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HOME (AUTOMATION) FOR THE HOLIDAYS Blog

I don’t know about you, but for me and my family the holidays do not bring with them “silent nights.” Not even one. They bring extra house guests, all-day deliveries, and arguments over thermostat settings. I love it, but it can get overwhelming and honestly, I wouldn’t say I’m one of those “host-with-the-most” types of people. But I do enjoy having a space where guests feel comfortable and welcome—even if I’m not there to greet them, or help them with the remote, because there is nothing worse than being at someone else’s house and not being able to turn the TV or some tunes on! So if Santa can have his little helpers during the holiday season, I can have mine, and it’s my home automation system.

Control4 Rolls Out New Line of Smart Home Solutions Starting at $600 MSRP Press release

Salt Lake City, UT – January 26, 2016 7 AM EST – Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, today announces and ships its EA Series, a new line of entertainment and automation controllers, which represents the next generation platform for smart home innovation, featuring high-resolution audio, high-performance automation, and Control4’s broad interoperability.    With three separate models, the Control4 EA Series is designed and priced to deliver exceptional automation power, reliability, and high-impact entertainment experiences for any single-room or whole–home project.

Welcome to the Auto Show Project

Often, it’s a hobby or passion that inspires a high-tech upgrade to a home. For a project recently completed by the custom electronics professionals at Total AVI in Ontario, Canada, a love of sports cars and Ninja sport bikes sparked a bachelor’s interest in an automation system. Specifically, he wanted to be able to easily control a motorized platform that would lower a vehicle parked in a designated bay in the garage to a storage area in the basement. For now, this storage compartment, which resides in an unfinished basement, offers a warmer climate in which to stow a choice auto.

Winning Over Mom with Simple Controls Project

A tech-wary mom inspires simple, intuitively designed controls for an automated penthouse. There’s a certain point when home technology can feel more like a burden than a blessing—when it creates confusion and complications instead of ease and enjoyment. It was this concern that almost sabotaged the renovation of a beautiful waterfront Tampa condo—that is, until the skeptical member of the family was able to experience first-hand the ability to effortlessly manage the lights, motorized shades, and elaborate audio and video setups through a professionally designed and installed Control4 home automation system.

Control4 Names Top International Dealers and Distributors for 2016 Press release

Salt Lake City, UT – February 18, 2016 – Control4, Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of smart home solutions, is proud to announce the winners of its 2016 EMEA Dealer-Distributor Awards. The annual awards are given to members of the Control4 EMEA community for superior client support, creative use of the products, record-breaking sales volume and excellence in installation.   “Through dealer innovations in using Control4 products, these awards grow each year, firmly planting Control4 Authorized Dealers and Distributors as leaders in their respective regions,” said Jim Arnold, Senior Vice President of Sales for Control4.

The Coolest New Products at CES - Part 1 Blog

I spent the entire day Wednesday walking the MASSIVE show floor of CES and let me tell you, I felt like a kid in a candy store the whole day. The sheer size of the CES show floor is overwhelmingly impressive. While I wasn't able see every single product shown at CES I was able to get a glimpse of the majority, and I'm here to share with you the products that I deemed to be the coolest and most impressive. Let's start with the AV stuff. The latest and greatest in TV technology was really the star of the show. There were newer, thinner Plasmas introduced by Panasonic and curved OLED TVs by LG and Samsung, but the coolest thing I saw at the entire show was the "first" OLED 4K television introduced.

Control4 Expands Presence in Australia to Directly Grow and Support Network of Authorized Dealers Press release

Salt Lake City, UT – February 18, 2016 4 PM AEDT – In a move to capitalize on the growth of the smart home category in Australia, Control4 Corporation (NASDAQ: CTRL), a leading global provider of home automation and control solutions, today announced a shift in its distribution model in Australia beginning April 1, 2016, by working directly with home automation integrators. To expand reach with home automation integrators, the company is adding in-country staff to handle all Sales, Technical Support and Training activities. This development leverages current Control4 operations and employees from its January 2015 acquisition of Nexus Technologies Pty.

Alexa Quick Start Guide Document

Connecting your Control4 Smart Home to Alexa 6 Your Control4 account is linked to your Amazon Alexa account. 7 Select Discover Devices . and Alexa scans your all the devices that can be controlled. 3 Select Smart Home from the menu. 4 Search for the Control4 Smart Home Skill and select Enable . 8 Discovered devices are displayed in Devices and you can now control them! Example: “ Alexa, turn on Master Light .” 5 Enter your Control4 account information to link your Control4 account to Alexa, then select Accept to continue. Control your smart home with just your voice Add Alexa voice control to your Control4 Smart Home to orchestrate lighting, comfort, and smart home scenes throughout your entire home.

Smart Home Automation Page

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The “American Dream” Project

Washington D.C. and its national monuments may have inspired the design of this 45,000-square-foot estate on the Potomac, but it’s a Control4 automation system that helps the homeowners fully appreciate the freedoms afforded by technology throughout every square inch of their carefully crafted, custom-configured residence. Throughout the 9-acre property are areas that pay tribute to our nation’s Capital, like in the foyer where floor-to-ceiling hand-painted murals depict the White House, Lincoln Memorial and other landmarks, and in the library, where the showpiece is a desk complete with the Presidential Seal.