zaphod Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Understood. I just look at the CPU specs for the EA controllers and they look so underpowered for 2020. Even a Raspberry Pi now has a quad core 64 bit CPU that runs at 1.5GHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 8 hours ago, zaphod said: Understood. I just look at the CPU specs for the EA controllers and they look so underpowered for 2020. Even a Raspberry Pi now has a quad core 64 bit CPU that runs at 1.5GHz. Economies of scale are quite a bit different... RyanE msgreenf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, RyanE said: Economies of scale are quite a bit different... RyanE You guys need to work on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Now that we have had the CA10 for nearly a year... what we really need (on the hardware front) is a supersonic Touchscreen. I have kept on adding drivers and complexity over the last year and am finding that my T3s are starting to take real strain despite being linked to a CA10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 11 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: Now that we have had the CA10 for nearly a year... what we really need (on the hardware front) is a supersonic Touchscreen. That would be nice. And I’d like a 12” model. But C4 really has to figure out a way to price touchscreens at something close to reasonable. And for touchscreens I would also like the ability to have user defined folders/sub folders and the ability to programmatically press a button South Africa C4 user and Pounce 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, jfh said: That would be nice. And I’d like a 12” model. But C4 really has to figure out a way to price touchscreens at something close to reasonable. And for touchscreens I would also like the ability to have user defined folders/sub folders and the ability to programmatically press a button +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 hours ago, jfh said: But C4 really has to figure out a way to price touchscreens at something close to reasonable. Ive come to the conclusion that C4 prices their touchscreens to keep the system a luxury item. I would love to see a touchscreen that could be connected to a base or wall mounted for around 300 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penn65000 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Does anyone know if the CA10 helps with lighting zigbee mesh issues? We’ve one home with project on CA10 and lighting (C4) works perfectly and one home with project on EA5v2 and 6 button keypads have 20-30 sec lags at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Not really enough info to properly answer that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 7/3/2020 at 9:53 AM, eggzlot said: Thanks. I know his system is large. Curious as to your size. I don’t know how to properly determine size but here are a few numbers: 16 actual rooms or zones + 6 dummy rooms CA-10, EA5, HC-800, 2x EA1, EA3, Z2IO, IOX 8 or 9 T3s (can’t remember if one is hooked up) + 2 iPads as navs 87 active Zigbee devices 15 audio zones) 2x C4 amps 3x AVRs 8x8 video matrix feeding 7 TVs 19 motors (though 17 are shades) lots of A/V components (changers, media players, TiVos, etc.) 614 driver instances (with more Experience Buttons planned, but maybe 25 other driver instances can be dropped) eggzlot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfh Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, penn65000 said: Does anyone know if the CA10 helps with lighting zigbee mesh issues? We’ve one home with project on CA10 and lighting (C4) works perfectly and one home with project on EA5v2 and 6 button keypads have 20-30 sec lags at times. I can’t say specifically but my button presses seem to respond quicker than they did on the EA5. You might have some other issue though - I’ve never had lag times like that. Could also be because the EA5 is no longer running the project and is the primary mesh controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 38 minutes ago, jfh said: I don’t know how to properly determine size but here are a few numbers: 16 actual rooms or zones + 6 dummy rooms CA-10, EA5, HC-800, 2x EA1, EA3, Z2IO, IOX 8 or 9 T3s (can’t remember if one is hooked up) + 2 iPads as navs 87 active Zigbee devices 15 audio zones) 2x C4 amps 3x AVRs 8x8 video matrix feeding 7 TVs 19 motors (though 17 are shades) lots of A/V components (changers, media players, TiVos, etc.) 614 driver instances (with more Experience Buttons planned, but maybe 25 other driver instances can be dropped) Thanks gives me good perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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