leowalton Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Hi all, I've done some searching online and asked about various people in the industry but am struggling to find something that satisfies my brief. Basically I am doing a design for a large house that is going to be used as a kind of "family hotel". There are going to be 8 bedrooms plus some family areas and they want to go for full C4 control of entertainment, lighting, heating etc. Most of the time it will be faimly staying but they will also be using it as a commercial venture so will have members of the public staying. The client wants people to be able to login with an iOS/Android app so that they can lie in bed and control the lights etc. without having to have portable touchscreens that could get lost/broken/left off-charge. The problem is that if people want to be able to login with their iOS/Android app then we have some issues with them mistakenly or maliciously being able to control the lighting and TV in other rooms. I've spoken to C4 about this and there is nothing native in Director that allows this so I'm just putting this out there in case someone else has come across a driver that offers this functionality. Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Run separate systems, like each bedroom has a controller with its own lighting and av tied to it. That is about the only way to do it easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 or use the hospitality version of C4...isn't that what this is made for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippavisual Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I believe there's a good amount of hoops to jump through to run the hospitality version. I asked a long time ago, job fell through, so never looked into it again. This can be done with what is available now, it all depends on budget, wants/needs and design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 8 rooms - a big bread and breakfast. Not sure hospitality setup is viable there. Why not just do remotes for the rooms, SR150 for a/v and some custom buttons for lighting? I get what you're trying to do - but the reality is that it's just not very user friendly for this application. Note that the new portable can be screwed down to the dock, and there are plenty of very strong adhesive connectors available that you can lock them down with (wish they had built-in kensington locks) if theft is a concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdepaola Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 8 rooms - a big bread and breakfast. Not sure hospitality setup is viable there..Everything is viable with enough money Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Everything is viable with enough moneySent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Err.. viable in this case meant 'cost prohibitive' Considering they don't want to spend money on touch screens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leowalton Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Cost is not an major issue with this project. Satisfying the client brief is the main concern. The system doing the job and ticking all the right boxes is what the client is most worried about. It sounds like I might need to get back to C4 Tech Support and ask them about the hospitality version. They didn't even mention it when I spoke to them before! Thanks for all your help so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Another problem to consider is that in your situation using MyHome is the annoyance of disabling devices constantly - are they really looking to manage that all the time, the way to do this isn't setup for such constant changes. Hospitality MAY be the way to go (cost prohibitive does not mean a few grant extra).To look into it leave tech support alone - talk to you rep instead. I still say a docked touchscreen for those rooms on the night stand is still the better option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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