Control4 TPLink - VLAN Support

Control4 TPLink - VLAN Support

Support for VLANs

Chowmain is unable to provide technical support for configuration via VLAN, and recommends deployment of TPLink devices on the same network segment as the Control4 Primary Controller.

In our experience, discovery is particularly difficult to deploy, and most installers end up moving the devices back to the same segment as Control4 

Because KLAP uses TCP for control however, KLAP devices on VLAN's may be a lot easier for many installers to configure exclusively for control as standard routing may work in some cases.  

Ports Required

The Chowmain TPLink Driver uses the following ports for control and discovery. This info may be incomplete and additional network tools may be required to troubleshoot the setup and configuration 
  1. 9999 Outbound / Inbound (UDP. Unicast and Broadcast. For V2 protocol and discovery)
  2. 20002 Outbound / Inbound  (UDP, Unicast and Broadcast. KLAP Discovery)
  3. 80 Outbound (TCP. Unicast. KLAP Control) **PLEASE NOTE. THIS IS NOT HTTP. DO NOT USE A HTTP PROXY**

    • Related Articles

    • Control4 TP-Link: Unable to Control Device

      General Issues If you are using Control4 4.0.0 or later , you must be using version 20250721 minimum for full support in all drivers. In particular, Versions older than 20241209 will not operate in X4 at all due to changes in Control4, and must be ...

    • Control4 Govee: Enable Local Network Control and Troubleshooting Local Lights

      Not all Govee lights Support LAN control (an example is that many of their GU10's only support cloud). Some lights may also offer the LAN control setting, however, the protocol may be broken. To confirm full LAN control is supported, use: ...

    • Control4 Govee: Upgrade Govee V1 / V2 to Govee V3

      Govee V3 Advantages Some devices require Govee V3 to be controlled via Control4. Govee V3 offers many advantages over V1/V2 including: Govee V1/V2 utilises the old Govee Cloud API. This has more quota limitations than the "Awesome New API" (sic) ...

    • CONTROL4 AUTO UPDATE: Troubleshooting Driver Auto Updates

      Control4 driver auto-updates rely on the Chowmain Agent being installed and running within the Control4 project. The agent manages update communication between your Control4 system and the Chowmainsoft Marketplace servers. If the agent is not ...

    • HOW TO: Install Chowmain Control4 Agent

      Installation of the Chowmain Agent is required to licence drivers Download Chowmain Project Agent From the Chowmain Project Agent Page Open Project In Composer Pro. Composer Express does not Support Agents and cannot be used Navigate to the ...