Neo1738 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 4 hours ago, blub said: There is an abundance of ZigBee hardware which could be put to use with Control4. I do understand the stack changes, however what prevents Control4 from creating a separate Mesh with Zigbee 3, i.e via a an external USB stick to have the best of both worlds? It would drastically increase the usefulness of Control4, especially compared to the catching up from smartthings and so on - also Matter integration would be really nice... Security. If I remember correctly C4s stack is more secure. Using 3rd party could put c4 at more risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blub Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 2:06 PM, Neo1738 said: Security. If I remember correctly C4s stack is more secure. Using 3rd party could put c4 at more risk. Security and number of ZG devices per mesh. However C4 could also run a second mesh with zigbee 3.0 and LL to support all the available options, i.e. direct HUE connection - and yet they dont.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 3:00 AM, blub said: There is an abundance of ZigBee hardware which could be put to use with Control4. I do understand the stack changes, however what prevents Control4 from creating a separate Mesh with Zigbee 3, i.e via a an external USB stick to have the best of both worlds? It would drastically increase the usefulness of Control4, especially compared to the catching up from smartthings and so on - also Matter integration would be really nice... Control4 *could* do all kinds of things. Any of those things need to be weighed against other priorities. RyanE Andrew luecke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaDuck Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 12:37 AM, Cyknight said: Yes (scenes or groups is what you'd use depending on situation) that would be the normal recommended way. Are you meaning a C4 scene as opposed to a Hue scene? I don't believe C4 can call Hue scenes even with 3.3+ (though I would love to be proven wrong). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HomeAutomationNerd Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 8/29/2022 at 5:18 AM, JSTRONG said: Is it suggested to just keep continuous power to the Hue Fixtures/Bulbs and just have the Control4 keypads for Hue Scenes? I have never figured out a way to do this. Any time a power outage happens, or a breaker trips, all the switches sensibly default to "Off". What's I've done for Hue is make all the switches into 2-button keypads, and when the Top Butting is pressed I have a 2 line program "If Power is Off then Turn On Power". This has worked well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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