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Link to driver? Is this just a webview to manually use their web interface or can I programmatically control the Vestaboard from Composer programming (hopefully with some variable manipulation and not just static text). When I saw the Vestaboard for first time, my first question was about C4 integration-- so hopefully this is now supported. Awesome product, but pricey for sure. I love the retro-future hybrid vibe of the thing.

I don't use Alexa but, generically, I would see if you can get Alexa to control a dummy device (a driver for a device not actually in your physical system) and mirror the volume adjustments with programming

Not in a way you would probably like (with media selection on C4 navigators). You'd have to Shairplay the source to C4 or use a TV (or Apple TV, etc.) running Youtube app as the audio source (assuming the TV's audio is already backhauled to your matrix).

I have ongoing issues with Sony TV's dropping off the internet, so not a C4 problem, as such. Solution for me (annoying) is to reboot TV's when they lose their connections. I like the TVs but I went with LG/Samsung for the next dozen or so TVs I bought....

Totally agree. As I reported, it is "good enough" for me in an infrequently used location. YMMV. As for fire risk mentioned by others, I see the theoretical risk, and maybe a CRT tube TV might have parts that can start a fire, but I kinda doubt this has ever happened with a flat screen TV.

I bought a "SAMSUNG 75-Inch Class Crystal UHD AU8000 Series" for about $950 (looks like the 65" version is $750). Works well for me and brightness is "good enough" during the day and more than good enough in evening. I looked at same article you posted and decided to go (relatively) cheap on the theory that outdoor TV's are kind of disposable. If I get three years out of it, I'll be happy. So why pay 2X for a really good one (or 6X for official outdoor one)? Just bank the savings and replace when needed. I don't want to cry too hard if I forget to cover it and rain kills it. Anyway, that was my logic. If this is a primary viewing location for you, your math may be different.

OMG, backups on 3.4.1 are insanely fast, at least on CA-10. My prior testing of backup times was 2 mins an 2 seconds on Core 5, 1:39 on CA-10. Now CA-10 is 26 seconds.

[Edit: I updated to 3.4.1 and problem fixed. I'll leave this here in case it helps someone in future. I suspect that 3.4.1 updates didn't "fix" this as such, but rather the process of re-installing Composer seems to have rebuilt my search index.] When I enter text to do a search for a driver in the input box it takes FOREVER (20 seconds?) to get first result from a search. Composer CPU usage spikes and process says "Not Responding." It does eventually work, but it seems like something is wrong. Pretty large Project, but running on CA-10. I run Composer on a pretty slow NUC PC, but still. Feels like maybe there's a corrupted index file in whatever underlying database it is using. I'm guessing that the search operation happens on the Composer side (and not internal to CA-10), but IDK. I was thinking maybe there's a way to delete some magic files on the PC and then compose will rebuild its data bases? But I'm just guessing here. Any thoughts as to what is going on? Apart from search operations, things feel pretty zippy.

Same. Love this forum. Always on top of these things. I have mostly shifted to Pandora and Tidal for my default sources so just now noticed this. Seems like sub-par processes from SiriusXM. Confusing and Disappointing.

Hi. All was working great for several weeks. Now I get "Error GetDataResponse: Error 7: Couldn't connect to server" non-stop. See screenshots. Same credentials work for Enlighten Enphase web app. Network is Unifi Wifi-- big network but simple set-up, not even using VLANs. I have four Enphase inverters. All report good connection with network. "Live View" works from Enphase app. Seems like the driver is talking to the cloud and not to the devices directly and the fact that the web interface works (including live view) seems like problem is not related to my network or communications between my Envoy boxes and the cloud. I have not tries removing the driver and re-adding it. I'll give that a try. Edit: I deleted / re-installed driver. Same situation. I did see in the LUA window that driver does seem to try to talk to my local devices (and not, as I had assumed, only to Enphase 'cloud'). See errors below. So maybe problem is on my side. I tried rebooted the specific inverter that was not responding. Same errors. I'll keep poking around. Thanks! URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/ivp/meters/readings URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/production.json URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/ivp/meters/readings URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/production.json URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/ivp/meters/readings URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/production.json URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/ivp/meters/readings URL response callback error: driver.lua:492: attempt to call global 'id' (a nil value) https://192.168.1.224/production.json

I assume you have Apple TV configured to use HomePod for audio and the native Apple TV physical remote Vol Up/Down buttons control HomePod volume? If so, you can configure the Apple TV C4 driver to pass the Apple TV clicks. For example, you can map unused Halo/Neeo buttons to send Vol Up/Down to the Apple TV. Seems like this should work. Maybe there's a way to use programming to get the Halo Vol Up/Down to "override" their function to get to same place (with conditionals to make sure it only does this when Apple TV is source). If current source/mode means that remote buttons do nothing, than (in that mode) programming off those clicks seems like the way to go. More broadly, maybe you program off of the Vol Up/Down *room* events to make solution universal to iPhone app, Halo, Etc. The point is, I think the command needs to be sent via AppleTV driver (whatever kicks it off). You can either do a "button mapping" in the driver or send the driver command in programming. I've not tried this, but seems worth exploring...

