Smart Homes For Smart People
Automation Environments utilise the best of modern technology to make your homes security, lighting and entertainment devices SMART.
About Automation Environments What do we do? The possibilities are immense, ranging from lights and locks to cameras and coffee makers. The common denominator is automation, and a promise that these devices can save you time, save you money or make your life a little easier. All of this is controlled form our app and is very easy to use. We can even program modes that give you one button settings like turning everything off and setting alarms as you go to bed. The possibilities are quite endless!
How long does it take? Once we have agreed what you would like to have automated, lights, heating etc, our system usually takes us just ONE DAY to install.
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The system is very easy to use and we can even set up multiple things to be controlled with a single button press. Our system is easier than controlling everything manually.
Welcome to the World of Automation Environments The possibilities are immense, ranging from lights and locks to cameras and coffee makers. The common denominator is automation, and a promise that these devices can save you time, save you money or make your life a little easier. All of this is controlled form our app and is very easy to use. We can even program modes that give you one button settings like turning everything off and setting alarms as you go to bed. The possibilities are quite endless! The highly compact modules and sensors can be installed behind light switches, above doors, on ceilings or walls and are compatible with every common electrical system. Z-Wave technology allows our modules to automatically establish and manage their own wireless network, and enables you to accommodate products from nearly 300 other manufacturers into one seamless home network, unifying the devices you use every day. Our system works by absorbing information, processing it and making intelligent decisions. If you go away on holiday and leave the heating on, we can message you and ask if you’d like to turn it off. We will alert you when battery-powered devices are running low or if it starts to rain and your windows are open. Our system updates itself, monitors itself and can even alert you if other manufacturers’ devices in your home break down.
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Retrofittable in any Building
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Ou revolutionary, non-invasive installation process allows modules to be connected to existing electrical systems without the need to make any changes to the infrastructure. Consequently, our systems can be installed into almost any building with an absolute minimum of disruption - making it perfect for retrofits as well as new builds. Every effort has been made to ensure interoperability. For example, the Dimmer Module is the only device of its kind which is compatible with systems where no neutral wire is present at the switch socket. Our sensors require no wires at all, and can be attached with a single screw or self-adhesive strip - or even just placed on a flat surface. This makes installation a breeze, and means that modules can easily be moved around if necessary. Thanks to the mesh network structure we use the modules will automatically update their location and seamlessly re-integrate with the system. With a battery life of up to five years, sensors can be placed in remote locations without mains power to monitor for leaks, check the temperature in a loft or warn of ice formation in a driveway. The Z-Wave technology that underpins our system is used by more than 300 manufacturers worldwide. The Z-Wave certification process aims to ensure that all products produced under the standard have the greatest possible crosscompatibility. This unparalleled simplicity and flexibility makes home automation accessible to everyone for the first time. 5
The Interface Our system has two user interfaces:
The Control App The App runs on nearly any mobile device including iPhone, iPad and popular Android phones. Control and monitor any device in your network from whichever phone or tablet makes you feel at home.
The Web Interface Accessed from any web browser on a PC or Mac, this interface is used to configure the system by defining locations and device names and setting up automatic actions. Advanced users can explore writing their own scripts in Lua for almost limitless functionality.
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Unlike competing systems, there’s no need to program and deploy your own interface. Everything is generated for you automatically within the App. Devices, rooms and scenes are pulled automatically from the system and organised on the screen with no further effort required. The interface is fluid and elegant right out of the box, and you can customise it further with a range of different in-built icons and support for importing your own.
With no specialist software to install, the webbased configuration interface can be accessed from any computer or mobile device with an internet connection, anywhere in the world. Gone away on holiday and forgot to set the alarm? No problem. Log in from the beach and activate it remotely.
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The Interface
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The Web Interface
The Mobile App
Automation Environments are probably the best building automation system in the world today. Our Automation Environments are fundamentally different. Where other home automation systems focus primarily on the control of AV equipment, Automation Environments is a complete solution for the monitoring, management and intelligent automation of living and working environments.
Automation Environments’ system of modules and sensors allows your home or office to intelligently respond to the changing environment, effortlessly maximising your comfort, safety and energy efficiency. Automation Environments is more than just an intelligent electrical system. It is a trusted host, a personal manager who will take care of you, your family and your home. Automation Environments is powerful, affordable, flexible and efficient.
The Tablet App The Automation Environments system won’t just ensure your comfort and safety. It will also change your life. Automation Environments is the future of building automation. Try it and things will never be the same again.
Comfort and Convenience The Perfect Awakening Use the infinite possibilities of Automation Environments to start your day with a smile.
6:30 am
We collects meteorological data and uses it to customise a number of scheduled activities, such as raising the temperature in the rooms you normally use to a pleasant level.
