it and see what I can make of it with my set up..

Does anyone still have this driver??

4 minutes ago, lippavisual said:

Yes, Netplay Manager.  This can run concurrently on the VRX040, if desired.  I don't recommend it.

You would need the following:

qty 1- Netplay manager

qty 1- Compatible decoder for 85" TV= VRX040, NVidia Shield, Amazon Fire or Sony TV (if the 85" is a Sony, that's a plus right there, you'd just need the license for the TV, ~$90)

qty 1- 4 channel HDMI Encoder= Shineco or others.  I've used URay several times before, their RTSP streams have problems, so use the TS stream if going this route.

If required, qty 1- CMX1616A2 audio switch with NAB100

Ok gotcha, 
When you say "Yes, Netplay Manager.  This can run concurrently on the VRX040, if desired.  I don't recommend it." So the TV is a Samsung 85" TV so I went with a VRX040 for the decoder on the Samsung 85" but do i need to get a netplay manager too? Is that what you mean?

I see you also have the CMX1616A2 audio switch with NAB100....There are ceiling speakers that are run back to a 70 volt amp with an RCA in. The customer wants to be able to choose from 4 different sources to hear the audio in the ceiling speakers so I'm assuming the CMX.. audio switch will do the trick here.
 

I also called Videostorm and emailed them and had no luck, I'm guessing it's a small support shop over there...

6 minutes ago, lippavisual said:

Matrix manager needs to run on one of the decoders to "manage the matrix switching".  Now you could run the one VRX as an endpoint and the manager, but I wouldn't recommend it.  If the system is going to expand, start off right and get 2 VRX's (1 for endpoint and 1 for matrix manager)

PiP will most likely crash eventually, if you're running it all on one box.  Too much overhead if you ask me.

By 'Matrix Manager' do you mean Video Storm NetPlay Manager? (http://www.video-storm.com/proddetail.asp?prod=nvmm) ..

"If the system is going to expand, start off right and get 2 VRX's (1 for endpoint and 1 for matrix manager)"
You mean I need 2 VRX040's for 1 display to show a 2x2? Sorry, just got a bit confused by this comment too.

1 minute ago, Pounce said:

I added a sample above about the time you posted. It's a dumb device, but has IR support. But if you just need 2x2 you can feed it from a matrix and loop it back or use splitters on your sources already going to your matrix and feed this then output from this to the matrix. Just leave it set to 2x2.

Gotcha, I'm looking for a device that can be expandable to add in more TVs and have flexibility with two cat5e/Cat6 wires to each TV. The project will easily expand to 15 TVs that will required the 2x2 PIP set up that I think Videostorm will be a flexible solution. Does that sound right?

What simple device are we talking about? That integrates with Control4?

Very helpful, 

I have a similar situation where a customer has a conference room and wants to see 4 video cable box sources on one 85" screen. I'm assuming for this configuration a Cat6 from TV to the rack room/switch for wring will do to cover 4 source PIP. 

My materials should be the following...
1 - Video Decoder (VRX040) for the Samsung 85" display

2- 4 HDMI encoders (1 for each cable box) OR the Shineco SNK6214

3-One Netplay license (comes with VRX040) 

I wouldn't need a Netplay Manager, right? I mean the control4 system would handle all the Netplay configs, right?

Thanks for the clarification...the Videostorm site is a little confusing...

10 minutes ago, alanchow said:

why don't you update to triad one's?  They are the direct replacement for the speaker point.

It's a substantial cost at around $700 each. 

7 hours ago, msgreenf said:

But you can't enable advanced audio

Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
 

What would advanced audio allow me to do? 

So I won't lose streaming audio through the network connection? I remember calling support a while back and was told Id lose streaming audio, but not rca input audio. 

Would that work? 

I did some research and this is exactly what I needed...but is there something that is more of a plug and play set up? This looks like it uses RTP..
http://www.crazy-audio.com/projects/raspberry-pi-for-audio-distribution/

Hi All,

I have a customer that is on 2.9.1 and is eager to get an upgrade to access all the streaming music features. Problem is, I have 2 speakerpoints that are working ok on streaming audio, but upgrading to 2.10 and above will break the audio streaming to the speaker points that are located sporadically through the house. They only have a network hook up. 

Is there a device that can take the audio out of from the EA-3 into the device and then stream over the network and receive and play out to the analog inputs of the Speakerpoints?

I feel like I saw something like this at CEDIA 2016 in Dallas but I can't seem to find it. Is there any other solution rather than making the customer drop $$$ for 2 triad ones?

Thanks!

You mean, in the ip address field put in "192.168.1.220:65001" right? 

Yea, tried that.. No luck 

Hi All, 

We decided to try LTS NVRs for a customer of ours since they fit the budget and had some promising C4 integration. We have 16 cameras all ready to go and we try to load up LTS drivers and can't get anything to show up on the navigator. After calling LTS they told us to call C4 and vise versa. Anyone have experience properly connecting their LTS NVR to their c4? 

I was able to chat with Howard at Blackwire to get the driver to work. It works how I'd like it but I think next time I'm going to go with a PoE switch for the cams and just have generic IP drivers to access cameras on the navigators. Howard was definitely helpful! He sent me to these instructions that didn't really come with the driver originally:

https://3olxlp2h4a4u9p5jx4my87ku-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/NVR_DVR_Manfell.pdf

Does anyone have a driver for the Hikvision NVR 7600 series? I'm trying to be able to view the cameras on a touchscreen and navigator. Can this be done? I've tried the blackwire designs driver and it doesn't really work and also the houselogix hikvision driver disappeared. 

I'd be interested if this had an IP driver.. Anyone find a driver for this 4x4 matrix?