Smart Home Control
A connected home with Smart Home Controls means exactly that—you’re truly connected, even when you’re not there. Here are just a few examples of how our customers exercise anytime, anywhere control over virtually anything in their home:
• Getting home a little later than you thought? Use your Smart Phone to turn on the porch lights and a few others in the house so it looks like you’re home
• It’s Tuesday after school and you get a text from your daughter: She forgot her house key—again. Just sign in to your system
from your Smart Phone unlock the door for her. No one in your weekly staff meeting ever has to know
• If the day turned out to be colder than you thought, use your smart phone so the house is warm when you get home
• If your water heater sprang a leak, you don’t need to come home to a basement full of water; your system will send you an email or text alert that the water sensor has been triggered so you can stop the flow before it becomes a flood
• Heading to the beach house for the weekend? While you’re sitting in traffic, you can turn on the A/C, crank up the hot-tub temperature and check the weather on your cameras
Maybe you'd like to make the perfect ambiance possible in every room. Or perhaps you're just looking for a few easy ways to save energy. No matter what your intention, Smart Home lighting Control is always a bright idea. Here are just a few brilliant examples:
• Have the lights in the house turn on automatically to welcome you home
• Program the lights to go on at sunset and off at daybreak, or set them to replicate your normal usage pattern when you're out of town so it looks like your home even when you're not
• Experience hands-free illumination when entering a dark hallway; motion sensors can make sure you never have to fumble around in the dark
• Turn the whole house off in one touch with a "Good Night" scene—some lights can go completely off as the kids' dim to 10%
• Program your lights to turn off automatically when a room is unoccupied for a certain amount of time
• Set your lights to a maximum level of 80%; your eyes won't notice the difference but your utility bill will!
A little peace of mind goes a long way. That’s why Smart Home Controls makes it easy for you to enhance the safety and security of your home in a number of ways, including:
• Receive email alerts based on security-related actions, e.g. garage door left open, the security system is triggered, a window is opened, etc.
• Assign temporary security codes for the times/days when service workers are at your house
• Use IP cameras to keep an eye on your home, no matter where you are
• Set controls to give the kids limited or no access to the TV or PlayStation 3
• Lock the whole house in one touch
• Access your security features from your Smart Phone
• Program your lights to mimic your usual patterns to appear as if you’re home, even when you’re not
• Employ elder-care specific features including interactive communication via email and instant message to keep an eye on loved ones
With Smart Home Controls, it's easy to take advantage of intelligent automation that contributes to a more comfortable home—and a more efficient planet. Here are just a few ideas:
• Program your shades and thermostat to automatically adjust for maximum energy efficiency based on the seasons, time of day or outside temperature
• Control your thermostat from any Smart Home Interface—even your Smart Phone
• Use dimmers, timers and occupancy sensors to reduce energy waste
• Use motion sensors to turn lights off automatically when rooms are unoccupied
• Program your pool and sprinkler systems to source water only during energy-efficient windows
