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Re: Topics in Home Automation - New Article in Residential Tech Today
Thanks for the interesting article.
I faced this question in practice with the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Russia and the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Literally from the first day, almost all objects had to be added Light Masking mode. Later - to solve the issue of constant long-term failures in the electricity supply. We had to work out the procedure for maximum energy saving while the house is powered by batteries. We have been using the input voltage control relay for a long time - this is Ukraine, there are problems with power quality here. We have been building a local network independently for 10 years, so this system did not cause any problems. Local network and router backup has been done for a long time. With the beginning of the war, we began to reserve the Internet channel as well (we started another public provider or use Starlink). A long time ago, I developed a system for remote access to objects that do not have an external routable IP address. I had to add a notification module to Telegram (this is such a widespread messenger in our region). With the help of notifications in a special chat, I understand exactly what is happening at the object, and special commands through the same chat give me the opportunity to launch certain processes. We also encountered water reservation in practice. The most interesting case is the installation of a flow storage for water in a city apartment. I can tell many interesting cases from practice :) |
Re: RMC4 weird behaviour
On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 02:12 PM, Thorsten K?hler wrote:
EDIT: One update: i loaded the program again via web-interface. Program load is successful, but status of the program says "stopped".Though I am using a frame-work with an S# core, I have seen pretty regularly when loading to 4-series, that the program will load and show that it is complete and running but then almost immediately show that it has stopped. In this case it has actually stopped and I generally reload and it is fine after that. I suspect that your issue is different, but I wanted to tell you about it in case it has some value.... This is happening ~ every 5-8 loads, when I'm iterating a new system to get it going. It is definitely a *new* issue that I had never seen before the last few months... Also, This is happening at least the last (2) 4-series release FW |
Re: RMC4 weird behaviour
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýBeen there, done that. No change¡ ? Thanks, Thorsten ? Von: [email protected] <[email protected]> Im Auftrag von Yevhen ? Try RESTORE command on CLI and setup as new device. |
Kodi control on 4-series
Hello all!
Has anyone managed to get the (now free) "Kodi Media Player" module from Shandonsoft work in a 4-series?? Lots of errors when running and while basic control seems to work, real-time information is not.? Or, any alternative for Kodi control with 4-series? Thanks, Thanos |
Re: Simpl+ Editor Problems
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks but I have mine set to 125% to make things easier to see.? Even so, this used to not be a problem for the S+ editor.? I've had the same DPI setting in windows and have been using a font size of 12 for a long time without issues; until now.
On 1/20/2024 9:35 PM, ZS via groups.io
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I think Windows Display DPI have an effect here. Try setting it to 100% if you haven't already. |
Re: Simpl+ Editor Problems
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThanks for validating I'm not crazy.? I've submitted the issue to TB. On 1/20/2024 6:59 PM, ZS via groups.io
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Yes, same here.? |
Simpl+ Editor Problems
Just checking if anyone else is noticing issues with the S+ editor when the font size is enlarged to make it easier to read code.? If I change the font size to 12 I get random changes when I try to edit code.? If I change the font size back to the default value of 8 then it works fine.? I'm runnning v4.06 of the editor.
Thanks in advance for the help Jay |
Re: EX Trouble-shooting
Oh you must have a short memory.? I've always had issues with Crestron wireless stuff including your issue with 2 dimmers in the same box and one acquires and the other does not.? The big thing I found that works is just have the RF gateway on line and turn off all the other dimmers you already acquired.? If necessary, move the gateway near the dimmer temporarily.? And of course the most important thing is make sure you have control of all the nearby wireless access points and WiFi devices.? I've even seen wireless subwoofers cause WiFi issues on the entire WIFI band? If there are nearby neighbors that you cannot control their WiFi channels, look for an alternative lighting solution.
