Control4 driver “Announcement consolidator”-Free
Control4 driver “Announcement consolidator” enables easy dynamic visualization of larger amounts of custom text messages and variables contents on OnScreen Navigator and TouchPanels. Typical example is visualization of temperatures from whole house, weather station data and energy consumption data.
Driver automatically generate one text variable assembled from following optional custom data: header text variable followed by 14 rows each containing combination of leading text, numerical variable contents (converted to text) , trailing text.
This text variable containing formatted text is then simply displayed using the standard Announcement function on selected TVs and TouchPanels. Driver “Announcement consolidator” is typically used for visualization of large amounts of values and system states generated by devices and processes which does not have its native user interface in standard Control4 Navigators.
Usually it is dynamic visualization of alarm system partitions states, status access enabled/disabled in access control applications and auxiliary states visualization –failure, maintenance request etc. of complex devices, pools, HVAC systems. Also easy display of help texts and guidelines, contact information, phone numbers etc.
Applications:
· Display of whole house/system temperatures
· Display of help text and instructions
· Visualization of weather station data and energy consumption data
· Visualization of energy consumption data
· Visualization of alarm system status and alarm system partitions (groups) statuses
· Auxiliary states visualization –failure, maintenance request etc. of complex devices, pools, irrigation HVAC systems.
· Visualization of diagnostic information
· Easy and comfortable visualization of system states - Holiday/Cleaning/Maintenance …