Search

Yale's First Locks Designed to Integrate Seamlessly Into the Digital Home Now Available Press release

LENOIR CITY, TN, August 25, 2011 - Yale Locks & Hardware (www.yalelocks.com), an ASSA ABLOY Group company and a world leader in door hardware for residential and commercial applications, announces the availability of the company's first lock specifically designed to integrate seamlessly into the digital home. These new deadbolt locks are the first products in the Yale Real Living™ portfolio of home control and home security solutions. Available with either a sleek touchscreen or pushbutton keypad, Yale's new platform of intelligent locks are designed to operate with a Control4® system,

Control4 Adds Card Access Products to Global Product Line Press release

Salt Lake City, UT – August 30, 2011 – Utah-based Card Access, Inc. announced today that its wireless home automation solutions for Control4® systems will now be available directly through the Control4 sales channel. With an extensive line of wireless home automation products, Card Access enables custom integrators to add more convenience and comfort to smart homes with extremely personalized solutions, from motion and pressure sensors to water leak detection and smart garage packages. Starting today, Control4 dealers will have the ability to purchase Card Access solutions for their C

T4 Series Touchscreen Data Sheet Document

Control4® T4 Series Touchscreens Give your customers the ultimate smart home experience with the Control4 T4 Touchscreen. As a direct replacement for the T3 Touchscreen, T4 delivers a high-resolution screen, dual microphones, and more powerful speakers than the T3. With its elevated features, T4 is the perfect companion for the new Control4 Chime Video Doorbell, OS 3, and Intercom Anywhere. • 8 " and 10 " models • Available in black and white nishes • Screen resolution: 1920 × 1200 • Dual microphones and larger speakers • An elevated experience for Chime, OS 3, and Intercom Anywhere 8" T4 In-Wall Touchscreen (C4-T4IW8-xx) 10" T4 In-Wall Touchscreen (C4-T4IW10-xx) 8" T4 Tabletop Touchscreen (C4-T4T8-xx) 10" T4 Tabletop Touchscreen (C4-T4T10-xx) In-Wall • Connectivity: Ethernet or Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz) • Tool-less installation and removal • High-strength magnets and tamper-resistant screw • Compatible with T3 wall box Tabletop • Connectivity: Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz) • High-strength magnets dock touchscreen to base Improved features T4 is the most powerful touchscreen we’ve ever built, with 2× the resolution of the T3, dual microphones, more powerful speakers, and a faster processor.

What is C4Yourself? Blog

While shopping for gadgets and electronics is fun, it can also be stressful. After all, shopping for tech isn't just about what’s exciting and new—it’s also about finding a solution that will be useful and convenient, a solution that can adapt and expand as your needs change, and most importantly, it’s about finding a solution that is secure and reliable. This is why the opportunity to get hands-on with a product is so incredibly valuable. Understanding how products work and how they will fit into your home and into your life before you purchase makes an enormous difference when it comes to your long-term satisfaction—and that’s exactly why Control4 began C4Yourself! So, what is C4Yourself? It’s a series of online or in-person events that let you get hands-on with incredible smart home technology, including smart security systems, smart lighting, multiroom audio and video, and more.

Essential Lighting Product

Control4’s Essential Lighting products offer an expanded way to add intelligence to the lighting in your home. These budget-friendly options are perfect for areas of the home that aren’t utilized as often as primary rooms, such as bathrooms, laundry rooms, garages, and closets, providing flexibility for a consistent lighting solution across the entire house, and ideal for introducing new homeowners to the smart lighting experience. Dimmer Features Upgrade virtually any light switch to smart lighting Compatible with dimmable LEDs and CFLs, incandescent, and halogen bulbs* Elegant, sophisticated design makes a beautiful addition to any home or business Programmable LED to provide status feedback Color kits available in Black, Light Almond, and Snow White Switch Features Compatible with a variety of load types including Incandescent, Halogen, Electronic Low Voltage (solid state) Transformers, Magnetic (iron core) Low Voltage Transformers, Fluorescents, Compact Fluorescents, LEDs and Motors Auto line/load sensing to detect line and load wiring Elegant, sophisticated design makes a beautiful addition to any home or business Color kits available in Black, Light Almond, and Snow White Keypad Features Its elegant, sophisticated design makes a beautiful addition to any home or business Provides full control of the load attached to an Essential Dimmer or Switch Communicates directly with Essential Dimmer or Switch over the existing 3-way wiring (traveler) Can control a load even without an automation system in place Color kits available in Black, Light Almond, and Snow White CONTROL4® ESSENTIAL DIMMER C4-V-FPD120 Spec Sheet The Control4 Essential Dimmer provides on/off and dimming control for a variety of dimmable load types, including dimmable LEDs and CFLs.

