User guide

Composer Pro User Guide
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3. Glossary
4
4Sight: An Internet service that provides a connection to the Home-Automation System any time and
from any place worldwide.
A
AAC: Advanced Audio Coding. A successor to the MP3 format. A standard, lossy compression and
encoding scheme for digital audio. Touts better sound quality.
action: An activity that occurs when an event prompts it to do so.
agent: In Control4 programming, agents provide the ability to perform complex programming by using
functional modules. There are various types of agents; for example, Announcements, Email
Notifications, Scheduler, Lighting Scenes, Wakeup, etc.
AV: Audio Video
B
Boolean: The computer logic used to determine if a statement is ‘True’ or ‘False.’
button-link binding: The LED colors used based on the device; the Installer can set these colors
independently from the device to which the colors are bound.
C
CD: (Compact Disc) - An optical disc that stores digital data. This format is compatible with Control4
products.
client: A software or hardware device that communicates to a server for feedback from the server via
an application for the user.
Command: A ‘do’ statement; actions the Director communicates to a device.
Composer: The Control4 software used to design and define a Control4 Home-Automation System.
Composer Pro: Composer is used to set up and configure Control4 devices to communicate with
each other in a Home-Automation System.
conditional: An ‘if’ statement that asks a true/false questions which are acted upon in Composer
programming.
configuration worksheet: Used in Composer software training to design and configure a project in
Composer.
connection: Binding or linking devices together in Composer so they can communicate with each
other.
contact: Contacts are generally used to monitor the status of something (door, window, water sensor,
etc.) and can be hooked up through a security panel or directly using a Control4 Controller or
Contact/Relay Extender. Contacts connected to a Control4 Controller or Contact/Relay Extender can
be configured either as NC (normally closed) or NO (normally open).
Control4 system: A Home-Automation System designed and developed by Control4.
Controller: The main device that makes Home Automation possible. There may be multiple
Controllers within a Control4 system. The Controller that runs Director is referred to as the Primary
Controller.
Cover Art: An illustration of the cover of a DVD or CD album that displays in the Graphical or On-
Screen Navigators when playing music or watching videos.
CSV: comma-separated value. Can be used when adding media to a Control4 system.