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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from WisC4 in Philips Wiz tunable bulbs and C4 driver   
    ahh i see, 
    in that case what id do is create a seperate IOT network for the WiFi bulbs to sit on so you're not clogging up your main network and dont allow the network to access the internet so long as the driver is locally controlled not over a cloud connection. 
    also this driver may be of interest to you: https://drivercentral.io/platforms/control4-drivers/circadian-lighting/
    Thanks 
    Muj 
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from OceanDad in Erratic/Unreliable C4 behavior   
    Clearly you have some sort of networking knowledge here. 
    So let me be the second person to tell you that Control4 communicates over a broadcast network, its not a task done a packet sent and then and another packet sent back. when you ececute a task in c4 the processor send it to everything even via ZigBee to your remotes. 
    The issue you are seeing with your sliders, when you turn it up to say 70% from 20% and it goes back to 20%, means the light level sate did not get back to the processor and or C4 failed to execute a command from the load (Dimmer Module in your case) so the slider has reverted back to last known state, this is the same for volume. 
    C4 in terms of network transmits and receives  a lot of data (Open up Wire Shark point it to the IP of your controller and you'll see how much info is being sent out and received) 
    Reason UniFi is on the "Ban" list: 
    Issues with SDDP communication across VLANs. Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers and switches do not support PIM multicasting. This can affect routing SDDP traffic across VLANs. 
    Also see thread here
    https://community.ui.com/questions/PIM-on-the-roadmap/b0e73936-9052-477f-890d-c5dc5fec3f7f
    Of course everyones millage varies, everyones setups are different and here we do try and accommodate everyone, but your constant disregard of advice and what people have said to you countless times is just making people not want to reach out. 
    if you really don't think its network then start simple, are your RJ45 ends made of correctly on each end? Have they been tested? Do they pass gigabit at the minimum?
    Can you ping your touch screens using a simple ping? whats your latency? Are you getting packet drops? Run a nmap? run a trace route? 
    and "rouge" devices that could be causing this? IOT? Snoff? anything?
    Have you checked your firewall? Do you have 
    All things to consider, it's not just a case of plugging a few things in and being like yeh it will be fine. C4 and many other home automation systems rely on a solid network / backbone. if it's not there, things will likely fail. 
    sorry to be so blunt, but i don't like beating around the bush
    A few more notes to check off:
    Disable 
    Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless isolation (QoS setting) Privacy Separator PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) Enable 
    Multicast function on the router, managed switch and access point (if applicable).   Honestly not sure what more info I can give to you, other than use Mikrotik next time with Ruckus APs or just go full out Araknis lol  Thanks 
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from lippavisual in Erratic/Unreliable C4 behavior   
    Clearly you have some sort of networking knowledge here. 
    So let me be the second person to tell you that Control4 communicates over a broadcast network, its not a task done a packet sent and then and another packet sent back. when you ececute a task in c4 the processor send it to everything even via ZigBee to your remotes. 
    The issue you are seeing with your sliders, when you turn it up to say 70% from 20% and it goes back to 20%, means the light level sate did not get back to the processor and or C4 failed to execute a command from the load (Dimmer Module in your case) so the slider has reverted back to last known state, this is the same for volume. 
    C4 in terms of network transmits and receives  a lot of data (Open up Wire Shark point it to the IP of your controller and you'll see how much info is being sent out and received) 
    Reason UniFi is on the "Ban" list: 
    Issues with SDDP communication across VLANs. Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers and switches do not support PIM multicasting. This can affect routing SDDP traffic across VLANs. 
    Also see thread here
    https://community.ui.com/questions/PIM-on-the-roadmap/b0e73936-9052-477f-890d-c5dc5fec3f7f
    Of course everyones millage varies, everyones setups are different and here we do try and accommodate everyone, but your constant disregard of advice and what people have said to you countless times is just making people not want to reach out. 
    if you really don't think its network then start simple, are your RJ45 ends made of correctly on each end? Have they been tested? Do they pass gigabit at the minimum?
    Can you ping your touch screens using a simple ping? whats your latency? Are you getting packet drops? Run a nmap? run a trace route? 
    and "rouge" devices that could be causing this? IOT? Snoff? anything?
    Have you checked your firewall? Do you have 
    All things to consider, it's not just a case of plugging a few things in and being like yeh it will be fine. C4 and many other home automation systems rely on a solid network / backbone. if it's not there, things will likely fail. 
    sorry to be so blunt, but i don't like beating around the bush
    A few more notes to check off:
    Disable 
    Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless isolation (QoS setting) Privacy Separator PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) Enable 
    Multicast function on the router, managed switch and access point (if applicable).   Honestly not sure what more info I can give to you, other than use Mikrotik next time with Ruckus APs or just go full out Araknis lol  Thanks 
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from eggzlot in Erratic/Unreliable C4 behavior   
    Clearly you have some sort of networking knowledge here. 
    So let me be the second person to tell you that Control4 communicates over a broadcast network, its not a task done a packet sent and then and another packet sent back. when you ececute a task in c4 the processor send it to everything even via ZigBee to your remotes. 
    The issue you are seeing with your sliders, when you turn it up to say 70% from 20% and it goes back to 20%, means the light level sate did not get back to the processor and or C4 failed to execute a command from the load (Dimmer Module in your case) so the slider has reverted back to last known state, this is the same for volume. 
    C4 in terms of network transmits and receives  a lot of data (Open up Wire Shark point it to the IP of your controller and you'll see how much info is being sent out and received) 
    Reason UniFi is on the "Ban" list: 
    Issues with SDDP communication across VLANs. Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers and switches do not support PIM multicasting. This can affect routing SDDP traffic across VLANs. 
    Also see thread here
    https://community.ui.com/questions/PIM-on-the-roadmap/b0e73936-9052-477f-890d-c5dc5fec3f7f
    Of course everyones millage varies, everyones setups are different and here we do try and accommodate everyone, but your constant disregard of advice and what people have said to you countless times is just making people not want to reach out. 
