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Chowmain - Optoma Universal Projector Driver Optoma provides a universal API for their range of projectors for both IP and RS232 based controls. The Chowmain Optoma universal projector driver for Control4 provides seamless integration of all Optoma projectors via this API and allows you to control all the standard features you would expect with a projector and more.Driver Features Bi-directional control and feedback Both RS232 and IP based integration Lamp hour feedback Automatic email and push notification on errors (requires 4sight) Audio Controls (Volume Up, Volume Down and Mute) Power management Source selection - HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HDMI 3, S-Video, Component, Video, DVI-A, DVI-D, VGA 1, VGA 2, USB Display, Network Display, BNC, HDBaseT, Display Port, 3G-SDI, Wireless, Multimedia Events - Standby Mode, Warming Up, Cooling Down, Out of Range, Light Source Fail (LED Fail), Thermal Switch Error, Fan Lock, Over Temperature, Light Source Hours Running Out, Format Board Power On Fail, Color Wheel Unexpected Stock, Over Temperature Commands - 12V Trigger, 3D Mode, 3D-2D, 2D-3D, 3D Format, 3D Invert Sync, Aspect Ratio, DIsplay Mode, Enable HDR / HLG, HDR Picture Mode, HLG Picture Mode, Extreme Black, Dynamic Black, Brightness Mode, Pure Engine Ultra Detail Mode, Pure Engine Pure Contrast Mode, Pure Engine Pure Color Mode, Pure Engine Pure Motion Mode, USB Power, AV Mute, Freeze, Image AI, PC Mode, Super Wide, Display Message on OSD, Clear OSD Message, Lens Memory, Lens Shutter FAQ Can you give us some examples of how we could use this driver? The driver has the ability to automatically send notifications on warnings and errors. This makes it easily for integrators to proactively service their customers when the projector is due for a bulb change or requires immediate attention. The driver has the ability to display custom onscreen messages for upto 30 characters. This is useful for notifying the user during movie playback of an event without disrupting the movie. On projectors that have lens memory you can recall these lens memory positions via the driver's programming commands. This is extremely useful if you combine it with something like the Chowmain Kaleidescape driver which can provide you with the aspect ratio feedback of the movie. Automate lens positions to suit the movie you are watching to ensure that 235 movies fit the screen perfectly without manual intervention! Have the screen blank or lens closed until certain conditions, like theatre curtains being fully opened, are met Custom button programming to change the 3D sync setting of the projector or have the projector automatically set a 3D sync option depending on the source Dynamically set the color temperature and picture modes depending on the input source What hardware will this work on? This driver utilises the currently available settings from the Optoma universal API. Current and future projectors that adhere to this API will work with this driver. How do I find out more information about the driver? Please see the links below for more information about the driver. Chowmain Website How do I buy the driver? This driver can be purchased from our distributor driverCentral. Download Driver / Purchase Licence Do you provide trial licences? All Chowmain drivers for Control4 come with a 90 day trial. Who do i contact for technical support? We have two support desks. One in Australia and one in the US. Click on the link below for details. Support

Yes it works. We have a specific KP303 driver in the driver package.

Control4's navigator has no UI for doing this. We do import all non proxy bound commands in to the Bond Bridge driver and is accessible via the programming tab. Your dealer will need to tie this into a button (physical or virtual).

We do not have a driver for that particular module. As such you will need to utilise Sensibo (if it is compatible)_.

If the channel numbers are the same as Sky then you should be able to use our Sky Channels driver as long as the Vodafone TV box has support to goto a specific channel.

You'll need to submit a helpdesk ticket for us to troubleshoot further with logs and probably remote access details to your system. https://www.chowmainsoft.com/support We don't have sleep mode implemented (or know how to do it). The API for lights only give us the details on how to set the value. As such you will have to do your own programming to do raising and lowering.

Yes the driver provides bi-directional feedback. Note that it is polled so it won't update until the next poll interval (unless the command is initiated by Control4 in which case its instant).