7:15 am
The temperature in each room is now perfect. The house gently wakes you up by playing music from your favourite radio station, gradually increasing the volume to a preprogrammed level.
7:20 am
The system takes a reading of the natural light and raises the blinds to 20% to gently illuminate your room, allowing time for your eyesight to adjust.
7:25 am
You get up. The house senses motion in the bedroom and illuminates your way to the bathroom and the kitchen.
7:28 am
The system switches on your boiler in readiness for your shower, and communicates with Z-wave appliances from other manufacturers to boil water for your morning coffee and turn on the news channel.
7:30 am
The ventilation and heater mirror in the bathroom are automatically activated as your shower raises the humidity in the room.
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Safety
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In the Event of Fire In emergency situations, every second counts. Our system can safeguard you and your family by identifying and responding to threats within moments.
1:03:12 am
The Smoke Sensor detects a whisp of smoke and reports the information to the processor. The processor checks it against a pre-determined threshold and determines that there might be a threat. The Smoke Sensor immediately emits a loud alarm and the processor begins to initiate an emergency procedure.
1:03:13 am
A second later the house alarm system is activated and all of the lights are switched on, making threat clearly visible to your family and neighbours.
1:03:14 am
The system closes the windows in the room where the fire was detected to starve it of oxygen. It pulls up the roller blinds to try and prevent them from catching fire and unlocks the doors to ensure you and your family can escape.
1:03:15 am
The system cuts off the gas supply. At the same time, the extractor fan is activated at 100% power to remove as much smoke as possible.
1:03:16 am
The thermostats and the air conditioning control devices are disabled, preventing smoke from spreading around the house through the air conditioning ducts.
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All of the audio and video devices play pre-recorded evacuation instructions.
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Specially pre-configured lighting guides the members of the household to the exit via the shortest escape route.
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Rest and Relaxation
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Welcome Home After a hard day’s work you deserve a rest.
6:00 pm
Our system senses evening approaching thanks to the falling light intensity. The system turns on the garden lighting and the fountain ready for your arrival.
6:10 pm
The system detects your car approaching the property via GPS. It increases the brightness of lighting in the garden and in the driveway to 100%, and activates a relay to open the garage door.
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Our system interfaces with a carbon monoxide detector to monitor the air quality
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6:11 pm
Our system interfaces with a carbon monoxide detector to monitor the air quality in your garage as you arrive. If excess fumes accumulate it will turn on the extractor fan and hold the garage door open until the threat subsides.
6:12 pm
You enter the house. Our system monitors which rooms you walk into, meters the natural light and determines how much artificial light is needed to achieve a pleasant level. Audio zones power up and your favourite music fills the house.
6:15 pm
The system checks meteorological data and determines that it hasn’t rained today. It references a Z-Wave compatible humidity sensor in the garden and decides that the garden needs to be watered. The system activates a relay that turns on your sprinklers.
6:20 pm
Your neighbour comes round to visit. When our system detects him approaching it increases the brightness of the garden lighting and deactivates the sprinklers. He presses the doorbell and a picture is sent to your phone so that you can identify your visitor and remotely release the lock. Once he is inside, the sprinklers resume.
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Saving with Automation Environments Saving energy is at the heart of the Automation Environments system. All of our power supplies are tested to ensure the greatest possible efficiency and the system is streamlined to keep unnecessary radio transmissions to a minimum. Devices automatically enter an energy-saving mode whenever they’re not in use to further conserve power. Our dimming modules are built to be compatible with the leading green lighting technologies, including compact fluorescent and LED lamps. Making the best use of natural light, dimming artificial sources to the level needed and using the system’s presence detection features to extinguish lights in unoccupied areas can all result in considerable savings.
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Our system allows you to measure the power draw of any device in real time, view historical graphs and charts of the energy consumption of your home, identify inefficient and wasteful devices and regulate their activities. The system can automatically disable selected devices every time you leave the building to save power. With a correctly configured system you can reduce the electricity consumption of your home by up to 30%.
Our system’s intelligent architecture lets you mitigate situations that result in unnecessary waste. By setting up logical relationships between sensor feedback and system actions, We can help appliances to work in harmony. If a window is left open on a cold day, our system could exclude that room from your heating programme or activate a relay to close it. If it’s sunny outside and the lights are turned on, the system could suggest raising the blinds instead.
We can ensure that your heating and air conditioning don’t compete with each other, or even allow parents to regulate the amount of time their children watch TV. The System’s energy monitoring features allow it to warn you when a device breaks down or disable electronics in the case of a flood, preventing damage to your home and extending the life of your appliances.
