User guide

Composer Pro User Guide
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User Guide Part 1
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• Audio
• Fixed a problem where using the Apply To button to set parametric equalizer settings on
the Amplifier settings were not getting set correctly.
• Channels
• In Control4 Software Release 1.7.0 and previous versions, Dealers used multiple ZigBee
Servers running on different channels to enable more responsive and higher node count
(or distributed) EmberNet networks. With ZigBee Pro, only one channel is used for the
entire system. The channel is selected automatically based on an RF energy scan at the
time that the ZigBee Pro network is established; but it can be changed manually. Multi-
ZAP configurations automatically and seamlessly provide the benefits that used to be
realized by multiple Zserver and channels.
Prior versions of Control4 systems used Channels 1-14. With ZigBee Pro, the channel
numbering now uses Channels 11-26 in order to comply with the channel numbering
specified in the ZigBee Pro standard. The actual channel frequencies are the same
throughout. The new channels are the same as the old channel number + 11. Example:
The default channel was 14 on which all EmberNet devices were shipped.
In ZigBee Pro, it is now channel 25 (14+11=25). The ZigBee channel number can be
changed any time as long as the Control4 system is not being updated. All ZigBee Pro
devices on the mesh network automatically move to the new channel.
• Controllers
• Fixed a problem where the Announcement agent was not showing the Home Controller
HC-200 as a video end point.
• Diagnostics
• Corrected the ‘Test Internet Connection’ feature in System Diagnostics so that it doesn’t
return invalid failure notices.
• Drivers
• Added a driver for Black & Decker locks.
• Keypads
• When programming a conditional on a Keypad, we now include the Keypad name in the
programming script.
• Lighting
• Implemented multicast Lighting Scenes in conjunction with the ZigBee Pro firmware. Each
device stores information about its defined behavior in up to 32 different Lighting Scenes.
When you execute a scene, a multicast is sent to all devices on the mesh. Devices
immediately respond based on their defined behavior, eliminating “popcorn” lighting.
• Added an option to the Properties page of the 2-button, 3-button, and 6-button Keypads
to ‘Follow Bound Color.’ This is the default configuration, and has been the only option in
previous releases. In this configuration, the Keypad LED colors are set based on the
device to which they are bound using button-link connections. New with Release 1.8.0,
Installers can uncheck this option. This lets the Installer specify the on/off colors for the
Keypad LEDs independently of the device to which they are linked.
• Added double- and triple-tap events to the Control4 Dimmers, Switches, and Keypads.
When you tap a button consecutively two (2) or three (3) times for about one-half of a
second, these events fire. Now you can use these events for programming without