Control4 experience ?

[brantmacga]

Anyone have experience with Control4 devices?

I have a residential project going that will be using Control4 dimmers and scene controllers throughout most of the house.

A local dealer is handling the programming, and I've been left to design the thing without much help at all from the dealer.

I basically set it up as mostly single-pole switch controls to minimize the device count, and there will be configurable keypads in certain locations like kitchen, living room, patio, garage entry to control everything.

I met with the dealer last Wednesday and was just given cut sheets on everything. I sent him my design and heard nothing back, so I'm a bit nervous about this working out like it should. We started rough-in this week and the lighting is pretty much done. This was all dropped on me at the last minute, and they didn't want to hold up on the rough-in to keep on schedule.

Any tips from anyone? I know this is late to be asking but I've got no response from the dealer on this and the homeowner doesn't have much input other than it needs to work. I'm mostly concerned about doing single pole switches everywhere and having three ways only where there is no scene controller across the room. If anyone here is experienced in this, I'd send you my drawings to take a quick look and see what you think. I appreciate it.

I don't know that these will zoom very well but here's a look at what I've done .....

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[__dan]

My first thought is it's possible the dealer could be light on, in depth specific technical expertise. They may rep the product but it's one of many, they sell it and handle logistics, delivery time and method.

The manufacturer, factory engineering or tech support, would be the place to call. Chances are it's a very competitive market for them and they cannot afford to lose sales. They may factory engineer the design for you, for free possibly, as they know the product best and just want to get it out there. They would also want to service the professional selling installers. You are the connection between the OEM and the customer.

A big company like Lutron, they may dictate terms to the market. But the smaller players, maybe they like to hustle to get things done.

 

[brantmacga]

My first call was to Control4, and their response was "talk to your dealer" I'm going to keep digging and try and get him on the job site this week.


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