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Re: Crestron Home Losing Control of Roku using IP
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I have a customer with a Roku being controlled through a Simpl program using the Roku 3 driver (not sure where that came from). It requires an IP address (no place for a MAC address) and I have a DHCP reservation for the Roku on the wired interface. ?The issue is when the internet is out and the Roku throws up the Connection Wizard screen and then switches over to the wireless connection the unit gets a different IP address. I tried making a reservation at the same IP address for both MAC addresses, wired and wireless, but the router says now way!
I'm not sure how to get around this dilemma and the customer doesn't seem to be able to not let the Roku connection wizard not change it. I keep thinking that I need to set up a way for to ping the two possible connections, wired and wireless, and have some logic connect the one that is active. I haven't tried but my guess is that they might both be able to respond to pings. Anyone have this issue and have any suggestions? Thanks, David |
Re: Issues getting started with CH5
The vulnerabilities won't go away on my system, either. They are due to Crestron panels running on old Android versions and requiring outdated packages, from what I was told. Also, I would use npm install @crestron/[email protected] because the latest version isn't working correctly. Same for webxpanel - version 2.5.0 seems to work. I recommend this blog - kielthecoder.com for a bunch of practical hands-on stuff. If you search ch5, html 5, and javascript on his page, he has several informative articles where he talks you through a lot of this stuff. The r/crestron Reddit has some good info also. ? |
Re: Crestron App - won't work on new android phone - need alternative
Also you can try to find Crestron App on the web version of Google play for Windows, and try install it on you Android device from there :
1 add needed Google account to Android device (and sign out all other google accounts if they present)
2 on the Windows device opening Google Chrome and sign in to same account Google?
3 in the Chrome opening play.google.com and find "crestron app"?
(In my old win7, i found it successfully )
4 push install button, see on list compatible devices in you Google account and follow to prompt |
Re: Issues getting started with CH5
Those are two very, very different things.? Could one even build a panel on flash outside of vtproe?? ?
? I think of construct as more like system builder.? In both, I can see under the hood and understand how the file is created.? In both, I see what had been created and know I can do much better. |
Issues getting started with CH5
I've been banging my head against a wall getting started with CH5, hoping some here can help point me to how fix these issues.? So like many, I started by trying to use the template file.? Problem is, when I do NPM install, I get a slew of vulnerabilities and doing "npm audit fix" doesn't take care of them.? Also files? don't end up where I'd expect them (notably package.json ends up one directory up from my project).
So then I tried taking a more streamlined approach and watched some youtube videos on doing this without the template file.?The video I watched said to run?npm install @crestron/ch5-crcomlib.? Same deal, full of vulnerabilities.?? ? Is this potentially something with my (work) PC?? Should I be yelling at my IT team?? Do others see these vulnerabilities when installing these packages?? FWIW, not my first foray into HTML/CSS, but previous experience was a LONG time ago, so my first time working NPM, a lot of JS, etc.? The whole environment with everything scripted feels very foreign to me. Any tips on how to get through these issues and get the ball rolling? |
Topics in Home Automation - New Article in Residential Tech Today
My latest article, "Review: CleanForce Air Rainbow Air Purifier¡± is being published by the good folks at Residential Tech Today Magazine on their web site.
People don't realize it, but problems with indoor air quality can be exacerbated during the winter because, for energy efficiency, people leave their windows and doors tightly closed.? There is little opportunity for pollutants to be ventilated to the outside, or fresh outdoor air to enter the home. The Rainbow Air Purifier, manufactured by CleanForce Air, is an economical, but powerful, air purifier that can handle rooms much larger than competitively priced products. This article looks in depth at the Rainbow Air Purifier including its integration into a smart home. You can find the article here: For those interested in earlier articles that I've written, you can find those here: I've found a new site to host my blog so for those that want to see even more content I've written about smart home technology you can find that using the link below. The process of exporting all my old content from Blogger and importing it into WordPress was far from perfect. So there are formatting issues with old posts and images that didn't import. I will see what I can do about correcting some of these issues over time. Thank and have a great Thanksgiving |
Re: Crestron App - won't work on new android phone - need alternative
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:44 AM, mark kaye wrote:
yes, but phone won't run 32-bit apps - see my other post about app not compatible It will almost certainly run 32-bit apps, even if it's a 64-bit phone. The Google Play Store is misleading re: their message about device / OS version compatibility. You should still be able to install CApp-Android from non-market sources as a workaround. |
Re: NVX Weirdness
Gonna chime in on this one.? After I saw this post yesterday I too thought heat, however last night received a complaint from a customer about (3) d30's we have in some guest rooms that weren't working.
Couldn't communicate with them or receive ping responses back from them.? I rebooted all 3 using PoE.? Afterwards they came back online, BUT (2) were in the "first boot mode" asking for change of default password.? They were all "ONLINE" with the CP4-R. Not sure when this happened.? They're in guest rooms that get used rarely so could be it happened a while ago and was just discovered.? They are on v7.1.5259.00030.? I wouldn't really suspect heat in this instance, however the 2 that had initialized passwords are in TV armoires and the (1) that didn't reset the password is a TV on a cabinet.? They all still weren't communicating and needed to be rebooted. Just putting this out there.? May be a bug. |