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That in itself breaks the contract. Hence the responses. If you didn't know that, now you know.

Be aware Control4 can and might terminate the dealership if they find out the dealer is sharing pro with a non-employee.

I would avoid this. New account for new customer due to privacy laws.

Agree with you, but on some of the items I'd say every five years and maybe every two years for software versions.

I believe you are correct for the current market. Homeowners are looking for Control4 and dealers are prioritizing certain jobs.

Dealers pick the customers. Control4 only wants Dealers to sell products regardless of who the customer is.

At least what I have seen and heard, the target demographic is not the 'average Joe' as much as many 'average Joes' would like.

From a DIY perspective, Pakedge and Control4 make zero sense. Both are CI systems, i.e. generally for those who want something built and not building it themself.

That makes sense. The only thing I'd argue is that you're comparing standalone systems vs a full integration. The value from Control4 does not come from a simple setup with a single use case (i.e. lighting control), the value comes from the full home use case. So lighting, audio, video, cameras, intercom, garage, gate, thermostat, and others when combined. That also means a standard install makes zero sense to be small. It is a better idea to use a different product to save on cost, but they don't integrate into the full ecosystem as well. As for Ubiquiti, sure they are cheap, but it comes with horrible support. If you know what you are doing and can be your own support, then they are great. If not, then another brand is better.

Kinda lost me on this one. How is it is not cheap and easy to integrate?

lol, if it takes someone that knows how to use a rhaspberry pi to do an opensource system, then it's still not as easy or up to the standard. That may be open to DIY, but that does not make it better. I'd be curious to hear what you consider a full home system because the capabilities of a Control4 system are extensive and have support from other manufacturers. But... If this pulls those hardcore DIYers away, oh well. Those that aren't DIY will still desire someone to install a professional system.

If you updated your system, then it likely no longer has it. When>>Then is used at customer.control4.com now.

Yes. It is a limitation of the Spotify implementation and the available ports per device allowed by Spotify's Connect architecture. Since the Spotify Connect instance is centralized to the primary controller, there can only be 11.

Yes, it is gone.

Control4 ended support for cloud services for anything under 2.7.2 as of October 12th. You will need to update to at least 2.7.2 to get it back.

What Control4 OS version are you using?

Not if you want the controller to work with it.

For 2). If you completely isolate it on a vlan, that defeats the purpose of integrating it since you would need it accessible by other devices and let other devices see it. If you don't already consider your internal network as insecure, then I would suggest doing so and put passwords on everything.

The last time I saw someone ask and post the answer (I forget where), the answer given was they wanted to keep it proprietary and not able to integrate with other automation systems. Same for the Leaf Matrix switches.

That's going to be a waste of time. I've already seen it asked.

Pretty sure nobody has that because Control4 did not provide it to anyone.

Yes, has to be purchased through your dealer.

If it is 3.1.1 to 3.1.3, you need Composer HE now.

Composer ME was discontinued. You will need Composer HE.

Just noticed this. Sonos announcements are the go to now if you have them.