    if you really don't think its network then start simple, are your RJ45 ends made of correctly on each end? Have they been tested? Do they pass gigabit at the minimum?
    Can you ping your touch screens using a simple ping? whats your latency? Are you getting packet drops? Run a nmap? run a trace route? 
    and "rouge" devices that could be causing this? IOT? Snoff? anything?
    Have you checked your firewall? Do you have 
    All things to consider, it's not just a case of plugging a few things in and being like yeh it will be fine. C4 and many other home automation systems rely on a solid network / backbone. if it's not there, things will likely fail. 
    sorry to be so blunt, but i don't like beating around the bush
    A few more notes to check off:
    Disable 
    Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless isolation (QoS setting) Privacy Separator PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) Enable 
    Multicast function on the router, managed switch and access point (if applicable).   Honestly not sure what more info I can give to you, other than use Mikrotik next time with Ruckus APs or just go full out Araknis lol  Thanks 
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from Neo1738 in Erratic/Unreliable C4 behavior   
    Clearly you have some sort of networking knowledge here. 
    So let me be the second person to tell you that Control4 communicates over a broadcast network, its not a task done a packet sent and then and another packet sent back. when you ececute a task in c4 the processor send it to everything even via ZigBee to your remotes. 
    The issue you are seeing with your sliders, when you turn it up to say 70% from 20% and it goes back to 20%, means the light level sate did not get back to the processor and or C4 failed to execute a command from the load (Dimmer Module in your case) so the slider has reverted back to last known state, this is the same for volume. 
    C4 in terms of network transmits and receives  a lot of data (Open up Wire Shark point it to the IP of your controller and you'll see how much info is being sent out and received) 
    Reason UniFi is on the "Ban" list: 
    Issues with SDDP communication across VLANs. Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers and switches do not support PIM multicasting. This can affect routing SDDP traffic across VLANs. 
    Also see thread here
    https://community.ui.com/questions/PIM-on-the-roadmap/b0e73936-9052-477f-890d-c5dc5fec3f7f
    Of course everyones millage varies, everyones setups are different and here we do try and accommodate everyone, but your constant disregard of advice and what people have said to you countless times is just making people not want to reach out. 
    if you really don't think its network then start simple, are your RJ45 ends made of correctly on each end? Have they been tested? Do they pass gigabit at the minimum?
    Can you ping your touch screens using a simple ping? whats your latency? Are you getting packet drops? Run a nmap? run a trace route? 
    and "rouge" devices that could be causing this? IOT? Snoff? anything?
    Have you checked your firewall? Do you have 
    All things to consider, it's not just a case of plugging a few things in and being like yeh it will be fine. C4 and many other home automation systems rely on a solid network / backbone. if it's not there, things will likely fail. 
    sorry to be so blunt, but i don't like beating around the bush
    A few more notes to check off:
    Disable 
    Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless isolation (QoS setting) Privacy Separator PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) Enable 
    Multicast function on the router, managed switch and access point (if applicable).   Honestly not sure what more info I can give to you, other than use Mikrotik next time with Ruckus APs or just go full out Araknis lol  Thanks 
    Muj
  6. Like
    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from msgreenf in Erratic/Unreliable C4 behavior   
    Clearly you have some sort of networking knowledge here. 
    So let me be the second person to tell you that Control4 communicates over a broadcast network, its not a task done a packet sent and then and another packet sent back. when you ececute a task in c4 the processor send it to everything even via ZigBee to your remotes. 
    The issue you are seeing with your sliders, when you turn it up to say 70% from 20% and it goes back to 20%, means the light level sate did not get back to the processor and or C4 failed to execute a command from the load (Dimmer Module in your case) so the slider has reverted back to last known state, this is the same for volume. 
    C4 in terms of network transmits and receives  a lot of data (Open up Wire Shark point it to the IP of your controller and you'll see how much info is being sent out and received) 
    Reason UniFi is on the "Ban" list: 
    Issues with SDDP communication across VLANs. Ubiquiti EdgeMax routers and switches do not support PIM multicasting. This can affect routing SDDP traffic across VLANs. 
    Also see thread here
    https://community.ui.com/questions/PIM-on-the-roadmap/b0e73936-9052-477f-890d-c5dc5fec3f7f
    Of course everyones millage varies, everyones setups are different and here we do try and accommodate everyone, but your constant disregard of advice and what people have said to you countless times is just making people not want to reach out. 
    if you really don't think its network then start simple, are your RJ45 ends made of correctly on each end? Have they been tested? Do they pass gigabit at the minimum?
    Can you ping your touch screens using a simple ping? whats your latency? Are you getting packet drops? Run a nmap? run a trace route? 
    and "rouge" devices that could be causing this? IOT? Snoff? anything?
    Have you checked your firewall? Do you have 
    All things to consider, it's not just a case of plugging a few things in and being like yeh it will be fine. C4 and many other home automation systems rely on a solid network / backbone. if it's not there, things will likely fail. 
    sorry to be so blunt, but i don't like beating around the bush
    A few more notes to check off:
    Disable 
    Spanning Tree Protocol Flow Control QoS (Quality of Service) Wireless isolation (QoS setting) Privacy Separator PaGP (Port Aggregation Protocol) IGMP Snooping (or any other Multicast Filtration of any kind) Enable 
    Multicast function on the router, managed switch and access point (if applicable).   Honestly not sure what more info I can give to you, other than use Mikrotik next time with Ruckus APs or just go full out Araknis lol  Thanks 
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to Rob21 in Merry Christmas   
    ^^Merry Christmas everyone
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to ejn1 in Merry Christmas   
    Merry 🎄 Christmas!!!!
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to Neo1738 in Merry Christmas   
    Merry Christmas! 
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to C4 User in Merry Christmas   
    Thank you @Cyknight and Merry Christmas to all.
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to Gary Leeds UK in Merry Christmas   
    Enjoy everyone and Fingers Cross for 2021 
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to C4 User in Merry Christmas   
    🙏 for 2021.
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to control4user007 in Merry Christmas   
    Merry Christmas!
     

