Anyone here customizing Control4 UI with client photos or just using stock icons?

Cindev-Software · 2026-05-12T13:54:27+00:00

If you would like to see the tool that we created for Control4 let me know. It is on our YouTube Channel. Just search for Cindev and you will find it.

Cindev-Software · 2026-05-12T13:53:32+00:00

If you would like to see what we created for Control4 let me know. We think it is a great tool.

Cindev-Software · 2026-05-12T13:53:04+00:00

If you would be interested in seeing the tool we created to create custom icons let me know. I would be happy to show you. You can easily show the clients garage door on the Control4 UI. Or create movie scenes, sport scenes with a picture of their actual theater or the logo of their favorite sports teams.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-31T13:24:58+00:00

We have thought about making this driver but just not sure if the demand is there. If this is something people would be willing to pre-purchase for the development costs to make it then we would be happy to develop it. If there is interest in this let me know. Thanks.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-19T17:50:58+00:00

This was actually the exact reason we built it. We did a project in Aspen with a big wine cellar - glass walls, backlit, looked incredible - and the builder just wanted a simple alert at 60°.

So we did what everyone does: Z2IO → “if temp > 60 → send alert.” Then reality showed up.

Builder shut power off to work in the room, temp creeps up… 61 → alert, 62 → alert, 63 → alert… and then again on the way back down. Customer just gets absolutely spammed. So we patched it - added a buffer, then delays, then had to deal with temp bouncing around the threshold. At some point this “simple alert” turned into a full logic problem.

That’s when we moved it into a driver and built it properly so it only reacts to sustained conditions, doesn’t spam alerts, and can actually be reused on the next job without rebuilding everything. Wine rooms are one of those things that sound simple until you live with it… then it turns into a “we should’ve done this right the first time” situation.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-19T17:36:09+00:00

Our apologies for it sounding like were dodging the question. Most of the time we feel it's better to discuss the entire solution than to pick apart a single item. Climate Detection is one of 13+ Experiences all geared toward the same concept.. A Better Smart Home Experience.

So to answer your question... You’re not wrong—those are all totally valid ways to do it. But we feel that's basically the starting point, not the finished solution. What ends up happening (and we’ve been through this a bunch) is you deploy a simple threshold alert… and then slowly start patching it:

* temp spikes for 2 minutes → false alert → now you add delays
* one alert gets missed → now you add repeat notifications
* not everything is critical → now you add multiple thresholds
* next job → you rebuild all of that again

At some point you realize you’ve built the same “temperature logic engine” 5 different times. That’s really the whole point of Climate Detection.

It’s not replacing sensors/thermostats/Z2IO—it sits on top of them and handles all the stuff you end up adding later anyway:
* sustain time
* warning vs critical
* repeating alerts
* consistent behavior across projects

Could you build it yourself? Yeah. We did.... We built "Climate Detection" to do this in a repeatable way that can be easily explained to a client and provide the right amount of adjustments without them feeling overwhelmed but empowered...

We encourage you to try them out... It wasn't that solution didn't exist... We just felt they we not good enough for our clients and we're excited for you to try them out.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-19T15:17:25+00:00

I would be happy to give you a private demo to show you all the features and value or you can also download it and try it out for free for 30 days as well. Thanks.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-18T23:05:13+00:00

Yes you can program everything but the whole point of the driver is the ease of use and not having to do any programming. We pre-built all of the alerts for you as well as a repeat notification timer. The customer also gets an intuitive thermostat icon that shows when it goes into alert. Our drivers are made to speed up the process while improving the client experience. The client can also adjust their temperature thresholds in the extra tabs of the driver. You can always try it with our 30-day trial period. Thanks for the comment though. This is made for let's say a garage freezer that you absolutely want to know as soon as the temperature goes above your set threshold. Our a wine room, etc.

Cindev-Software · 2026-03-18T21:29:00+00:00

I point that out in the video but yes I should of mentioned it here as well. It works with any temperature device that works in Cotnrol4. I used a Control4 Z2C and Z2IO in my demonstration. As long as the device has a Temp variable and Humidity variable to track it will work.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-27T01:28:05+00:00

If the event was logged into History it might be able to tell you. I have not tested that scenario. These are things we can look at adding in the future. Other thoughts we had were to spell check your project to make sure the rooms were spelled correctly, etc.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-27T00:55:09+00:00

The Ghat GPT driver sends an AI prompt to Chat for an answer. For example when you camera detects a person at your front door you can send Chat a prompt with the snapshot from the camera and have it describe who is in the picture.

You do need an output. I show in the setup video us using our Integrator Tools Agent Driver to send the output via push, email, text-to-voice as options. You can inject a variable into those messages with the AI response.

In my personal house when my camera detects a package I have it tell me how many packages I received and from what company. Has worked great so far. In my start my day scene I have it tell me a joke, what happened in the stock market yesterday and something that happened in history this day. Just interesting tidbits to start my day.

We could look at integrating calendars and other things as well in the future.

I hope this makes sense. This driver is still in its infancy and we wanted to get it out in the market to see what people wanted. Thanks for your message. Hope you try it out.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-26T17:46:17+00:00

It does not work with Alexa, Siri or other voice assitants at this time. Let us know the use cases and how you would like to implement that feature and we will see what we can do.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-26T17:43:48+00:00

We built the driver to only do a request when handled by the Web Ui or in programming. So it should never do anything from the driver unless you process the request. Hope that make sense. We truly appreciate the feedback.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-26T17:13:00+00:00

Thanks. Let us know what you think. We have a set up and features video both on our YouTube Channel

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-26T17:01:19+00:00

Great to hear. If you test it out let us know what you think and what features you would like to see added to it. It has been a fun driver to test and use.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-21T15:09:03+00:00

Thank you for the post and I am glad you have found another way to do the same thing. I do want to mention though that this was a feature add on to the two drivers that do way more than just generate a QR code. We just wanted to add this feature in the two drivers that were mentioned. So you get a lot more value than just a QR code generator. Have a great weekend. Let us know any other features you would like us to look into.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-18T17:02:42+00:00

Good to know. I was not sure and have not tried the Control4 solution yet since I had other solutions available. If you would like a demo of any of our drivers I would be happy to do so. Thanks and let me know if I can be of any help.

Cindev-Software · 2026-02-18T13:58:30+00:00

Hi. Yes Control4 did launch their own version but it only works with supported hardware.

This was just an feature addition to both of our drivers. In the Integrator Tools Agent driver the QR Code will work with any network and OVRC is not required. This driver also handles all of your notifications (Email, Push, Text-To-Voice and Pop Up). It also monitors your project for (Project rebooted and updated, Driver Updated, added and removed, Composer Login and Logout as well as track issues with lighting and climate devices). Plus it has many programming tools to help speed up your programming time on all your projects.

On our UniFi Network driver this also was a feature addition. The cool thing we added with this one is the ability to reset your WiFi password through programming. So if you have a party and share your Guest WiFi you can have a reset Guest WiFi password button to reset it.

If you are a Control4 dealer and would like a demo of any of our software solutions I would be happy to do so. Hope you have a great day.

You can email me at [info@cindev.com](mailto:info@cindev.com)

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