We take the next step with Control4: selecting products for our smart home technology package. Read about what we picked and why.

Now that the walls are up, it?s time to pick everything I never knew I needed but came to find out I had to have. Luckily, having worked with my Control4 Smart Home Pro, I was ready for the next step ? selecting the essentials. Honestly, at first, I thought I went overboard, but it was important for us to invest in the future of our home. I worked with the Control4 Smart Home Pro and had everything pre-wired, so I could have taken my time and done one system at a time. But, I decided to get all of my equipment at one time, prior to moving in.
It was a bit overwhelming in the beginning, but my Control4 Smart Home Pro told me we should break it down by functionality. We thought of it in five ways: (1) infrastructure

(2) automation

(3) audio

(4) video

(5) security
While there are five separate categories, a lot of them overlap in functionality and the system became a homogenous unit that works together.
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Infrastructure
Everything starts with the infrastructure, much like the foundation of a house. We needed to have the most robust internet speeds possible with multiple ways to access it. Plus, Jaime works from home, so she needs reliable and fast access.
Our house is one story with a lot of sheer walls, so we used multiple wireless access points to get the coverage we needed. In order to help route the traffic,...