![]() Bumps in the Road for Total Control Home AutomationĬhallenges were encountered in the bar/media room, particularly with a glass wall that offered views of the swimming pool. In the cinema room, when a film finishes, the back-panel lighting is ramped up to 10 percent to gently lighten the room. ![]() When the alarm is set to “Away,” the mockupancy playback is triggered, including lighting and window treatments. Mockupancy automatically records whenever the alarm is not armed. ‘Mockupancy’ was programmed (and linked to the Intruder Alarm away setting) to recreate the look of an occupied property while the homeowners are away. “Dusk to Dawn” lighting was created as well as “Welcome Home” lighting. ![]() In the cinema, the scenes were triggered when the projector turned on. Lighting scenes were created for film viewing in both the cinema and the bar. “It allowed them to see the benefits of this level of lighting control-the ability to control multiple circuits within a lighting scene quickly and easily.” Let There Be Light (or Not)Īfter discussing the lighting design and window treatments with the interior designer, it was agreed that lighting and window treatment control would be specified in the key rooms in the property. One of the biggest advantages of the family’s visit to the Experience Center was being exposed to lighting control, which they had never utilized previously in their total home control automation experience. These automatically turned on the relevant bedroom.” Dedicated Spotify Direct connections were also created. “The EQ curves for their bedrooms were adjusted to reflect this difference. “To our surprise, the teenage children in the house preferred using airplay and listened to music that was more bass heavy,” noted Murray. A total of 20 audio zones were installed throughout the home. With teenagers ruling the roost, there were serious networking requirements in addition to multi-room audio. In addition, they wanted a dedicated cinema room as well as a secondary projection system in their bar/media room for more informal viewing. The main desire for this family of four was to own a system that allowed them to enjoy both audio and video around the property with minimal equipment on display. Through a mutual relationship with the project’s interior designer, Murray met some eager homeowners who visited the Experience Center for ideas on their new 12,000-square-foot home. Take his project in the London suburb of Kent, for example. Angus Murray of London’s New Wave AV has found that having a Control4 Experience Center showroom offers the perfect environment for enabling wild imaginations. While smart home technology integrators are never a moment without dreaming up possibilities to enrich and simplify their clients’ lives, relaying the seemingly infinite options of total control home automation to these very clients isn’t always the easiest task.
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