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I went conventional also for the same reason. C4 switches and dimmers and works great. Can revert back if desired or sell the house.

Yes and yes

What are you trying to do with the watt box? Remote turn on and off? If so I think you need to add a relay to the project.

Hopefully we see an announcement in September!

Any chatter around new C4 remotes coming? I seem to recall they purchased a company that specialized in higher end remotes? Just checking if a new higher remote is likely to come in next 3-6 months. thx

I thought it does do hand offs between WAPs?

Lol. True on amazon. Even on doorbird though access is not an issue while at home in the home network. The latency issue for me is only really when remote.

Dealer only business model has only so much life left imho.

DS2 has to access cloud just like other brands when away from home.

Depends on their cloud latency and app speed etc.

Curious on DS2 latency with IOS app. I'm estimating someone is going to stand at door no more than 15 sec on average after ringing bell. So when someone rings doorbell, signal transmit from doorstation to cloud to app, screen on IOS device likely locked to get to app, then answer to get person before they leave. Is this working fairly well with DS2?

i have a flushmount Doorbird and it looks very good, integrates fine with C4 and my C4 touchscreen. I also have the Doorbird camera recording to my Synology NAS which is a nice feature. The only thing for me is the delay to actually answer real time and talk to someone at the front door from phone app doesn't work. By the time you are ready to talk, they have left. Not sure of any of the other options are any better but thats my only comment with the Doorbird.

Pakedge looks like nice stuff. Can a homeowner 100% manage (eg not a reduced functionality) a complete Pakedge system with cloud based access via IOS/Android app without any involvement from a dealer? Just curious.

Ditto, I have both the USG and USG Pro 4 in two different systems and great. I would recommend the ease of the Unifi line vs Edge Router line. C4 wants to sell their own equipment but I havent had a single issue with Ubiquiti with C4.

DSC NEO system has been solid for me with C4... I installed myself and wasnt too bad.