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.

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.

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. 

HOW TO ELEVATE YOUR MOVIE WATCHING EXPERIENCE

Experience Hollywood blockbuster at home with friends, instead of experiencing interruptions of cell phone light illuminating every 5 minutes. Get ready to indulge in an evening in your plush seating snuggled up with a big bowl of popcorn watching your favorite actors and actresses on your private big screen.