Dr Noisewater

I am currently using the Domaudeos Dmx driver along with the engineering solutions box. I used RGBWW strips so that I could have a warm white and also a separate 6000k white all above 90 +/- CRI. With the DMX control, you can really dial it in. I did all the wiring and installation and learned a ton along the way. Each zone gets a Dmx decoder, Meanwell 24v power supply, and a run of 18/6 out to the strips. Sometimes you have to run a few separate 18/6 runs to eliminate voltage drop if your going out a ways. All of it works awesome in C4. I have seperate color sliders for each zone/room now. If you have any questions I would be more then happy to help where I can.

This morning I disconnected all the network equipment and devices. I used a Cat7 cable from my Laptop and into port 1 of the Epic 5 router, that was all. Speedtest.net and Atlanticbroadband.com (ISP) showed 109mbps down and 41mbps up on average. I rebooted everything but it didnt make much of a difference, same speeds essentially. For fun, I hooked up an old Netgear N600 router which is about 7 years old. This router was old tech and very limited for a 1 gig modem but it pulled 410mbps consistently, I was shocked. Next, I did a factory reset on the Epic 5 Router, ran the speed tests again, nothing improved. Still hovering around 110-130mbps. I would assume something is up with the router, maybe its cooked, I dont know. @msgreenf - The home is 4300ft - I did not have a site survey when placing the Access Points. I can see the value in that not but only after I get the basics corrected. @Köhler Medientechnik - Points taken, I had the first dealer do the layout and my subs installed according to their plans while building the home. @C4 User - Thanks for your info. I am going to look into Sonicwall to see if they have a residential solution. Regardless, having someone with the ability to analyze the network when bug hunting seems like a much better process then what I am doing. @C4CA - What Luxul equipment are you running? Do you use the Epic 5 router and the 1510 access points? Were you working with Luxul tech support to solve your issue?

My intentions with this post is to let others know about the annoying and costly experiences I/we have had using an all Luxul Network along with Control4. Caveat: I did search the forum and Reddit before this post but I could not reach a conclusive opinion. I will lead with my questions first, then explain why below. 1. What brand of Networking Equipment would provide a more reliable system? Control4 defaults to Pakedge and Araknis. I want fast wifi and reliability above cost. I don't want to throw a dart at the wall and hope for the best. 2. What brand uses the latest and the greatest tech providing the fastest Access point speeds? 3. What brands do you all relay on? Background: About 2 years ago I began working with my original dealer to map out the C4 installation and components for the new home. When networking equipment was discussed, I was told to go with Luxul brand Equipment. So we ordered the following pieces, (1) - Epic 5 Router - ABR5000 (1) - Managed Switch - AMS-4424p - 24 port POE (1) - Managed Switch - AMS-2624p - 24 port POE (1) - Dumb Switch - AGS- 1024 - 24 port (1) - Access Point Controller - XWC-1000 (5) - Access Points - XAP-1510 Problem 1 - I am having to reboot the Ea5 controller at least 2 times a week. Mostly because the Ios app doesn't connect or it takes a few minutes to finally log in. Other times Ill press some of the icons in Navigator and they wont respond. Its to the point that the fun is being removed from the system. Problem 2 - One of the 3 Touch panels has been freezing up and/or losing its Ip address at random. We have restored it to its original state and re-imaged it. Control4 tech support added extended logging to see whats happening at the time of failure. The first report came back yesterday with the following information. (Keep in mind, the other 2 TS have no issues at all.) "The whole log shows director being spammed with communication to/from the cameras. Starting at 14:57 is when we start to see the TS check in and then a minute later it is unable to check in. I recommend isolating the IP cameras on their own Vlans to limit the amount of multicast traffic being sent out to your LAN." Problem 3 - Wifi speeds are always low (in my opinion.) With a 1 gig cable modem, no matter where I am in relation to the AP's, I see 50-60mbps on the 2ghz network. If I do a reboot of the modem and network equip I will get around 80-90mbps for the first few minutes, then it degrades. Problem 4 - I have plenty of weird quarks that happen from time to time, almost weekly at this point. This morning my motion sensor picked up the pedestrian gate swinging open in the wind. Turns out the magnetic lock unlocked without warning. It shows up in Navigator with the unlock symbol just like you entered the code and unlocked it. I dont know if its really a network issue or not but I wouldnt be surprised. Ill find out later on this one.

Thats funny, that happened to me yesterday as well...

I just wanted to give a big thanks to Dcovach, he got the blackwire driver installed and everything is looking great. Much appreciated!

It sounds like blackwire will be the way forward.I also have a door station in play as well. Does the door station also hook in with black wire or does it continue using the basic drivers?

I am looking to integrate Blueiris into C4. My dealer has given it a solid effort but was unfortunately unsuccessful. Currently, we have 24 Dahua cameras along with a stand alone Blueiris machine which works nicely. What driver or drivers are best for the cameras/Blueiris integration? Are some of the drivers better then others when it comes to resolution or general functionality? If anyone has solved similar issues and wants to take a swing at it I am ready. I attached a snap of whats showing in Composer

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