12 Mar 2013 Share with digg

Home Automation: Top 7 Common Misunderstandings

by Steve | 4 Comments | Category: Home Automation | General | Smart Home Automation


We’re glad to be able to say that more and more people are talking about Smart Homes and Home Automation than ever before. Whether it’s features in newspapers and magazines or mentions in blogs or on social media, there’s definitely a real buzz about home technology and automation in the air (well, 2013 is The Year of the Smart Home, after all...). But just because the subject’s on so many people’s lips, that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone knows exactly what they’re talking about.


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12 Mar 2012 Share with digg

Do I really need Home Automation?

by Philipp | 14 Comments | Category: Home Automation | Smart Home Automation | General


This question quite rightly comes up time and again amongst home owners, electricians and builders. When we’re being asked about it, the conversation often starts with something like:

  • I really don’t need all the latest gimmicks
  • It’s far too expensive for me
  • I can’t see any real advantages

The subject of home automation is nothing new – products have been on the market for over a decade now – and yet most people out there haven’t got a clue what a house of the future might look like.


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04 Nov 2011 Share with digg

Retrofit and Renovation Projects: Wireless Home Automation

by Philipp | 14 Comments | Category: Extension


Even retrofitting and renovation projects hold countless possibilities to achieve the automation you desire in your home. Wireless technology is the key to this and you do not have to make compromises as many may tell you.


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10 Mar 2011 Share with digg

sneak preview of our next software version

by Florian Wöss | 18 Comments | Category: Configuration software


Our configuration software's next version includes a central new feature for all programmers and developers who love letting their imagination run wild ...

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18 Feb 2011 Share with digg

Loxone app V2 for Android – download test version!

by Florian Wöss | 5 Comments | Category: App


We've just published a test version of the new Android app in the Android Market and on our Website.

With this Loxone app you can use our Android smartphone or tablet to control or monitor your home or execute switching commands.

Websocket technology for real-time status updates

Introducing websocket technology in our apps' version 2 and in the new websocket client allows a bidirectional connection between Miniserver and your smartphone/browser. This means exchange of status updates in real time!


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14 Jan 2011 Share with digg

Loxone.com now available in English

by Florian Wöss | 7 Comments | Category: General | Smart Home Automation


From now on our website in not only available in German and Czech, but also in English.

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Some contents like videos and shop are not yet available in English. But we are working on it and they will be online within the next few weeks.

Our configuration software too will soon be available for download in your language.


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07 Jan 2011 Share with digg

Hear ye! Vienna acoustics behind bars

by Martin Öller | 7 Comments | Category: Multimedia | Music and Sound


Most of us here at Loxone are not only real big into home automation, we have all sorts of hobbies, and interests – e.g. music (and along with it: the reproduction of music). This is why today's excursion takes us into the world of finest sound systems including a first-hand eye-witness report.

A couple of years ago I started to treat myself with birthday and Christmas presents. Exceptional investments were no longer made “en passant”, I rather made myself happy on special occasions.


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