On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 11:30 AM, Brian Matson wrote:
Cameo (Word Up) line of dimmers
I see what you did there, Brian!! Good One!!!...:)
I agree with Brian about this. I pretty much never use slave/remote devices for 3/4-way circuits, because you always seem to need a 'keypad' where the slave is in the chain, so we just spec 'masters (Dim, Sw or KPEX) every where. its easier to estimate and is way more flexible...
Though I'm not a fan of the HZ line, here are a couple notes to help:
1. The KPEX units can actually act as slaves when using the traveler wire!! so you kind of get the best of both worlds - Keypads all around when the program is running, fall-back to 3/4-way slaves if the program goes offline...
This frankly should almost never happen, especially if you have the processor/gateways/CresnetHub, etc.? on a UPS (which you should!!)
2. I would check with Crestron about how many KPEX's you can have as back-up slaves on a circuit. "technically" there's no particular reason that you couldn't have 6,7,8 KPEX's...But I'm not sure...
3. That said, even if you have 7-8 devices on a circuit, you could use KPEX's for the secondary locations and identify the 3-4 most important locations for Fall-Back/Slave functionality and only connect the travelers on these units...this would be a good compromise...
HTH, Chris K..........