TP-Link KL430 is my favorite. Can be purchased easily, installed easily (as its wifi) and integrates to our driver for local based IP control. Product - https://www.kasasmart.com/us/products/smart-lighting/kasa-smart-led-light-strip-kl430 Driver - https://www.chowmainsoft.com/tplink-control4

It is a pretty straight forward API. We've done lots of lighting products so this will much similar to all of the others. No testing required from anyone on this project.

I couldn't purchase it directly from the govee website but managed to buy it through amazon. Bought sockets, bulbs (color + non color), led strips (normal + immersion) with expedited shipping. Once it arrives give us 6 weeks of development time so i assume we'll have a driver by mid August.

I see. Thats where we went from. We contacted them from their website and never heard back. I don't have product but i'll buy one of each to do testing. HOpefully they'll send to Australia.

We don't have a solution currently. We reached out to Govee a while back to get their API and didn't get a response so i'll reach out again. Regardless even if we get it into our queue it will take some time before we get one released so don't expect anything anytime soon.

That is correct

Just realised that this originally was about smart plugs. For anyone looking at smart plugs we have several options for 240v countries with various plug styles. AU/EU/UK Shelly - http://www.chowmainsoft.com/shelly-control4 TP-Link Kasa - https://www.chowmainsoft.com/tplink-control4 Tuya (look at the gigantic list of brands on the link) - https://www.chowmainsoft.com/tuya-control4 Belkin Wemo - https://www.chowmainsoft.com/belkin-wemo

That is the latest one. Assume you had auto update enabled which is why you're on that version. Note that it required the username and password to be entered in one last time so it should be ok now. If it happens again please reach out to our helpdesk and we'll help troubleshoot.

For those in australia or new zealand here is the grid connect stuff which uses our Tuya driver. http://chowmainsoft.com/tuya-control4

For reference here are the Lightwave RF power points for EU and UK style outlets. Bi-directional control and instantaneous feedback from Control4. http://www.chowmainsoft.com/lightwave-control4

This is correct. All webview applications are T3/T4 only.

These are the best inwall power point solutions for Control4 as they provide bidirectional control and feedback as an alternative check out Tuya based wifi solutions.

We fixed a bug in the driver a week or so ago that was introduced in the last version. Basically the bug causes the pushover account to log out if you mess with the drivers properties. as such the majority of people are in effected apart from those who mess with the drivers properties. Upgrade the driver and it will resolve this.

Sorry this is now fixed. The server that this was on filled up and we didn't clear it. This shouldn't be a problem in future as we've added in a cronjob that deletes the files periodically.

Our scheduler app for T3 / T4 touchscreens allows you to manage schedules easily including temporarily disabling them and setting once off schedules. http://www.chowmainsoft.com/scheduler-control4-driver

Never heard of it before. Honestly though RTS is kind of a solved problem with Bond. Its really affordable, easy to install and works well.

Sorry we have discontinued this driver.

We developed the ultimate Elk M1 / Ness M1 security panel driver for Control4 and released it about a month or so ago. The goal of the driver was not to just implement the basic arm/disarm/alarm/zones/outputs that pretty much all security panel drivers do but on top of all of that provide the most advanced security panel integration on the market. This driver has built in notifications (ie no extra programming) that will send 4sight emails and push notifications advising you who armed / disarmed the panel, what alarm has gone off, trouble (battery low, faulty sensor, etc) and more. It provides you with the ability to manage / enroll users from Control4 along with the ability to learn weigand for specific door access. Implemented every event possible but the ones that stand out to me are events for AC failure, AC restore, battery level, remote control fob button presses. keypad bindings for keypad buttons, fob buttons. Allows you to send text to the M1 keypads and we can tie the function buttons to bindings or events. EG at my house i have a bit of Control4 programming tied into the function buttons with the LCD providing state feedback to me. temperature sensor feedback / bindings as well if you want to use the M1 temperature sensors. lighting integration for M1 compatible lighting systems. Controller clock syncing so that you don't have time drift when you have RS232 only connections (ie no NTP time syncing). This driver might be a bit overkill for most people but we wanted to provide a complete solution This driver was completed by our very talented @Andrew luecke https://www.chowmainsoft.com/m1-control4