Lutron vs SOMFY - Pre-Wire and planning stages Motorised Blinds

This article is part of a series that intends to offer a comprehensive answer to the questio
"What is the difference betwee
SOMFY and Lutron Motorized shade of difference?"

In today's complex home automation systems designed and incorporated into the architectural plans for the very early stages of the project. Lutron through its extensive network of dealers, always involved in the planning stage, the lighting and lighting control product installation. In this way, Lutron's vendors are uniquely prepared to begin discussions at the beginning of window shade. This has played an important role in growing the whole market, motorized shades, and moved the decision point, a shade system can be used much earlier in the construction sequence.

This new reality is the fact that although SOMFY (and all the other shadows of the car industry) the use of open-wire architecture - Lutron's is closed. As the home is equipped with shades, mostly dictates which colors will be used. Lutron shades and controlled substances, a special wire. Why? Lutron engineers designed the shade of a solution to take full advantage of the fact that Lutron's agents involved in programs in a very early stage. Very clever! Using proprietary specialized 7-conductor wire for sensitive, Lutron lighting and its agents to effectively "lock out" non-Lutron solutions of initial broadcast.

SOMFY launched "SOMFY expert program" - this is a large-scale effort to educate the window treatment dealers and, most importantly, an integrator, as a shadow of its engine technology to fit into the total intelligent home systems. In addition to facilitating communication betwee
SOMFY window treatment dealers and home automation companies, it provides an opportunity to be SOMFY the pre-wire and pre-planning stages of these projects. Facilitating partnerships and develop players from the pre-wire, SOMFY's solution is no longer packaged in the critical early planning stages.

It is important to understand that not all homes have special lighting and home automation systems. For now, these systems are found only at a very high end market. Motorized shade systems are sold and wired home without complex automation and lighting control systems, and in those cases, Lutron has no established benefit programs because of its dealers are not involved in these projects. However, it is little consolation to companies such as SOMFY, which ended up wrapped in a significant project chose the din of the wire and now the drywall. In addition to reactive measure, a couple of years, even SOMFY presented motor and an adapter that can plug into a special wire Lutron Lutron attempt to release the hold on this niche market. SOMFY recent efforts to educate the market is more lasting and comprehensive.

One has to accept the use of technology, Lutron dealers leverage their position for the planning stages and motorized shades open debate at the beginning of its terms. In turn, SOMFY also used technology to exploit the advantage of certain weaknesses Lutron strategy. In the next article in this series will explain how the introduction of SOMFY radio frequency (RF), motor control motorization have changed the game window shades.