Custom audio video and home, building or environment automation
may sound awfully complicated and out there – something that your
normal, everyday person would really have no particular use for. After
all, how hard is it to run around and turn off the lights in all the
rooms or check that the doors and windows are locked?
Consider
for a minute how often you use the remote control for your television
and cable box. Back in the day when remote controls first showed up on
the scene, the common reaction was to question the sanity of anyone who
couldn’t be bothered to walk across the room to change the channel. Of
course, the whole world of audio/video has changed so much since those
days that the idea of controlling even a simple television without a
remote control is ludicrous. It won’t be long before most people see
home automation systems the same way. Take a look at these four very
possible, everyday situations where integrated home automation systems
can coordinate lighting, security, communications, networking and other
systems in your home to make your life so much easier.
Monitor and Control Everything from Anywhere in Your Home – Or Outside It
With
a Wi-Fi enabled laptop, tablet or PDA, you can control and monitor any
Wi-Fi connected device from anywhere in your home. Advanced home
networking allows you to use your iPad to turn on the oven or lower the
thermostats in your home from the backyard, turn on the lights upstairs
from the basement or unlock the bathroom door from the kitchen.
Control the AC with the Windows
“We’re
not cooling the outdoors!” How often have you heard that when you open a
window while the AC is on? With custom audio video and home, building
or environment automation, your house can automatically turn off the AC
whenever someone opens a window – and turn it back on when they close it
again.
Let Your Cleaning Service In – But Only When You Want Them In
Hate
the idea of handing over a key to cleaning services and other people
who occasionally need access to your home when you’re not there? You can
set up your security system to recognize unique security codes – but
only during specific times on specific days so you don’t have to worry
that someone will sneak back into your house at other times of the day
or night.
Boom Boom – Out Go the Lights
Set
up specific lighting scenarios and activate them with the same remote
control you use for your audio/video system. Turn on task lighting in
the kitchen for dinner prep, switch to entertainment lighting for relaxing or shut down the downstairs lights when you head upstairs. It’s not only convenient, it’s energy-saving.
If this sounds like something that would be handy in your house, contact a company that specializes in custom audio video and home, building or environment automation to learn more.
