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6 hours ago, BY96 said:

I too can speak very highly of Epic Systems. After being ghosted by my original installer when I wanted a timeframe they could finish some pieces and provide some additions to the system, I found Ari with Epic on this forum. He has provided the communication that allows me to know my system will be taken care, especially if something goes really wrong, which is something I fundamentally lacked with the original installer.

Honestly, I wish I had learned that my original dealer and I were not a good match prior to any money being exchanged. No marriage from the outset is easier than any divorce!! Sounds like the OP ended the relationship prior to getting married, which only saves both parties a lot of hassle. 

But I very much applaud Keith for posting here and reaching out to the OP. I wish my original installer would own their part in the divorce and reach out with an apology, but I am not holding my breath. 

I think OP is referring to a different company also named Epic Systems, if I'm reading this correctly.  I'm guessing that Epic Systems based in NY/NJ is this company: https://epicsystems.tech.  However, I think everyone else is referring to Ari's Epic Systems firm, here:  https://www.epic-systems.com.  

 

 

2 hours ago, Topspin14m said:

Only tidal. I have the search bar for my library and it works. So weird.




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Gotcha.  And now I understand why I didn't notice this problem!  I stopped using Tidal via C4, because it invariably crashes my touch screens when I scroll. Qobuz is fine for me in that respect, but I just had to give up on Tidal, unless I am using the Roon app.

 

15 hours ago, Topspin14m said:

Still no change here. I rebooted the nucleus, disconnected from Tidal, reconnected. I also tried logging out of the Nucleus+ and back in. No search…. Anything else you did? Maybe I need to update the Roon extension or something?


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Have you tried to access Roon on the C4 iOS first?  

Here is my experience.  After my upgrade to 2.0, C4 wouldn't connect to Roon. I restarted the Roon server software and then also rebooted the Nucleus.  It still wasn't connecting at all from my T4 touch screens. At that point, I tried connecting to Roon on the C4 iOS app instead.  At first, that gave me a bunch of Zone not found errors, but after I clicked OK on all of those, it eventually connected.  Since that point, my T4's have been connecting too.  So, I chalked it up to the usual Roon C4 driver jankiness.  

20 minutes ago, Cinegration said:

I'll look into this a bit more.  The Battery Agent reads the composer variable BATTERY_LEVEL value at the time of the scan... So if the driver is reporting 0% then this means the SR driver is incorrectly updating variable to 0 when it shouldn't.  I might need to build a validation script to ignore these incorrect levels.  I'll update the other forum post with more info on battery agent updates as we release them.

 

On the UniFi Network driver

I'm glad you got the setup working.    To answer some of the earlier questions:

 

The Site Id is the ID referenced in the URL (see image).  Normally this is the word default and yes, in multi site system it'll be a unique code. 

 

On geo fencing... Yes, you can use the driver to get alerts when certain phones arrive.  This was actually a critical goal of the driver and I personally use this to know when my kids get home from school.  In addition to this, you can enable/disable alerts for any network client via the T3/T4 dashboard :).  This is really great when you get new phones, you don't need to call your dealer or have them adjust your settings... Just simply click the Notify Online option for that client in the dashboard ;).

 

The Network driver is very cool and feature packed.  The primary reason to develop this driver was to bring Network Systems and Smart Home technology together in a way that homeowners (and dealers) could use easily create powerful smart home solutions. 

https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/utility/unifi-network-controller/

Happy programming

Thanks for looking into the battery issue. I apologize for cross-posting the issue and will monitor the other thread for updates!

On the Unifi driver, yes, I am also now using the driver for that purpose -- telling me when our kids get home from school, not to mention when our aquarium guy is there to service the tank, when our gardener is there, etc.  It is so much more reliable (and much easier to set up) than Alexa geofencing or other methods I have tried.  I find it is also handy for power cycling POE-connected equipment.  If I'm not around, my family can easily power cycle a device from a C4 touch screen instead of tracking me down to do it through the Unifi app.  I am looking forward to playing around more, because this only scratches the surface of what the driver does, as you note.  Thanks again for building it.

