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The testflight link above has been deactivated at this point. Thank you to those of you that downloaded and tested the latest version of the Control4 app. Feel free to move back to the app store version to continue receiving updates, the Apple Vision Pro support will roll out with build 324.15 next week.

I can say that I assigned all of mine to separate rooms in HomeKit.  I thought it was just me being OCD (especially as it was a pain determining which is which) but maybe doing that helped me 🤷‍♂️ 

Hello!
I've just released v20 of this driver, it adds support for OS 3.4.2 and also adds a property to increase/decrease the volume of Google Speech announcements
There's also a sale on the driver price for the next couple of weeks

So far, so good.  Thanks!
 

As the other poster noted, it's Google AI.  Home Assistant sends the notification, but it's agnostic as to tech.  Anything that can feed it a picture and a prompt can use it, and the info is just a JSON response.  Would be straightforward to use it in a C4 app notification.

Certainly not for everyone.  I get that.  But if you take the population that is spending six figures on home automation / home theater / computer control of their nightlights, you’re going to find a lot more Vision Pro users in there than in the general population.  Not here to evalgelize— but, as an aside, you might want to get a demo— you might be surprised.  A couple of guys from my C4 dealer team were here a few weeks ago and I gave them demos.  One was “meh” but the other guy was like profoundly impressed.  Anyway, the point of the post is to gently prod/beg C4 to please undo their opt-out so we can use the existing app.  All the while knowing that this is a niche thing.

that's fair but then again I am a luddite so i don't see myself wearing a mask all day for work.  My 32'' computer screen can show me 2-3 windows/applications at a time.  by the time I need to wear a  mask all day for work I'll assume automation is at the point that I won't have to interact with it at all.  Call that "Eggzlot's Law"

Any update?  I’m happy to test current iPad app via Test Flight.  Control4 is one of the only things I can’t easily use with Vision Pro, and actual reality is just so tiresome….

Yeah.  I am am one of those idiots who bought one Day One.  Love it so far.
While I do not expect Control4 to do a Vision Pro native app right away (if ever), it would be awesome if they would simpl make the iPad app available for download and use in compatibility mode.  From my understanding, developers need to “Opt-Out” affirmatively for their apps to *NOT* show up in App Store for Vision Pro, so looks like they either opted-out or perhaps they flagged app as being targeted for an older version of iOS (and not current versions).
Anyway, I hope someone at Control4 will get around to ticking the right boxes— no actual work required.  Hopefully they are just waiting to test the stability in compatibility mode before ticking the boxes (I’m happy to test it for them). 
As an aside, you can place persistent, spatially-anchored buttons around your house and make them kick-off Apple “Shortcut” scripts by just looking/pinching  which can, among other things, control C4 devices (assuming you have otherwise linked Homekit and C4).  This circuitous approach is very kludgy/janky/beta for now, but still fun.

Yes, obstruction sensor (and motion sensor) integration is a great feature. I especially like how they enable automation of the main ceiling lights. 

We all need to Rage Against The Garage Door Opener (company):  RATGDO.  They are awesome.  As @Matt Lowe said, flashing the firmware can be a bit tricky based on what computer / OS you have, but not too bad and a 60 second process once you find machine with right serial driver (my Mac worked).  I installed eight of them and so far, so good.  Chowmain driver even exposes your garage door’s motion sensor, light and IR beam sensors in C4 as a neat bonus.  Highly highly recommend.  They are about $45/each (you need one per door opener), plus the driver.   Install on opener is pretty fast: insert three wires into your motor unit’s wiring spring-clamps.  Works over local WiFi— no cloud component at all.  Do it!

We all need to Rage Against The Garage Door Opener (company):  RATGDO.  They are awesome.  As @Matt Lowe said, flashing the firmware can be a bit tricky based on what computer / OS you have, but not too bad and a 60 second process once you find machine with right serial driver (my Mac worked).  I installed eight of them and so far, so good.  Chowmain driver even exposes your garage door’s motion sensor, light and IR beam sensors in C4 as a neat bonus.  Highly highly recommend.  They are about $45/each (you need one per door opener), plus the driver.   Install on opener is pretty fast: insert three wires into your motor unit’s wiring spring-clamps.  Works over local WiFi— no cloud component at all.  Do it!

We all need to Rage Against The Garage Door Opener (company):  RATGDO.  They are awesome.  As @Matt Lowe said, flashing the firmware can be a bit tricky based on what computer / OS you have, but not too bad and a 60 second process once you find machine with right serial driver (my Mac worked).  I installed eight of them and so far, so good.  Chowmain driver even exposes your garage door’s motion sensor, light and IR beam sensors in C4 as a neat bonus.  Highly highly recommend.  They are about $45/each (you need one per door opener), plus the driver.   Install on opener is pretty fast: insert three wires into your motor unit’s wiring spring-clamps.  Works over local WiFi— no cloud component at all.  Do it!

