Vantage added Element fixtures by Tech Lighting to its lighting fixture alliance program, it emailed Wednesday. Tech Lighting’s portfolio includes architectural recessed downlights, linear LED channels and tape and high-end decorative fixtures, it said. Being part of the alliance ensures that Tech Lighting’s fixtures pair seamlessly with Vantage’s lighting control, said the Legrand lighting brand, which tests all alliance partner fixtures and provides integrators with profiles to easily integrate them into its lighting control systems. Other lighting brands in the alliance program are DMF, WAC’s AiSPiRE, Circa Lighting, Colorbeam, Environmental Lights, LF Illumination, Lucifer, No. 8 Lighting, Proluxe by American Lighting and PureEdge.
HVAC control company Airzone announced certified drivers for whole-home automation platforms from Crestron, Control4, Elan, Lutron, and Savant, saying the technology is exclusive for HVAC inverter systems. The Airzone Aidoo Pro is a simple-to-install system add-on that sits between the HVAC system and IoT control devices such as home automation platforms, third-party smart thermostats and voice assistants, the company said. Aidoo Pro allows integrators to fully incorporate HVAC control for the first time into home automation, allowing HVAC units to operate continuously -- varying their output to maintain a constant temperature -- rather than turning off at a target temperature, the company said. Inverter systems are more energy efficient, more compact, quieter and control an environment’s temperature more precisely than single-speed HVAC systems, the company said.
Nice, after completing the transition from Nortek Control to Nice North America, announced several new Nice-branded products Thursday at the CEDIA Expo, including the HR40 handheld remote, for enabling home control with the push of a button. The Wi-Fi-enabled remote features a touch-screen interface displayed above two hard buttons. The remote also includes an integrated intercom. It’s shipping in Q1 at $1,200, said Nice.
Leviton’s new 8-inch LED Downlight has a motion sensor that automatically switches the light on when it senses motion and off after 30 seconds or three minutes after no motion is detected, the company said Thursday. The Energy Star-certified light has an override that prevents the sensor from switching lights on when a space has adequate natural sunlight, the company said. Color temperature is selectable at 3000K, 4000K and 5000K using the integrated color temperature slider switch, Leviton said.
Five entities joined the Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium told DOJ and the FTC in simultaneous “written notifications” June 20, said a notice for Tuesday’s Federal Register. New alliance members are Establishment Hulul al-Manazil for Real Estate Development, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Card Access Engineering, Draper, Utah; Pin Genie, DBA Lockly, St. Paul; Trinitas All Electric, Opelousas, Louisiana; and NexMetro Development, Phoenix. Membership in the alliance, which promotes interoperability among wireless control devices and whose founding members include Silicon Labs and Ring, "remains open," said Suzanne Morris, chief-premerger and division statistics in DOJ’s Antitrust Division. The notifications are required to extend alliance members antitrust protections under the 1993 National Cooperative Research and Production Act, said Morris.
Hunter Douglas released third-party drivers for integration of its PowerView automated shades into new or existing control systems, it said Tuesday. Drivers enable individual shade and scene control with two-way feedback for Control4, Crestron Home, Crestron, Clare Controls, Elan, RTI and Universal Remote Control systems, the company said. Drivers for Savant and Brilliant are in development and due “soon,” it said.
Leviton introduced a Decora smart Wi-Fi fan speed controller, that brings smart home functionality to overhead pull-chain ceiling fans without electronic control capability. The second-generation device has four-speed control and is compatible with Apple HomeKit, Hey Google and Amazon Alexa, plus the company's My Leviton app, it said Tuesday.
Hunter Douglas tapped Universal Electronics Inc. to co-develop and manufacture its recently released PowerView Gen 3 Remote and PowerView Gen 3 gateway for the window covering manufacturer’s automated shade system, the companies said Monday. The system was redesigned to make automated shading simpler, more reliable and scalable, they said. Bluetooth Low Energy wireless technology provides a larger operating range than previous versions with real-time two-way communications for improved reliability, they said. The third-generation gateway facilitates connectivity with the home Wi-Fi router to boost performance and add voice control capability via Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa; it also enables integration with third-party control systems.
Savant control systems are now compatible with pool and spa controls using Haywood's OmniLogic platform, said the companies Tuesday. Savant users can set water temperature and pump speeds, change lighting colors and manage water chemistry from control devices, they said.
In a “generational refresh,” Snap One is shipping the Core Series of Control4 controllers, coinciding with the release of Control4 OS 3.3.0. The software update includes shortcuts in Composer Pro, support for Apple Watch, integration of color and color temperature into the Control4 platform with user interface controls, color selection and ramping available to lighting scenes, the company emailed Wednesday. Control4 also updated apps for iOS and Android to enable faster connection speeds for customers using the app while on the go, it said. The Core 1, Core 3 and Core 5 have infrared, serial, IP, contact, relay and Zigbee ports; the Core 3 and 5 have an external Z-Wave antenna that will be enabled after it completes the certification process, Control4 said. The series has OvrC Pro inside for network monitoring and remote troubleshooting.