LollerAgent

I'm not seeing any mention of this fix in the 3.4.2 release notes, and no reference to the ticket (AV-9682) that was referenced earlier in this thread.

14 minutes ago, Cyknight said:

The list is:

-Not UBQT now nor for the first decade after they announce a proper support channel.

Well, to be fair, they do have a paid support option now that gives you access to real humans around the clock and covers an entire site.  But yeah, I generally agree with you on this.

Oh look -- another week, another thread about Unifi vs everything else.

For what it's worth -- a typical C4 install's networking requirements are _very_ different than enterprise/corporate/campus networks.  Pick the right tool for the job.

8 hours ago, Cyknight said:

The same as for all my other rooms (an artwork from digital blasphemy)

Amazing that Digital Blasphemy is still around.

On 2/19/2023 at 5:11 PM, Midnight1982 said:

Might have to make a custom driver on this one, I have had some issue with TCL another cheap option of TV. I find to stick to main stream brands of TV as i find they just work - in saying that though can't expect the customer to go out and buy new TV as the same time...

Sony used to be rock solid -- but numerous issues now.

TCL Roku TVs have been rock solid for me via IP.

I know lots of folks have issues with Samsung Frame -- but my 2021 is rock solid via IP.  Too bad the TV sucks otherwise.

I have an older Vizio P-Series that has also been flawless on IP using the Annex4 driver.

No experience with LG -- but I have heard issues with WoL, etc.

Lots of Spotify and Ryff issues in general lately.  It would seem like something was pushed.  I have seen other users reporting similar things such as:

- Start audio in one zone and another zone randomly activates
- Spotify and other sources reporting they are playing, but no audio (must reboot director)

@ChrisHenderson Can you confirm that Control4 is aware of issues and they are being worked on?

24 minutes ago, Networkguru said:

Can someone support me to enable Airplay on the E5 so i can play MP3 songs from iPhone, please.

I have no access to Composer Pro, what must be enabled or is there another way to play MP3 songs ?

many thanks for your help

You need a dealer to install/configure the Shairplay driver which enables Airplay.  

Looks great!  Enjoy the system.

If your Airplay "clients" are in one VLAN, and your C4 controller is in another -- you need an mDNS/DNS-SD daemon like avahi [1] running on your network for Airplay to work.

[1] https://linux.die.net/man/8/avahi-daemon

My Sony (X900F) used to be rock solid -- and now frequently, it will just stop responding to commands from C4.  The only fix is to reboot my director.  I'm using simple control, etc.  

It's a huge pain in the ass.

13 hours ago, BY96 said:

Thanks @Cyknight! 

My daughter is debating between keeping her soundbar or going with the in-ceiling speakers (via the distributed system) for TV use. I assume there is no way in Control4 to give two different audio options for Watch? Like one using the soundbar and the other using the distributed audio? I think I remember hearing only one audio output can be attached to a video source. 

I do something similar to what you want.. I switch between internal TV sound and in-ceiling speakers (a zone on my matrix).  This is how I do it:

1 hour ago, Andrew luecke said:

What happens if they add a new wireless device they want accessible in both smarthome and the standard wifi?

Then you have a routing/firewall configuration that allows this?

I have my automation stuff (including C4) in it's own VLAN and I can access it just fine from other VLANs on my network.  You most likely have a misconfiguration on the device that is handling your L3/inner-VLAN routing.

20 hours ago, Cyknight said:

Wired: agreed. If Wifi, I've had some issues with RCA, Sanyo and JVC branded RokuTVs. Can't comment on Hisense on wifi as I don't think I've had to do one. TCL and Philips I have done a few on wifi in retro fits and no issues. I doubt either brand is changing their wifi boards so that part should be pretty safe regardless of model.

I have a small TCL TV in my bathroom that only has WIFI and it seems to do mostly fine with WoL etc.

20 minutes ago, therockhr said:

any models you would suggest? need one for a playroom.

They are all pretty solid in terms of control.  Just pick a tier/series based on how much money you want to spend.

11 hours ago, neil12011 said:

What driver are you using for this?  I think Blackwire had one back in the day, didn't know if that was still the preferred method.

No need for the BW driver any longer.  C4 provides one here:  http://drivers.control4.com/roku_tv.c4z.  

The one annoying thing about this driver is that it doesn't support setting a volume value directly (eg, you get "-" and "+" buttons, not a slider) -- which I do believe the Roku API does support.

17 minutes ago, Control4Savant said:

I have been trying to beta SofaBaton as much as possible on agnostic systems. 

How has your experience with SofaBaton been thus far?

22 minutes ago, JoseLuis1225 said:

No, the only internet service that the controller uses is the connection with 4sight to use the application from outside, all other connections are local.

The project has a main mikrotic router that is responsible for managing the entire network, after the router there are 3 HP brand switches that are responsible for distributing the network and the final equipment is already there, including this main controller. The router is updated.

