Essential Install | Lighting
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Lighting controls
from Rako
The RTI GUI enables
users to move easily
from AV control to
lighting control
Mike says: “This makes HomeWorks QS the perfect
complement to the high-end cinema equipment
distributed by us.”
Pulse has been working with Lutron’s lighting control
solutions for more than 20 years and is delighted to
have recently become a distributor for the HomeWorks
QS system.
Mike says: “We’ve always been great fans of Lutron
and they’ve always been an important part of what we
do. HomeWorks QS is just so far superior to any other
system for controlling lighting. Once dealers have
experienced it, there’s no going back.”
Mike says Pulse’s decades of experience of working
with Lutron lighting control technology allows it
to support dealers in getting the best out of it and
integrating it with other systems.
He says: “Pulse can help dealers to specify the
right kit and train them to install and programme it
successfully – ensuring the end customers gets the exact
result they wanted.
Pulse’s partnership with Lutron also gives its
customers access to Lutron’s recently opened,
Experience Centre in central London. The 585m 2
showroom and education space demonstrates Lutron’s
innovative light and blind control solutions.
Pulse uses the centre to demonstrate Lutron’s lighting
control products and to train dealers on what they can do.
It complements Pulse’s own showroom in Stansted, which
also demonstrates HomeWorks QS.
Rako Controls says that it continually develops new
and improved products to ensure its offering is able
to meet the changing demands of both installers and
their clients.
The company says that dealers and installers are
the interface between any manufacturer and the end
customer. As such training, updating and supporting
them Rako says is crucial.
The company say that year-on-year, it has seen a demand
for training grow by around 20° and it has subsequently
announced additional training days at its head offi ce in Kent
and at its regional offi ces near Manchester.
Rako says: “The appetite for this training and its
benefi ts are twofold; well trained dealers are better
able to specify and install the best products for any
application, but also the close contact required for an
ongoing training program allows us as the manufacturer
to get good feedback from dealers about market trends
and suggestions for product improvement.
“Undoubtedly IoT and voice control are the key factors
driving current trends and developments in the smart
home sector with the ability to control lighting forming
an intrinsic part of that. The simplicity demonstrated by
these systems are what clients are ultimately coming to
expect from their connected home.”
Rako is working on the launch of its new Cloud
Gateway that will enable voice control of its lighting
control system from the many voice recognition systems
becoming available, such as Apple Home Kit, Amazon
Alexa and Google Home.
Invision points out that new light sources such
as LED bring a plethora of lighting options and the
need to control multiple circuits per room simply and
energy efficiently.
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