• Home
  • Contacts
  • Sitemap
  • Call us : (416) - 477- 2154
  • Send us Mail
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Join our Facebook Group
  • Subscribe to our RSS Feed
  • Search Site

OneTouch Automation

  • HomeWhere the Heart is
  • BlogTechnology
  • About UsA dedicated team
    • Home automation Team
    • Home automation history – our experience
    • Our Work
    • Certifications
    • Careers
    • Blog
    • Gallery
    • Our Partners
  • ServicesExperience Quality
    • Automation products
    • Smart Home Solutions
    • Audio visual Consulting services
    • Audio visual Design
    • Audio Visual Installation
    • Maintenance Service
    • Crestron Service Providers
  • ShopGet Smart items
  • ContactsGet in Touch

You are here: OneTouch Automation / Tag: Lights

Tag Archive for: Lights

How to select an AV contractor

Permalink
15 Jun 2012 / 0 Comments / in Events/by OneTouch

How to select an AV contractor

Step 1

You have decided to build your new home with all the latest technological advancements and with future proofing in mind

Step 2

You choose your design team. You are already working with a well known Architect, Interior Designer, Builder, HVAC supplier. What about making sure all the lights, music, heating and cooling are being controlled by a single touch? Not only for the comfort and luxury, but also to maximize savings, to help save our precious planet by conserving the energy and to help the environment by using green technology. Have you selected your Audio Video or Home Automation solutions provider?

Step 3

You choose your buidling contractors. Architects, Civil Engineers, Interior Designers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers – all the trades have professional certification which is governed by their professional associations and guarantees a professional quality solution. For you protection, you’ll chose certified contractors. But what about the AV guys?

Step 4

You choose your Home Automation provider. There are certifications for the audio visual trade. But they are not governed by any association and there is no official authority to review and certify their works. For an electrician, he must obtain an occupancy permit from ESA. What about the AV contractor? Do they need any certification to prove what they have done meets minimum standards? How would you know about an AV company before you select them? How do you protect yourself from inexperienced suppliers or bad workmanship?

Here are few hints:

  1. Check to make sure they have on-staff Designer and Programmer. Ask them for a sample design of one or two of their past projects
  2. Ask them about the AV certifications their employees have
  3. Ask them if they will have a dedicated Project Manager for your project
  4. Ask them about the post install service and guarantee
  5. Ask them about the installation and delivery schedule
  6. Ask for at least two recently completed clients reference. Call those reference and if possible visit one of the project to see their quality standard for yourself.
  7. Ask them if they would provide consultancy services and if they would meet with your Architect or Interior Designer. One meeting with Architect and Interior design can open up exciting new possibilities. A simple half an hour meeting will bring up most of the items required. You will know if immediately that company has actually done similar projects or not.
  8. Finally, let them know you would like to review the project with three different company for competitive fairness. They should have no problem with this.
  9. If you are satisfied with all of the above criteria, most likely you have selected a good AV contractor.
  10. Please make sure you ask the contractor to keep you updated on a daily or weekly basis.

Step 5

You review the Home Automation proposal.

Most company will ask you for a deposit before proceeding with the order, which is normal in any industry. Before you provide a deposit cheque, make sure you have a detailed

  1. Proposal with scope of work
  2. Preliminary Systems design along with the proposal
  3. A contract or agreement of services

Step 6

You provide the deposit and sign the contact. What should happen now?

  1. Ask them to submit their design along with proposal. Ask them to work with your Architect and Interior Designer and all other trades to avoid any delays or compatibility problems between trades.
  2. Ask for a schematic diagram of Control, Audio, Video, Power and Ethernet
  3. Review the proposal along with the design and make sure the information being provided to you accurately reflects your meetings with the company.

Note:

After handing over a deposit, you should not make any payment to the contractor until you receive the delivery of the products. It would be a good practice to pay for only the products you have received.

Step 7

The Home Automation contractor provides you with documentation.

Once the project is complete, everything is working and you are prepared to pay the final invoice, this will provide additional security:

  1. Ask for As Built Drawings.
  2. Ask for the copy of the programs.

Until you receive the above two items, it would be in your best interest not to clear the final invoice or to withhold the retainer until you receive them.

Step 8

You Enjoy the comfort and security provided by your home automation system!

Affordable Home Automation

12 Jun 2012 / 0 Comments / in Audio, Video/by OneTouch

-Control all your home systems: Lights, Shades, Music, Movies, Heating and Cooling, Video Door Bell, Surveillance … OneTouch, that’s all it takes

-Customizable automation solutions to fit your personal needs

-Works on iPad®, iPhone®, Touch Panel, Keypad and much more

Total Home Automation from Crestron® streamlines and simplifies all the technology in your home. Crestron® home automation offers the ultimate lifestyle of comfort and convenience. Crestron’s award-winning Total Home automation Technology Solution eliminates the need to walk from room to room to adjust drapes, lights, temperature, music, and TV. Whether from an easy-to-use touchpanel, hand-held remote control, iPad, iPhone or keypad, total comfort is always at your fingertips.

Crestron control’s lets you indulge in luxury with a single touch of a button. Just imagine, with a single touch the lights dim, the shades close, the LED  TV starts showing your favorite movie from your digital movie collection. Imagine your window treatments are either pre-programmed to adjust at pre-set times or close with a single touch of a button to reduce glare and protect delicate fabrics and fine art from harmful direct sunlight. Imagine at night the hallway lights or the stairs lights automatically illuminate as you walk by.

