Have a new customer that has an existing speco camera and NVR system.... Is there integration available

Was wondering if anyone has heard if ShairBridge support for AirPlay 2 was coming and if not, will C4 ever support AirPlay 2?

Hello - was curious how often they update the Luma platform? Do new features come to the cameras, nvr, OVRC pretty regularly or does it not change much?

Hi,

Seeing if there's anyone out there with experience on any Pakedge router. I'm using an RK-1 but the web GUI is nearly identical across all models. I've been enjoying it so far, especially because it has more features than my previous router, though it seems to be lacking an important one for me.

I previously had an Araknis AN-110-RT-2L1W. My setup consists of multiple VLANs (1 for APs/switches, another for surveillance equipment, and 1 for all other wired/wireless clients). The AN-110 provided the ability to enable/disable access to the router's web GUI from certain VLANs. I believe the setting was called 'Device Management' located under Advanced > VLANs.

I cannot find this feature / I don't know if it exists on Pakedge routers. It seems that EVERY single VLAN on my network is capable of pulling up the router's GUI via the VLAN's gateway IP, and I do not like that. I want it so that the GUI is disabled on the client-facing VLAN.

I attempted putting a firewall policy to try and block the http/https ports on the gateway IP address for the specified VLAN, but it doesn't let you create policies within the same VLAN... only from 1 VLAN to another. I also attempted to use Parental Controls to block access to the gateway IP since it's technically a "website", but it doesn't let me save this because it requires the URL to be 'www. -(insert-website-here-) .com' format. It doesn't accept 192.168.etc.etc.

I haven't yet called Snap but that will be my next option during the week. I figured I would post this here to see if anyone else has experienced this. I can't find any documentation nor posts from other users on forums.

Is it possible to block access to the router's GUI from specific VLANs?

Thanks!

Edit: corrected ‘Administrative VLAN’ to ‘Device Management’ in the 2nd paragraph.

Is there a way to connect TV audio from Control4 to Hearing Aids?

I just bought a new home which was previously set up via Control4. I have zero experience with Control4.

It seems the previous owners took the hub from the master closet. From what I’ve been told, this controlled the audio, video, cameras, blinds, and lights.

From what I can tell, getting this set back up will cost between $10-15k, or more. I am not sure I want to spend that on a closed system which I cannot not modify or fix on my own. My brother in law has this system and is not pleased. He has pent over $40k in the last five years. Always something not working and constantly spending money to have his guy come work on it.

My question is, what are my options? If the whole house is set up for Control4, I’m assuming all the wiring for every component goes back to the closet? (Every speaker wire, camera line, etc…?)

Not understanding how the Control4 works or how it is wired, I don’t know what I can or can’t do. I am moving in on Monday and assume I can’t even have a basic set up in the short term like tv-receiver and utilize the built in speakers.

Any help, explanations, and/or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Houston area.

I have Control4 setup in my apartment building where the front door to the building is controllable/unlockable via Control4. The controls to unlock the front door to the building works on the hardwired tablet in each unit but does not appear to be working on the iOS app. To be clear, calls to/from the intercom work fine on the app, but it just does not show the option to open the front door once an intercom call is answered (which sort of defeats the purpose). All other functions via the app (lighting, AC, individual unit door locks, etc) work as desired. Calls to my Control4 rep have been unproductive thus far (he says it's been escalated to the company at large), so I'm wondering if anyone else is having a similar issue or if there are any known workarounds to get this functionality working. Thanks!

Any dealers in Mississauga region that are in need of an experienced worker? Dm me for my resume.

Hello, I’d like to become a smart home integrator and I’m looking to hear some feedback from people who have already started in this field. Any tips? Is it as lucrative as it seems? Is certification mandatory ?

I have a few old Control4 switches that are damaged and do not function reliably. They are in my elderly aunt's part of the house and she's over the whole thing. So I am replacing them with some very simple lutron on/off switches. The first one I pulled out I could not figure out how to release the wires and I didn't want to just yank them. Is there a release for these wires?

I'm looking for a dealer who can buy a driver for Elan

Does anyone have the red Yale Lock C4 Zigbee module I can buy? I need to buy two of them. Snap are out of stock for another 1 month. It has to be the C4 version not the regular version.

When I had our system first installed and for quite awhile afterwards, the Control4 system saw my NAS (Synology DS916+) and would play music. Now whenever I go to the "My Music (DNLA)" it says "No results found". When I asked our installer, he stated that the Control4 system, just looks for the NAS on the network and finds it.
I'm wondering if a software update or something changed on the NAS to make it not visible, but don't know what it would be.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Hello Everyone! This is my first time getting control4 installed in my new home. I have a core 5 controller not sure if it matters or not but I am needing to buy two smart locks one for the front door one for the back door and can’t decide on which version WiFi/zinger or Zwave to buy that would be compatible with Control4. Same with the home alarm system. I have seen a very nice pro series Honeywell screen on YouTube that had control4 as well. I will also have control4 dimmer & switches everywhere around the house.

Also, Everything I have bought so far, including shades fans and all I have made sure that they have really good compatibility with control4.

So if you guys can recommend a really nice modern smart lock and security system panel that would work well with control4 please.