 

3 hours ago, Cinegration said:

Did you click the driver action download latest dashboard?

 

we don’t automatically load the dashboard because many dealers don’t use the dashboard just the driver so we didn’t want to bog down the controller with unneeded files

Aha!  That solved it, and the dashboard is awesome.  Thank you!

At the risk of hijacking my own thread, I also recently purchased the Battery Agent driver, and I have just one problem with it.  One of my SR260's battery level does not persist in the Agent dashboard.  I have 3 SR-260s. Two of them use recharging stations, and they both report accurately in Battery Agent.  The third one, which uses regular batteries, will report accurately in Battery Agent when used, but about 15-30 minutes after its last use, the agent reverts to showing it as having 0% battery.  I confirmed that the remote is properly set up with recharging disabled, and I turned on the 24-hour SR260 check-in property within the driver.  Is there anything else I can try to get it working?  Thanks!

 

7 hours ago, msgreenf said:

it's in both places. 

Sadly, the recharge station is disabled on the remote, as it should be.  Whenever I pick up the remote and use it, Battery Agent updates and shows the level accurately, but as soon as the remote has been unused for about 5-10mins, Battery Agent reverts to 0%, just for that device.  Scratching my head....

16 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

in the remote settings menu do you have that one remote set as rechargeable even though it's not?

Great question. I'll check when I get home tonight.

Should I be looking in the remote settings within Composer or is it in the settings menu on the remote itself?

I recently purchased the battery agent and am quite happy with it. I do have an ongoing issue with one of our SR260 remotes. It keeps reporting zero battery levels. When I press the button to populate the levels in Composer, the Battery Agent will correctly update, but on the next scan, it goes back to zero.

This particular remote uses individual batteries, not a recharging station. I have two other SR260s using recharging stations, and Battery Agent reports them accurately.

I set the driver properties to update SR260s once every 24 hours, but that has not solved the problem.


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As an update, I got the presence feature working, along with the ability to switch POE ports on and off, speed tests from C4 navigators, and the ability to switch wifi networks on and off.  For whatever reason, however, the Unifi Network driver webview doesn't work for me.  I get a 404 error on my T4's when I try it.  Annoying, but not a dealbreaker.

On 9/14/2022 at 3:32 PM, cnicholson said:

Please report back your findings.  I, too, would like to do this.  Lots of possibilities. 

I'm having a hard time with the setup of the driver.  The driver sees my Unifi controller.  I set up a local user in Unifi, and the user successfully logs in from the driver.  However, I keep getting "Communication Error 400" in the driver.  This happened even when I made the local user a "Super Admin," so it can't be a permissions issue.  I do not use the default site, but I entered the Site name into the driver, and it seemed to login properly. (One issue is that my site name has a space in it.  I tried it with the space and without the space, but it didn't work either time.)

I confirmed that it works with the "default" site, but that is not the one we use.  Entering the name of our site produces a "bad credentials" error in the driver log. I've confirmed the local access user has access rights to our site.  Is this driver incompatible with non-default sites?

EDIT:  Finally figured it out. I didn't realize that the "Site ID" is actually different than the Site Name.  Once I put the Site ID in, the driver connected normally. Hope this helps someone else.

 

I am considering purchase of the Cinegration Unifi network controller driver, and my hope is to track presence of family members, based on whether and when their phones connect to our network. Will this work? We have all Unifi gear — USG router, switches, and access points.

 

Also, I noticed in the driver documentation a comment that this driver uses more than the normal amount of CPU and memory. Is this a potential issue to be concerned about? Our project sits on an EA-5.

 

Thanks!

If "I'd be happy if it just wouldn't drop out" ... probably a setup issue.
If "I want more than 200" ... go Ruckus.
Outside - you need an 'outside' AP either way.

This assessment makes sense.

We have all Ubiquiti gear. Our wifi speeds are also in the 150ish range, even standing right under the AP. That is more than enough for us, especially since nearly all our stationary clients are wired. But, if you are looking for higher wifi speeds, I agree that Ubiquiti may not be the way to go.

