Control4
control4
The Control4 integration allows you to control and monitor lights, Room Media, cover, and climate devices from your local Control4 system. Your Control4 controller must be running OS 3.0+.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
cover | Blind | |
climate | Thermostat | |
media_player | TV | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
2 reports below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
Control4 lights, fans and thermostats work locally. Dimmable panels can appear as plain switches in HomeKit.
- Works1
- Partly works1
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control4 thermostats | Works Local | Climate support added, Celsius added 2026Saved copyProposed change Add support for climate devices (e.g. thermostats) to the Control4 component. ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [x] New feature (which adds functionality to an existing integration) - [ ] Deprecation (breaking change to happen in the future) - [ ] Breaking change (fix/feature causing existing functionality to break) - [ ] Code quality improvements to existing code or addition of tests ## Additional information - This PR is related to PRs: … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #154502 · 2025-10 | |
| Control4 Panel-Dimmable | Partly works Local | Partly in Home Dimmable lights show as simple switches without a slider | Entities report on/off color mode until first turned onSaved copyAnything with a "model": "Panel-Dimmable", they are all affected the same way. They should be dimmable, but appear switched in homekit. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #97521 · 2023-07 |
| Control4 dimmable lights (Panel-Dimmable) | Not working | Broken in Home Dimmers show as plain on/off switch with no brightness slider | Color modes only appear after the light is turned onSaved copyAnything with a "model": "Panel-Dimmable", they are all affected the same way. They should be dimmable, but appear switched in homekit. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #97521 · 2023-07 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- SSDP/UPnP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 441 (0.06%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.114 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @lawtancool, @davidrecordon |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
