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Composer Pro Getting Started
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Getting Started
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Here are some suggestions:
1. If you haven't done so yet, take the 'Tech 1 Training' class provided by Control4. Go to
[e-mail] for information.
2. Sign up for the Control4 Online Training sessions.
3. Check out the Control4 Troubleshooting Guides, Best Practices and other materials at
http://www.control4.com/training/dealer/Samples.zip.
4. Check the Control4
Knowledgebase and Dealer Forums.
5. View the documentation on the
Control4 Dealer web site under Support > Product Information.
6. Check out the Training and Tutorials web pages on the Dealer web site at:
http://www.control4.com/dealer/dealer-support/training-tutorials/.
7. When you've figured out what needs to be done in your customer's home, you'll need to figure out
whether you want to use Composer's Interviewer or Composer Views to create your project in
Composer.
6.2.4.2 Home Automation Design Methods
6.2.4.2.1 Prerequisites to Creating a Design
Before you begin to create a design for a Control4
®
system, it's a good idea to create a plan so you
know all of the devices in each room, how many rooms there are, how many floors, buildings, the
home network structure, and so on.
6.2.4.2.2 Design Tools You Can Use
There are two (2) ways to create a Composer project:
x Using the Interviewer wizard
x Using the System Design view
Both of these tools are in Composer Pro.
6.2.4.2.3 Guidelines of System Design
Consider the following items before you start to design a project for a Control4 automated home.
x Use Existing or Custom Device Drivers. Every device in the system needs a
corresponding device driver so the Control4 system can control the device. When designing
the system, each time you add a physical device to a room, for example, a DVD player, the
corresponding device driver must be added to the project in the project tree. Device drivers
for Control4 products are installed with Composer. Device drivers for hundreds of third-party
devices are available through an Online-Database, and can be added easily to the project
when the driver is available. If a driver for the model of a device does not exist, you can use
the Driver Creation Wizard (available through a menu option) or DriverWorks (a free add-on
utility) to create a custom driver.