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OK interesting
Im about to start to see weather we can use Comfort as a viable means of interfacing from Pronto to other devices.
Only taken a quick look (do not have a test rig set up only opened the script) but have the following questions already
- The script is developed for the 9400 Other Prontos would need a lot of graphics sorting in order for the screen to fit the page e.g. 9300 9600 and 9800.
- Is there a limit to the number of devices or can I copy the pages indefinately
- how can i get feed back - is this reallly as clever as im thinking - by putting a group address (CBUS) do i have the feed back knowledge readily available in Pronto (via comfort)...........
- by the look of the forum I\'m going to be the ginue pig for this............!!!!!
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Are there any issues relating to the use of Comfigurator 3?
All our current installs are C2.. Is it OK to use the Pronto driver with an installation that was installed and configured using C2 ?
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OK I have it working as I suspected its a beta version.......
You HAVE to login using the keypad screen to get to the function page - This more or less makes the script redundent as nobody is going to sign in every time to perform simple functions - can you/we take the function side away from signing in.
The unit i have DOES not respond the the correct zones..e.g. z1 front door is not zone 1 front door...
When in the comfort zone page the circles change from green to red when a zone is activated - this only appears to happen when you log out and back in again it is not instantaneous.
The feed back for CBUS and comfort outputs works well - HOWEVER only CBUS Groups give feedback (not scenes) and only comfort outputs give feedback (not responses) which makes sense. so as an example i want to add a comfort response that sets output 1 to activate for 5 min (its a zone of the irrigation system) I have to activate the response AND then also tag the opput to the on/off red/green button in order to get feedback.
As a general comment this looks very promising however it needs quite a bit of work to make it polished. medium term it puts the possibility of Comfort being a central hub back on the map.
Many more comments to come but this is a start - the major one is being able to take the lighting commands away from the security the login just simply does not work for me
Oh i used it on a 9600 was i supposed to get comfort voice?
The keypad keys were on the small side and i had to use the pronto pointer to make sure i got the correct login keys.
The unit I have
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The term \"beta\" is not appropriate as this is not a product that we are releasing. We dont sell the script and neither so we sell Pronto
This is just a starting point for Pronto and Comfort Integrators to take forward, to show what is possible.
They can contribute their modifications to the Comfort community or those who have spent considerable effort on further development of course can keep it to themselves.
The requirement to log in is because this is connected through a UCM/Ethernet and you need to sign in to get it to work. You could save the login code and bypass the sign in by the user. But remember that once you login you have access to Comfort security, and you dont want to let anyone do that. You can change the code so that when you access any security function, it automatically signs out and asks you to sign in again.
For the zones you must set up the zones in the Pronto Edit zone page to correspond to the zone names
The pronto scripting is quite powerful and allows you to accomplish many things, especially the customisation that you refer to
To get voice from the keypad, you connect a AUD01 module to the UCM/Ethernet and a speaker and mic to that - the voice does not come from Pronto
We will take any feedback and will further work on the script, but those who have immediate need to use it can take it from here
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Thanks for clarifying the situation by adding the text to the download page!
You miss the point i am trying to make. Pronto script and comfort could be an excellent pairing. From what i have seen of the script it has the ability to provide a really \'nice\' user interface. However think this in your own home you come in to the lounge pick up pronto go to the home page switch on the Sat box and then go to the next page to sort out the light scene - there is simply no way that the customer is going to want to then sign in to get to the lighting.
The reason i am questioning what comfort is - is simply because you have a simgle product that is trying to be everything to every body and it is now quite apparent that this is not working. By physically splitting the security from the home automation i believe that you will have a more reliable managable product range.
