MDAR Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Hello Group We've started the process of getting drivers written for Velbus in Control4 and would really like all your help and guidance. Obviously we'll cover the basics but we're interested in knowing how much control over the more interesting features you would want and use. For example the relays and dimmers both have the ability to set an ON duration. So instead of setting up a timer in Control4 to turn something OFF after a timeout, the Velbus module will take care of that. (From 1 second to 3 days) (Yes, the timers are resettable to accommodate multiple triggers) The fade time for dimmers can also be set in a single command. IE. 30 minutes to fade to a level. (Sunrise simulation etc) Please comment on this and help us delivery a solution that could make your lives easier. Things I'd like to ask regarding the Glass Panels in the range, are.. "Would you like to be able to push text into the displays" "Would you like control the edge colours" I'll ask all these in a separate post, if there is interest. Thanks in advance for your time and input. 8 pages of 4 button with fully adaptable display. All 4 edges serve as RGBW ambient lights and Feedback (in different colours if required) All Velbus glass panels contain HVAC thermostats, with 4 pre-sets for heating and 4 pre-sets for cooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Never heard of Velbus and you have me looking at them as these look like very sleek devices. To answer your 2 questions, if I had Velbus then my answer would be yes definitely and yes definitely! MDAR and C4 User 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, South Africa C4 user said: Never heard of Velbus and you have me looking at them as these look like very sleek devices. To answer your 2 questions, if I had Velbus then my answer would be yes definitely and yes definitely! What a wonderful answer. Thank you so much, that's very encouraging. I / we really appreciate your reply. If you want to grab a bit of Velbus hardware to try, I'd be happy to do you a great deal on a demo kit. (If all goes well, we should have C4 drivers in about 8 weeks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) Update I'm reliably told that the Velbus drivers should be ready by the end of September. If you have a project / client in mind, use this link to see if there is a Velbus distributor in your area www.velbus.eu/sales Or post a reply here and I'll help Edited July 3, 2021 by MDAR Add image Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) Thank you to the >100 people that have viewed this thread. (July 2021) If you can post a reply, positive or negative, to guide us on this journey, we'd really appreciate it. We want to create a set of drivers that will really bring extra value to your projects. On that subject, how many of you use or want to use #DALI devices? We've considering adding the Velbus DALI gateway. https://www.velbus.eu/products/view/?id=455434 It supports :-- 64 Dali channels (Set & Read) 16 groups 16 scenes (with colour support) Edited July 5, 2021 by MDAR Add detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 I'm sure this isn't a surprise to anyone, but here's a little demo of a Velbus glass panel displaying live "Now Playing data" via the "Memo Text" feature. Volume & transport control is done by monitoring button events. It'll also be possible to force an Edge Lit Oled panel to jump to a page, as well as setting the edge colours. https://youtu.be/Z8eNarsBUgc South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just to show what a wall full of Velbus edge lit panels looks like, check out this LinkedIn post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-vereecke-4abb5129_velbus-tactile-switchestop-design-and-ugcPost-6821104365906997250-H3bv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 We're planning on including this Weather station in the Control4 driver It provides :- Wind Speed Rain fall Light Level External Temperature As well as 8 button events which can be configured within the device to signal that any combination of parameters have breached a threshold. For example., a button state will show as pressed if Wind speed has exceed 62KPH AND rain fall if greater than 100mm per hour for more than 10 seconds. (As shown here) Or Light level is below a threshold AND wind speed is above a threshold AND rain fall is above a threshold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Africa C4 user Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 Ok, now I am even more interested… have been meaning to get a weather station integrated for years and never found something available in South Africa that works well and integrates easily… MDAR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 7/28/2021 at 6:30 PM, South Africa C4 user said: Ok, now I am even more interested… have been meaning to get a weather station integrated for years and never found something available in South Africa that works well and integrates easily… Thanks again for such a positive comment. I've got a meeting with the C4 dev team next week, so I'm hoping the drivers will be available very soon. If you've had a look at the full range, is there anything else that takes your eye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDAR Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 The Velbus drivers are now in Beta stage and should be ready for full public use next week. If you're in the UK or Ireland and would like to get your hands on the Velbus hardware, please drop me a line. If you're anywhere else in the world, please refer to the Sales page on the Velbus website to find your local agent https://www.velbus.eu/sales Just advise them (if they aren't aware) that you'll need a TCP server with the VMBRSUSB module. VelServ, Velbus-tcp (Linux Snap) or Windows Velbus-PB-Server. Search the Velbus forum for more details. https://forum.velbus.eu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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