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| Hey Smart Home Pros! We received such great feedback from our Christmas Tree driver! Make sure to tag us #c4technewsletter and #control4 if you posted it on social media. We’d love to see how you used it—stay tuned for another one! Thank you, Ashley Kimsey Education Operations Specialist |
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| INTEGRATED SYSTEMS EUROPE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ISE is February 11 through 14 at the RAI Exhibition Center in Amsterdam. If you want to register for the free expo-only pass, use code 707032. Our booth is #10-N130. Education classes are available at ISE on February 13 in room G105. Various classes with surveillance featuring Luma, MoIP, Smart Home OS3 and Neeo will be available. Dealer Event and Awards are February 13 from 19:00-22:00 at the Tobacco Theater. Registration and Class Details > |
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| CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS Changes on the DS2 you should know about When installing the new DS2 or updating the current driver to version 246, you must change the default web UI password and the HTTP API password. DS2 Driver v246 Setup > Mobile app version of Tech Community We want to know how many of you would be interested in having a mobile app version of Tech Community. Would you use it more than the website? Would you see yourself using it? Please take our short survey so we can get an idea if this is something that would benefit you! Take the Survey > TIP FROM TED: BEST PRACTICES FOR BUTTON ENGRAVING  I went to the Salt Lake City warehouse a while back and I got to see the keypad engraving process. Very cool! Then I got to see how many buttons get engraved with “Cans.” Not so cool. “Cans” is jargon. It is borrowed from electricians and construction workers (the partners with whom we work, and the industry from which many of us come from). Think about it, folks. What client would want their beautiful smart home to display labels used on a construction site? As Shayne in Control4 Education says—don’t engrave buttons based on the name of the lighting fixture, engrave for the space that gets illuminated. Naming buttons based on why the light exists gives your client buttons that make sense and reflect the elegance of the home. “Dining Table” or “Accent Lights” ends up making a lot more sense to users compared to “LEDs”or “Cans.” Unless the light illuminates a cupboard filled with soup cans…then I guess “cans” would be acceptable. NEW AND TRENDING KNOWLEDGEBASE ARTICLES Setting up the Luma Navigator Camera driver to work in a Control4 system Networking list of DO NOT USE devices How to update the HTTP API settings after performing a factory reset for driver version v246 |
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| UPDATED RESOURCE New version of the Controller Comparison Guide We had a request recently to redo the controller comparison guide, and I think you’ll like it! Check it out below! Controller Comparison Guide > GET SMART Check out these Smart Skills: Alexa-02: Customizing Names for Control4 Alexa Voice Control Adding and Resetting Experience Menu Icons Using Composer Pro Adding Multiple Actions to Lights in Lighting Scenes NEW PRODUCTS We’re pleased to announce the release of the following SKUs: B-540-EXT-70-SLIM – Binary® 540 Series Slim 4K Ultra HD HDBaseT Extender with IR & RS-232B-660-EXT-444-40 – Binary® 660 Series 4K HDR HDBaseT Extender with IR & RS-232 |
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| DRIVERS Sonos An update to the Sonos Network driver (v95) fixes global switching. If you do not have auto updates enabled make sure to update the driver to get the latest fixes. Volume say what? The newest Neeo update is out! This update now includes volume popups, added security features, and other UI improvements. Check it out! Neeo Release Notes > A helpful driver you may want to add to your next project LED Wizard—This driver allows you to easily set LEDs of selected lights or keypads to custom colors. This makes it very simple to set multiple keypad buttons to a color at the same time, rather than spend time setting each button’s LED individually.  |
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