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Correct, but it is a very expensive way to get a doorbell!

Not sure a thermostat will have very good sound quality compared to an Arc soundbar...

We have one client reporting their Spotify Connect disappears every few days at the moment, seems to be cured by a reboot of the processor. Other than that no other reports of issues

Who by? It seems a big step, and not one I have ever known them to take in the 13 years I have been an installer

Yale changed something on their end about 3-4 months ago which stopped the integration. I found out about this from a call from my CEO asking why he couldn't get in his front door... which was nice.

Correct, Yale released a firmware update which broke the integration API. I reached out to the driver developer, and they advised that they had tried to speak to Yale about the issue but Yale didn't want to know. I tried asking August support if it would be possible to flash the lock with August firmware instead, and they didn't understand the question and just closed my ticket.

Do you have the TV set to output Dolby on the optical output? Not all matrix switches can handle it, so try setting the output to stereo instead.

Any tips for getting IP control to work? We have just installed a 2021 65" and can't get it to switch on from IP control. Once on we have control of it just fine. UK model if that makes a difference?

Yes, there are Heos drivers for Control4 and from what I hear it now works quite well. Control4 doesn't recommend using AVRs for multi-zone audio however, so that might be where the plan falls down. It's not that it couldn't be done, but it wouldn't be recommended.

And a dealer may not want to install something they did not provide, you won't get a warranty etc

The Announcement Agent will swap sources, sure, but I didn't think it hit pause before doing so though, meaning the source would continue on in the background and you will have missed some of it until the system switches back.

Yes, the touchscreens can make a noise to alert you, although from past experience it isn't very loud and is often missed. If you want the doorbell sound through ceiling speakers, the music can pause then resume if programmed to do so (and supported by the source you are using).

AutoCAD is industry standard and what we use for projects now, but for a quick pre-win design our sales team will often put together a rough plan in Visio. If you have an image of the floorplan, overlaying icons for touchscreens, keypads etc isn't hard. Trying to draw out the floorplan from scratch using Visio's wall, door and window shapes is a whole other story however!

You and me both, but sadly he is correct. They are not even on backorder, they are unavailable at this time.

If the other system can send TCP commands then you can use this driver http://www.chowmainsoft.com/generic-tcp-command to listen for the events and program off of them. It also allows you to send TCP events from Control4 to another system.