{"id":1408,"date":"2010-01-18T08:22:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T08:22:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-08T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:09:33","slug":"smart-home-success-story-a-comfort-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/announcements\/smart-home-success-story-a-comfort-case-study.html","title":{"rendered":"Smart Home Success Story &#8211; A Comfort Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_title.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" width=\"500\" height=\"364\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cytech.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comfort system from Cytech<\/a> is an Automated Home favourite.\u00a0 It integrates an intruder alarm, home automation controller, voicemail and intercom all into one compact, reliable package.\u00a0This case study gives a flavour of what the Comfort system can control in a real home.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>&#8220;A large, 6-bedroom family home on four floors in rural Oxfordshire is the location of a comprehensive installation of smart home technology featuring the Comfort Intelligent Home System from Cytech Europe Limited for security and home automation.<\/p>\n<p>Designed and installed a few years ago in the Georgian-style property by Cyberhomes Limited of Thame, Oxfordshire, the smart home features included a fully automated home cinema room, multi-room music system, audio and video distribution, surveillance monitoring, lighting control, intercom and access control.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe design principles of discrete and manageable technology resulted in a superb living space with dramatic and yet useable control features and an extensive home entertainment system,\u201d said Andy Mack of Cyberhomes Limited.\u00a0\u00a0 Several years later the main house was extended and with it the intelligent home system.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_gates.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p>2008 saw the completion of a third stage in this \u2018smart home\u2019 project to incorporate a new, detached entertainment complex built around a large swimming pool again with security and automation provided by the Comfort Intelligent Home System.<br \/>\nThe owner of the house declares, \u201cWe live in a house that responds to our needs, providing a safe and secure environment whilst also facilitating an amazing array of entertainment options for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Main House<\/strong> &#8211; The interior of the main house has dark oak wood panelling in the home cinema room and 10 ft ceilings with cornice rails.\u00a0\u00a0 Following the traditional style in the house the in-wall keypads and touch screens are all framed in polished brass.\u00a0 In this room the automated curtains, concealed 6-foot automated cinema screen, projector and \u2018invisible\u2019 ceiling speakers work together to achieve a real \u2018at the cinema\u2019 feeling.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_cin2.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p>There is also a 42-inch plasma TV screen that slides out at a 45 degree angle from the dark oak fitted cupboards.\u00a0\u00a0 When not in use the screen vanishes back into the recess and the automated oak wood panel returns to its closed \u2018bookcase\u2019 state.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_tv.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p>All screens throughout the house can view the security cameras around the outside of the property.\u00a0\u00a0 The camera system can also be viewed from a remote computer so family members with the full password can see both live and recorded footage.\u00a0\u00a0 The Comfort security system dials out to the home-owners\u2019 mobiles when they are not at home to alert them of an emergency such as a break-in or fire.<\/p>\n<p>The door phone can be set to dial out to a mobile if the owner is out as well as allowing them to open gates or doors for deliveries or other services.\u00a0\u00a0 When the owner is home they can speak to visitors at the gate from any internal phone and open electric garage doors and the main entrance gates from the phone whilst viewing the operation on any plasma screen in the house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lighting Up<\/strong> &#8211; Lighting control throughout the three floor house can be turned on or off with a single button or via the arming and disarming of the Comfort security system.\u00a0\u00a0 Movement activated lighting means that during the night illuminated walkways can be created without pressing any switches and door contacts turn on lights when the owners enter the house.\u00a0 Touch screens in larger rooms provide a range of pre-programmed scenes to suit the occasion.\u00a0 When the house is vacated, the lighting system plays back a programme to give anyone in the vicinity the impression the house is occupied.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_ts.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Upstairs Downstairs<\/strong> &#8211; The busy family with school-age children find the room-to-room intercom using a wireless telephone system very useful as it also allows direct paging between rooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Entertainment Complex<\/strong> &#8211; This new development followed the expansion of the system when an extension was build onto the main house in 2006.\u00a0\u00a0 The entertainment complex is constructed around an outdoor swimming pool and the facilities on three floors include a basement snooker room, a ground floor entertainment room and a first floor gym.<\/p>\n<p>The family asked for features and equipment with which they are familiar.\u00a0\u00a0 So the new installation was also based on a Comfort Intelligent Home System for smart alarm and home control, plus Clipsal C-bus lighting control and Living Controls multi-room audio and video distribution.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_cin1.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The entertainment room features a 50-inch plasma screen, wii and Playstation 3 inputs, iPod dock, concealed ceiling speakers, wall mounted keypad and integrated remote control.\u00a0\u00a0 The TV screen is fitted inside pale wood cabinets with bookshelves and storage units beneath.\u00a0\u00a0 In the basement snooker room there is an iPod dock and distributed audio keypad to ceiling speakers.\u00a0 The first floor gym has a 37-inch screen, ceiling speakers, wall mounted keypad and integrated remote control.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Case Study\" src=\"\/images\/news\/ccs_iphone.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Case Study\" \/><\/div>\n<p>CCTV, movement sensors and door contacts are also features of this new building.\u00a0\u00a0 Cytech\u2019s Comfort KT01 touch panel offers complete flexibility for the security.\u00a0\u00a0 This allows the user to arm and disarm the main house as well as the entertainment complex, operate the gates and garage doors from this panel.\u00a0\u00a0 The 32 lighting circuits with preset scenes inside and outside the complex can also be operated from this one panel.\u00a0\u00a0 The family can also control the security and lighting for this leisure complex from the main house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The key to the success of this installation has been good design using products that have a track record of working well together \u2013 particularly Comfort and C-bus<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The client has the benefit of a familiar but extended installation,\u201d said Andy Mack of\u00a0 Cyberhomes Limited.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Products Used<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security and home automation \u2013 Comfort Intelligent Home System<\/li>\n<li>Lighting Control \u2013 Clipsal C-Bus<\/li>\n<li>Multi-room Audio \u2013 Living Control<\/li>\n<li>Touch screen control \u2013 Living Control and Clipsal<\/li>\n<li>Speakers \u2013 Speakercraft<\/li>\n<li>Cinema Audio \u2013 Denon&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cytech.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cytech.biz<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0cyberhomesltd.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Comfort system from Cytech is an Automated Home favourite.\u00a0 It integrates an intruder alarm, home automation controller, voicemail and intercom all into one 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