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Sustainability
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Live Green with us Thanks to our wireless architecture there’s no need to run additional cables, cutting down the amount of copper and plastic sheathing used. All of our devices are compliant with the EU RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive and can help developers to meet key environmental legislation such as EN 15232 and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. Our products are labelled with a dedicated WEEE symbol in accordance with the Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, prohibiting their disposal in landfill and allowing parts to be reclaimed and recycled into new products. We can help your home or business to be part of a greener future.
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Get Connected with Based in the UK, Systemline introduced its first multi-room control system as long ago as 1988; a time when the concept of ‘Custom Installation’ was virtually unknown outside of the USA. That multiroom system was the first in the world to be based on universal IR control. It received wide acclaim and won an American CES Award for innovation. Throughout the following decade, Systemline became the obvious multi room speaker system of choice for European specifiers wishing to build their businesses. It’s probably fair to say that many of today’s leading Custom Installers ‘learnt their trade’ on Systemline product. In the early part of the new millennium, Systemline (UK) introduced “Modular” which redefined the level of flexibility and space efficiency possible within a multi-zone system. The new Systemline S7 and E100 products build on this experience and knowledge and have been designed to address the needs of today. Both E100 & S7 are shining examples of how Systemline is embracing change with yet more innovation. And it doesn’t stop there. Systemline will continue to innovate and develop solutions appropriate for all levels of the installation market, based on a ‘wiredfor-wireless’ infrastructure, designed to ensure maximum reliability
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Multi-Room Audio Systemline 7 S7 has been designed to offer the best possible home music and TV experience while discretely complementing the design of your home. ■ Up to 24 fully independent music zones (including outdoor) ■ Support for Hi-Res music storage and reproduction (up to 4 x CD resolution) ■ Streaming on-demand music services from Deezer, Qobuz & Spotify etc ■ Streaming radio services from BBC iPlayer (including 7 day catch-up service) TuneIn & Shoutcast etc ■ Digital music storage of up to 2TB including Hi-Res music files ■ Fully customisable App optimised for all sizes of iPad & iPhones. Android App coming soon! ■ Open integration with 3rd party lighting and control systems including Crestron, Control 4, RTI, Fibaro and Lutron etc
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Single Room Audio Systemline E100 DAB/FM/Bluetooth music system with TV audio/ auxilary input ■ DAB/FM Full range both and DAB reproduction & FM radio stations ■ Built-in Bluetooth - which facilitates robust wireless music streaming from any suitably equipped phone, or from laptop. ■ Easy to use - 4 favourite station pre-sets + scan and select a full range of radio stations ■ Very good sound quality - far better than your average radio, so much more enjoyable ■ Better sound dispersion - particularly important for larger kitchens and open plan layouts ■ Flexible alarm feature ■ No Clutter - it’s built in to the wall (or kitchen cabinet) ■ Great finish - Stainless steel & Gloss black ■ Wipe clean - not a dust & grime collector Prices inc VAT £425: E100 Speaker System includes a pair of Q Acoustics QI-65CB ceiling speakers £375: E100 System (excluding speakers)
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Example of a typical home layout Tv distribution Terrestrial, HD digital TV, satellite channels as well as DVDs can be viewed in every room. Broadband distribution Computers can be linked to create your own home network with shared printers as well as playing games between rooms and over the internet. Telephone outlets Sockets for telephones, fax machines and modems can be located wherever you need them enabling you to create a home office. Whole house multi room audio You can listen to the radio in the shower, CDs in the kitchen and Hi-fi quality movies in the bedroom and living room.
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HDanywhere Watch and control your HDMI entertainment devices, set top boxes, and media streaming services on every TV. Control with the HDanywhere App or your remote. Access the content of every HDMI entertainment device and set top box connected to your HDanywhere multiroom system. Watch the same device on every TV, a different device on each TV, or any combination in between. Enjoy Sky HD, Virgin TiVo, Apple TV or any 4 HDMI devices in 4 rooms simultaneously. Watch in one room, pause, hit play in another.
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How to control Use the remote controls for your various set top boxes in any room by installing the free IR Kit included with every HDanywhere multiroom system. Download the free HDanywhere Control App for iOS and Android* or use the mini matrix remote to choose which set top box you’re watching in each room. Alternatively, you can use a range of third party control options like Logitech Harmony and DemoPad. Use your set top box remote as usual with no extra hassle. IR control works at both TVs letting you access all your channels, recordings, TV guides just as you normally would.
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Feel free to call one of our friendly advisors to ask any question or arrange a survey. We spend time listening to how you would like things to work and advise the best ways to achieve these. This service is also free. Once we have spent time with you we then get our specialists to build you your own system bespoke to your house and your needs. This is a same day mess free installation.
Lowry Mill, Swinton Manchester, M27 6DB Phone: 0161 952 426 Email: info@automationenvironments.com www. automationenvironments.com