The Future of Energy: Smart Energy Management Solutions
Cinegration Development is at the forefront of Smart Energy Management, partnering with industry leaders to create the world's first energy automation system for smart energy storage, configuration, and management.
Continue reading to learn how CinDev is involved and why an energy management solution is crucial for smart home projects.
Cinegration Development is at the forefront of Smart Energy Management, partnering with industry leaders to create the world's first energy automation system for smart energy storage, configuration, and management.
Continue reading to learn how CinDev is involved and why an energy management solution is crucial for smart home projects.
How is Cinegration Development Part of the Future of Smart Energy Management?
Cinegration Development has spent the last several months working with leaders in the energy management industry to design and develop the world's first smart energy management solution for energy automation. CinDev developed the software to provide a stored energy management platform that allows smart homes to dynamically manage energy stored in the home's sonnen ecoLinx batterie. The software enables smart configurable backup, a weather response system, and smart energy consumption monitoring for Control4 systems using sonnen batteries.
With a sonnen ecoLinx batterie, an Eaton smartbreaker, and Cinegration Development's driver for Control4 systems, smart homes can now dynamically control the use of stored clean energy.
Check out the brochure to learn more about specific application and use cases and why integrators should offer this solution to customers.
What is Energy Automation?
Energy automation is the convergence of home automation and energy management, specifically enabling intelligent energy storage to manage how smart homes are powered. The ecoLinx “energy ecosystem” augments Control4 systems by integrating them with residential solar and energy storage, bringing clean tech to smart homes and enabling the ecoLinx to manage how energy is consumed and devices are powered throughout the home.
The operation of a smart home can be significantly enhanced by properly controlling how homes use energy. Traditional use cases center the home automation experience on providing the ultimate comfort and convenience to the homeowner by tailoring each system to their specific needs and wants. With energy automation, smart homes take this experience to another level by managing the energy consumption of the home without requiring the owner to plan or react to changes in energy availability, e.g., power outages or peak times of day.
Click here to view the TechTalk discussion at CEDIA.
Control smart home's stored energy in Control4! With automated responses to weather and changes in energy availability, smart homes have never been more efficient. This driver not only allows customers to dynamically manage their energy use, but also provides the ability to configure responses to weather conditions throughout the home. Watch the video to learn more about the sonnen energy management system.
Driver Highlights:
See battery state from any Control4 MyHome interface
Launch sonnen Dashboard via T3 touchscreens
Multiple Event and Conditional abilities to create custom scenes and macros for homeowners
Control4 Programming Features:
Events:
State changes to profiles
When AC Frequency, Voltage changes
When Battery Voltage Changes
When Battery Level changes
When Grid Offline/Online
When generating PV (solar) energy.
Composer Variables
AC_Frequency (number)
AC_Voltage (number)
Battery_Level (number) %
Battery_Voltage (number)
House_Consumption_Watts (number) -> amount of energy being consumed right now by the home
PV_Consumption_Watts (number) -> amount of energy being produced right now by the solar array
Conditionals
Battery Level (High, Medium, Low)
Grid Power Connected (Online = grid power on)
Generating Solar (is/is not)
Battery Charging (is/is not)
Active Profile (Time of Use, Self Consumption, etc...)
Click here to learn more about the sonnen ecoLinx driver.
CEDIA Recap - See What Cinegration Development was up to during the Week!
A Look Inside What Cinegration Development's CEDIA Experience!
Now that we've all had a week to recuperate and digest all of the exciting information from CEDIA, let's take a look at what Cinegration Development was up to at the convention! Continue reading to check out some great highlights and learn about the new drivers we've been working on!
A Look Inside What Cinegration Development's CEDIA Experience!
Now that we've all had a week to recuperate and digest all of the exciting information from CEDIA, let's take a look at what Cinegration Development was up to at the convention! Continue reading to check out some great highlights and learn about the new drivers we've been working on!
Cinegration Development at CEDIA
AJ is a lead developer for Cinegration Development and spent the week at CEDIA meeting with manufacturers, brainstorming with developers, and taking in all that CEDIA has to offer.
While at CEDIA, Cinegration Development presented the concept for our new smart energy driver, collaborated with developers from around the globe, participated in a TechTalk on smart energy, and we released our brand new August Smart Lock driver.
Left to right: Cody Crossland | Blackwire, Kevin Luther | Blackwire, AJ Brunson | Cinegration Development, Paul Biron | DomoSapiens, Richard Caton | Janus Technology, Alan Chow | Chowmain, Chris Allen | SnapAV, Seth Johnson | Blackwire
AJ from Cinegration Development meeting with the Control4 Developers Council, hosted by Eldon Greenwood from Control4. The council consisted of driver developers from around the world at CEDIA Expo 2018 in San Diego.