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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to South Africa C4 user in Merry Christmas   
    Merry Christmas all, and God bless.
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to Cyknight in Merry Christmas   
    Blessings to All.
     
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from Hasnat in Lutron Homeworks QS DALI Works with Control4   
    C4 Driver database?
    you just need the normal dimming or switched driver (Load dependat) + the main processor driver... 
    all lighting programming is done with lutron software, brining it into control4 is just for integration. 
    (sure i said this before lol)
    doesn't matter if you're using dali, 24v relays, phase adaptive modules to control the lighting integration is the same.... 
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from Bob Frapples in Design help for engineer new to C4 with a less than helpful dealer   
    You could use HD Over IP.... 
    forget the matrix, seen as your from a networking background. you’d need managed switches too 
    create 4 vlans (That’s what I do lol)
    Main network 
    IOT 
    HD OVER IP 
    WIFI 
    Then just route all of your traffic and you should should be good to go. 
    Look at binary or Wyrestorm benefit of HD over ip, is that nothing really has to be centrally located as long as you can connect it to a transmitter or receiver that goes back to a switch you’re all good. Also you have IR, Rs232 and audio outputs on each receiver, most Samsung’s TVs have rs233 (ex link) but IR is still very good especially as the drivers have discrete codes for on off etc, so if you wanted to do some “cool” programming it can be done!
    Wyrestorm HD400 has built in scaling and Audio Downmixing too. 
    this by far isn’t the cheapest option, but probably the most sensible. This will also allow you room for expansion. For example new Apple TV? No problem just add another transmitter and away you go. 
    if you need more advice on HD over IP, PM me 
    Thanks 
    Muj 
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from South Africa C4 user in OS 3.2.1 Released   
    Well a lot of people noticed! 🤣
    Muj
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from ejn1 in Any advice on cable organizing tutorials, etc?   
    This is how i do my speaker cables 
    Thanks
    Muj 
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from rea in Unexplained, regular C4 outages   
    Which os version are you on? 
     
