Smart home integration means your lighting, shades, climate, audio and video, network and security are designed as one system with one intuitive touch interface. One touch can then set more than one system at once, such as a single Good Night button that turns off the lights and lowers the shades.
Separate gadgets versus one system
Many homes collect smart devices one at a time: a thermostat with its own app, cameras with another, a speaker that controls some lights but not others. Each works, but none of them know about each other.
An integrated system starts from a design. Every device is chosen and wired into one control system, so the system can act on more than one thing at once and you only learn one interface.
What scenes look like day to day
- Morning: shades open and the lights come up, with one touch.
- Movie night: lights dim and shades close.
- Good night: lights off except the path lights, and shades closed.
Why the network comes first
Every part of an integrated system talks over the network. Strong whole-property Wi-Fi and wired connections to equipment that can use them are what keep the system responsive. That is why a good design plans the network and the equipment rack before anything else.
How NextGen AV Systems approaches it
NextGen AV Systems brings lighting, shade control, HVAC, entertainment and security together under one intuitive touch interface. Every project runs through the same four steps: consultation, design, installation and support.
