Home Automation

Let’s face it, we live in a complicated age. It seems as if every item in the house requires part of our daily lives to keep it running. Too many remote controls, lights that need to be turned on and off hourly, heaters and air conditioners that are skyrocketing monthly bills with the new energy crunch, pool and spa controls that you have to trudge inside with wet feet to operate… where is the relief?

AMX.

AMX is an integration systems manufacturer that specializes in taking all the disparate subsystems throughout the house, tying them together, and allowing them to be accessed throughout the home, away from the home, or automatically. Some would call this “smart home technology”. Unfortunately, most smart home products are just toys that are unreliable and provide few choices in the way people can run their homes. AMX is a residential product built by company that manufactures very powerful commercial integration systems. With their wide array of processors, LCD touchscreens, keypads, and control software, virtually anyone can learn to run an entire house in a matter of a few minutes.

More importantly, AMX systems are designed to run in tandem with partner manufacturers, so functionality can be shared from one product in the home to another. For example, the AMX Lighting system can receive information directly from Apex Alarm Systems products. Since the AMX and Apex communicate with each other, sensors and detectors can be used to trigger on lights when a family member enters a room and turn off lights when the room is vacant. Since all AMX products run on a network, any part of the system can be changed and added as needed.

User interfaces, such as keypads and touchpanels have very unique features, such as built-in thermometers, clocks, and microphones. Each keypad is capable of running up to thousands of devices in a single home, even though it fits in a standard single-sized wall box. Moreover, the keypads can display caller ID of incoming calls and screen those calls. They can even intercom from one room to another utilizing flush-mounted architectural speakers which are built into the walls and ceilings. The days of clunky Nutone squawk-box systems are over!

Want to put some spice in your home theater experience? AMX has advanced touchpanels that will display video on the panel itself. Want to see who is at the front door without having to miss your favorite football game or movie? Just press a button and you see the front door camera on the touchscreen. With inclusive software, you can pan, tilt, and zoom in to get a better view. You can even videoconference through the touchpanel with additional webcam software.

With over 13 years experience, we can provide proven solutions to our ever-growing complex world. AMX equipment is modular, so you can start with a modest cinema system and use the same parts to build a full-blown integration system. For those who own several homes and want the ability to interconnect and control off-site, AMX's Netlinx product offers a variety of web-based systems powerful enough to run several estates from virtually anywhere in the world. A property manager in San Francisco can maintain a French chateau in real-time. Fantasy? No, AMX.

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