Merten have just revealed their new “CONNECT” system, based on Z-Wave technology. Aimed squarley at the (huge) retro-fit market, the system is based around the “CONNECT radio centre”. This wall mounted central contoller has a colour LCD screen as well as individual configurable buttons all of which can be programmed from a PC through USB. checked out on for the full press release.
“Merten has broadened its product program with a new radio system. With the link service based on the Z-Wave common for wireless house manage the business addresses the quickly growing remodelling market. The radio system from Merten constitutes an essential building block towards a inexpensive retrofitting of house manage services for buildings as well as therefore can be broadly used by electricians as well as end consumers. By utilizing the Z-Wave common the radio system is interoperable with services from other vendors and, therefore, provides an ideal integration of light control, space climate, multimedia, as well as safety and security applications, etc. much more than 160 enterprises, including market giants, Cooper Industries, Danfoss, Intel, Intermatic, Leviton, Monster, universal electronics (UEI), as well as Wayne-Dalton are members of the Z-Wave alliance as well as have chose in favour of Z-Wave as house manage technology. Over 170 Z-Wave based products are already offered on the market today.
The remodelling market is expected to fast growth in the next few years. In Germany alone, much more than 30 million apartments as well as homes are 30 years as well as older with today’s minimum requirements concerning electrical installation barely being met. many owners as well as designers are, so far, avoiding a retrofit with contemporary electrical installation innovation since of the high costs. With the contemporary link radio system from Merten this is a issue of the past because it allows a inexpensive in addition to simple retrofit of older buildings without high expense rewiring. In addition, occupants can upgrade their rented flats with the link radio system likewise temporily as well as eliminate gadgets when they move again.
The link radio system from Merten
The service based on the Z-Wave common is a radio system with bi-directional, acknowledged transmission in addition to re-routing as well as diagnosic tool. It provides a multitude of usage choices in the areas of wireless light control, space climate, energy saving, multimedia, as well as safety and security applications offering for linking of building manage functions with multimedia applications. With 868 MHz, the new Merten radio system operates on a frequency specially reserved for short variety radio making it incredibly robust. The distinct addressing allows a trouble-free simultaneous operation of several radio systems. The system can be extremely quickly installed as well as configured as well as the installations can be prolonged anytime. In the home, the radio variety of the system is about 30 meters depending upon assembly setting in addition to general building condition such as wall thickness. In open air application the radio variety is as much as 100 meters. because of the extremely short execution-time of 50 milliseconds per application, the radio system from Merten only broadcasts when a radio transmitter is activated. This mode of operation is not only extremely cost-effective however likewise has benefits in construction-biological terms. compared to a mobile phone, the gleam discharge of the link radio system is lower by a element of 1/10.000.
The link radio centre acts as the central aspect equipped with a graphical individual interface (merten@home). It has eight totally free programmable operating secrets as well as a 3.5 inch colour screen making it the central manage aspect of the radio system. The radio centre furthermore provides the complying with features: 32 predefined scenarios as well as a clock timer with 20 weeks as well as 12 years timer switch programs. A Piezo loudspeaker has been integrated for acoustic alert. Some extra features the radio center provides include the screen of an email account, presentation of pictures in the type of a slideshow, as well as screen of breaking news based on RSS news feeds. Network mp3 players or streaming clients can be managed from the radio centre through the multimedia application. one more function of the link radio centre is the automatic sending of messages if predefined events occur. Thus, the link radio centre, for example, notifies per mail, if the light is used during absence. In situation of extensive radio applications, with as much as 100 devices, the radio configuration software application assists CONNECT. The functions can be quickly assigned to all gadgets through drag as well as decrease utilizing the USB radio interface.”
www.merten.de : www.z-wave.com
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