Amr Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Am automating my summer house, will an EA-1 be able to handle one room with some lighting and one AC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Yes SMHarman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crshepard7 Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 We have one project with an EA-1 running 32 zigbee lights, 4 SR-260s, 7 Sonos devices, 5 IP controlled TVs, 2 IP controlled AVRs, 2 IP controlled Blu-rays, an NVR with 6 IP cams, a DS2, DSC IT-100, Hunter Douglas PowerView Hub with 6 shades, and a MatterLink (IP to RF hub) with control of 5 motorized screens. You’ll be fine lol. SMHarman, tdougray, msgreenf and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 IMHO the biggest shortcoming with an EA-1 is the lack of proper audio output(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 there is no hard limit on the EA controllers. What you will see is a difference in audio, project, and zigbee performance. If anything begins to suffer simply add a more powerful controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraydonH Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, zaphod said: IMHO the biggest shortcoming with an EA-1 is the lack of proper audio output(s). Preach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Preach.Agree. Name should be ea0 Matt Lowe and crazybuppie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 9 hours ago, crshepard7 said: We have one project with an EA-1 running 32 zigbee lights, 4 SR-260s, 7 Sonos devices, 5 IP controlled TVs, 2 IP controlled AVRs, 2 IP controlled Blu-rays, an NVR with 6 IP cams, a DS2, DSC IT-100, Hunter Douglas PowerView Hub with 6 shades, and a MatterLink (IP to RF hub) with control of 5 motorized screens. You’ll be fine lol. That is great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I just added an EA-1 to a room with an AVR just for audio (TV may come later). EA-1 connected and turns on and off the AVR but I don't get any audio out of the HDMI. I tested the HDMI from another output and I get sound through the AVR. What am I missing? Do I need to somehow strip the sound out of the HDMI? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I would look at your ea1 driver and see if disable HDMI audio is checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I got excited there for a second. Disable HDMI is not checked. I did notice it says"C4-EA1(PRE-RELEASE)" in the product info. That can't be good but not sure that's part of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 I got excited there for a second. Disable HDMI is not checked. I did notice it says"C4-EA1(PRE-RELEASE)" in the product info. That can't be good but not sure that's part of the problem. So you bought used pre release non production hardware... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 If that's the problem, now I get to see how ebay return policy works. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 1 hour ago, AP-123 said: If that's the problem, now I get to see how ebay return policy works. Thank you. its not a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 If you dont use the EA-1 for audio, it is the same piece of hardware as the EA-3 with less IO ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Same piece of hardware? Doesn't the EA-3 have much more processing power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 1 hour ago, zaphod said: Same piece of hardware? Doesn't the EA-3 have much more processing power? Nope. Same processing power if you dont do audio on the EA-1. The difference in the 2 are that the EA-3 has a separate board for the audio. ea-1-performance-comparison-rev-a.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Well, even unused the built in audio function on the EA1 will use a little bit of processing, but that's getting technical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therockhr Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 15 hours ago, Cyknight said: Well, even unused the built in audio function on the EA1 will use a little bit of processing, but that's getting technical True. The EA-3 has that same audio function as well though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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