Lighting assists with setting the mood and tone for a home. Lutron is the leader in smart lighting control. The capabilities of this lighting system provide much more than turning lights on and off or changing the colors. Lutron allows integrators to develop custom lighting scenes, we preset the lighting fixtures to adjust on command of one press of a button. Revealing the precise mood and tone for your evening.

Sounds easy enough, the question many ask is when would you use them? Within this blog, we will dive into how easy it is to adjust scenes. Explain the value of having them in an estate and share some helpful scene ideas.

HOW CAN YOU CONTROL THEM?

There are many ways to control your scenes. Many people choose to use their smartphones, as their main controller they always have their devices within arm’s reach thanks to the Lutron mobile app. We highly recommend having at least one tablet device in the main relaxation area of the home and always having one at the entryway. There are many options for scattering devices around the home, such as wireless remotes, wall control panels, and other unique designs. Do you enjoy being hands-free? That’s easy for us to make happen! We can use voice control by saying “Good Morning” with platforms like Josh Ai and Alexa to preset commands to have your home turn hands-free.

Enjoy being hands-off when you work with Technology Expert for your next project. 

When working with a A/V expert you can trust your will be experiencing white glove concerige style of services from design to completion. Audio One provides consistent communication to vendors, architects and builders team to reflect a seamless collaboration. The key to success is communication and take pride in collaborating with the best in the industry. 

 

If you’re considering building a new home or undergoing a home renovation, and you’d like to include a smart home system, don’t wait until construction is complete to makeshift your own smart home solutions with products you can pick up from your local electronic store. Many homeowners tend to think of electronics for smart homes as an afterthought like furniture, and fixtures.

But for the ultimate solution, smart home technology should be brought in at the beginning of construction. Ensure you have proper wiring pulled throughout the residence to ensure accurate coverage.

Our home automation company works alongside architects and interior designers to appropriately plan where wiring and technology systems should go. Working alongside other trades allows us to ensure a cohesive flow of your residence. We help develop stunning smart houses in Los Angeles, CA, and cities around the world.

When someone says safe room, what do you picture a room with a high-security door, with walls made from steel or ballistic wall armor? 

The image of a saferoom has been redesigned to represent a relaxing safe haven in your home. An extraordinary entrance that camouflages the entry point. There can be lights, radio, heat, air conditioning, a built-in security system, or even a private home theater within the room. Above all, a special room for you to keep your valuables in and provide a safe space for you and your family to hide in case of an emergency. Saferooms are meant to be accessible in a time of panic They can be used to store important documents and act as a multifunctional room representing a place for relaxation.

A movie theater, converted from a safe room, in a six-bedroom home in Pacific Palisades, California, listed with Farah Levi of The Agency. 

Crime is certainly on the rise, specifically in the California metropolitan areas, and high-profile murders and robberies in high-net-worth neighborhoods like Beverly Hills, hidden rooms are becoming a popular trend.

Lighting Control

Imagine your exterior landscape lighting promptly turning on automatically at dusk to present your beautiful architectural features of your residence. Inside, your residence you will immediately see your custom-engraved on-wall keypad to dim the room to a custom programmed scene that helps you relax and decompress from a long day. That’s not your only scene for your home if you’re hosting a party simple change your lights with a mere press of a button to enjoy a lively array of colors bringing life to the party. If you’re someone who tends to be away from a residence for a substantial amount of time, you can program smart lighting to turn on and off on a predetermined schedule to look like someone’s home despite being gone. Your residence will shine from the inside out.  

A Stronger Wifi Signal

The backbone of every smart home system is the network. Audio One can wire your home and design a network to support all your connected devices. Our networking specialists are proficient in providing clients enterprise level networks for their residences. Many people don’t realize when you host an event at home everyone’s smart phone device may be linking to your networking, so you don’t want to experience dropped lighting controls or music when you’re hosting an event. At Audio One we believe in provide superior level of networks to prevent our clients’ devices from dropping offline during a major event or conference call.

Patios are a unique space that can provide ultimate relaxation, “a safe haven”, and can transform by illuminating the space and allow the lighting to set the mood. It can be the place where you host all your children’s birthday parties, your annual holiday parties, or a relaxing oasis to stargaze while floating in your pool.

A patio is limitless in design, you should know that smart technology can bring a space to life. Many people tend to hold a stigma against technology and the outdoors. The truth however is that you can automate even the smallest necessities in your backyard, from lightbulbs to sprinklers, to AV systems and heating or cooling solutions, 

Just to give you a glimpse of what smart home automation can do for you, we present the following ideas:

TAILORED USER EXPERIENCE

Crestron believes that the heart of control is the user experience. Through their development of Crestron OS 3.9, the operating system behind Crestron Home, they put the user first and designed a game changing app that’s more responsive, easily customized, and user-friendly than ever before.

From your smartphone or a dedicated Crestron touch panel, you’ll enjoy a seamless room-based experience, with all devices in that room available at your fingertips. See the status of every room immediately, tap on a room to adjust, or access custom room and whole-home scenes at the top of the screen to quickly set everything the way you want it at any time.

MORE CUSTOMIZATION

Add a personal touch to your system by using photos of your home to appear on the displays—you can even add personal photos specific to each room and have the ability to . There is also a great feature called Room Favorites which allows you to select your most frequently used rooms to display at the top of your rooms list for quick and convenient access. The Quick Action menu displays features you frequently use so there’s no need to scroll through numerous menus.
The newest feature to Crestron Home is perpetual innovation for refined pool control. Instead of only showing pools in locations, i.e. rooms, they now also display at the house level. Crestron Home natively supports Jandy®, Hayward®, and Pentair® pool controllers, with many more being developed.