28/04/2023
Cobham Takeover - We've just completed this system takeover for an amazing family over in cobham surrey. We answered a sos call from john at as the client had been let down by another installer. After meeting with the client, we established what they wanted from their system and what areas we could improve for them.
First, we we completed a network overhaul removing the older unifi access points for 7 x new WIFI 6 pro versions. We removed the old routers from the rack and reconfigured the existing unifi security gateway.
We swapped out the old patch panel for a keystone version to make sure the cable infrastructure and terminations were correctly done.
Relocated and reterminated the existing CCTV NVR and replaced the faulty monitor. We managed to get a few of the cameras back up and running.
Next up was the rako system. We changed over the old rako bridge for the new updated version. Client can now access their rako system anywhere in the world thanks to rako cloud.
We added the garden lighting to the rako system as this was sitting on an old school timer and added a new wireless keypad to easily switch the lights on and off.
With the existing control4 system, we updated the controller that was on 2.10.2 to 3.3 and added the skyq box to IP control as the client had to use 2 remotes 🙈. We integrated the cinema lighting into the control4 so the client has super quick access to lighting control without opening their rako app.
We will be back in a few weeks to do some additional works on the rako system. We are pleased to say the client is extremely happy with the end results
The old network had a download speed of 30mbps its now reaching 150mbps 👌
As always thanks to joe from for coming up to help us with this one.