Whitepaper in hiddenwires.com about Automation, wuth an opinion by L Y Chiu from Cytech Technology;
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Expectations of home automation capabilities are changing, but nothing is more important than that remote, touchpanel or wall controller. It can make or break a system's reputation. The home automation market is therefore faced with a conundrum: how to provide ever more sophisticated operation, through a robust and friendly interface. Can these requirements be met by talk-to-all off-the-shelf products, or are proprietary systems the only solution for truly personalised control? Installers cannot possibly be expert programmers of all of these systems, so what trends should they be looking out for? We asked a number of leading lights how the demands of customers are changing with regard to their home automation systems, and how this is affecting the human interface. Here are their replies:
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