Convenience:
An automated home is about the convenience of saving your time and effort by having your home automatically do routine functions such as watering your grass (but only if it has not rained recently), or turning off all lights, setting the thermostat to economy mode and arming the security system when you retire for the night. It’s about enjoying home theater time by having the lights dim, curtains close, TV and DVD player turn on and popcorn popper start… all with the touch of just one button.
Security:
Home automation is about the security you have knowing that you can look in on your home remotely from anywhere in the world, or that your home will phone you if anything is amiss, or that a fire will alert your home to wake you, shut down the gas and ventilation system and turn on a lighting path for your escape.
Savings:
And it’s about the energy savings you will enjoy by assigning your home the responsibility of regulating the operation of lights, water heater, HVAC system, entertainment components, appliances and irrigation system so these devices are on only when needed. The benefits of an automated home are only limited by your imagination.
The touchscreen provides easy access to to manage the home’s security, lighting, temperatures, A/V equipment, VoIP Intercom system and more. It mounts flush with the wall and features color, touch sensitive LCD screen with TFT Technology. The two-color LED offers security status at a glance.
The standard with latest Touchscreen software. However, its interface is fully customizable using Automation Studio software. Develop a more vivid, user-friendly graphic interface based upon the homeowner’s lifestyle and interests.
You have the option to assign devices into rooms, so that the Touchscreen displays only the devices in the particular room you’re controlling, saving time and adding convenience.
Customizations include adding your dealer logo and contact information or customizing screens to suit each individual room. You may add a floor plan graphic to the Touchscreen interface, and set up buttons that will open specific websites.
The interface allows for the display of multiple languages.
VoIP Intercom Functionality
It is built-in VoIP Intercom communication. Speak with other or a Connectivity Partner’s door station and see live video feeds of your guest. Push and hold a button to de-activate the gate lock and let your guest inside. Adjustable auto-answer, do-not-disturb mode, and speaker/microphone volumes.
Automate any Room!
With the Touch the Home Theater Extender (HTX), and Automation Studio you may automate any room, whether it is a home theater, corporate boardroom, or a school’s classrooms.
You can set up one button on the Touchscreen to close the curtains/shades, lower a screen, and turn on the appropriate A/V equipment.
When you add an home control system to this set up, you can add control of the room’s lighting, temperatures, and more to the same button on the Touchscreen.
Control A/V Equipment
The Home Theater Extender works with the control your home theater equipment. The Touchscreen sends commands to the HTX, which controls A/V equipment using its serial and IR ports, as well as its SPDT relays. Multiple can be used in an installation to provide A/V equipment control in every room.
Video
The IP cameras that provide jpg or mjpg output. These types of cameras may be set up without the need for any additional hardware.
Analog cameras, like Day / Night Bullet Camera, require the purchase of the Camera Server, in order for them to be viewable on Touchscreen.
Notifications
The Touchscreen may be configured to send out e-mails based upon events in the home control system. For example, when Brenda comes home from school her parents can receive an e-mail notification that she has arrived at home and disarmed the security system.