The Power of Centralized Lighting | Control 4 Panel

In this video we talk to my good friend Craig Richardson about the technology we put into the Modern Victorian. This is my first time putting this level of tech into one of my homes and I got to say I am not going back!
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Centralized Panel from Control 4
2:53 - Networking Rack
5:21 - Cleaning Up Switches
7:04 - Smart Home Control
10:35 - In Closing
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[@Neubs-xv8tw]

Doing all control 4 centralized at our new build on Martha’s Vineyard! Contemporary keypads are gorgeous.

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Awesome!!!

[@rangerrecon]

"Reduces wire in the home" also "we have two miles of wire in the home". I'd love a centralized lighting system, but it just wasn't an option with my builder and didn't seem practical at ~3,500 sq. ft. I ended up going the IoT route and replaced all of my switches with z-wave, added a z-wave relay to the fireplace, integrated WiFi locks, setup geofencing and a Hubitat z-wave hub. It is all integrated with Homekit and Alexa, so now I have voice control over everything (even from my watch - anywhere in the world), automatic lighting when I enter a room (if it is dark), my garage door opens when I arrive home and lights turn on, etc. It really is an interesting change of lifestyle when you add home automtion.

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Man that is badass! You are completely set up. Thank you for watching!!!

[@scotagonia]

Very cool!

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Thank you for watching!!

[@matemarschalko4768]

Let me say something controversial: if a smart home is working well, I should not need 12 buttons for a single room. I have a simple HomeKit smart home with lightwave switches and things just work as expected! Lights dim depending on the time of day, react to certain devices switching on and off and that with the combination of motion and presence sensors work like magic. I usually don't even think about my lights, I don't press a "morning" button in the morning because the lights just have the correct dimming level based on time and light level.
Same story with heating, yes it's awesome to be able to ask an assistant to switch the heating on/off, or have control panels showing you the humidity and temp levels per room. But in my house heating and temperatures is just not something I think about at all. It is always just right! I don't remember having to interfere or check the temps in the last 6 months, it is always set to what I like and does its job in the background.
I think the ultimate smart home simply knows what you like and things just happen automatically .. maybe we are not there yet, but at least that should be the goal and not 100+ buttons per house, etc.

[@stuartnelson6059]

Great tech in a great house

[@johngioffrebuilds]

You’re a great human being. Thank you!

[@mattsargenti3695]

Dude this is incredible

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Dude YOU are incredible!! Thank you!

[@protruth1]

can you share the rack manufacturer you are using and the components you installed in the rack?

[@nsarvesh1012]

Very Interesting. Great Work.

[@jimmorrell3667]

Interesting to see how IoT is evolving

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Yes and it’s happening fast!!

[@neraknerak]

this is the future but idk how do this haha

[@Daniel-ve2sm]

Have you heard of Loxone?

[@Hollaback_Youngn]

Cool but not better than regular consumer smart home tech BUT very cool!

[@smaterhomes]

what happens in this house for the lighting if the network dies? can you still use the switches the same way and the audio?

[@johngioffrebuilds]

Switches do not need network. You can still connect to speakers with Bluetooth if you do not have network.

[@smaterhomes]

@@johngioffrebuilds how do the switches communicate?
So you wouldn’t have speakers since Bluetooth isn’t going to work well in a house

[@H0WL1TZER]

​@@smaterhomes serial comms

[@davemoritz2174]

I like tech but is this really needed? Do we really need our homes this complicated? And this possibly leading to people getting more lazy.