![]() "OK I've chosen my receiver, now what universal remote/control system will work with my receiver"?ĭoesn't that put the onus on the control companies? On the other hand.what if a customer didn't have a "control system", and was looking to get one with the purchase of a new receiver.(which is logical as they have become so darn complicated these days and are the "Brains" of every home theatre set up).that customer might ask the reverse question. brand X, and you get our certified drivers that work with C4 or Crestron or AMX". So it would be yet another selling point for them to say "Hey, buy our receiver vs. And who knows the Denon receivers best? Denon. It would be nearly impossible to stay on top of full control across the entire model of all the companies that put out receivers. There are some devices that are in great demand that C4 will take upon itself to write a driver for, but it's faster and easier to "crowdsource" it to the dealerbase and partner channels. I would much rather have C4 making sure that their product is quality, stable, and feature packed, than to spend a lot of time and money writing drivers for receivers. C4 will write drivers for their own gear. to come up with innovative third party solutions and the drivers for it. That's why they partner with companies like Card Access, Black & Decker, etc. As it's been said before, C4 has limited in-house resources for writing drivers. I think you're kind of misunderstanding C4's role here, and their stance on driver creation. Please tell them the serial codes are out, and ask them to do something about releasing the Control4 drivers You seem to have the contacts at C4.woud you mind referring this pdf link to the right person at C4. We all know the surround receiver is THE most important thing to get working correctly in terms of home automation: it's THE brians of every home cinema nowdays.Ĭontrol4 should be onto making sure they have covered EVERY major receiver upgrade.particularly large brands like Denon, AND particularly so called "partner" companies.:mad: It's Control4 that is the "Control" specialist. Why is it Denon's responsibilty to write the C4 drivers for Control4? They are available via pdf for every new "10" series Denon on our local distributors website. The serial codes are well and truely released. With serial you can send the command and get feedback if the command was correctly executed. With IR you send the command and hope it works. With a two-way serial driver your HC-300 can determine status of your receiver. ![]() The biggest benefit you might see is two-way communication for control of the receiver, however this depends if the driver is a two-way driver. In regards to what additional functionality you may see with serial control. I would try some of the other drivers and see what level of control you can archive. If new features were added an older driver might not be able to control them. It is common that control codes do not change too much across a model line. It is possible that a driver for a similar existing model will work with the AVR-2310CI. If it is a very new model it might not be added the the standard driver list for a while. There is a driver for a AVR-2309CI but not a specific driver for the AVR-2310CI. In particular, will serial control be one way or two way? Also, as a brand new model, will I have to ask my dealer to write a new driver or will one of the older drivers *probably* work? Anyone with feedback/experience controlling Denon receivers via serial connection would be appreciated!Īs previously mentioned the serial connection is capable of two-way communication. My old receiver was IR controlled and I'm trying to understand what my HC-300 will be able to do via serial control. I've just ordered a new Denon receiver (AVR-2310CI) which has an RS232 port.
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