Elan g! - Page 3

The CVRM does Component video only, no IR passthrough. That being said, if you are going to use the RSWP for audio, that plate does have provisions for IR on the same CAT5 used for audio.

Just to let everyone know...Elan is coming out with an SDK for Q1 2012 that will enable you to write your own 2-way drivers.

You can always use Insteon as a lighting option. It's cheap and it works....i think. Elan has drivers for them. I, personally, use Lutron RadioRa 2. It works pretty well.

Your best bet would be Lutron. They will be having this available soon on their RadioRa 2 product line. Lutron also uses an astronomical time clock, so that at a certain time, your shades can go down...or up.

Hot glue is the key to emitters not falling off. Not silicone, superglue. HOT GLUE.

Can I use the SDK to change layout of item button? Elan's page is not pretty as Control4,Savant even though Bitwise.

Not sure what you mean by "layout of item button".

Do you mean the arrangement of buttons on a page or the appearance of the button itself?

Yes,both of them.

The configuration utility allows for arranging buttons, etc and altering many of the characteristics of the buttons, etc. You also can customize the colors within limits.

I don't know what the SDK will allow.

The older HomeLogic system came with many different "color sets" but the new g! just has the basic black scheme.

I don't know why folks worry so about this sort of thing - the point of a tool such as g! is to be functional and user friendly. Clearly Elan is trying to keep things looking much like the iPad/iPhone design - and that will help with users being comfortable when starting to use the system. I don't hear a lot of end users asking for works of art - just something that works well.

That's just my two cents.

To answer JOJO's question, technically I don't know the answer to your question since the SDK isn't released yet, but I'm pretty confident that the answer will be no. The purpose of the SDK is not to customize the "look" of g!, it's for software developers to be able to write drivers for 3rd party equipment to work with g! with full 2-way communication.

To that end, Frederick put it best. If people are looking for a completely custom look to their touchscreens, then g! is not the system for them, nor is it intended to be. As a dealer, my experience is that the overwhelming majority of my clients could care less about customizing their interfaces. They simply want a system that works reliably and is incredibly easy to use. In my opinion, Elan g! nails both of those points.

Frederick & Eric,
thx.What you said is what I guessed. SDK for 3rd party drivers is most important thing. For interface? maybe SDK version2.0

I am Élan dealer, and love the g! System. But I'm hoping they release the iPad app before android. Right now it's an iPhone app made bigger by iPad. And it limits GUI. But I know both are in the pipeline. I'm guess Q1 to Q2 2012.

That's funny - I thought it was out - on the app I messed with (very briefly) I didn't see the 1X/2X button I am used to seeing on an iPod app running on an iPad.

It doesn't have 1x or 2x button. It automatically enlarges to fit iPad. I didn't know it either, until I called tech complaining about a Sirius interface, and that's when they explained it. I was a little upset cause I know what g! Will do, and I couldn't make it happen. It was the limits of the app due to the actual iPhone. When they release all of the g! potential, it will be quite an amazing system.

Hi guys, will Elan showcase the SDK at ISE show?

Unfortunately, I've been told they are pushing the SDK back..again. And it may not materialize until Rev. 2 of the HC controllers due to some technical limitations.

So bad news. In your opinion,will they develop it with g2 at same time based on a new technology platform?

No, same g! Platform from a software perspective, just new hardware updates to the HC processor line. Don't know if that means that drivers written with the SDK would not be backwards compatible with current HC controllers or not. We'll have to wait and see.

To my knowledge they dont support Sonos.

Any diffrence besides KNX?

I am really disappointed for Elan and AVC. They are too low to compete with other control producer. No SDK, how to go outside of US?

Hi, new to this thread.

I have an existing HomeLogic system, as does my father, and we are considering the élan G upgrade. My system, more so than his, has been extremely customized over the years (I was probably one of their first 100 customers). Is there a way to migrate all the Screens/Keypaids, EventMaps, etc. over to élan G?

Is there any real new functionality? Has anything been removed?

Is there a real MacOS interface yet or just the crappy Java one?

Are irrigation and/or messaging available in the iPhone iOS apps?

Are the touch screens any better now? In both homes we have 5, 3 of which freeze up all the time.

Well for me the reason to upgrade was the HR2. It alone was worth the work involved in upgrading the system.

IMO the touch screens are better looking too. I had no problems with the older units but I added some newer units and they have worked fine as well.

There is a nice selection of controllers as well though the HC4 was fine for my application.

One BIG thing that I am looking forward to is the SDK which (if what I have heard is correct) should solve the problem of supporting hardware that Elan doesn't (yet) support. The SDK has been delayed (so I have been told) - I hope it does see the light of day - soon.

What is the HR2? Were you able to use the old templates/Event Maps from the HomeLogic systems or did you have to recreate everything.

The HR2 is a "stick" type remote with a small color touchscreen for custom "buttons". It uses WiFi to connect to the g! It's very nice (IMO) and works very well.

I replaced 4 URC MX-950s with 4 HR2s and am completely satisfied with the results.

The 950s (begin IR remotes) didn't work all that well with the HomeLogic system. While the HomeLogic system could be configured to respond to the IR commands from the 950 and then control the A/V equipment there was a lag in response that was not acceptable. I ended up using a very limited set of IR commands that the HomeLogic recognized just to keep the HomeLogic in sync with the A/V gear. Then the 950s simply controlled the A/V gear directly via IR. The HomeLogic system (via the touch screens) was also able to control the A/V gear using IR and RS232.

The response time of the g! system to commands from the HR2 is very quick. So the HR2 is sending commands, via WiFi, to the g! system which is controlling the A/V gear using IR and RS232.

You configure the HR2 (more or less) as you do the touch screens. You have the small touch screen on the HR2 on which you can position buttons (9 buttons is likely the most you would want on a page but you can have multiple pages of them). And you have the "hard" buttons which you can configure.

The HR2 in addition to being you primary "Media" controller can also control the Light, Security, Climate parts of the g! system.

The HR2 really is quite good.


No I didn't find a way to do that - though I didn't try very hard.