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Post 1 made on Tuesday March 28, 2017 at 20:19
goironman
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I am new to RTI and have done quite a bit in a short amount of time, but I am looking for some feedback as to recommendations and capabilities.

In my home (my demo site for now), I have an XP-3 and a T2i, off of the XP-3 I use the following drivers:

- Nest
- Vera
- Sonos
- Global Cache

I also have one virtual panel license for an iPad.

I'd like to control my three displays all wirelessly, but am unsure of what the best way to do so is. Control4 has CardAccess, so I purchased a Global Cache to be able to do wireless IR. It is tedious to generate every IR code, compress it then put it into the system.

So, is there either an easier method of getting the IR codes from HEX, compressed, then assigned to a button, or what is the recommended action to control multiple displays wirelessly all from one controller? I'd like to leverage my home wireless if possible (I'm a network engineer with an AV background, so wireless coverage is perfect). I'd rather not have to put a processor behind each display. If that is the best method, can I communicate between processors (XP-3) via Zigbee?

I seem to be at a loss with how the cheapest and best method would be to control equipment via IR over WLAN or Zigbee.

Thanks All!
OP | Post 2 made on Wednesday March 29, 2017 at 23:34
goironman
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Post 3 made on Saturday April 1, 2017 at 15:28
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Are the TV's co-located or are they in separate rooms?

I prefer wired and I'll spend the extra effort if wiring is at all possible. I'm not the greatest fan of Zigbee and I avoid it when practical. Global Caché -- sure, I use it quite often, but not in an RTI context. Wired RTI processors at each remote location is solid -- resulting in a much more responsive, reliable system. If this is a demo system, I think that it should be representative of what you would actually recommend and sell to a customer.

If you use XP-3, rather than Global Caché, you'll spend a lot less effort setting up the system and changing TV models later will be much easier with an all RTI system. That said, if you already have developed your IR codes for Global Caché, you have already worked through most of the setup grief.

My big beef with Zigbee is that it does not roam very well, however, in your case the processors will not roam.
Post 4 made on Friday April 7, 2017 at 15:33
gwstudios
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Creating a new Command Library (IR file) in ID is actually pretty easy if you have all of the hex codes. You can knock that out in about 10 minutes.


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