    also have you checked your zigbee channel to see if it could be that? 25 is preferred but your millage may vary... 
     
    also for any rouge programming or loops after the 5 day period? Auto update driver? A schedule? 
     
    try turning off auto update on all drivers too see if that helps. 
     
    also change out the network cable that goes from the ea5 to the switch - it’s a simple thing but crap / Damaged cables can cause this. Are you using the network switch on the back of the ea5? 
    you can also try running a traceroute or ping some local ips see if you get any drop outs.  
    maybe also get a third party to check over your programming see if they can spot anything. 
    I can do this if need be. 
    thanks 
    Muj 
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to shoemakj in Where to Enter Amazon Music Credentials?   
    Based on what Destroyer of Worlds said I should be seeing vs. what I was actually seeing, I went to the C4 driver database and saw that I was out of date by one version.   When I re-enabled automatic driver updates in HE, it grabbed the new version (64) last night and now it's all good.
    I'm a long-time System Administrator and have an aversion to auto-updates in general, because I don't like having unexpected "features" installed on production systems without a chance to test them.  In this case, that philosophy worked against me. 
    Thanks again for everyone's input.
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    mujtaba.khokhar got a reaction from msgreenf in SR260’Handset - changing Aspect Ratio   
    The aspect ratio of what?
    projector? 
     
    if so you’ll need a dealer to program this in unless you have composer he then you can do it yourself. 
     
    PM me if you’d like me to help 
    Thanks 
    Muj 
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to msgreenf in Duplicate topics and topics not loading...   
    Those issues should be fixed. Those posts were flagged as spam and don't exist so no one else can see them. Please post a new topic and it should work fine
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to AK1 in UK remote dealer recommendation   
    I would contact @mujtaba.khokhar - super knowledgeable and responsive.
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    mujtaba.khokhar reacted to mstafford388 in 2 relay blind driver setup   
    the 2 relay blind driver is used for 1 shade that has an open and close relay.  are you trying to use it on 2 separate devices, a shade and a curtain?  If so you want to use one driver for each device.
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