Multifaceted Motion Sensors for More than Security
Sense and Sensor-ability Motion sensors have the stigma of watching out for the bad guys. Someone walks into your house while the security alarm is set, the motion sensor sees them traipsing down the hallway, and a siren sounds. While they still are designed to perform this function, when integrated into a complete home control […]
Sonos: The Heart of the Connected Home?
Integration with Lutron, Crestron, Alexa, and others enables Sonos music to synch with lights, shades and other amenities. It’s official. Sonos now integrates with third-party home automation systems. Of course, smart-home systems have integrated with Sonos for at least a decade, but now they have the love and support of the manufacturer itself. Control4, Crestron, Deutsche Telekom’s QIVICON, iPort, Lutron and Savant are Sonos’s first […]
What Can Your Lights Do? Smart Lighting Makes Everything Better
Forget about boring on and off, a control system can make your lights part of your lifestyle. We spent four hours learning to turn lights on and then another four hours turning them off. It was a joke, but there’s actually some truth to it because among the things we practiced was smart lighting programming […]
