Looking at putting one in a job.
I'd guess the distance to the Rf unit will be approx. 30'-40' from the Great Room. What kind of distance are you getting? Any difference between RF and Zigbee?

Depending on construction, I'd say 25' for RF and 45' for Z. That's max distance, the range of the R series is a bit suspect.

There is some talk of them releasing a Z extender in the future, no word on when.

If you think construction or distance is an issue, definitely use the Z.

Do not try to use the R the same way you have used RTI's regular gear.

Agree, the R is mediocre in terms of RF range. Never used the Z.

One thing you might consider is placing the base unit behind the TV in the viewing room and running the emitters back to the head end over Cat or whatever method you like.

My .02 Try moving the R processor away from metal shelf. You can't place the processor on anything metal (do not place on the equipment or the equipment rack). I set it on the receiver and it wasn't good. Got good range when i moved it off the metal shelf. Major difference.

Sounds like the voice of experience. Could you flesh that out a bit? Doesn't work well with macros? (RTI's does.) Distance much less? Doesn't always work? Something else?

The 'R' series for me has been a complete disappointment, same floor equipment in another room and less than 30 feet and its barely consistent. DON'T expect anything near RTI RF reception. Not that you would due to pricing, but the range is so poor i wouldn't use the 'R' series system again unless equipment was in same room.

The "Z" series is great for the price. I have no experience with RTI Zigbee so I dont have a comparison. Im getting about 50 Feet distance from processor through one floor. In my opinion its a great entry level system.

30 feet!
That pretty much sucks!

Well, I guess it's entry level RF. We have come to expect so much of RF that we don't remember when RF simply guaranteed that if the Saint Bernard walked between us and the equipment during a macro, the whole macro would still execute. Looks like Pro Control is at that level, which sort of begs for it to be named something less glamorous and promising than "Pro." Maybe So Control, as in half of so-so.

Greetings from Pro Control- my first post.
The ProLink.r uses the same RF that RTI has used for many years, so your range should be more than sufficient for a smaller project. If you are getting less than acceptable range, please read the tech bulletin for tips, I can email it to you if you drop me a note. Best advice is to avoid placing the unit lying-flat on metal objects, concrete walls, or directly the on top of other AV equipment. Typically the higher the processor is placed, the better the signal. If you've checked all of these things and the range is still an issue, we would like to talk to you to see if we can help.

Or on the coffee table!!

Mike, What about an external antenna in the future?

While it's fresh in my mind from yesterdays programming session. I enjoy that large usb port on the RF base and on the remote, easy to see and I always put it in right. I will have to get some longer USB cables for programming, if you decide a system will not be on the network.

Using IR sent directly from remote to TV without an emitter has very short range. Could you have the IR library stay open or (+) each device so you don't have to open it and (+) each device to get the IR code onto a button. Seems very laborious to click add, then the device then (+) then scroll down to get it.

Can you have a default setting for text, so that if I want "white" and "bold" each time instead of "blue" and "non-bold"? Also the dreaded IR output level was just a tad too low for the Directv box and had to turn it clockwise a little to get reasonable response ( you would think I would know by now after using RTI since 1999 and using that ECB-5 with RP-1 and wondering why nothing works even with the emitters flashing...doh!!!) These were just some I remember from yesterday.

Comments above could be completely false and facetious.

I was saying....what is he talking about?....Til I go to the end.  

Why does Mark Nagle keep pulling up threads that are 4-5 months old?  Isn't this type of behavior reserved for Spammers?