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c4 just like any other automation system is only as good as its designer, programmer, and installer. having said that, we have systems that are extremely stable and never hear from clients until we send them info on new items or updates. but then we do have some hiccup jobsites, which are very few. its electronics, things go bad. some cheap parts are great and last forever and some dont. be prepared to set up the system properly, if you live in an area that has lots of power outages, put your rack on a ups. if you have lots of quick brownouts put all your cable boxes on small ups. design is important. c4 has been solid,

in the time i had tested, i had noticed no delay, with tune in, iheart, and spotify connect. cant say about airplay as no apple user here.  im going back to the house monday and ill bring an iphone to test it out.

i have ecobee 4 tstats, with a few sensor,  and i have ceiling fans in those rooms, 
using the ecobee temp senors, when the room is >75  turn on ceiling fan, 

Roku TVs all for bedrooms or offices is what we do

yup its true, i was told the same thing about not being able to adjust the power, had to move the wap pretty far away from the clients house so it wouldnt bleed into the house. it is directional. but it still shoots a pretty strong signal behind it making adjusting roaming tough. i like using araknis waps, but we avoid using the outdoor wap

if you can run a cat wire from your controller to the the actual garage doors and install these magnets to track the the state of the door 
https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Ademco-958-Overhead-Contacts/dp/B0006M1I1W/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=honeywell+garage+door+magnet&qid=1586687809&sr=8-1
or you can buy the a Z2io and use the them on the contacts, but thats added costs
you could also buy the tilt sensors 
then you can buy the garage door remotes to solder onto or the piece listed above with wires already soldered
https://www.amazon.com/LiftMaster-893Max-1-Pack-Black/dp/B00IA2RXUU/ref=sr_1_6?crid=33YD0AOIHKCKW&dchild=1&keywords=liftmaster+remote+garage+door+opener&qid=1586687988&sprefix=liftmaster+%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-6
doing this you will never have to worry about a 3rd party driver
you will also be able to use an experience button to control and show status of your garage door
 
and yes you could go back to os 2 if you truly wanted to, its tedious but you can, however why would you? the enhancements os3 offers are very nice. sounds like your dealer is lazy, or not very knowledgeable. its your system, and it needs to be tailored and customized to your usage and enjoyment.

if you can run a cat wire from your controller to the the actual garage doors and install these magnets to track the the state of the door 
https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Ademco-958-Overhead-Contacts/dp/B0006M1I1W/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=honeywell+garage+door+magnet&qid=1586687809&sr=8-1
or you can buy the a Z2io and use the them on the contacts, but thats added costs
you could also buy the tilt sensors 
then you can buy the garage door remotes to solder onto or the piece listed above with wires already soldered
https://www.amazon.com/LiftMaster-893Max-1-Pack-Black/dp/B00IA2RXUU/ref=sr_1_6?crid=33YD0AOIHKCKW&dchild=1&keywords=liftmaster+remote+garage+door+opener&qid=1586687988&sprefix=liftmaster+%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-6
doing this you will never have to worry about a 3rd party driver
you will also be able to use an experience button to control and show status of your garage door
 
and yes you could go back to os 2 if you truly wanted to, its tedious but you can, however why would you? the enhancements os3 offers are very nice. sounds like your dealer is lazy, or not very knowledgeable. its your system, and it needs to be tailored and customized to your usage and enjoyment.

How much do these run $ ?

i havent played with ruckus, but i hear good things from those that know how to configure them, i played with ubuiquity and while they have a wap for just about everytype of install they do work well  if they are properly configured, i also notice you need more ubuiquity waps to fill the dead spots and have complkete coverage, but again, you have to have a company that knows ubuiquity in and out because there tech support is online only. i do araknis all the time, and while i find araknis waps have a large coverage area with 700 and 500 series the roaming is not good since they removed the RSSI settings. the 810 and 510 are faster than the 500,700 series, but do not reach as far so normally a house with 2 700 will now need 3 of the 510 or 810, but speeds are blazing fast, agaim roaming is bad . i have used the luxul 1510 with controller, the speeds are good, more in range of the ubuiquity, but araknis will be faster. the roaming will be much better than ubuiquity or araknis. im torn i have all 700 in my home, all set up with a metageek analyzer and set up properly, my speeds are amazing, however the roaming is not great. i had in my home luxul and while the roaming was nearly perfect i was not happy with the luxul1510 speeds. im torn, but i did go back to araknis. in our clients house if we do control4 we install araknis, if we do urc total control we do luxul.  thing is that i find is you can either chose speed, or reliable roaming. i havent tried ruckus yet, but thats on my to do list

ive installed the 4k ip driver on quite a few systems, only had 2 occasions where it stopped working, a controller reboot fixed it both times. otherwise its worked very well. 

I would agree with cyknight, the backbox has to be cut in where it slides in and out snug, not loose, and not tight, then dont overtighten the backbox wings or will suck into the wall a little bit which will cause it not to lock in properly. when putting in the power box don't overtighten those screws either or it will bend ,once it locks in properly its not coming out easily

sounds like your on your way, good luck,

ya I bet whoever had the packedge setup, did priorities , maybe even port mapping, your best bet is to factory, start fresh  do as others have stated, router connected to modem, core switch should be the only device connected to your router Lan and than all other switches connected to your core switch, good luck

I'm going to be honest with you, if you are not willing to pay a dealer to fix this now and to also occasionally pay them to update/fix your system in the future, then stop now and sell that stuff on ebay. I like control4 a lot but you need to be aware of what you are getting into.

300 is rock solid and what I have used for sites and my own home for years, really my goto router  but discontinued now 
I would not recommend the 110 as the 110 series is really made for people with minimal devices on their network and not for home automation setups
the 310 series I have at home, while I am a big fan of araknis, I wont sell the 310 until all their bugs are worked out, currently I have one at home and been running it since its release but I have had several issues. I normally set my routers to reboot every sunday at 2 am, but this one I have to set to reboot every 3 days otherwise it locks up on me. internet just cuts out. I have been on with support several times, they have tried several different settings, but still it would lock up like clockwork every 2 to 3 days. I have 2 internet services, I have fios and I have optonline, didn't matter which service, what settings, etc.   
 

300 is rock solid and what I have used for sites and my own home for years, really my goto router  but discontinued now 
I would not recommend the 110 as the 110 series is really made for people with minimal devices on their network and not for home automation setups
the 310 series I have at home, while I am a big fan of araknis, I wont sell the 310 until all their bugs are worked out, currently I have one at home and been running it since its release but I have had several issues. I normally set my routers to reboot every sunday at 2 am, but this one I have to set to reboot every 3 days otherwise it locks up on me. internet just cuts out. I have been on with support several times, they have tried several different settings, but still it would lock up like clockwork every 2 to 3 days. I have 2 internet services, I have fios and I have optonline, didn't matter which service, what settings, etc.   
 

use a cloud key and then all the tech can make needed adjustments 

use a cloud key and then all the tech can make needed adjustments 

use a cloud key and then all the tech can make needed adjustments