I use Serial for my panel but also tried SmartCom, both worked using the binding method but when reading from the panel Composer read the list of Zones but it still didn't give any options for programming off them until they were bound to something. Mabe it would have been different with ComIP.
The only issue with using smart com was the Texecom push notifications didn't work though the app but this would be fine if you were using Control4 App instead