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ZigBee Best Practices Document

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ZigBee Alliance Certifies 17 New ZigBee Home Automation Products Press release

San Ramon, Calif. – Aug. 19, 2009 – The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the certification of 17 devices from 10 manufacturers using ZigBee Home Automation, plus enhancements to the public application profile. ZigBee Home Automation is a standard offering control for home appliances, lighting, environment, energy use, and security. It provides a path to direct interoperability with other ZigBee public application profiles, including the industry-leading ZigB

Control4 Surpasses Milestone of One Million ZigBee Products Press release

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – August 24, 2009 – Control4, the leader in affordable IP-based home control and entertainment systems, today announced the shipment of its one millionth ZigBee® product to Music Lovers, a Control4 dealer in Berkeley, California. “Shipping our one millionth ZigBee device is a significant achievement for Control4. Broad consumer adoption of ZigBee technology furthers our vision of simple and affordable home automation solutions for any home,” said Will West, Chief Executive Officer of Control4. “ZigBee technology allows us to provide and integrate with standard

System Remote Control SR-250 Setup Guide Document

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GEEKING OUT: Why ZigBee Home Automation? Blog

One of the most frequent questions I get from people about Control4 products centers on the selection of the ZigBee home automation standard for its wireless lighting products. Obviously, there are plenty of communication protocols to choose from, each with their own advantages and use cases:   Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11): Wi-Fi has been the de facto standard for home and public wireless local area networks (WLANs) for over a decade. Intended for both residential and commercial networks, Wi-Fi networks may be either open or secured (using such protocols as WEP, WPA and WPA2), and supports various bandwidths depending on which “flavor” of the 802.11 standard is being used.

ZigBee Extender 3 Data Sheet Document

Control4 ZigBee Extender 3—ZCA-ZXT30 ZCA-ZXT30ZCA-ZXT30-10PKControl4 System requirementsControl4 Composer Pro 2.0 or greaterPackage contentsOne ZigBee Extender 3One North American 5VDC power supplyOne Velcro™ strip for wall mountingPower source5VDC at 200mA minimum power supplyCommunicationsZigBee (IEEE 802.15.4) 2.4 GHz, 15-channel spread sprectrum radioEnvironmental5% to 95% non-condensing Storage temperature-20F to 158F (-28C to 70C)Operational temperature-20F to 158F (-28C to 70C)Miscellaneous2.80 1.75 0.57 in (77 45 14 mm)Weight1.6 ounces (45 g) with batteriesRegulatoryCE, F

ZigBee-to-IR Module Data Sheet Document

Control4 Z2iR ZigBee-to-IR Module Can’t run a wire or forget to run one? No problem. Now you can easily add every TV, set-top box, or other IR-controlled device to any Control4 installation—without control wire hassles and risks—with the Control4 Z2iR™. The Control4 Z2iR ZigBee-to-IR Module lets Control4 dealers add IR (infrared) control to any residential device with a Control4 driver—without ‘home running’ wires back to a controller. The Z2iR ZigBee-to-IR Module lets dealers add IR (infrared) control to any residential device with a Control4 driver—without ‘home running’ wires back to a controller.

Networking Wi-Fi Best Practices Document

Wi- Fi Best Practices Wi- Fi Best Practices Wi- Fi Best Practices 1 Goal 3 Background 3 Methodology 4 Why are we focusing on the 5GHz band first? 4 Wireless Considerations 5 Consider Site Survey Tools 5 Wireless Antennas 5 Wi- Fi Standards (n/ac/ax) 5 Building Materials 6 Create a Starting Point 7 Why wouldnt I set the power to MAX on my APs radios? Doesnt that give me more coverage and range? 7 Adjusting the Transmit Power 9 Perform a Site Survey 10 There are 2 parts to performing a proper Wireless Site Survey: 10 Units of measurement 10 Surveying the Signal Strength from AP to AP 10 Surveying the Signal Strength from AP to Client Device 11 Why These Values? 11 Optimize the Channels 12 General Guidelines for Channel Selection 12 5GHz Band 12 2.4GHz Band 12 Working Around Zigbee Channels 13 Channel Width 14 Understanding Real- World Throughput 15 So, What Is Realistic? 16 AP Features and Our Recommendations 19 802.11r Fast Roaming / Fast Transition 19 Band Steering 19 RSSI Threshold / Client Reject 19 MAC Address Filtering 19 Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) 19 2 Wi- Fi Best Practices Goal The goal of this document is to help you optimize your wireless network to avoid the most common Wi- Fi issues, such as devices falling off the network, roaming issues, and video calling issues.

Composer ME User Guide Document

��Composer ME 2.8.110.0 User GuideLegal notices Legal noticesControl4 DisclaimerControl4makes no representations or warranties with respect to this publication, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Control4 reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of this publication at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.Legal NoticeGNUGNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION (Section 3.b.)You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: Accompany it with a written offer, valid forat least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machinereadable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 on a medium customarily used for software interchange.The complete text for this license is available on the Control4 web site at: www.control4.com.

Composer HE Getting Started Document

an Hart ��Composer HE 2.9.0Getting Started GuideLegal notices Legal noticesControl4 isclaimerControl4makes no representations or warranties with respect to this publication, and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Control4 reserves the right to make changes to any and all parts of this publication at any time, without any obligation to notify any person or entity of such changes.Legal oticeGNUGNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION (Section 3.b.)You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following: Accompany it with a written offer, valid forat least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machinereadable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 on a medium customarily used for software interchange.The complete text for this license is available on the Control4 web site at: http://www.control4.com.