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Re: NVX switch recommendations
#nvx
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýIt depends on how many of each you¡¯re working with. ? I¡¯d start looking at the Catalyst 9500 series and it¡¯s real easy to do up to 48 copper ports and 8 fiber (using a C9500-NM-8X/C9300-NM-8M network module) in a single switch. If you need more than 8 fiber you could either go with a SFP only switch like the C9500-40X and populate the copper ports with GLC-T SFP transceivers (expensive and clunky, IMO) or stack a C9500-40X (40 SFP/SFP+) or -16X (16 SFP/SFP+) with a C9500-48Y4C (48 1/10/25G ports with 4 100G ports) ? Since the 9500 doesn¡¯t have a dedicated stack port/technology and uses stackwise virtual you¡¯d need to make sure you have enough interfaces with enough bandwidth available to create a virtual stack ¨C this of course depends on the number of encoders on each switch. ? ? -- Lincoln King-Cliby, CTS, DMC-E-4K/T/D ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Brandon Collins via groups.io
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2021 10:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [crestron] NVX switch recommendations #nvx ? I do not know if this has be asked before. I am doing a commercial project and I was looking to use a mix of Fiber and copper connections for NVX. Does any one have a recommendation for a single switch from?extreme networks or cisco that
could do both? Or do I need two switches and link them together? |
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Re: Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýLet me just add one other thing.? Using energy monitors to tell
you when an appliance is done is not as simple as it would at
first seem.? First of all, appliances all use some power 24x7.? On
top of that, a cleaning cycle is broken down into smaller sections
that each use a different amount of power.? A clothes washer is a
good example.? It fills the tub, agitates the clothes.? spins to
remove water from the clothes, etc.? In between these sections of
the cleaning cycle are gaps where power usage drops to the same
level as the machine uses while idle.? If the homeowner wants the
notification to be as close as possible to the time when the cycle
ends you need to look at energy usage as a pattern and only send a
notification when the measured power use matches that pattern.? The simplest major appliance I've found to setup notifications for is a clothes dryer.? The clothes and dishwashers are more complicated. Jay On 6/4/2021 10:20 AM, Tony Howard
wrote:
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Re: UC Engine - Multiple platforms
Yanking the DSP is going to happen, guaranteed!? What would be your go to with the USB that the 1282 has and Crestron controllable?? Tesira?? The DSP is mainly for the mixing of microphones to the computer.? The camera is connected to the computer via USB.? Was thinking a UC system which would allow me to remove the microphones, computer and DSP all together.
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Re: Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
A bit like Jay's comment.? One thing I tend to notice is that in the end many clients actually just wanted to see if an appliance is: on/off, started/finished, has been running for x minutes. This feature set can usually be very easily realised by monitoring the appliances energy?usage through an energy management?system,?or even a simple CT coil into an analog?input. Then the user interfaces can come alive with useful?information (don't?over do it though) and the client starts to feel like the home is actually?connected to the system and vice versa. Regards Tony Howard ? ?T???|???B???|???T? ? |??tony@...??|??+39 333 5971791? On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 4:44 PM jbasen <jay.m.basen@...> wrote:
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Re: NVX switch recommendations
#nvx
Just did a system with four switches and fiber ran to connect all of them, We used the Extreme 220 switches? with 10gig fiber ports and everything seems to be working great.? Only thing to note would be in Crestrons switch config guide there is nothing about setting up querier for the VLAN and this will have to be done if using multiple switches
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Re: Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýI can throw some light on this.? However, the first question for
your client is what are the use cases for each appliance.? The
typical use case for a coffee maker is I want the coffee maker to
be triggered to start brewing when my alarm clock goes off so by
the time I get myself out of bed, hit the bathroom, etc. the
coffee is ready.? If this is the case the only command you need
for the coffee maker is one to start brewing.? If the customer
likes their coffee maker then this might be accomplished by
plugging the coffee maker into a smart switch.? Another
alternative to making a dumb coffee maker smart is to use a
SwitchBot.? If you want to find a smart one that can be integrated
with a smart home platform then you are probably looking at using
IFTTT or Home Connect through IFTTT for integration.? As I said in the start the first thing to understand is what the
use cases are for each appliance.? I don't know what the use case
would be for connecting a fridge to Crestron.? The last thing you
would ever want to do is to shut the fridge off and have all the
food spoil. I have done quite a bit with integrating robotic vacuums to a
Crestron system.? The best one for integration (though I have
other complaints about the product line) are Roombas.? The only
way to integrate Roombas is again through IFTTT.? The Roomba IFTTT
channel supports both triggers to start a robot and events that
let you know when a robot is done.? The triggers work well but the
events leave something to be desired.? However, you can make it
work.? I personally trigger a vacuum to run once each week when my
wife and I leave the house.? When the vacuum finishes a robotic
mop runs.? When the mop finishes we get a notification reminding
us to change the mop pad and empty the vacuum. The only use case I have found valuable for dishwashers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers is a notification when the appliance finishes its cycle.? I use energy monitoring to determine this and then simply send notifications to smart phones and tablets. Most of the code for integrating with the above is on my GitHub.?
For IFTTT integration I use my IFTTT module to send triggers.?