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It makes sense to have the dimmers at 100% or 0% to avoid switching noise causing RFI.??? The lights themself may be generating RF interference.? If the lights are off, there is no interference. Your dimmers may already be bricked and require an RMA. ...I don't remember issues like this 5-6+ years ago... |
Re: DSC PowerSeries Neo
On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 10:42 AM, Thomas wrote:
/g/crestron/album?id=291876 Sorry haven't been on here hectic lately hope I haven't slowed you down at a job.? Here is screen shot of setting for the project I did, the Crestron certified drivers is setup to load already in our system framework.? I hope this helps.? ?Also we had to update firmware on the NEO that was a big part as well.? I changed some of the numbers in the parameter field for security but it show what goes where.? Also don't forget it takes like 10 minutes before module starts working for some reason so you have to wait, when you load you won't just see it work immediately.? ?It will look like it doesn't work at first. |
RMC4 weird behaviour
Hi, ? i?m just trying to replace an RMC3 with an RMC4. I did a small project with a planned RMC4, but since that didn?t arrive in time, the client got a RMC3 as a preliminary solution. Now that the RMC4 arrived, I send it to the client. He connected everything and the program I preloaded before sending out was running partly. I did a couple of adjustments, but now the unit behaves weird. I?m able to connect via Toolbox using EasyConfig and also the CLI. I can also connect via webfrontend. However, the processor seems to have lost it?s program and i?m not able to reload it anymore. Using the ¡°transfer¡± tool from SIMPl Windows, it gives me a ¡°The device doesn?t support the capabilities required by this dialog¡± error message. Then I tried loading the program via webinterface. That works, I can see via CLI that the program gets loaded and is running, but I?m not able to connect via Toolbox to use SIMPL debugger. ? I did a factory restore and get the same behaviour. ? Any ideas? ? Thanks, Thorsten |
Re: EX Trouble-shooting
I might add there is a critical firmware that came out for the? CLW-DIMUEX that came out last month (v1.002.0006).? Make sure your? CLW-DIMUEX firmware is up to date.? According the the release notes, it you don't update, it can cause the dimmer to fail.? I also got a email from Crestron saying that you have to set the dimmer level to 100% before doing the firmware update.
That being said, I have seen issues in the past when going through a repeater dimmer prevents the dimmer from being acquired (particularly with the Horizon series).? Tried turning the air gap switch on all the other dimmers and make a direct connection to the RF gateway. |
Re: Anyone noticing slowdowns/failures in loading to 4-series processors lately?
I?m experiencing the same issue with dropping debugger sessions.?
One CP4 was installed 2 years ago. I?m servicing this unit remotely via VPN connection and always had the VPN in mind as a possible cause. But it also happened when i was locally on-site recently. For a second CP4 i?m currently doing the programming, it?s the same behaviour. I had it sitting in my lab for the initial programming with everything connect to the same LAN and now it?s installed at the client and i?m connecting to it via wifi. Both have the same behaviour: debugging session drops between 2 minutes and 5 minutes. Sometimes it doesn?t even start after connecting. Sometimes it just looks like it?s frozen and then all of a sudden feedback comes back. One important thing: the connection itself does not drop - Toolbox status is always "connected". It?s just that the signals are not updated. Another thing: trace and print statements continue to come through, just no signal updates. Does anyone have recommendations for a 3rd party debugger? I wanted to give the C5 debugger a try, but since the trial version is limited to 5 minutes, that?s not sufficient to verify if it has the same issues or not. Cheers,? Thorsten |
Re: EX Trouble-shooting
While I have an older metageek WiFi spy analyzer, I usually find the RF scanner built into the CEN-GWEXER usually is good enough.? Just open a console to the CEN-GWEXER and execute "SCAN".? It will show you the how much interference there is on each channel.
When I purchased my Metageek WiFiSpy, it was just $200.? But I really can't really recommend Metageek anymore mainly because it has become pretty expensive since their Chanalyzer software, which use to be included with the WiFi Spy, is now a subscription base model -- looking at their website, it looks like it has an annual fine of $500.? But I may be wrong about that so check it out yourself.? But I might add the noise floor on my WiFi Spy is about -90dBm which is not very good.? I've had a hard time even seeing EX traffic with it. I rather spring for something like a Rigol DSA832E which is a 3.2GHz traditional spectrum analyzer with a -158 dBm noise floor for $1999 that doesn't require further payments down the road.? Both the DSA832E and metageek are scanning spectrum analyzer so they may not catch short burst interference.? If you really want to catch interference, you need to go for a real time spectrum analyzer which are more expensive. Possible options are the Tektronix RSA306B or Keysight Fieldfox handheld spectrum analyzer.? But I could never justify spending that much money for something I would rarely use. |
Re: EX Trouble-shooting
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On Jan 19, 2024, at 2:36 PM, ckangis <chris@...> wrote:
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