Automated Home

The £170 ZipaBox from little known Croatian company Zipato challenges VeraLite’s Micasa Verde on price, yet promises a feature set on a par with high-end controllers like the Fibaro Home Centre 2. We put the ZipaBox through its paces to find out if it can really deliver. For this test, we’re using a ZipaBox together [...]

UK specialist Custom Controls recently undertook one of their most ambitious projects. Read on for all the photos and details… This project saw Custom Controls using and integrating just about every piece of automated control kit available including advanced audio, video, lighting and heating controls. This project covered a total area of 10,000 square meters, including [...]

  Zipato is an all in one home automation solution from Croatia.  Out of the box it supports Z-Wave, however it’s not tied to a single smart home technology. It can be expanded to support ZigBee and KNX and there’s also promised future support for Insteon plus technologies based on 433MHz such as LightwaveRF. Zipato have [...]

Laser are a well known home automation retailer (and long time friends and supporter of Automated Home).  This morning they’ve launched their latest venture, a new site selling a huge range of KNX Home Automation equipment and they have a launch discount for Automated Home reader.  Read on for the details. PRESS RELEASE – Laser [...]

As one of the big forces in the home automation world we were delighted that the KNX Association Director Joost Demarest kindly agreed to take time out of his busy schedule to answer some questions for Automated Home…. 1. Hi Joost, can you tell us a bit about your background and what led you into the exciting world [...]

Loxone recently won the German Smart Home Award in the ‘Best Project’ category.  The prize was award for ”The Brown Box”, a smart home fully kitted out with Loxone.  Thanks to Loxone we’ve republished their case study detailing the winning home automation system … The 240m² family house, built in 2008, is not just all about [...]

Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own home automation setup or  just a dreamer we all love looking at cool smart home installations.  This one features a London home with a custom KNX and Comfort system installed by Control Freax of Woking… Cytech’s COMFORT security system interacting with a new KNX whole house smart [...]

KomfortKlik, a specialist in home automation software development, is proud to present ComfortClick Manager KNX visualization software which enables full building automation and control via any device with Android, iOS, MacOS or Windows platform. “ComfortClick Manager offers a comfortable home automation solution for system integrators and DIYs and can be implemented in residential and commercial [...]

The guys from iRidium have contacted us with the details on the latest release of their Home Automation software app… “iRidium Mobile Ltd. presents a new product – iRidium for KNX v.1.5.10.  iRidium for KNX offers immense opportunities for visualization and control of KNX systems: Integration with any KNXNet/IP devices: Base License – control any [...]

Cytech, famous for their “Comfort” smart home security system, have just announced a new Home Automation controller.  With its If/Then/Else logic it’s ideal for controlling and scheduling AV, Lighting, Blinds, Heating, Airconditioning, Irrigation etc.  The new device know as ‘Logic Engine’ is a subset of the security system, providing all the I/O you’ve come to [...]