Z-Wave iPhone Control Kit: 7 Piece

Apple's iPhone is undoubtedly one of the most powerful mobile phones, with the iPod Touch the iPod de jour. Both owe those facts to their fantastic capabilities; capabilities we've taken advantage of with SmartHome.com.au's Z~Series iPhone home automation starter kits. Suddenly your phone changes your home's environment for the better, with the beautiful touch screen transforming your iPhone or iPod Touch into a remote control for everything from your home's lights and appliances to security cameras and door locks.

What can you do?

What you'll be able to achieve in your home with SmartHome.com.au's iPhone automation kit will almost be limited only by your imagination. In the starter kits you'll find all the components you need to begin controlling lighting and appliances around your home but, as it suits, you can expand your system to include anything from the Z~Series range. That means you'll soon open up your iPhone and your home to a world of home automation normally reserved solely for mansions. A sampling of precisely what you'll be able to control is noted to the right.

The iPhone app

Tap the icon and the controls to your home are displayed right there on the screen of your iPhone. Everything that is included in your Z~Series home is accessible. Want to view your security cameras? Click the cameras icon. Want to find out if a door is open or unlocked? Click on it to find out, then click to lock it. Your lights, your appliances, even your sensors, they're all there, intuitively, and all controllable with the same simplicity that has helped the iPhone make its name.

How does it do it?

The process is fairly simple: the Z-Wave iPhone app talks to the Z~Series home server, and the server then wirelessly relays your commands to the various Z~Series controllers you have around your house. Those commands are communicated with the most up-to-date home automation technology, Z-Wave - and it's the use Z-Wave that's key. That's because Z-Wave not only allows for easy expansion of your home automation system, but also helps future proof it with a whole slew of new products scheduled to be released in the near future. For more on the features and benefits offered by Z-Wave see 'what is Z-Wave?'

Automation, not just control

The name of the range gives it away - iPhone home automation. Had we called the range iPhone home control you'd understand if it only allowed you to use your iPhone as as a remote. But the Z~Series iPhone home automation kits provide much more - they provide an unsurpassed level of intelligence. Using the home server that comes with both kits, you'll be able to create simple or complex schedules for the running of your home, you'll be able to utilise information from such things as weather reports, you'll even be able to use it to save time, energy and money. And for all those times when you don't have your iPhone, you can even log in remotely via another mobile or PC web browser, from anywhere in the world.

Find out more about the Z~Series home server by following the link.

The starter kits

Z~Series has been designed so that it can improve the quality of any home, be it a flat or a house. It has also been designed to suit any budget, allowing for the system to be expanded as money and lifestyle allow. It's for that reason we offer three different Z~Series iPhone home automation kits. Each of them comes with precisely what you need to get started - there's the Z-Wave communicator, a variety of controllers, and the Z~Series home server - and they provide it all without ever limiting what you can do with the Z~Series or how they can be expanded.

Expanding your starter kit

And while the starter kits might be simple to setup, that doesn't mean that they're in any way limited. Not only will you be able to expand them to operate across your whole house using any of the other products from the Z~Series range, but the kits and the Z-Wave iPhone app are already compatible with Z~Series' future products. That means that when the likes of thermostats, motion sensors and door locks are released in the near future they'll be automatically compatible.

INSTALLATION

The installation of this starterkit does not require any specific skills or knowledge. All of our products come with clear instructions and the set-up is intuitive, simple and a lot of fun as the world of Home Automation will open in front of your very eyes.