Crestron makes it easy to bring your imagination into life, brings reliability at an affordable cost. To see what the Crestron Total Home Technology experience can bring in to your lifestyle please give us a call at 416 477 2154 ext 116

 

‘Smart home’ technology goes mainstream

Permalink
13 Feb 2012 / 0 Comments / in Technology/by OneTouch

The thermostat in Colleen Lunden’s Uplandcondominium knows to turn itself on at 4:45 a.m. to warm up the house for her husband, Chris, an early riser, then to power down until she’s ready to get up at a more reasonable hour.

Later in the day, Lunden’s office computer shows her a live feed from security cameras in the condo so she can check in on her two dogs. After work, an application on her smartphone lets her turns on the lights at home before she walks in the door.

The Lundens’ home is a lot “smarter” since the couple signed on for a home automation package from Time Warner Cable last fall, and Colleen Lunden is hooked. “I’m finding that I really, really enjoy it a lot more than I thought I would,” she said.

Read more here: http://www.pe.com/business/business-headlines/20120203-industry-smart-home-technology-goes-mainstream.ece

Article originally published by The Press-Enterprise.

August 2015
M T W T F S S
« Feb    
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  
  • Smart Home Wi-Fi doorbellSmart Home Wi-Fi video doorbellAugust 29, 2015 - 3:39 AM
  • Wi-Fi Digital Video DoorbellFebruary 5, 2015 - 4:24 AM
  • Crestorn pyngCrestron Pyng is a game-changerNovember 17, 2014 - 11:10 PM
  • Sony dealerOneTouch is now a Sony dealerJune 26, 2014 - 5:25 AM
  • Crestron® HD-XSPAProfessional grade AV receiver from CrestronMarch 15, 2014 - 2:29 AM
  • 4K Video distributionJanuary 28, 2014 - 8:35 AM
  • Seat-to-screen Viewing Distance CalculationsHome Entertainment : HDTV Set UpNovember 24, 2013 - 10:05 AM
  • Fifty free moviesFifty Free MoviesNovember 1, 2013 - 9:45 AM
  • Security, photo credit: Crestron.comShould Security Systems be integrated with Home AutomationOctober 5, 2013 - 5:10 AM
  • DM Residential Home OwnerYour entertainment is digital. Your entertainment system should be, too.September 22, 2013 - 11:32 PM
  • Time to AutomateIt’s Time to AutomateSeptember 9, 2013 - 4:40 AM
  • DMPS AirMedia -Credit: Crestron.comDMPS, the world’s most advanced all-in-one digitalSeptember 3, 2013 - 12:57 AM
  • Bedroom is part of whole home automationWhole Home Automation Includes the BedroomAugust 8, 2013 - 12:02 AM
  • Responsible networking is the Pakedge Way!OneTouch Appointed Dealer for PakedgeAugust 1, 2013 - 7:35 PM
  • Modern Kitchen with Crestron Touch ScreenA Kitchen You’ll Really LoveJuly 24, 2013 - 9:22 PM
  • OneTouch offers The Kaleidescape SystemOneTouch is now a Kaleidescape DealerJuly 19, 2013 - 11:26 PM
  • Save money on home automationHow Can I Save Money on Home Automation?July 16, 2013 - 9:50 PM
  • Vacation Home Automation, photo credit: www.homeaway.comVacation AutomationJuly 11, 2013 - 12:44 AM
  • Wireless signals, Photo credit:www.pinellascomputers.comHow Wireless Can We GetJune 26, 2013 - 10:05 PM
  • The DVD- Does it stand for Dead Video Device? Photo credit:mikesepicmovies.blogspot.comThe DVD- Does it stand for Dead Video Device?June 18, 2013 - 10:41 PM

Recent Posts

  • Smart Home Wi-Fi video doorbell
  • Wi-Fi Digital Video Doorbell
  • Crestron Pyng is a game-changer
  • OneTouch is now a Sony dealer
  • Professional grade AV receiver from Crestron
  • 4K Video distribution
  • Home Entertainment : HDTV Set Up
  • Fifty Free Movies
  • Should Security Systems be integrated with Home Automation
  • Your entertainment is digital. Your entertainment system should be, too.
  • It’s Time to Automate
  • DMPS, the world’s most advanced all-in-one digital
  • Whole Home Automation Includes the Bedroom
  • OneTouch Appointed Dealer for Pakedge
  • A Kitchen You’ll Really Love
  • OneTouch is now a Kaleidescape Dealer
  • How Can I Save Money on Home Automation?
  • Vacation Automation

Pages

  • About Us
  • Audio visual Consulting services
  • Audio visual Design
  • Audio Visual Installation
  • Audiovisual Design
  • Automation products
  • Blog
  • Call Us Today!
  • Careers
  • Certifications
  • Checkout
  • Contacts
  • Crestron Service Providers
  • eStore
  • Home automation history – our experience
  • Home automation Team
  • Maintenance Service
  • Our Partners
  • Our Work
  • Portfolio
  • Products Page
  • Services
  • Sitemap
  • Smart Home Solutions
  • Transaction Results
  • Your Account
  • Gallery

Categories

  • Audio
  • Automated Shade
  • Digital Media
  • Events
  • HVAC
  • Knowledge
  • Lighting
  • Security
  • Services
  • Tablets and iPads
  • Technology
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • video doorbell

Archive

  • August 2015
  • February 2015
  • November 2014
  • June 2014
  • March 2014
  • January 2014
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
© Copyright - OneTouch Automation - Wordpress Theme by Kriesi.at
  • scroll to top
  • Send us Mail
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Join our Facebook Group
  • Subscribe to our RSS Feed