TechTalk
Energy Automation: Powering Smart Homes with Clean Energy
Cinegration Development has been working hand in hand with some of the top talent in the energy management industry. CinDev developed the software to provide an energy storage management platform that allows smart homes to dynamically manage stored energy. The software enables smart configurable backup, a weather response system, and smart energy consumption monitoring for Control4 systems using Sonnen batteries.
AJ served as a panelist for CEDIA's brand new TECH TALK series alongside Blake Ricetta with Sonnen, Gordon van Zuiden with CyberManor, Ron Callis with OneFirefly, and Troy Morgan with PanTech Designs.The group presented the ideas behind the future of smart energy, explained the cutting edge technology that will support it, and discussed why it is imperative that dealers adopt smart energy management into their projects.
Sonnen was the busiest booth at CEDIA this year! More conference goers stopped by Sonnen's Smart Energy booth where AJ talked one on one with dealers to explain the software he built for Sonnen batteries. See what CE Pro had to say about 'the most popular newcomer at CEDIA 2018.'
Click here to view the discussion!
Make your front door smarter with an August Smart Lock Pro + Connect. Go keyless to lock and unlock your door from anywhere with your phone. Give keyless entry to family, friends or even the dog walker. And the lock easily attaches to your existing deadbolt; use your existing key at anytime. Now available for Control4.
Driver Highlights:
Get lock status & instant lock status updates
Operate the lock
View lock activity
View lock users
Activate routines or scenes based on lock events
Get push notifications within Control4
Secure, uses OAuth implementation so no need to access customer account info
More features and integration with August Doorbell Cam Pro and August Smart Keypad coming soon
Click here to learn more about the August Smart Lock driver.
You asked, we answered! The Honeywell Control4 driver is here!
The wait is over! Control4 customers can now easily manage their Honeywell Total Connect Comfort thermostats in the Control4 interface with the Honeywell WiFi / RedLINK / Evohome Driver!
The wait is over! Control4 customers can now easily manage their Honeywell Total Connect Comfort thermostats in the Control4 interface with the Honeywell WiFi / RedLINK / Evohome Driver!
The brand new Honeywell WiFi / RedLINK / Evohome Thermostat Driver developed by Cinegration Development has been released, and we are very excited to share the new features and capabilities included in this driver!
Driver Highlights:
Works with Honeywell Total Connect Comfort platform (Honeywell Wi-Fi / RedLINK/ Evohome)
Install remotely, all you need is the Honeywell account email and password
Uses latest Control4 thermostat interface
Fan Mode, HVAC Mode, Humidity Mode, Hold Mode
Outdoor temperature monitoring
Compatible with US and international-based Honeywell thermostats
Honeywell Interface Control4 Touchscreen
The Honeywell WiFi / RedLINK / Evohome driver allows clients to control their Honeywell Total Connect Comfort thermostats through the Control4 interface, streamlining their efforts and centralizing control of their smart home. Customers can now have the freedom to manage the temperature of their home from any room or while away. Keep the home cool in the summer and warm in the winter to the exact specified degree and schedule when the temperature changes throughout the day!
Honeywell Interface on Smartphone
Dealers can preset thermostat actions by scheduling events in the thermostat or through Composer. For example, the system can be programmed to turn on the AC bring the home’s temperature to 70 degrees at nighttime and rise to 74 degrees at 9 am Monday through Friday. Clients will love the automatic features of their Honeywell thermostats, but they can also easily adjust the temperature beyond what is scheduled through their smartphone, tablet, or touch screen.
How Long Does It Take You To Integrate LifeMaster Garage Doors Into Control4?
With the new Garage Agent with LiftMaster Driver, integration takes LESS THAN TWO MINUTES!
The brand new Garage Agent with LiftMaster Driver developed by Cinegration Development has been released, and we are very excited to share the new features and capabilities included in this driver!
With the new Garage Agent with LiftMaster Driver, integration takes LESS THAN TWO MINUTES!
The brand new Garage Agent with LiftMaster Driver developed by Cinegration Development has been released, and we are very excited to share the new features and capabilities included in this driver!
Driver Highlights:
Single Driver installation for each door
Enhances the garage experience in Control4
Works with myQ Doors and Motors
Moving Up/Down States and Icons
Disable/Enable control of garage door
Works with History Agent
Customize the icon with optional Icon Styles!
Automatic alerts (email/text or Push Notification)
Garage Left Open
Garage Failed to Close
Customizable Icons
The Garage Agent with LiftMaster driver allows clients to control their LiftMaster garage doors and motors through the Control4 interface, streamlining their efforts and centralizing control of their smart home. Smart icons show the various states of the garage door so actions such as double tapping the garage door to close it can be visually verified when the icon changes to the closing garage door. No more wondering if you pressed the icon hard enough or if the action triggered!
Garage Door States
Dealers can also control if notifications are sent to the client for various states of the garage door, based on the clients’ preferences. For example, if the client would like to be notified if the garage door failed to close or has been left open for a certain amount of time, dealers can set these preferences in Composer.