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49 minutes ago, RRLaMar said:

When my controller requires a reboot it can take up to 2 hours for it to come back online. ?

Open a support ticket through your dealer, this is not normal.

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15 hours ago, msgreenf said:
16 hours ago, RRLaMar said:
When my controller requires a reboot it can take up to 2 hours for it to come back online. ?

Not normal at all. Should take 10 min tops. Usually like 5 or less

Depends on the controller and size of the project... but 2 hours is crazy. My project is massive and when I was on an EA5, it took the best part of 15 minutes to reboot and stabilize (and half an hour to have the DS2s working properly).  On a CA10, the same project is up and stable in a couple of minutes. 

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6 hours ago, South Africa C4 user said:

Depends on the controller and size of the project... but 2 hours is crazy. My project is massive and when I was on an EA5, it took the best part of 15 minutes to reboot and stabilize (and half an hour to have the DS2s working properly).  On a CA10, the same project is up and stable in a couple of minutes. 

Just curious for bench marking purposes, how massive is your project? Am running 1 x HC800, 5 x HC-250, 2 x IO extenders, with 44 Zigbee devices (Lighting Pucks, Relays, Z2IR, ZEXT, 9 x Remotes, 8 x Motion Sensors, 4 x AC) and 260 LAN/WiFi devices (16 x Screens, DS1, 40 x Lighting, penalized lighting, sockets, irrigation, 5 x Valves, 6x AC, Water Leakage, 22 x Camera, etc), 8 x Audio Zones, 8 x Video Zones, Security, MQTT, IFTTT, HomeKit, 18 drivers, on a reboot takes 3-5 minutes max.

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My main house now has about 850:devices / drivers. These include:

- almost 200 Zigbee keypads (each with a load attached - no panelised lighting although I have gone the panelised route at my each house)

- 1 x CA10

- 2 x EA5

- 2 x HC800

- 4 or 5 x EA1

- 4 x IO extenders

- 8 x Z2Io

- 7 or 8 remotes (Neeo, SR260 and SR250)

- 4 x T3s

- 2 x DS2

- 7 aircons

- 10 thermostats

- 8 or 9 zones of underfloor heating 

- pool integration

- jacuzzi integration

- chiller integration

- fish pond integration

- 8 or 9 zones of irrigation

- 13 or 14 audio zones

- alarm with about 60 zones

- additional 7 or 8 motions sensors not linked via the alarm

- generator and power monitoring partially linked in (fully linked in at my beach house)

- a few TVs and one projector

- 13 or 14 zones of audio

- 4 Apple TV’s, a Denon and a Rotel,  a couple of Dunes (not actually used anymore), a NAS for movies and music

- 5 heat pumps (pool, jacuzzi, geyser x 2, chiller)

- 10 water circulation pumps (2 for underfloor heating, 2 for pool, 1 for fish pond, 1 for back up water supply and 4 for jacuzzi)

- 3 blinds, one jacuzzi cover and one set of curtains

- 3 garage doors and 2 gates

- sauna and steam room monitored but not controlled

- 12 security cameras (across 2 different DVRs)

- lots of instances of many third party drivers

- lots and lots of programming.

And I’m sure I’ve missed some things.

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1 hour ago, South Africa C4 user said:

My main house now has about 850:devices / drivers. These include:

- almost 200 Zigbee keypads (each with a load attached - no panelised lighting although I have gone the panelised route at my each house)

- 1 x CA10

- 2 x EA5

- 2 x HC800

- 4 or 5 x EA1

- 4 x IO extenders

- 8 x Z2Io

- 7 or 8 remotes (Neeo, SR260 and SR250)

- 4 x T3s

- 2 x DS2

- 7 aircons

- 10 thermostats

- 8 or 9 zones of underfloor heating 

- pool integration

- jacuzzi integration

- chiller integration

- fish pond integration

- 8 or 9 zones of irrigation

- 13 or 14 audio zones

- alarm with about 60 zones

- additional 7 or 8 motions sensors not linked via the alarm

- generator and power monitoring partially linked in (fully linked in at my beach house)

- a few TVs and one projector

- 13 or 14 zones of audio

- 4 Apple TV’s, a Denon and a Rotel,  a couple of Dunes (not actually used anymore), a NAS for movies and music

- 5 heat pumps (pool, jacuzzi, geyser x 2, chiller)

- 10 water circulation pumps (2 for underfloor heating, 2 for pool, 1 for fish pond, 1 for back up water supply and 4 for jacuzzi)

- 3 blinds, one jacuzzi cover and one set of curtains

- 3 garage doors and 2 gates

- sauna and steam room monitored but not controlled

- 12 security cameras (across 2 different DVRs)

- lots of instances of many third party drivers

- lots and lots of programming.

And I’m sure I’ve missed some things.

I wonder if you go panelized lighting and fewer Keypads you might need less hourse power!

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17 hours ago, Amr said:

Just curious for bench marking purposes, how massive is your project? Am running 1 x HC800, 5 x HC-250, 2 x IO extenders, with 44 Zigbee devices (Lighting Pucks, Relays, Z2IR, ZEXT, 9 x Remotes, 8 x Motion Sensors, 4 x AC) and 260 LAN/WiFi devices (16 x Screens, DS1, 40 x Lighting, penalized lighting, sockets, irrigation, 5 x Valves, 6x AC, Water Leakage, 22 x Camera, etc), 8 x Audio Zones, 8 x Video Zones, Security, MQTT, IFTTT, HomeKit, 18 drivers, on a reboot takes 3-5 minutes max.

What MQTT driver are you using?  I’m interested in development around this protocol. 

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11 hours ago, Amr said:

I wonder if you go panelized lighting and fewer Keypads you might need less hourse power!

Possibly but not that different... my experience (both beach—house with panelised lighting and main residence - without) was that the EA5 started to struggle at around 700 devices / drivers. Adding a CA10 in made a massive difference in both residences!

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