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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: Crestron App - won't work on new android phone - need alternative

 

Dave do we have any update on the 64 bit release? We were told Q3 but that has come and gone.?


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.


Re: Issues getting started with CH5

 

What makes it the right way?
I mean we could have built all the panels in flash, instead we used the wysiwyg VTPro and I don't feel it was the wrong way.


Re: Issues getting started with CH5

 

Yeah, it's kinda crap at tje moment(I've played with it) and I really don't want to go the wysiwyg route.? I want to learn to do it the right way.


Re: Issues getting started with CH5

 

Any reason you aren't using construct?


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.
TMK the only 64-bit-only Android devices are Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and some Android Auto dashboards.

The Google Play Store is misleading re: their message about device / OS version compatibility.
That message is really just pertaining to Google Play Store removing ability to discover/install apps that haven't been updated in ~2+yrs.

You should still be able to install CApp-Android from non-market sources as a workaround.
An email was sent from your existing support case detailing how to do this until CGo-Android x64 is released.


Re: Crestron App - won't work on new android phone - need alternative

 

CH5 and a browser?


Re: NVX Weirdness

 

Nope.? Just a CP4-R.??

To be clear they didn't loose IP adresses, or any other settings ONLY their passwords.


Re: Onkyo TX-NR1009 Control

 

Yes.


Re: Onkyo TX-NR1009 Control

 

Cool. You were controlling it via RS232?


Re: Onkyo TX-NR1009 Control

 

Over the years I've had 2 Onkyo's and moved on to a integra.? The serial protocol is the same.? Was plug and play each time I swapped on out.? Have never had a problem with it.? The only thing that I remember was if in calibration mode I needed to use the factory remote.


Re: NVX Weirdness

 

Jholmes,
Is there a director in that system?


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.


Re: Sonos integration

 

Hi,
?
I have enabled the mDNS reflector, which allows multicast packets to route across different VLANs.
I can debug them in the router console using the tcpdump command.


Re: Onkyo TX-NR1009 Control

 


Oh I totally agree.? I wouldn¡¯t do this for a customer. A relay with a 110vac coil wired to the power line and the contacts wired to a digital input on the processor is an easy way of sensing a power outage if the processor is on a UPS.? Then it becomes easy to manage reinitializing communications. ?

I don¡¯t remember if RS-232 works more reliably than IP.

Jay


On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 8:20?PM ckangis <chris@...> wrote:
Thanks Jay,
Yeah I'll have to test that with this model. Pushing the reset is definitely only for guys like you and me in our own homes. I wouldn't want that issue with a client.
I'm wondering if I should go with serial control??...


Re: Sonos integration

 

My question is why are you using VLANs for what I *assume* is a residential install...Is there a specific use-case?
And yes, I know that they have their place/uses but I think that much of the application of them stems from over-marketed network systems by a few of our channel's vendors years ago...
It is very rare that I have had specific needs for VLANs in our resi projects.?


Re: Onkyo TX-NR1009 Control

 

Thanks Jay,
Yeah I'll have to test that with this model. Pushing the reset is definitely only for guys like you and me in our own homes. I wouldn't want that issue with a client.
I'm wondering if I should go with serial control??...