Here is a decent set of default firewall rules to use on Mikrotik:

/ip firewall filter
add action=accept chain=input comment="DEF: accept established, related, untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=input comment="DEF: drop invalid" connection-state=invalid
add action=accept chain=input comment="DEF: accept icmp" protocol=icmp
add action=accept chain=input comment="DEF: accept trusted ssh" port=22 protocol=tcp src-address-list=\
    trusted
add action=accept chain=input comment="DEF: accept trusted api" port=8728-8729 protocol=tcp \
    src-address-list=trusted
add action=accept chain=input comment="DEF: accept trusted winbox" port=8291 protocol=tcp \
    src-address-list=trusted
add chain=forward comment="DEF: accept established, related, untracked" connection-state=\
    established,related,untracked
add action=drop chain=forward comment="Block WLAN-Guests from General" connection-state=established,new \
    dst-address-list=vl10 src-address-list=vl31
add action=drop chain=forward comment="Block Security from General" connection-state=established,new \
    dst-address-list=vl10 src-address-list=vl50
add action=drop chain=forward comment="Block WLAN-Public from Security" connection-state=\
    established,new dst-address-list=vl50 src-address-list=vl31
add action=drop chain=forward comment="DEF: drop invalid" connection-state=invalid
add action=drop chain=input comment="DEF: drop everything else not from LAN" connection-nat-state=\
    !dstnat connection-state=new in-interface-list=!LAN

There are some specific VLAN rules in there to give you an example of how to block traffic between VLANs if you need.  These rules also require you have two interface lists -- "LAN" and "WAN" which you can create.

As @lippavisual said -- make sure you are running the latest STABLE firmware and have changed default passwords, etc.  Check to make sure your router isn't acting as an open DNS resolver and that it doesn't have a proxy enabled.

Not to confuse you more, but I also just stumbled across this which could come in handy if you weren't wanting to do a full blown DMX solution:

https://www.axxind.com/product/dcm5-led-color-and-color-temperature-controller/

It's Zigbee Pro/C4 compatible -- and you can wire any RGB/WW strip up to it for wireless control.  Of course you still need a power supply.

1 hour ago, obas said:

@LollerAgent Ok, thanks. You are control4 end user as well, right, not a dealer or integrator? Did you install all your light fixtures and LED strips, or does the C4 integrator mostly do this? For programming the scenes, can you do that yourself using Composer HE (another thing I need to learn)? 

I'm not a dealer.  I did all of my DMX work (wiring, installation, etc) myself -- though you will need a dealer to install the driver(s).  Yeah - you can program scenes and such yourself using HE once the driver(s) are installed.

7 hours ago, obas said:

@LollerAgent Thanks, does that one have additional options the red box doesn't have (without any feedback from other people)

I think the Domaudeo driver is actually more full featured -- it has Circadian capability (which I think may be native in C4 now via an agent), effects, sound-to light, etc.

There is also the new-ish "grape" box and driver from Blackwire -- but I haven't talked to anyone who has actually used it.

https://www.blackwiredesigns.com/store/blackwire-dmx-ip-bridge/

3 hours ago, Andrew luecke said:

The only thing that matters is the cloud status / top message. But make sure you're running driver Central cloud 1028 or later

The bottom one happens because I send a message when it happens to be disabled, but I don't send a message when it gets enabled . I wait for the message to get overwritten by something else (which might take a while in some circumstances which I didn't realise at the time). The new beta explicitly overwrites it. Otherwise, you can just reboot the controller if it bugs you but if the driver is working, it can be ignored

Got it!  I didn't think it was working -- but I just needed to wake the device up by physically hitting the button on the humidity sensor.  FWIW - a reboot of the controller did not clear the "license invalid" message -- but I don't really mind.

@Andrew luecke I recently had the trial expire on my Shelly driver.  I have since purchased the driver -- the agent says "License Activated" but the individual Shelly device is reporting "License Invalid. Driver Disabled."  Any ideas on how to fix this?

Sorry for the hijack.

2 hours ago, obas said:

@LollerAgent The control4 guy (new company), just updated it to the latest OS version a few weeks ago. I believe that would be 3.4.x? I will ask them if it's possible to update. They are scheduled for next week to install some additional locks and switches. I didn't expect the driver and such to depend on the brand of DMX decoder/gateway and the OS version. Thanks for the information. It seems the Domaudeo is a more popular solution than Enntec. Not sure why the previous Control4 integrator used this brand. They definitely didn't have much experience with lighting.  I can use my current decoder for any additional led strips and lights, right? Only issue is getting the wires there, for an existing construction that would be a lot of work (and cost).

 

You can use your current decoder as long as it has free channels.  Otherwise, you can just get another decoder and daisy chain it to you existing one.