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Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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I recently bought a house where everything is controlled by a Control4 system. I hate this because I cannot customize anything on my own and have to pay someone else to do it. I also have Alexa devices all over the house, but I have to pay $100 per year to use them with Control4 🤬🤬🤬

I know I can change the light switches to compatible ones, but I don't know how to do that with the motorized blackouts and the propane fireplace. Can someone please help me? I don't want to be a hostage to Control4!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You can jailbreak your Control4 system very easily and program it yourself, there's a large supportive community for it too:

/r/C4diy

https://discord.com/invite/control4