Shelly
Control4 Shelly - Setting Up Shelly BLU / BTHome Devices
Requirements Chowmain Shelly Driver 20260407 Control4 OS 3.4.0 or later BTHome Compatible Gateway. This includes Gen3+ Devices, BLU Gateway (Gen 3 or later) or Shelly Pro (Gen 2 or Later). Shelly Gateway BLU Gen 1 is NOT supported as a supported ...
Control4 Shelly: Setup Virtual Components
What Are Virtual Components Shelly Virtual components are Variables on Shelly's side which can be user created and accessed/modified by Control4, to perform custom actions on Shelly's side or Control4's side Chowmain currently supports: Buttons ...
Control4 Shelly: Grouping Lights
Problem Some customers may wish to group multiple Shelly lights, and repeat the same command on all lights simultaneously, and change all lights using the same brightness/color settings automatically Solution Shelly doesn't provide a non-cloud based ...
Control4 Shelly: Shelly Agent Unable To Connect To Cloud
Problem Shelly Agent fails to connect to cloud diagnostics shows the Cloud Connection as Invalid Solution Use Display Diagnostics in Shelly Agent for more info Ensure you are running the latest version: ...
Control4 Shelly: Enabling Blind Level Mode / Calibration
Problem Blind does not provide positional information or accurate control Solution Ensure you are using the latest version of the Chowmain Shelly Driver: https://chowmain.software/drivers/control4-shelly-generic#revisions Ensure that the device ...
Control4 Shelly: System Requirements
Light V2 requires a minimum OS 3.3.0. All other drivers require OS 3.2.1 minimum. (OS 3.4.3 or later is strongly recommended. X4 is supported). Shelly NG devices require OS 3.3.0 or later for compatibility with firmware 1.8 due to Control4 ...
Control4 Shelly: IP Address Property keeps changing to the wrong IP
Symptom After manually changing an IP address for a Module in Composer, it reverts to the wrong address after controller reboot or an unspecified amount of time Solution This problem is caused generally because Shelly Agent is not correctly ...
Control4 Shelly: Module Reboots Continuously In a Loop
Symptom Module NG is continuously reconnecting, rebooting, and then repeats. This prevents the module from being controlled successfully as it is continuously rebooting Solution This is generally caused by having 2 or more Shelly Module NG drivers ...
Control4 Shelly: Driver shows (Unbound) In Name and unable to configure / Not bound to Shelly Module Device
Problem After adding Shelly Driver, it shows "(Unbound) in the name and can't be configured, and there is no control. Diagnostics may display a problem that the module is unbound Solution Ensure that latest Shelly driver has been installed from ...
Control4 Shelly: Obtaining An API Key
Benefits of Shelly Cloud To facilitate Setup of Shelly, it is recommended to use our Shelly Agent and setup Shelly Cloud. This provides fast setup of devices, IP self-healing and better handling of sleepy devices. Chowmain's Shelly Driver suite will ...
Control4 Shelly: Programming Changes Incorrectly. Events Fire incorrectly
Problem We have identified an issue with C4 Shelly Module NG drivers where the Events may fire incorrectly (in particular, when the controller is rebooted), or/and the programming appears to have changed to the wrong event / variable in Control4 ...
Control4 Shelly Suite: Shelly Best Practices
Security and Authentication We strongly recommend against combining customer systems into the same Shelly Cloud email login account, particularly for Control4 setups using Shelly Cloud Authentication. This may affect security of all systems, and if ...
Control4 Shelly Suite: Shelly Incorrectly Shows All Customers Devices
For Shelly Agent to differentiate different systems correctly, Customers must use a different Shelly cloud email login for Shelly Cloud. If customers have multiple Control4 systems, it is also generally recommended to have a different account login ...
Control4 Shelly: Energy Monitoring Compatibility For Shelly EM, PM and other devices
Whilst the Chowmain Shelly Suite Driver does not provide a driver for Energy monitoring and Power, Chowmain does provide a wealth of variables which can be used for this purpose which can be discovered using Variable Agent . These can be combined ...
Control4 Shelly: High CPU or Memory Usage
Ensure that all Shelly drivers are upgraded to the latest version from the Chowmain Website. Please note, in some circumstances a licence migration may be required. Some older installations using Gen 1 drivers may need the poll rate to be adjusted, ...
CONTROL4 Shelly Suite: Input Connections And Events (Module NG)
Chowmain's Shelly driver provides a wealth of input connections and events. In most cases, most people will use the following two events: Input State X - Push / Release: Generally bound to toggle when using Button Mode. As a button link, this can ...
CONTROL4 SHELLY SUITE: Device Compatibility
The following devices have been tested with the Control4 Shelly Suite Driver. Please Note, this list is by no means comprehensive. Due to the design of Shelly Gen 2 (Plus), gen 3 and Gen 4, newly added devices which utilise the same capabilities as ...