WHAT IS A SMART HOME PROFESSIONAL? Blog

Home automation specialist, technology integrator, home technology professional, custom electronics dealers—these are just a few other names for what we like to call a smart home professional. From security systems and smart home automation to custom home theaters and intelligent lighting, smart home professionals are trained and experienced when it comes to designing electronic ecosystems that turn houses into dream homes.   What makes them experts?   Smart home professionals are armed with tools, resources, and experience to create truly intelligent homes. They work with manufacturers to receive special training on how to best deploy devices and design orchestrated systems that seamlessly connect individual gadgets and appliances into one, easy-to-use smart home system.

BlackWire Designs Introduces New Control Apps for Control4 Residential and Light Commercial Systems Press release

Indianapolis, IN – CEDIA Expo 2011 – September 8-10, 2011 – Booth #2302 – BlackWire Designs, a Control4® Solution Provider, is pleased to announce the availability of a suite of new applications designed to give Control4 dealers more powerful tools to target high-end residential and light commercial opportunities. Available now in the Control4® 4Store, these new apps – Video Conferencing, Quick Control and Video Wall – offer superior control and increase the potential of a Control4® system, perfect for every setting from the small office to the restaurant or bar to the home or t

WHAT’S NEW WITH CONTROL4 Blog

CEDIA EXPO 2018 Whether you're a Control4 homeowner, a smart-home hopeful, or someone who designs or builds modern homes, you should know that Control4 is committed to creating a user-friendly smart-home platform that can be easily personalized by homeowners and that we strive to develop products for smart-home projects of every size. We work closely with home technology professionals to ensure that, together, we can design and install incredible smart-home experiences that enhance security, comfort, convenience, and entertainment.   Here are some of the latest and greatest product announcements from Control4:     EASE INTO A SMART HOME ONE ROOM AT A TIME EA-1 ENTERTAINMENT AND AUTOMATION CONTROLLER   The EA-1 controller and SR-260 remote bundle was specifically designed to deliver a fantastic living room experience—a single remote that controls the TV and the smart devices around it.

Joe Whitaker on the Intersection of Technology and Design Blog

Joe Whitaker is an innovative member of the CEDIA and smart tech communities, working with top interior designers and architects to help bring technology and design together. Whitaker's integration company, Thoughtful Integrations, located in both the St. Louis and Dallas areas, provides smart home solutions that encompass the client’s needs, budget, and time in a way that sets him apart in the industry. Last year, he led the second day of the 2018 Design Connection Tour at CEDIA and wowed designers with ideas on how to take their projects to the next level with home automation. This year, he’s back as an expert for our Women in Consumer Technology CEDIA panel discussion on the intersection of the design-build and technology communities.

MOTORIZED SHADING PROVIDES UV PROTECTION FOR YOUR HOME FURNISHINGS Blog

Like SPF for your house, motorized and automated shading blocks the sun from overheating and damaging your home’s interior. The intense heat—like the summer temperatures in Phoenix, Dallas, or Miami—can affect more than just your outdoor activities. Without some type of shading installed on your home’s windows, all of that bright sun can have an unfavorable impact on the indoor environment. As the sunlight streams through the windows of your home, it can drive up the temperature, making your AC work harder than it should. Then there’s the damage that can occur from the incoming UV rays.