However, direct integration with IFTTT events requires a port
forward on the router; which is a bad idea.? So, I included code
in my Hubitat integration library to utilize the Hubitat to
receive event notifications from IFTTT and then pass them to a
Crestron processor.? A little messy but it works very well and
eliminates the port forward.? I have a SwitchBot driver on my
GitHub and drivers for Shelly devices that can be used for energy
monitoring.? There is also a driver I use for a Kasa energy
monitoring smart plug but I haven't tested it with the latest
version of the Kasa smart plug.? Hope this helps Jay On 6/4/2021 7:58 AM, David Chramcow
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What's the scope of integration that Crestron has with Home Appliances? we have a client that aside from the usual stuff (lighting, shades, climate, audio and video) he wants to integrate as much of the home appliances as well, he mentioned: |
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NVX switch recommendations
#nvx
I do not know if this has be asked before. I am doing a commercial project and I was looking to use a mix of Fiber and copper connections for NVX. Does any one have a recommendation for a single switch from?extreme networks or cisco that could do both? Or do I need two switches and link them together?
Thanks ? |
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Re: Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýAgreed with your pointe below, but the Roomba would be neat. I don¡¯t know what the Roomba API allows, but imagine being able to dispatch your Roomba to a specific room from a touch panel. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of
Andy Ross via groups.io
Sent: Friday, June 4, 2021 07:27 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [crestron] Home appliances integration with Crestron? #crestron ? It all depends on the appliance. Your typical appliance ( and the ones from your list ) are really only able to integrate with Crestron by controlling the power to them. You may be able to hack together additional control by soldering relays,
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Re: Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
It all depends on the appliance. Your typical appliance ( and the ones from your list ) are really only able to integrate with Crestron by controlling the power to them. You may be able to hack together additional control by soldering relays, etc...
I would highly recommend NOT integrating with any of this. For the coffee maker what happens if the burner stays on too long and the pot is empty? What happens if you cut power to the fridge and all of the food spoils or the freezer leaks? What happens if you cut power to the washing machine or dryer and the clothes get ruined? I have had many customers over the years want to do a lot of things, but most of them really don't make sense and can open you up to a huge amount of liability. -andy |
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Home appliances integration with Crestron?
#crestron
What's the scope of integration that Crestron has with Home Appliances? we have a client that aside from the usual stuff (lighting, shades, climate, audio and video) he wants to integrate as much of the home appliances as well, he mentioned:
* Coffeemakers * Fridges * Roombas * Laundry Machines * .... Is this even possible? maybe this can be done using an IoT hub (like the Hubitat) as an interface? What is your experience with these kind of requests? Thanks. |
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Re: UC Engine - Multiple platforms
This request is coming up a lot now that people are moving back to work. Basically what we are doing is asking the client which is their company standard and getting that UC engine, then using an extender to byod the other. IE...uc engine for zoom and BOYD for teams/WEB ex/ect.....
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Re: UC Engine - Multiple platforms
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýPersonally, I¡¯d get rid of anything logitech since I have only experienced nothing but trouble on that front but what can you expect from a pro-sumer product.?I know some don¡¯t love the Flex line but I can honestly say I¡¯ve had great success with it.? The Crestron DSP however is not a great product so I get the frustration there.? Nate.? On Jun 3, 2021, at 7:55 PM, Bambam_101 <wiredhometechnologies@...> wrote:
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Re: UC Engine - Multiple platforms
There is a model that supports both teams and zoom.? But it's not something you can switch between on a day to day basis.?
I feel for you.? Having to use a crestron DSP AND a UC engine. My two least favorite products on the market.?? Personally I'd pull all that crap out and sell them a Logitech meet up and a hdmi/usb extender.? Then they can use whatever they want, whenever they want, however they want.? For a fraction of the price.? Lol.? |
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Re: Rain Barrel - Irrigation DIY
Circling back to these with a few updates and for antiquity's sake in case anyone else randomly tries this nonsense.? @Lincoln King-Cliby, you were 100% correct rain about the flow for those sprinkler valves.? When I activated the Rainbird valve, there was not even nearly enough pressure to activate the valve to let water flow.? Apparently they need something like 20psi to activate, not even close.? Scrapped that whole plan, it required pumps and all sorts of things I didn't really want to get involved in.
I went back to the drawing board and found some electrical ball valves from US Solid that when activated by 24 AC or DC would open a ball valve to almost 100% of the 3/4" outlet needed for good flow from the barrel.? It also features an auto return so when power is removed from it, the ball valve will close.? I replaced the supplied outlets from the barrel as they seemed to be slowing down flow as well.? I found with the two types of rain barrels we bought, all were supplied with pretty junk outlet valves that really restrict the flow out of them, by just upgrading those to 10mm ball valves, the pressure increased dramatically and allowed the barrels to empty about 3x faster. Currently, I have one 50 gallon rain barrel with a and a .? With that, just waiting on a good storm to test it out manually. A couple people mentioned a few good points about controlling these via relay and the power surges that may happen.? I decided to scrap connecting directly to the CP3 and use an inline board for control.? I ordered an which should allow me to control 4 rain barrels independently with 4 fused dry contact closures.? Most likely I will place them all on a single relay to open all at once, but it does give me the ability to open them individually. Wish me luck! -- Ryan Baldwin CEO | XS Design Studios rbaldwin@... 760.712.2240 |
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UC Engine - Multiple platforms
Is there a UC engine that will support both teams and zoom? Looking for a solution to replace a local computer/camera and DSP-1282.? Short story is that the DSP has failed twice and I now have the 3rd RMA to install as a temporary measure while we work on something different.? The system has a DMPS3 4K 150 (HMDI switch and audio extraction) and a Avia DSP-1282 (Microphones, AV audio and Computer USB).? This is a single conference room.? The 1282 has been a real drag.
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Re: Flex systems - audio level drops when sharing content
Hi, I was advised to update the firmware to 705 and also select do nothing on on the sound communications settings |
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Re: Flex systems - audio level drops when sharing content
Case #210603-000563 - was advised to upgrade UC-ENGINE to 1.00.17.705, no change.? Anybody else? On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 10:36 AM Jeremy Weatherford via <jweather=[email protected]> wrote:
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