Issue 34 – Celebrating Women in Technology!


Hey, Smart Home Pros!

It’s International Women’s Month, and there are many incredibly successful women in this industry, so of course, we need a shoutout! Where are my ladies at? This month we are highlighting some of the amazing women who work at Snap One with our fun newsletter caricatures. Plus, we’re showcasing lots of new Smart Skills, updated KB articles, and the new OvrC migration tool!

Girl Power!
Ashley Kimsey
Education Operations Specialist


The Women at Snap One
I know this is an all-technical newsletter, but I wanted to highlight some peeps from our company doing amazing things! We’ve got Margie Meyers, our Principal Product Manager, who’s working on some really cool projects you’ll see soon, and Dawn Boland, fearless Senior VP of Services & Support, who leads the teams that take top honors every year!

Snap One is proud to host an International Summit for all Women in Technology on International Women’s Day: March 8, 2022. Our first global session will include guest speaker Margie Meyers (Apple, Control4, Snap One), and the second session will feature Susan Cashen (TiVo, Control4, Tectonic Audio Labs). Both sessions will feature an HR perspective by Kathleen Creech (People Leader, Snap One), and a panel discussion with women panelists from CEDIA, Snap One leadership, and Dealership owners, with a Q&A session at the end.

Details And Registration


Clare recently released the new Clarevision V300 series Color At Night cameras that make seeing things in the dark a whole lot easier!

Check It Out Here


Knowledgebase Articles
New or updated articles:
How Do I Use the Control4 Interface
4Sight Product Updates
Getting Started With OvrC Wi-Fi Management
How to Configure a Guest Network using OvrC‘s Wi-Fi Management
Enabling the Control4 App on the Apple Watch
Josh.ai Articles, Videos, and Documentation
Understanding Multicast & IGMP
*Updated* DS2 Critical Driver Update
Recording ClareVision Smart Events with a Luma x10 Series NVR
Using ClareVision Motion Events in Control4


Woman’s Experience Taking One of Our Classes
“In my experience, there is so much logic that comes into play with Control4 programming that can easily be over complicated. This course helped establish clear distinctions to keep us on the straight track that helped us make more intelligent decisions to program smarter, not harder—with both the technician and end-user in mind. 😉 I thoroughly enjoyed this class, and I look forward to my next class to get my lighting certification. As a woman in the field, thank you for the positive energy and inspiration.”  
—Kim V

Announcing Our Very First Women-Only Automation Programmer Class

Supporting incredible women and diversity within our industry is an important initiative at Snap One. To help these efforts, we are holding our very first women-only Virtual Automation Programmer course on March 28-April 1, 2022. This course will be five full days of intensive Composer Pro training. It will cover the same topics as our regular Automation Programmer course with added voices of other women in the industry with informative lunch and learns. These will be led by one of our female instructors.

If you or someone you know would like to join this course, please reach out to andrea.kuramitsu@snapone.com. This course is limited to 15 participants, so register soon.

Smart Skills
Check out these new or updated Smart Skills:
Programming the Navigation Agent
Connecting a Keypad Button to Function as a Three-Way Light
Creating a Custom Button Menu for the Control4 Interface
Executing Text Announcements on a Touchscreen
Connecting and Programming Using the Room Control Driver
Creating a Television IR Driver Using the Driver Wizard
Setting Up and Monitoring Customer Service Tiers Using OvrC
Using OvrC to Access a Device Interface
Quickly Setting up Multiple Access Points Using Wi-Fi Management in OvrC
Using the Source for Volume Control with an Episode Hybrid Amplifier


Drivers

We work closely with device manufacturers to provide product drivers that interoperate seamlessly with the Control4 platform.

New or updated drivers:
Samsung TV v32 – improved mini app control
ClareVision Plus (CVP) updated video doorbell driver
KNX Universal Thermostat: New models and improvements
Yamaha MTX drivers
ClareOne updated driver for security panel
Coretronic- Optoma Projector And tons of universal mini drivers!
See More Drivers Here

 
Tips and Tricks
Looking to impress your customers with a wake-up routine that includes an audio playlist that is automatically updated every day and easy to launch?

Spotify’s Daily Drive playlist can be saved as a preset and then played by button press. Read our Tips and Tricks to find out how!


Time To Spruce Things Up

I can’t believe we’ve run out of Tips and Tricks already! We’d love to keep this section going, so if you have a cool idea, whether it’s easy or advanced, send it our way! We’d love to highlight you and share your ideas with our awesome community of technicians!

Submit Your Tips Here

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