Home Automation Fail
Six light switches, hastily cobbled together and set to control six different lights. Beyond just looking bad, it also doesn’t seem all too convenient. Can you imagine going through those one by one in the middle of the night? Another set of lighting switches from the same house, this one labeled with duct tape to show that one switch controls the “FOUNTAIN ONLY”. Home automation is really about the small details. Everything from programming the system to suit the nuances in your day-to-day life to the way the all the hardware looks once installed needs to be taken...
read moreSolar-Powered Shades
Somfy has announced its WireFree Solar Pack that uses renewable solar energy to prolong battery life for all WireFree motorized window coverings. You can read more about the product and download a brochure here. It’s definitely a handy feature for something like motorized window shades where changing batteries can be a pretty big...
read moreSuperLink Light Control
Just to show that we aren’t completely obsessed with Apple products, here’s a short video of me fooling around with the lights using Josh’s new Samsung Galaxy S II and the SuperLink Android app. [wpvideo 7p9eYFzx]
read moreLutron RadioRA2
Mile High Automation is now a preferred systems provider for Lutron’s new RadioRA2 system. Gerard attended a training session on the new system and shared it with the rest of us at the office. RadioRA 2 is a wireless total home control system that gives you the ability to adjust the amount of daylight and electric light (using light controls and automated shades) as well as temperature in a single room or throughout your whole home. Lutron.com features a lot of helpful information about lighting control and energy efficiency as well as an online tool that gives users an idea of what...
read moreHome Lighting
Lighting Imagine waking up at 3 o’clock in the morning to go to the bathroom only to be blinded by the bathroom lights. As you can envision, depending on your now compromised ability to see, lighting control is a system that quickly becomes a necessity in any home. HAI’s UPB Dimmer Switch will make sure this won’t happen again. Your home automation system allows you to set light brightness levels. For example, set your bathroom lights at 40% during the night and never worry about being painfully jolted early in the morning again. And try HAI Scene Switch to set up to 4 lighting...
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