I do wonder about one thing though. Why can’t the new company just factory reset all your existing gear and reconfigure everything from scratch? That avoids having to get login info from the old guys, and considering all the issues you are having, maybe it is not such a bad idea to start the configuration over?


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33 minutes ago, RAV said:

Turn bluetooth off on the TV.

Done!  Thanks so much.

I have a Sony Bravia TV controlled by IR. We have had it for several years.

 

Last night, it did not respond to the power-on IR command from Control4. I had to turn it on using the Sony remote. However, once I did that, it responded perfectly to a series of power on and power off commands from Control4. So, I thought all was well.

 

However, I woke up this morning, and once again it did not respond to the power-on command from C4. Once again, powering on using the Sony remote fixed the problem, for now.

 

Any ideas about what could be going on?

 

Thanks!

You've probably figured this out by now, but see this post for the steps:

 

We have 8" T4 touch screens on our bedside tables, and we use the date/time screensavers as a clock. It would be really handy to be able to change the font color on the date/time screensavers.  

One use case is simply to pick a font color with less glare for overnight use.  Another is programmatically changing the font; for instance, if the room has a wakeup enabled, the font is red, but otherwise green.  

I’m not home to check but I hope so! I’ll be sure to post with any info I get.

I updated to v124, and I am happy to report the controller reboot bug seems to be gone!


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@South Africa C4 user : Thanks for the advice! It is fair to say patience is not my strong suit.

The version showing in Composer hadn’t changed overnight, so I tried one more power cycle of the controller. But this time, I waited a full 30 seconds before powering it back on. When the controller came back online, the driver was finally showing the new version.

From now on, I am joining the “30 seconds crowd.”

Thanks a lot.


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Last night, my dealer updated the driver for my Honeywell HSIM remotely.  He told me to reboot my controller afterwards.  I did so, by unplugging the controller, waiting 10 seconds, and plugging it back in, just like usual. However, after the controller came back online, the driver version property in Composer still showed the old version (v120).  I can see the driver got updated, because the driver documentation in Composer shows the changelog for the new version (v124).  

Is there something else I need to do in order to properly power cycle the controller and activate the new driver version?  In case it matters, my main controller is an EA-5, and the Honeywell HSIM is connected to an EA-1 downstream. Do I need to power cycle the EA-1 either before or after power cycling the main EA-5?

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On 5/5/2022 at 10:55 AM, Rob21 said:

My dealer has given all the above details to C4 support. They are fully aware of the issue and working on a driver update to fix it. Thank you all for your input.

I saw that there is a new version of the Honeywell HSIM driver out (v124).  I haven't gotten my dealer out to install it yet.  Does anyone know if this version fixes the controller reboot issue?

11 minutes ago, Neo1738 said:

If you have Kasa just get the Chowmain driver includes a virtual light your dealer can bind to any outlet. Very useful. 

I actually don't have Kasa.

If we add a regular C4 light switch driver, but then just not bind it to any hardware, will that accomplish the same aim?

1 minute ago, DanITman said:

You don't need to switch on an actual outlet if you want to know.  There is a driver for a virtual light that works well.  This is what i do with Hombridge integration to determine if I'm home or not.  I monitor the fake light for on and off.  I have it set in homekit to turn that light on when I arrive and off when I leave. 

Very cool!  What is the name of the virtual light driver?

Does anybody use Alexa routines for geofencing?  

I have an unused C4 wireless outlet lying around.  I was thinking about setting up an Alexa routine that switches outlets on or off depending on whether I'm at home or not.  Seems very simple to do in theory, but I wonder if anyone has experience or advice on how well this works in practice.

1 minute ago, mstafford388 said:

Operating system, audio files for announcements, artwork, etc.  There really isn't much space left on controllers after what's needed to run the OS which is fine because it doesn't store much else.  

Ah, ok.  So, I take it that 80% utilization is nothing to worry about?