User guide

Composer Pro User Guide
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User Guide Part 1
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WiFi: Uses bi-directional wireless technology to transfer data. WiFi (wireless fidelity) devices
“connect” to each other by transmitting and receiving signals on a specific frequency of the radio band
using a wireless access point. This technology uses the star network topology. WiFi uses high
bandwidth 802.11.
wired network: Uses Ethernet Category 5 (CAT5) wiring to send and receive data between devices
connected to a network.
wireless access point: A router extension with an antenna that communicates with WiFi devices and
clients in the home. A wireless hub that connects to the wired network, and distributes the wireless
signal.
Wireless Switch: Uses the ZigBee. UL listed dimmer. Single or multi-gang. Has an air gap to cut
power.
WLAN: Wireless local area network.
WMA: (Windows Media Audio) – Audio data compression technology developed at Microsoft; an
audio file format that competes with MP3.
Z
ZigBee: A wireless network that uses bi-directional wireless mesh network technology to transfer
messages from one device to another. Unlike a star network topology where devices can only send
messages to each other by sending them first to a single central device (which then delivers the
message to the recipient device), a mesh network topology allows the devices to forward messages
from one device to another, thereby extending the effective range of the network. Uses low bandwidth
802.15.4. 250 devices are allowed per controller but Control4 recommends 125.
ZigBee Pro: The 1.1 version of ZigBee that provides improvements in standardization by: allowing
more interoperability with other Control4 devices, support for home automation profiles, and improves
the scalability of multiple ZigBee access points.
Zserver: A ZigBee server that contains software which runs on a Control4 HC-class Controller.