A Smart Home as Seen Through the Eyes of a Control4 Dealer

At Eighteen Group, our goal is simple, yet the process to get there is complicated. The end game? Create fun, easy-to-use, and elegant smart homes for our clients in Portland, OR, and the surrounding areas. The process to get there? Integrate endless technology, including lighting, shades, audio, video, climate control, energy management, and security. Then, ensure every device seamlessly communicates with the home automation platform and each other. 

Through scheduling, geofencing, sensors, and scenes, we ensure our clients experience the ideal environment automatically or with one touch. The perfect lighting illuminates the home, the preferred playlist streams through in-ceiling speakers, the temperature and shades adjust, and the doors unlock. 

The smart home continues to adapt and change from morning to night, greeting them when they arrive home, securing the home when they leave, and putting it to sleep at day’s end. 

To accomplish this extreme integration, we partner with Control4. Here, we’ll explore how this system enables us to create this level of automation and what it’s like to work with a Control4 dealer. 

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Working Together

The pinnacle of smart home living is achieved when all your devices and systems work together and are connected to the Control4 operating system. That’s one of the features that makes Control4 unique: its compatibility with nearly every device. All of your home’s technology is consolidated into one interface, synchronized and working together.

You access the home automation platform through touchscreens, remote keypads, a mobile app, and your voice. This access is available from anywhere, at home or across the world. While you’ve undoubtedly heard of a smart home managing lighting, climate, and entertainment, it connects to devices of all types, including the following:

• Plumbing and faucets
• Gate access
• Pet doors
• Smart kitchen appliances
• Fireplaces
• Floor heating systems
• Smart washers and dryers
• Pools and spas

Our world-class experts will explore the endless possibilities, ensuring a customized smart home that provides an incredible experience.

Securing Your Home

Control4 is also compatible with the security brands that help keep you and your family safe, from Nest to Honeywell and Luma. It keeps you notified of what’s happening at home when you’re gone, sends alerts when a window opens or a door is left unlocked, and automatically turns on all the lights when an alarm is triggered. 

Connected Entertainment

When speakers, TVs, and entertainment devices connect to your Control4 operating system, your home becomes an oasis of incredible images and sound. Some of the many media devices it communicates with include Roku, Apple TV, Xbox, Samsung, Sony, Sonos, Dish, and DirectTV. Play music in one room or your entire home, watch a show in one room and head to another without missing a minute, and effortlessly manage all your entertainment from a beautiful touchscreen. Magic.

Creating the Smart Home of Your Dreams

It’s hard to imagine, but we’ve only scratched the surface of smart home possibilities. To learn more about working with our team to create the smart home of your dreams or to schedule a complimentary consultation, contact Eighteen Group today.