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Extra Vegetables is offering up a tasty solution to AppleTV control. From their website: The Apple TV is a great product to use in a Control4 installation especially when the client has a collection of iTunes purchased music.  It’s movie and TV show on demand feature is incredibly popular too. Up to now you have only [...]

This past week, Control4 has announced End of Life status for its V2 10.5″ touchpanels, HC-500 controller, and the contact/relay extender. This means that no new orders are being accepted for these items, but the two year warranty is still in effect and honored should you buy one of these items from a dealer or already have one in service. [...]

New features in 1.8.2: Multiple ZigBee Server support The primary change in Release 1.8.2 is support for configuring multiple ZigBee Servers. This is needed for those project installations where, due to construction materials or physical distance, it is not possible to have a contiguous ZigBee mesh network. The ZigBee Pro architecture used by Control4 allows [...]

The Carrier Infinity SAM drivers allow the Control4 system to work in conjunction with a Carrier Infinity HVAC system. In order to communicate with the Carrier Infinity system, you must install a System Access Module (SAM). While the SAM provides both serial and IP interfaces, only the serial interface provides access to the control protocol. [...]

You need to make sure that your dealer can install and program the Lutron HomeWorks system, or enlist someone who can since Control4 doesn’t have, at this time, any resources to help you set it up. Remember that when using a 3rd party lighting system in conjunction with the Control4 automation system, you don’t get [...]

This driver was created by a Control4 employee in his free time to help users track lights per floor or per room, as well as to provide simple control of that lighting. Your dealer can find this driver in the official Control4 Dealer Forums. You should add this driver to your project *after* adding all [...]