So I used to do mostly high end landscape lighting about 2 years ago there were 3 real solutions Light logic by unique lighting systems fx digital transformers Or switch leg ran to the transformer you want to control and controlled by home automation like insteon , zwave, lutron or whatever your favorite brand is. The unique system is actually well developed and works well reliably. But it's a bit clunky. When I worked with it every thing ran off a remote a central control unit and a radio switch plug into the timer plug for each transformer to be controlled. It allows you to control different scenes from a remote. However if you don't schedule the lights and can't find the remote you have to turn them on manually. The layout on the remote is also clunky. The second is my least favorite which are digital transformers that switch on the low voltage side to control your lights. Initially these seemed really cool because you could control independentally different zones on 1 transformer. Unfortunately these transformers were crap. Some other companies tried to make their own, I believe kichler briefly experimented with these. But ultimately they were unreliable prone to water damage and just became a huge headache. The third option is my favorite. Install your lighting like normal and where you mount your transformer mount a box and an outlet for each transformer. Tap power from your outlet to the box where you install these for every zone you need. So say you have a path light zone, an uplight zone and a backyard zone. This means you need 3 transformers, 3 inline links, 3 GFCI outlets a hub and a box. Now this sounds way more complicated, but it is pretty reliable very expandable and very easy to diagnose. The only down fall are things like electric motors or devices that create alot of noise in the line. Most homeowners dont have this problem. These links don't use wifi, instead they send a signal through the common wire to communicate to the devices so it works everytime and distance isn't an issue like it is with zwave. The links also can fit into a single gang box with the outlet if you like but it's tight if there are more than 4 wires. I like to mount them in a box to keep everything clean and accessible. Also this route adds alot of options. Like gps control, so your lights will turn on as you arrive, dimming with ramp rate controls, Alex, Google integration. You can even hook up motion sensors that can activate your lights. You also get full control via phone app and they have some of the coolest switches you can find The scenes really add to the complication. Each scene needs its own transformer and each transformer needs its own outlet and link module and obviously each scene needs to be wired independently of every other scene. Don't cut transformer cords unless you don't care about your warranty. But when you get it all working it really is some magical stuff. Edit: insteon turned into a massive pile of garbage and all the switches needed to be replaced. Answer from skralogy on reddit.com