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Topic: help about Christie Act Automation controller
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-26-2016 05:46 AM
I think you underestimate the ACT's flexibility. I has a lot of it BUT you have to know how to use it. Everything is flexible on it. You have serial ports you have an undefined number of Ethernet devices you can control, there are high and low current relays to control, there are front panel buttons that are completely configurable...there are LEDs on the front that can be used for any form of communication desired. BUT you have to get into the scripting thing to make use of it all. And if you DO...then you can clone your design VERY easily since, for the most part, the scripts don't contain any IPs...you merely apply those on installation so that the sound processor and projector...etc are defined to your scripts. It CAN be powerful. However, it isn't what 90% of the people really want/need.
I'm an eCNA guy...it isn't AS powerful but it has that right mix of power, configurability and flexibility for us. Lots of people are into the JNIOR. It packs a pretty good punch for its price range. Note, it too has a learning curve but it seems to satisfy many people. And even further down the food chain are those that just use the GPIO of the various servers to deal with the lights and maybe sound.
Then again, at the upper-end you could use something like AMX or Crestron where again, the sky is the limit on what you want the "automation" to do but it is entirely up to the programmer to make that happen and happen well.
I don't discount the ACT so much as to declare that, at this time, it isn't for me. I've been able to get it to do things and admire its potential but I don't find the application in the installations we've done where it is the best fit.
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