On October 17, 2014 at 08:34, Fins said...
And adding a 3rd party lighting system adds one more potential safety net that may keep lights working when the Crestron system takes a lightning hit.
It can be argued either way.
Most installed crestron lighting systems have their own dedicated processor. The AV (for example) processors can go down without taking the lighting system with it.
The only connection is an ethernet cable to the switch. Same as if it were a lutron or vantage system.