Automated Switching for the Home

Every room in the home benefits from home control and home automation. Here are just a few examples of popular applications:

• Kitchen and Dining Room: Create scenes for the different tasks such as dining, cooking and cleaning.
• Home Theater and Media Room: Create a dramatic “dim the lights before the show” integrated with your home theater system.
• Master Bedroom: Control zones of lights from the bedside to turn ON and OFF lights outside, downstairs or throughout the entire home.
• Landscape and Garden: Schedule when the garden path lights turn ON and OFF, or combine all the outdoor lights to activate at once for security.
• Staircase and Hallway: Ensure safety by turning on lights at appropriate lighting levels throughout the day and night.
• Living Room: Add elegance and intimacy. Lighting is one of the most powerful methods Interior Designers use to change moods in a room.
• Family Room and Great Room: Select a lighting scene for one person to read a good book, or the entire family to celebrate a birthday party.

Home automation is about delivering practical control of your lighting, home and personal lifestyle.

Automation manufacturers provide a variety of residential home automation products which provide a wide range of powerful levels of control and customization for your home.

Home Automation and Lighting

Lighting displays have become a staple of American front yards and home automation programmable light switching makes the inconvenience of switching these displays ON and OFF every night a thing of the past… as well as providing an easy way to comply with town restrictions or energy management objectives.

Decorative Lighting In Brief:
Plug display lighting into an existing receptacle using a Plug-In Receiver Module
or replace the existing switch or receptacle controlling the lights with a Home Control Switch or
Receptacle Receiver Module. These modules are ideal for Christmas trees or other seasonal decorations, which can be awkward to unplug easily. A home automation programmer transmits unique coded commands over a home’s existing AC wiring, telling the Receiver Modules to initiate recurring timed events. Depending on the programmer chosen, lights can be made to go ON/OFF/DIM/BRIGHT at specific times or at dusk/dawn based on a built-in astronomical clock. All components are designed for use with the complete line of Home Controls products – allowing you to expand the system at any time.

NOTE: Do not replace previously installed GFCI Receptacles with home automation receptacles.
Home automation receptacles should be used with an approved rain tight cover which provides protection while in use, or other weatherproof cover in wet and damp locations. Check that all installations meet local electrical codes.

• Automate ON/OFF switching of holiday landscape displays
• Schedule ON/OFF times based on time of day or on dusk/dawn switching
using a built-in astronomical clock available with some models.
• Memory backup protects your programming during power failure

AUTOMATION PRODUCTS FOR HOLIDAY DECORATING APPLICATIONS
Controls System Packages for Home Automation Solutions

Examples shown below can be found from manufacturers such as Leviton, X-10 Home Controls, Lutron and more.