Possibly a TL;DR... I currently have a HikViz NVR with 8 cameras that use the special Hik firmware/driver that allows camera integration into C4 app and touchscreens. Going to need to replace Mr Hik soon as its about shot. Assuming I want to start fresh (not tied to current manu or tech), what is the consensus on the "go-to" config? I'd like to not have to replace all my cameras (at least all at the same time). I don't know that I care or require direct integration into C4; the NVR solution could be stand-alone whereas I could not view cameras from inside C4 app/touchscreen. I would like that a camera event could alert C4 so that I could take some action, but that's probably more of a want than a need. I have Unify network so I could go their NVR route, but that requires all cameras to be replaced. Yuk. I also have a Synology NAS, but that too has very limited camera support and mine aren't on the compatibility list that I've seen. Cost is not the driving factor, but I dont want to buy 8 4K PTZ cameras at $1000 each at the outset for starters. Suggestions/experiences? Thanks.

It says my house is 85 degrees and its only 70? I took batteries out but nothing changed. Any suggestions?

Hello All: I have a Control4 system installed in my house in Las Vegas. Looking for recommendations for a good service provider that I can move my system's "dealer" to. I need some upgrades and am looking for someone that is exceptional and fairly priced. My current dealer wants me to be on a monthly subscription service to obtain quicker service and programming is $225/hour. I get everything is more expensive now, but it feels like I'm being ripped off. Would like to know if this is the norm, or cheap, or expensive. Thanks in advance.

we had control4 home automation for a year now - previously I used to be able to login to my account and change lights on/off settings with ease - all of a sudden when I login now it wants me to subscribe to 4sight to be able to do when>>then automation. did they remotely change something on my network?
The phone app doesn't let me change any schedules - I can only turn lights on/off or open door

I woudl like to ask a question on Core3 vs Core5 performance.

I am replacing a dead controller (HCP 800) in my home via my original installer and we have 35 Lightswtiches/ Dimmers and 2 rooms with Cable TV / audio. We never stream music anymore. Our needs are just the lights and watching 1 TV at a time. Our installer suggested going with a Core5 controller- they mention rest of the system (installed 9 years ago) would work fine.

Would a Core3 be adequate or do I need a Core5? Currently the price of the Core5 is essentially double of the Core3 so it is a significant cost difference ($1600 vs $3300 USD). For the amount of lighting controls that I have, would the Core3 be "slower" than my old HCP800 assuming rest of the components are similar?

I do understand that the Core5 would likely perform better in any case but just wondering if going with a Core3 to save cost would give me worse performance than my previous HCP 800?

Thanks all in advance!

Today a driver was released to allow you to natively use Apple Music within Control4. See more on the C4 forums https://www.c4forums.com/forums/topic/45738-apple-music-announced-on-instagram/

I just installed the ClareVision V200 doorbell at a clients house just to find out there is no v200 doorbell driver for control4…. Meaning I can’t utilize the push button doorbell function to play a chime on her speakers, I can only view the camera. Anyone know of a solution that can be wired inline (like a doorbell chime) and also be integrated as a button in Control4 to play the announcement? The electrician didn’t install a wire for the doorbell chime so this is my only hope. Thanks in advance for ANY suggestions!

Turns out my neighbor stored them in our garage due to a lack of space in theirs. Both boxes belong to him and his wife as independent contractors. Deleted the posts containing pictures of their products with skews and barcodes being used to track or find shipment details. Which in turn means so selling, I apologize for the run around but thank you for all the info and help. 👍🏽

Hey everyone,
I’m back with a snap dealer after about 6 years if being an exclusive Savant dealer.

Can anyone point me towards a C4 compatible Radon detector, other than Amazon or home alarm integration.

I know that the NVR does not offer RAID but is it possible to assign each camera to a different disk? This would limit the recording loss to only a single camera if a drive dies. Is there a better option?

What are the backup options? Can backups go to a separate NAS on a set schedule for backup?

How are the two Ethernet connections handled? Do they need any special setup on the switch side to not create a loop?

Do both of the HDMI ports output the same video? Could each go to a different TV so that I could avoid adding a HDMI matrix?

Hello everyone! I have Mockupancy setup and 2 buttons on my configurable keypad linked to toggle RECORD and PLAYBACK. That works fine... except when I forget and I'm not in the house. What's the best way to set it up so that I can set up either a scene or have the controls available in the Control4 iOS app so I can engage playback (and disengage recording) remotely. Thanks!

Hey guys my dealer told me that the LEDs on the Control 4 3 way switches don't work/light up, is that right?

Feels like it can't be right, but I just had an install done and all LEDs are working except for our 3 way switches lol please confirm, thank you!

Our C4 system controls the lights in the house and integrates with security, alarm, and so on. Earlier today I tried to turn on a light using one of the switches in the kitchen and nothing happened. Testing around the house, none of the switches on the ground floor do anything at all, while the switches in the bedrooms on the top floor are operating normally - but the switches on the landing on the top floor are also not working. So currently we have no functioning lights downstairs.

The Control 4 app, which is on the same wifi network, cannot connect to the system at all.

I tried turning the entire system off, waiting for five minutes, then turning it back on, but this hasn't resolved the issue.

This system was installed in 2020. I have tried to contact the company that installed it but their phone lines don't connect and their website is dead, so it looks as though they've gone out of business.

Is there anything that you can suggest? Looking at the rack upstairs we have a CA1 controller (the small white square box) - this is the controller that is labelled when I log into the C4 website and look at my system - plus there is another larger black controller in the rack which I couldn't immediately identify.

Hi! i just recently moved to a house, and some of the light switches in my basement are these Control4 dimmers. I forgot to ask the previous owner to leave the AV equipment, but here we are.

I have no intention to expand the c4 integration - i'm really just looking for the cheapest/most simple controller I can get to revive these dimmers to add to homebridge. If it doesnt work, i'm happy to sell them here. All the best and thanks in advance!