Any ideas on how this can be done. Is there anything can make them similar to Hue functionality?
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I suspect the ZWave network would be too slow and inconsistent for a real time application like this, from my experience. It's not a fast communication technique by a long way.
I use quite a few raspberry pis to run various home automation around the house, so a wifi/network version maybe efficient enough. Although I have been working on similar ideas in the past and still found it lacking.
Really depends on how in sync you want the lights with the music.
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Originally posted by JohnneyBoy View PostI suspect the ZWave network would be too slow and inconsistent for a real time application like this, from my experience. It's not a fast communication technique by a long way.
I'm not so sure about this. I once created an event to turn a switch off if it became on and another to turn it on if it became off. The effect was a strobe. It was very fast.Originally posted by rpradeThere is no rhyme or reason to the anarchy a defective Z-Wave device can cause
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Again this morning it took over 30 seconds for my heater plugged into a z wave appliance module to turn on. It happens randomly and is impossible to trouble shoot. I would look into DMX lighting for syncing to music.
May-10 6:06:43 AM Z-Wave Device: 1st Floor Main Heater Set to 255
May-10 6:06:09 AM Device Control Device: 1st Floor Main Heater to On (255) by/from: CAPI Control Handler
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Originally posted by S-F View PostI'm not so sure about this. I once created an event to turn a switch off if it became on and another to turn it on if it became off. The effect was a strobe. It was very fast.
You'll cause the Z-Wave network to slow to a crawl and start having real issues with getting signals around attempting to send anything repetitive.
I have built a couple of ArtNet nodes from ESP01 board, a MAX485 driver and a XLR socket. For virtually nothing you can have a wireless DMX node that can be put anywhere and sends out DMX, using something free like DMXControl you can do sound to light.
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I would investigate using a ZUNO for this. This gives you the Z-Wave control you require and the processing side is taken care of by a Arduino, There is a RGB dimmer example which should be readily extended to create different scenes or use a audio input to modulate the RGB unit. Just a thought, not really sure how it would all go together.
http://z-uno.z-wave.me/examples/rgb-led-strip/
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