Lighting automation
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Automated lighting control—programmable dimming and on-off control—can transform a home as well as the homeowner’s lifestyle with declining costs and complexity, these systems are no longer exclusively the province of luxury homes.
Automated lighting controls enable recall and selection of scenes with the press of a button, instantly customizing the lighting to accommodate different preferences and different uses of the space.
Automated lighting control systems may be hard-wired or wireless. Hard wired systems involve a central control panel with low-voltage wiring to connect the components throughout the house. Wireless systems can require central control components or can be built from combinations of switches, dimmers and scene controllers, which themselves are hardwired but communicate with each other wirelessly.
Again, the primary functions of the system are on-demand and programmable dimming and on-off control for designated rooms or zones of light fixtures.For a hardwired system, when a home owner presses a button on a system keypad, a command to turn on the light is sent via low-voltage communication wires to the dimmers and switches assigned to that button and in turn, a response is sent back to the controller to confirm the action.
