HOW TO: Install Chowmain Control4 Agent

HOW TO: Install Chowmain Control4 Agent

Installation of the Chowmain Agent is required to licence drivers

  1. Download Chowmain Project Agent From the Chowmain Project Agent Page

  2. Open Project In Composer Pro. Composer Express does not Support Agents and cannot be used

  3. Navigate to the Driver=>Add Or Update Driver Or Agent menu item

  4. Add the agent_chowmain.c4z file

  5. Navigate to the Agents View in Composer Pro

  6. If Chowmain Agent is not already added to project, select the Add button in Agents and add the Chowmain Agent to Project

  7. Chowmain Agent should be listed in the project.

What benefits does Chowmain Project Agent provide?

Chowmain Project Agent provides a number of benefits for projects

  • Required for activation of driver licences. Enables the linking of Control4 Projects to Chowmain Project Codes.

  • Required for Auto Updates of Chowmain Licenced drivers

  • Provides local access to all Diagnostics for all known licenced Chowmain drivers on Control4 system in 1-click

  • Bulk Enable and Disable of Automatic Updates of drivers

  • Display local licencing information for all known driver

  • Update All Drivers in 1 click to latest versions available for that driver


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