BlackWire Designs Introduces Driver for Control4 Platform Enabling Automatic Power Cycling

BlackWire Designs bowed a driver for the Control4 platform to eliminate the need for service calls to power cycle devices that have gone offline. The Service Call Killer driver monitors the connected status of components controlled by residential or commercial Control4 systems, said the company, and automatically issues a command to power distribution units to power cycle the outlet it’s connected to when a device falls offline. "Service calls not only increase operational expenses for integrators, but they also impact the user experience due to system downtime,” said BlackWire owner Kevin Luther. That’s frustrating for installation companies and homeowners “when all that’s required is unplugging a component and plugging it back in to solve a simple connectivity issue.”