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CTMatthew

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  1. If you don't personally have an enthusiasm for Ubiquiti and are just looking to get a better WiFi experience, your dealer would also be able to provide Access Networks' Ruckus bases APs. Those are fabulous APs and can run without a controller for most deployments. They're "in the family" and would allow you to keep your Araknis gear in place.
  2. I'm very pro-Ubiquiti. It's really the only networking gear I'd use in a residential deployment, but I'm also curious why you'd want to pull apart what's basically a current Araknis system. I agree the APs could probably stand replacement if they've given you some problems, but otherwise you've got a pretty good system in place. Don't get me wrong I think Ubiquiti is easier in the long run, but your costs are sunk at this point!
  3. It's just a janky product. I know that's not technical, but it's a good description of how we'd describe them after years of second, third, and fourth chances. They just have too many problems, and unlike enterprise systems have very little recourse to fix them.
  4. One thing about UniFi switches is they have lower PoE budgets than Araknis so be mindful if you have a lot of PoE needs outside of the UniFi system itself. They're usually adequate for their own APs and some cameras, but it could mean the difference in choosing between the regular switch and the pro version (where there's no 16 port available). The Dream Machine Pro is beyond adequate for home use and if you're at all savvy you'll be able to appreciate the "single pane of glass" view of your network. I'm able to get to the bottom of network issues very quickly because I don't have to log in and out of half a dozen boxes to figure out what's going on.
  5. I agree that I like the way the Halo feels in my hand. Aside from putting the power button in a shed in the backyard it's a very comfortable remote to hold. And at the end of the day it's the new remote for the most stable control system on the market so we're going to like it eventually.
  6. It's how menus are navigated. A simple explanation seems to be that OS3 put things in a grid and OS4 puts things in a list. I guess we'll see when it's deployed on the app and tablets.
  7. My reaction was similar - especially given how great OS3 has been and how fresh it still looks.
  8. I know for a fact it is - what you see on the Halo is essentially the OS4 design language. Personally I think it's a step back from OS3. That interface was so crisp and clean and felt like a great template for all sorts of potential improvements. So far OS4 feels more like a DIY universal remote.
  9. It's been a weird rollout. The OS3 rollout felt fairly coordinated. The OS4 rollout is sort of a secret I guess. The UI design of the Halos is basically a sneak preview of OS4, but since no one is really saying that it just feels like they're not cohesive with the rest of the experience. Should have been an OS4 rollout with new remotes and not vice versa. I also really prefer the form factor of the Neeo and really dislike the power button placement. I think for clients who haven't experienced anything else it's a great remote. Hopefully some of the UI stuff gets sorted out.
  10. I tend to agree. Having had B&O for so long I was sort of shocked that they had a feature that other systems didn't. I don't think most people think of B&O when they think of Sonos/Heos/Bluesound or other multi-room platforms and I assumed that anything they did regarding multiroom functionality was more or less copied from Sonos. Walking through my house and just tapping a button knowing it'll find the music wherever it's playing is so intuitive and makes a pretty sprawling system feel very simple. That being said I've sort of beat this drum for a few years now with both Sonos and Control4 and the response has basically been, " huh."
  11. This sort of conditional logic has always been possible through Room Control, but any of us who sell C4 for a living know that the more back end programming you author on a project the less profitable it becomes and the more support it requires over the years. The ideal scenario is to choose products that already do what you want them to do and leverage the native feature set in the programming. I'll keep beating the drum for C4 & Sonos to figure out how to pull this capability into their drivers as it would make an incredible case for keypad sales on a job where there might not be a lighting control footprint.
  12. Sorry if I missed that. All of B&O's audio products have been part of BeoLink Multiroom for some time. I have some products that go back to 2015 that are compatible. I personally have a mix of stand-alone speakers like the BeoSound 1, BeoSound 2, BeoSound 35, BeoSound Level, and then room kits like the Essence MKII (the older room kit) and the BeoSound Core (the newer room kit). I have my eye on the new A5 They all have AirPlay 2 so you can use them that way as well, but their internal multiroom system is much more stable. I just love the fact that I can touch the top of each speaker or a wall control to join or drop rooms.
