Voice Control
The key to effective home control is simplicity how easy it is to
use the system. There's no easier way to control your home than with
normal, conversational speech. Once installed in your home, you can
begin controlling an unlimited number of devices with your voice.
Talk to your home just as you talk to the people inside.
Control
Lights, Devices, and Appliances
Using the X-10 power line protocol, there's no need to tear your
house apart to rewire your home use the wires that already exist in
your home's walls. Using economically priced X-10 wall switches,
lamp modules, or power outlets, you can control every light in your
house. Schedule your lights to go on and off according to your
lifestyle. Track sunrise and sunset where you live by matching the
latitude and longitude with the position of the sun. Turn your front
door lights on at dusk every night and off at 11:30pm. Use
easy-to-set-up Macros to establish lighting scenes. You can operate
appliances, too, like coffee makers and popcorn poppers. Even more
impressive the power to link numerous actions together.
Climate
Control
You have the power to control the climate in your house from
anywhere in the home - or anywhere in the world - by voice. Once you
install a compatible communicating thermostat, you can call your
home and ask, "What is the temperature in the house?", or you may
ask, "What is the thermostat setting?" Lots of people have
programmable thermostats. But what if your schedule changes after
the thermostat is programmed? Most programmable thermostats can only
be programmed when you're at home. If you decide to extend
your vacation by a couple of days, you can simply call your house
and tell it to set the thermostat accordingly. Then call from the
airport on the way home and tell it to warm/cool the house to the
temperature you desire.
Audio Video
Control
Home theatres are better than ever before. But they're also more
complicated to operate. We can make it easy! We use infrared to
generate the same signals that come from the remote control devices
that the manufacturer sends with your audio/video equipment. Simply
install a compatible infrared controller and it becomes a universal
remote control that you can operate with your voice. The real power
of the home theatre control is the ability to make many things
happen with a single voice command. We all know how difficult it can
be to coordinate all the pieces of the home theatre for the
different ways you want to use it. Your only responsibility is to
put the tape or DVD in the machine. This makes great home theatre
technology easy to use and that's what makes the home control system
great!
Security
Control
You get greater control of your home security system. With a
compatible security panel, you can arm and disarm your system by
voice. If your system is violated, you can tell it to call you on
your cell phone or at the office or at any number you designate. You
may want it to call your neighbor if you are away on vacation. If
your system detects smoke or fire in your house during evening
hours, you can tell it to turn on all the lights in the house and to
play loud music in order to wake up sleeping residents. This is all
possible because it integrates all the systems in the house on the
PC when the security system is triggered, other systems can be
told to respond. With this system, you are limited only by your
imagination.
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