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 What is Home Automation?
Home
Automation makes your life easier, it makes
your life more comfortable, it saves you
energy, it gives you more security, a peace
of mind and not to forget it is fun too.
For some of you, it could be as simple as
controlling a light or appliances with the
same remote they use to control their TV.
For others, it is a completely automated
home that is controlled by a computer
interface completely programmed to fit your
personal lifestyle. From now on, your home
automation system performs all the difficult
tasks. Whole house audio/video can be an
exciting part too. Only your imagination is
the limit of what Home Automation is capable
of doing for you.
Structured Wiring
Today's
electronic equipment and services are vastly
different from those offered 10 years ago.
With the introduction of home offices,
computers, home theaters, digital satellite
dishes, the Internet and similar types of
equipment and services, the conventional
wiring in a home has become overloaded and
outdated. The solution is to "integrate"
your home in a network with modern
structured wiring.
A networked home is a home that is
connected from room to room and to the world
outside. It gives you the control to
integrate multiple home systems such as
communications, computers, audio and video
entertainment, security, lighting controls,
utilities and environmental controls. By
networking your home with structured wiring,
you can maximize your quality of life,
experience the best that technology has to
offer, and fully enjoy your home.
Most homes have only conventional wiring.
Modern technology demands a structured
wiring system to provide the electronic
foundation necessary to ensure that your
family can be connected to today's services,
and be prepared for the new technologies of
tomorrow.
There is a big difference in wiring. To
illustrate, think of the wiring in your home
as a pipeline for information. Conventional
wiring has the data capacity of a squirt
gun. By comparison, structured wiring, using
Cat5 cables, has the capacity of a fire
hose. Structured wiring transmits more
information, faster. Conventional wiring
consists of 1 or 2 twisted pairs of wires
and is adequate for basic voice, fax or data
communications. Structured wiring is more
advanced, and can handle sophisticated video
and data signals from computers, digital
satellite, high-speed Internet, digital
phones and digital TV's. And provide you the
security of being able to enjoy technologies
of the future.
Why do I want a Network?
Today's new electronics and services need to
be managed. Automated homes integrate
entertainment, communications, HVAC and
security systems together to provide you
with more convenient and efficient control
of your home environment. By networking your
home, you can fully maximize the
capabilities of current home products and
systems, and help them run more efficiently
together. Enjoy high-speed Internet access
from any room in the house or teleconference
from your kitchen while making breakfast for
your family. Program the lights to create a
"lived-in" look and check the security
system via telephone while you're away on
vacation. Even answer the door through the
phone or monitor the nursery through your PC
or TV.
Future Proofing
 Not only do you need structured wiring for
your home to control and share information
from today's electronics and services, but
also to provide you with the peace of mind
that comes from knowing that your home
network will accommodate future technologies
and equipment. It's called Future Proofing.
You need it now to integrate computers
and computer networks printers, cable and
satellite TV, telephones, faxes, modems, DSL, the Internet, cable modems, video
conferencing, sound & security systems,
and whatever the future might bring. All
these electronics and services can be easily
managed from one central location in a
structured wiring distribution panel.
You want a networked home to add security,
peace of mind, energy savings and
convenience to day-to-day activities.
Consider just some of the many applications
of structured wiring:
Enhanced Security, Video-on-demand,
Intelligent lighting systems, Interactive
video games, Remote dial-in, Simultaneous
Web surfing, heating/cooling control,
Internet access, Integrated phone systems,
Digital TV, Home office Interactive audio,
Networked PC's, Remote metering, Child
monitoring - and much more.
Home networking also increases the value of
your home because it is equipped to operate
today's digital electronics and will keep
pace with ever-changing technology. For
these and many other reasons, residential
networking is a "must" for your home.
Contact Digerati if you
have any questions. |
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