  13. LollerAgent - Thanks for posting. That's what I suspected. You're basically programming the logic for joining versus there being a true "join" feature. The double-edged sword for C4 is that a top-flight programmer can often approximate functionality through some conditionals. The Bang & Olufsen system just has this feature and you can link a keypad button or experience button to the Join feature on any given product. This also makes it a little easier should you move devices. Obviously if you're using a matrix to an amp to hard-wired architectural speakers you're not likely to move anything, but B&O is usually a mixture of hard-wired architectural with free-standing speakers. Hopefully I can convince Sonos to push this into their driver somehow! It'll make Sonos users' lives a lot easier!
  14. It sounds like LollerAgent is creating a join-like feature based on the use cases in his home. I'm still eager to hear how he's doing it, but sounds like he can have specific rooms join into other specific rooms (which is certainly useful), but I'm not sure his master bath could join his kitchen this way.
  15. I'm not sure how you're doing this. I'd be interested to see a screenshot of the programming you've set. B&O does allow for a join order by product in the deep config GUI on each product. But it's very rare that there are two things playing in the house let alone more than that. So wherever I'm joining from it's almost a certainty that I want to grab the only thing playing elsewhere in the house.
  16. I don't believe it does. I've dug through the Room Control driver and you can sync rooms, but there has to be a primary and target room specified. The only product that has this command available in Control4 (that I'm aware of) is Bang & Olufsen. As I mentioned above, Sonos has it as a physical control on their products, but that doesn't do you much good when it's a few Amps in a rack. It would be nice if they made that a "device specific command" and put it in the API. Once you've experienced a true Join command it becomes one of the most important features in a multiroom audio system. Aside from the great sound and designs, I'd never migrate away from Bang & Olufsen unless a Join function was available both natively and through Control4.
  17. So I'm curious if you're using this the way I'm describing. Are you using the "Sync source between rooms" feature? Basically every option I've seen, including this one, requires that you specify the rooms. There's no true "join" command available. Where I could start the music in the kitchen, or patio, or garage, or office, and still just tap a button that finds an ongoing session and joins it. Sonos does this with a long-press on the Play/Pause button, but they haven't made that command available in their driver.
  18. It's taken some years, but I have put streaming/casting at the top of my list for music systems. Folks are just too comfortable in the native apps to try and force them into a totally foreign ecosystem for music streaming at this point. Most systems are Sonos based for this reason. Clients are rarely interfacing with the Sonos app let along the Control4 overlay. Where I think there's a big value is in expanding the control footprint to keypads. Personally I have Bang & Olufsen Multiroom and my favorite feature when using it via Control4 is putting the "join" command on a keypad in every room. I can walk it, tap Join, and expand the music to this room. I tap again and it drops it. I usually start with an AirPlay 2 stream to one room and then join within the B&O ecosystem. Unfortunately Sonos hasn't made their "join" command available through their driver, but having touch controls still adds a lot of value to a Sonos system.
  19. When you press and hold the Play/Pause button on a Sonos device it will automatically join itself to another speaker that's playing. This is very handy as you walk from room to room and want to add a device, but for Amps and Ports that are tucked away or remotely located this isn't available. Has anyone figured out whether this command exists anywhere in the driver to map to a keypad button? So far I can't see a way and workarounds involve making specific group connections rather than just finding whatever's playing and joining that zone.
  20. As long as you don't bedazzle too close to the base you should still be able to dock it.
  21. It's been suggested that I delete my home from HomeKit and rebuild it because I can't add my Control4 system as a hub. I'll be trying that this evening. This way of doing things just seems so janky.
  22. I will return to this thread, like a swallow to Capistrano to remind people not to work for free. - Giving out a sample is not giving away groceries - Founding a company is not getting a job My advice is not for the guy who gets $250k from his parents to start a business (I think you might make a convincing case he wasn't working for free), but for the regular old worker looking for work. When I hire someone I train them. Part of the job. I may pay them more when they're trained, but I'd never insult their dignity by accepting their work for free. I guess I have too much respect for my fellow workers.
  23. I don't have much experience as a landlord, so I'm going to let my tenants live in my apartment building for free until I feel like I can really offer them value. I think I have a great hamburger recipe, but I haven't run a food truck before. I'll just give my product away until I build a following and then start to charge a price that covers my cost an pays me an income. Oh wait, that sounds insane. Don't work for free.
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