BubbaDuck

Son of a.... I'm dumb but you jogged my memory. I had hidden the [Pools] sub category with "Apply to" to all the rooms when I first started on this and forgot to re-add it under Comfort. Thank you. Sheesh.

I am installing a Pentair IntelliCenter. It's driver version 26 which is the latest from 2021. The driver works perfectly in programming and Composer - I can toggle the heat, the pump, etc etc and get temp value back. So it sure seems to be working. However, for the life of me I can't get it to show up in the iOS app. It shows as visible in the Pool properties under navigator. I have removed the driver and reinstalled. Hidden the driver in the room, refreshed navigators, made visible and refreshed navigators. I've done the Extended Sync in the app. I feel like I must be missing something as this certainly has just worked in other projects (or maybe I am thinking of IntelliTouch?). Any ideas before I "make the call"? This project is on 3.3.3 FWIW.

Simply put, the client doesn’t want that. Especially in their theater room. I think my angle here is either the driver with the overlay or maybe I can talk them into push notifications with a screen shot. Worst case, I’m pausing whatever is on screen (Roku, satellite etc) and flipping inputs. Maybe I can make that a value add argument and send the NVR out over a Cat to HDMI to say “now you can see all the cameras”. Just annoying as I’ve always spec’d Sony and somehow I slept through PiP disappearing on the newest OLEDs.

I think the cloud driver might be the least intrusive at this point as loss of DV/HDR is a big loss.

Indeed it does. Sigh. Too bad it doesn’t do high frame rates or HDR/DV or it would be perfect.

There are zillions of these on the market for what it’s worth. I’ve never seen one with a driver - they’re always IR so easy enough to make.

In the past I have used the built in PiP capabilities of TVs so show cameras etc on TV screens. Sony has stopped including PiP on their latest OLED models which has created a problem. I can swap inputs to another HDMI to show full screen controller output (EA-1 etc) but that is very disruptive. There are multiviewer devices but they either are cheap and don't support Dolby Vision/HDR, 60/120hz etc or are super expensive ($3k ish I've seen). I have also seen the Splash Tiles driver which puts an overlay on the screen which is generally ok - but it is cloud based and that makes me nervous. I'd much rather something that was 100% local. How have other's solved this issue? Is there a device or driver or something else I have missed?

Are you meaning a C4 scene as opposed to a Hue scene? I don't believe C4 can call Hue scenes even with 3.3+ (though I would love to be proven wrong).

Sooo, the silence at the beginning of the file is better than letting C4 insert a delay if the amps are already off. For when the amps are on and music needs to be interrupted, while it works and the volume lowers before the announcement plays, the 5 seconds of silence is very awkward when the user just wants to get back to music. I'm afraid my original work around idea is going to be my win here. I'll also probably create two announcements. One to run when the amps are off and another when the amps are on with variables and and explicit commands. Too bad the native announcement timing logic seems very mushy.

Ah, that might be a good idea too. Instead of letting C4 do the timing, build it into the file. I might try that before dorking around with macros and variables. Duh, sometimes the best fixes are the easiest.

I have an announcement that has a volume set in each zone. The problem is, if music is playing at say 50%, I want the announcement to play at 20% lest the announcement is waaaay too loud. The issue is that C4 changes the volume, but it is terribly delayed and the announcement is 75% over before the volume drops to the set level. I know the issue is C4's timing as when I manually send a command to the matrix using telnet the change is instantaneous. The announcement also has a 5000ms delay built in to let the amps come online if they are off FWIW. Is this a known issue? Any ideas on a work around? One idea I had is create a variable and macro. When the announcement trigger occurs, record the current volume to the variable, do an explicit volume change in the zone, execute the announcement, when the announcement is complete set the volume back to where it was based on the variable. This is essentially recreating the native work flow of an announcement with explicit programming. Any better ideas?

Sold. Thanks!

Looking for one of these. New or used is fine.

Paul is the man. We went back and forth for a few weeks tweaking and getting it just right. I’m amazed this isn’t native functionality honestly. My wife was always complaining about how the keypads next to the bed either kept her up OR she had no idea the status of things as they were blacked out in the dark. The night mode allows you to mash any or all or a subset of buttons on the keypad (he has a debounce built in so you don’t accidentally trigger something from the initial grope in the dark mash), the LEDs and optionally the backlight light up for a set time period, you do your adjustments, it goes back to black out.

Add me to this list. Watching this thread.