Introduction; Setting Up Your System; Using Intercom With Older Systems; Using Intercom With Your Smartphone - Control 4 Smart Home Manual

Introduction

Whether you're at home or away, stay in touch with your entire household with
the Control4 intercom system .
Send live video messages to the whole house, a single room, or a group of
rooms—remotely or from a touch screen .
Depending on your system,
• Answer the door for deliveries—while you're at home or way
• Check on children or elderly parents
• Call the family to dinner
• . . .and much more .
In this guide, learn to send intercom messages, add smartphones to your
intercom system, adjust your call/answer settings, and create intercom groups
to send messages to several rooms at once (such as the main floor, kids' rooms,
and play areas) .

Setting up your system

To begin using the Control4 intercom system, your home must have:
• At least two intercom-enabled devices (examples below) .
Using intercom with older
systems
If you do not need to integrate a smartphone with your Control4 intercom
system, your intercom system can use older devices, including:
• 7" In-Wall Touch Screens (audio only)
• 7" In-Wall Touch Screens with Camera (audio and video)
• 7" Portable Touch Screens with Camera (audio and video, local only),
• Control4 Door Station (audio only)
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Using intercom with your
smartphone
If you want to use your smartphone with the Control4 Intercom system, you will
need:
• A compatible smartphone (see below)
• An annual subscription to Control4 4Sight
• Compatible intercom-enabled devices .
• A Control4 account for each smartphone user you would like to add
A compatible smartphone
The Intercom Anywhere app works with both Android (v . 5 . 1 and newer) and iOS
devices (v . 10 and newer) .
An annual 4Sight subscription
With a 4Sight subscription (about $10/month), you can use your smartphone
with your intercom system . 4Sight also lets you manage your own automations,
integrate with Amazon Alexa, and more . For more information about 4Sight,
speak with your dealer or see customer.control4.com .