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They don’t want to dilute their brand with having inexperienced companies selling their product. They realize people may have to learn the platform but they want them to know the business and have a solid business. i am in the US so can’t really help with other brands in the UK. I think you could probably look at Lutron or maybe Elan or RTI which may have easier requirements (Lutron not being a full blown automation system)

C4 is a dealer model - so any official training is blocked behind password protected websites. There is software end users can use called Composer home edition and a simple google search will show you some manuals. But that is basically scratching the surface and again doesn’t include all the things locked to end users that only dealers can do with the system.

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oh I have friends who raved about the demo. I am sure it has its place in life. For my job (sales/sales management), its not going to make my phone calls any more interesting and not sure if my CRM would work on it or the benefit of having my CRM in "virtual" display in front of me. And I am not a huge TV guy, I'll watch a ball game but rarely TV series, etc. I am sure there is a market for it. I mean when the iPod came out I was excited because I love music, so I immediately saw the use case (ok maybe it was some portable mp3 player like the Rio before the iPod) and I always had one by my side. with a VR headset, I just don't see it as much other than a "cool" factor but not a "practical" factor for me. And if something is just cool, I'll never buy Gen 1....

that's fair but then again I am a luddite so i don't see myself wearing a mask all day for work. My 32'' computer screen can show me 2-3 windows/applications at a time. by the time I need to wear a mask all day for work I'll assume automation is at the point that I won't have to interact with it at all. Call that "Eggzlot's Law"

call me a luddite (I still have a few 1080p tvs in my house) - why would you put on a VR headset to turn a light off in the kitchen or something? I could see the VR stuff for gaming, learning, movies, etc.. I mean I guess if the headset is on and you want to make some changes in the house but I guess most/some have Alexa/Josh/Google home or some voice thing you can just shout across the room?

Long shot but figured I'd ask here. I work for a staffing company, and our client is looking to hire resources who have experience drafting with Revit (other programs are fine as long as they have some decent Revit experience) and also hold a current RCDD. Client is open to people with any types of industry experience, though this is commercial work, if they come from luxury residential and want to go commercial that is fine. Salary varies by years of experience and location as they are open to Tampa, Dallas and Chicago as possible locations for the hire. If interested or know someone interested, PM me or reply to this thread.

For Tuya - they aren’t false notices. When my controller reboots I just get a message with their current state. But still wakes me up regardless.

i have the same issue with the now discontinued Tuya agent with my Tuya water sensors. Sure its no big deal, except when my controller reboots overnight and I get urgent notices, that bypass my silence notification, saying I have a water leak, when I dont. I was told they are not developing any more for the Tuya agent/driver as it is not for sale anymore, so I am SOL and get woken up 1-3x a year.

this - as a very part time / hobby photographer I found taking a photo of a key element in the room better. For instance, we got some fancy "hand painted" dish on a vacation in Morocco and we use it on our kitchen island. I tossed some oranges/lemons/limes in the bowl and took a photo, done....For the master bathroom I put the purple LED lights on in the shower (its a steam shower and has colored lights) and took a photo of the shower stall with the door closed right after a steam so the glass is frosted, the lights on are behind with a cool glow, etc. For the garage you could even use a stock photo of your car(s) or something. In the gym I took a photo of two dumbbells laying on the floor, etc. Another idea, if you have a pet, take a photo of them on a couch or in a bed for a specific room, etc. Taking a photo of the room is just going to look like junk or a really bad real estate listing.

95% sure I purchased that item and it worked I had some older kwikset locks I purchased thru C4 and they had red cards, but they were also on a very old firmware and couldn't be updated anymore. The yellow one allowed for me to go from like 1.x to 3.x or something, its been 18 months so I forget all the small details but later today I can try to go back and look in the lock itself and/or emails between me and my integrator.

I am not lipp but I have the set up he mentioned with remote TStats The walls look nicer (remote t stats are painted over) and for the most part with schedules there is not much of a need to interact with the tstats. once in a blue moon if we have to, we can pull up a phone or a touchscreen.

I’ve had c4 for 11 years. Only upgraded controllers and touchscreens for the new UI which was a personal choice and again I was 8-9 years in when I made that upgrade so can’t complain about support and longevity. knock on wood still have original Amps, matrix, sr250 remotes, tons of lighting kit, etc. depending on your system 20k may be extreme or if it’s all 1.7 embernet stuff then yeah you got your use out of it! Don’t service a 15 year old car with 200k miles or get a new car?