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Get Control4 Software for own Hardware ?


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Hi,

is it possible to get the Control4 OS to built own Hardware Solutions? The systems based on linux, linux use gpl but i doesn`t find it anwhere on Control 4?

Best regards

David


Posted

Not really.

There is at least one OEM using C4 that I can remember, and C4 is certainly reaching out to get the OS installed in more devices. But it seems to be a high level OEM campaign rather than a DIY route.

If you want to DIY, there are a number of DIY friendly solutions you could go with.

Posted

Hi,

but Control4 use Linux Software on it devices, so they must make public the modified version (Part of GPL) for the public, where can i found this ?

Regards

David

Posted

My guess is you will need to contact Control4's HQ office and make a formal request. I don't know of any place that the GPL'd binaries available.

I doubt you'll get anything of value out of those binaries, most of the value is the stuff running above the kernal, not the kernal itself.

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jberger is correct. The Linux that is run on the controllers is pretty stock debian distro compiled for the ARM platform that the controllers run.

All the Control4 'special sauce' is in our own applications, running on the controller, and are *not* licensed under or subject to the GPL.

RyanE

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Busybox is not a linux distribution, but is used in a lot of micro distros.

RyanE

Sorry, it's an application for use on top of something else using Linux 2.4+

So..I need to dip my toes further into this linux water. :P

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