This actually isn't that hard to implement.  In fact i've just done it.
I'll run it in beta for a few days and if it works well will release.  Delays any movement by x seconds.  Flashes the built in garage door light and automates firing of an announcement before any movement (pulls in the annoucements and allows you to select the announcement).  Also has an event if someone wants to do something custom like hook up a buzzer or something via a relay.

I just installed three of these (and ordered five more) and use with the Chowmain driver.   Just follow the directions to flash the firmware (easy) and wire it up (easy) and it works like a charm.  I was pleasantly surprised that the driver suite auto-installed supporting drivers to expose the garage opener light, motion sensor and IR-beam stuff and makes them available in C4.  Nice bonus (although I haven’t tried those extras— I assume support varies by model of opener).   Basic garage door control “just works.”   I already pointed my old (broken) MyQ based programming to the new drivers and restored ability to control doors from DS2, navigators, etc.

Good stuff!

I just installed three of these (and ordered five more) and use with the Chowmain driver.   Just follow the directions to flash the firmware (easy) and wire it up (easy) and it works like a charm.  I was pleasantly surprised that the driver suite auto-installed supporting drivers to expose the garage opener light, motion sensor and IR-beam stuff and makes them available in C4.  Nice bonus (although I haven’t tried those extras— I assume support varies by model of opener).   Basic garage door control “just works.”   I already pointed my old (broken) MyQ based programming to the new drivers and restored ability to control doors from DS2, navigators, etc.

Good stuff!

IR beam requires IR beam installed, motion sensor requires keypad with motion sensor installed.  It can be added if you don't have it but not requried for operation.
It is fast becoming one of our top selling drivers.
Easy to setup, no cloud required and no internet required.  Means it is a solid installation that won't be effected by ISP or MyQ service disruptions.  Just works and will work forever.

Awesome.  I'm going to try this.

I saw in a YouTube video (targeted at Home Assistant users) that the Ratgdo seems to track percentage open and you can open to any percentage of open.  Does your driver support this?  My use case is that I have a "whole house" exhaust fan in one of my garages and I would like to programatically crack the garage door open a bit and run exhaust fans during summer in certain situations. 

Have done some major updates over the past few weeks for the ratgdo Control4 driver.
New features include
Ability to programatically move to a specific garage door position Discrete Open and Close commands for supported models (not all garage door models support open and close commands.  Some only do toggle). No Programming Automatic Push and Email Notifications (set through driver properties) for Garage Door Open Garage Door Close Garage Door Still Open (variable time defined in driver properties) Event on 'Garage Door Still Open'.  Can be used to fire off an audio announcement or other programming (use the properties for email and push notifications as this is quicker for notifications). The driver is pretty much feature complete now.  However if any of you have any suggestions please let me know.

I managed to figure out how to do the percentage open functionality.  Have implemented it as a one way command in the driver's commands.  This is so that i don't break the existing native Control4 garage door opener user experience that we have tied into.
Have also implemented discrete open and close functionality as well for supported models.
Please test this out in ESPHome first to ensure you have discrete open and close before implementing in Control4.

One of my regrets is going with Lutron panelized/centralized lighting.  It "works" awesome, but I have found that the only way to get refined simultaneous ramps up/down in scenes with lots of loads is to do the programming on the Lutron side which is a huge pain since, as end user, I can't fiddle with the Lutron programming-- and the need to bulk upload the whole project to make even small changes in annoying and inefficient.  I should have stuck with C4.  

+1 It's worth checking out the DTI driver. easily works in a docker container too.

Enjoying all the posts. My goal right now is just to become better informed in a really general sense so that I can ask the right questions and be able to understand why someone might have been unhappy and whether their experience tells me anything useful about what I might expect for my experience.
Things I have learned so far:
1. Push the envelope of what your dealer has experience with and you can expect thing to go less smoothly. This primarily means using devices they have integrated before.
2. Think through as many use cases as possible early as to get the initial install properly defined and then be ready to go through some updating once you start living with your system.
3. That people might be unhappy with their Control4 installation doesn't automatically mean there is a problem with Control4 itself.
4. Alternatives to Control4 with the same level of functionality at a comparable price point are very limited.
 
 

I never knew.  Awesome.  Thanks!

One of my regrets is going with Lutron panelized/centralized lighting.  It "works" awesome, but I have found that the only way to get refined simultaneous ramps up/down in scenes with lots of loads is to do the programming on the Lutron side which is a huge pain since, as end user, I can't fiddle with the Lutron programming-- and the need to bulk upload the whole project to make even small changes in annoying and inefficient.  I should have stuck with C4.