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WHAT IS A SMART HOME PROFESSIONAL? Blog

Home automation specialist, technology integrator, home technology professional, custom electronics dealers—these are just a few other names for what we like to call a smart home professional. From security systems and smart home automation to custom home theaters and intelligent lighting, smart home professionals are trained and experienced when it comes to designing electronic ecosystems that turn houses into dream homes.   What makes them experts?   Smart home professionals are armed with tools, resources, and experience to create truly intelligent homes. They work with manufacturers to receive special training on how to best deploy devices and design orchestrated systems that seamlessly connect individual gadgets and appliances into one, easy-to-use smart home system.

BE DAZZLED Blog

LOCATION: Denver, Colorado // DEALER: ListenUp // PHOTOGRAPHY: Jim Toshio Inokuchi, Toshio Photography   Meet Jane and Scott Tobias. They live in central Denver and have just upgraded to the automated life. “Once we started looking into automation and all the different options, the Control4 solution was clearly the best option for us,” Scott says, admitting that he was lured by the video and audio options. His wife Jane, however, had different priorities: “When Scott came to me with the idea, I thought it would be really interesting to be able to manage the energy and the lights all at once.

Episode Volume Controls Installation Guide Document

EVC-100R & EVC-100S Volume Control Installation Guide 2 Pre-construction 3 Impedance settings 5 Installation 7 Diagram 8 Specications Congratulations on selecting an Episode™ volume control Episode is one of the most highly-regarded brands of electronics and speakers available today. We appreciate your business and we stand committed to providing our customers with the highest degree of quality and service in the industry. The Episode EVC-100R and EVC-100S are 12-step stereo volume controls that feature selectable impedance-match settings of 1X, 2X, 4X, and 8X. This allows you to connect multiple speakers to an amplier without overloading the amplier.

BlackWire Designs Introduces New Control Apps for Control4 Residential and Light Commercial Systems Press release

Indianapolis, IN – CEDIA Expo 2011 – September 8-10, 2011 – Booth #2302 – BlackWire Designs, a Control4® Solution Provider, is pleased to announce the availability of a suite of new applications designed to give Control4 dealers more powerful tools to target high-end residential and light commercial opportunities. Available now in the Control4® 4Store, these new apps – Video Conferencing, Quick Control and Video Wall – offer superior control and increase the potential of a Control4® system, perfect for every setting from the small office to the restaurant or bar to the home or t

The Heart of the Home: Taking Your Kitchen Beyond Its Practical Potential Blog

By Suhayl Laher In many homes, the kitchen is a room generally reserved purely for practical use. Often a sterile-looking interior whose primary function is to provide a pragmatic catering space, it’s easy to overlook the kitchen as a simple means to an end. In this post, we look at how to bring the kitchen back to its rightful place as the heart and soul of any home through the implementation of contemporary style and technologies.   Think efficiency   As technological advancement continues to grow at an increasingly rapid rate, embracing cutting-edge technologies in as

Luma 510/710 Dome IP Camera Quick Start Guide Document

710 Series Dome 510 Series Dome IP Surveillance Camera Quick-Start Guide 2 Box Contents Box Contents Camera 3 × wall anchors with screws CC tester cable Desiccant pack Silicone plug Hex wrench Plastic “needle” for cables You must provide: A network connection (and an NVR, if desired) with admin rights to the network Mobile device with Luma Surveillance mobile app (recommended) or CCTV tester Power source: PoE or 12V DC Phillips screwdriver WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including cadmium, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer.

‘NEXT Living EcoSuite’ Showcased at GreenBuild International Conference and Expo Press release

Toronto, Canada – October 4, 2011 – Tridel, Canada’s largest condominium developer and LEED highrise residential builder is pleased to announce that together with leading technology companies Cisco and Control4, has developed one of North America’s most innovative new condo suites. Known as the ‘NEXT Living EcoSuite’, this one-of-a-kind penthouse suite is located in Toronto’s King West neighbourhood, at Tridel’s successful Rêve Condominium development. Positioned as the ‘future of green condo living’ the EcoSuite is an innovative penthouse unit that combines environmen

THE POWER OF THE MODERN CLICKER Blog

The good-old-fashioned handheld remote remains a major control device in the modern smart home. With all of the new technologies available to monitor and manage your home, it’s easy to discount the power of the handheld remote control. You can operate just about anything with the sound of your voice and keypads and touchscreens are so intuitive and engaging, it makes that clicker by your couch seem so old-fashioned and too antiquated for a smart home. This couldn’t be further from the truth. There are many reasons why you should not only hang on to your handheld but employ it as a mode of control in your smart home.

​What is a Smart Home OS? Blog

SMART HOME TECH IS CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE The benefits of technology in the home are virtually endless, and the rapid adoption of smart home tech proves that customers are in love!  From waking up, to cooking, and answering the door, activities at home are so much more fun and convenient with smart home tech. Just think of the things we can do today with smart home gadgets:   We can monitor home security systems from across town when we're stuck at the office.​ We get push notifications and video when visitors approach our front door, and we can communicate with them without even opening the door.​ We can control lights all around our home with a simple voice command.

Sweets & Smarts—A Tasty, Automated Combination for Valentine’s Day Blog

Valentine’s Day is all about showering your special loved one with candy, chocolate and the like. But what would be the real icing on the cake? Taking her to pick her own goodies in a fully automated sweet shop. Okay, so it’s unlikely that a lot of us can just swing by Roanoke, Texas to sample the goods—but this project was certainly worth a little love. Hey Sugar Candy Store was originally someone’s home, and as far as we know, the oldest home still standing in Roanoke. When the new owners took possession, the entire building was gutted to make one large showroom, a small kitchen for candy preparation in the back, and a small storage room.