Probably unrelated, but this seems the right audience: Under Parallels (using M3 Max), Composer installs and seems to launch fine, but it won't let me sign-in using the exact credentials I use on (real) Windows machine. I can sign in to my.control4.com inside emulation machine with no problems. I'm never sure what to put in the "PC Name" field. Maybe that's a problem? I'm using Composer Pro (32 bit). Is there a 64-bit? Am I only allowed to be signed in to one instance of Composer at a time? I'm currently using Remote Desktop to run Composer on a slow puck computer, so was hoping for a snappier experience with new Black MBP (which is awesome, if a bit pricey)...

On this topic, I generally favorite the local room to make it a single-click to access, but is there a way to re-lable "Comfort" to something else or make it have a different icon? It is confusing for people to see two identical icons both showing same temp.

I actually reached out to Janus and they put out a new beta that supports your driver. I think they flag "energy" drivers based on filename, and presumably they maps variables manually. Not sure. Anyway, it seems to work. Unrelated to the Janus BMS integration, your driver has been kinda flakey for me, giving lots of "Error 7: Can't connect to server" error and it not reporting data. I'm on v16.

If it ain't broke, it can be improved!

I agree with everything you said but, sadly, in a couple of weeks it will just seem "normal."

Subscribed. Apple TV support would be awesome. I have a room with two TVs, each with its own Apple TV. I played around with MDM but kind of gave up on this functionality.

Seems like port forwarding should work, but I have not tried. I wonder if that is even needed. AFAIK, with HomeKit, the device "doing the thing" is your active HomeKit "Hub" which is probably an Apple TV or HomePod that is always inside your firewall-- meaning you might not need direct network access from your iPhone to the C4 box. Have you tried it? Just turn off WiFi on your phone and see if your Cellular network "just works"....

On both Touch and regular Halo, about 50% of the time I pick it up to use after a day or two of non-use, I need to restart it for it to work properly. Also voice control continues to be so flaky that I pretty much stopped trying. But I'm trying to stay positive and hope they keep plugging away at it.

Sounds like you've been at this for a while and already know, but using the Path Setter Driver can be helpful here as well. I have spare inputs on my matrix so for some rooms I split the backhaul optical signal and route one as optical input to matrix and route the other through a DAC and in as RCA Analog, then use path driver to invalidate the analog source as a route to multi-channel zones. The idea, in my case, is that if I want to share a 5.1 source in another room with an AVR, the matrix happily routes the digital signal, but if I want to join a two-channel room, its only valid path is via the analog route. After some delay tweaking, it works fine, apart from Atmos. Atmos is the gremlin that causes "no audio" problems, and I have not found a good general solution. I guess this is by design by the Patent Licensing Gods....

If the multi-channel source you are sharing is being driven by an AVR with multi-zone capabilities, you might try feeding the matrix with the Zone2 output and let the AVR do the down mixing. I've had mixed results here as some AVRs seem happy to downmix and others crap out when it comes to Atmos, in particular.

Anyone else have this problem? When running the iPad version of C4 app on a Mac (same problem on M1 and M3), the app seems to "lose sync" with the system and stop updating / responding. This is particularly pronounced with "dynamic" buttons (like HVAC icons in "Comfort") that change their icons to reflect status moreso than simple action/event buttons. The app itself to think it is connected (and working off "fresh" cached navigator info) since you can navigate around a bit, but commands don't seem to "get through." I have trained myself to frequently force-quit the app and restart it, and then all is well for a while. A normal "quit" doesn't work as MacOS in iOS mode doesn't seem to *really* quit apps unless you force quit them. I've experienced this issue over several updates of C4 iOS app and Mac OS. Anyone else see this, or the opposite: stable functionality of iPad app running on Mac over several days (including closing / opening laptop lid many times)? Thanks

Driver works great. I use the Janus BMS Monitor driver for several things and was hoping that it would recognize your driver as an "energy" device, but it doesn't. I use their generic variable logger to record data from your driver and plot charts / history (see below for a lame first example). The Janus BMS Monitor also has a built-in energy dashboard, but it seems to only want to be fed by drivers it views as "energy" devices. It would be cool if somehow you guys and Janus could compare notes so they could consume data from your driver. Just a thought. I realize that I am probably a weird outlier / edge case.

Awesome! I just installed! Going to integrate with Janus BMS driver for custom views and logging. Thanks!

Have you tried just installing Homebridge / Plugin directly on a machine to rule out Docker-specific issues? I originally installed on an old Pi 3 and was having some performance issues and was going to try Docker on a beefier server, but I ended up just installing on a spare MacMini and have had no problems. But let us know if you get Docker working-- would be more elegant (and energy efficient) for sure. You may need to assign custom ports on both ends, but it seems like if *anything* is working then they are "talking" and *everything* should work, right?