Dean Roddey
Senior Member
The thing about C4 is that, once you go that way, you are locked into that scenario. If you ever wanted to change the automation system, the C4 hardware won't work with anything else so you'll have to replace it. With something like Radio RA2, that's an open system and though you will have to combine it with an automation system, it's something that would work with most of them, so you have the choice of what to use. And it's top-notch, reliable stuff.
I'd also argue that CQC isn't as hard to learn as is being made out. What's really hard has little to do with CQC, it's creating really aesthetically pleasing touch screens that work well. That's hard in any system that doesn't have a canned interface. And, if it has a canned interface, it's going to be pretty limiting.
But our upcoming 4.5 version has a very nice auto-generation system that makes it a lot easier to set up the core functionality, which you can then tweak/expand over time as you learn more about it.
I'd also argue that CQC isn't as hard to learn as is being made out. What's really hard has little to do with CQC, it's creating really aesthetically pleasing touch screens that work well. That's hard in any system that doesn't have a canned interface. And, if it has a canned interface, it's going to be pretty limiting.
But our upcoming 4.5 version has a very nice auto-generation system that makes it a lot easier to set up the core functionality, which you can then tweak/expand over time as you learn more about it.