Z-Wave based radio system CONNECT Merten increases comfort and safety in 200 housing units in the Dutch Kruidenbuurt radio system CONNECT Merten pulls a Kruidenbuurt in 200 apartments, February 28, 2008 the Merten CONNECT radio system is currently installed in 200 Dutch apartments. Thus, a modern and modular conversionable as well as innovative wireless system available, which is equipped with bi-directional signal transmission, re-routing, and diagnostic tools is the future residents. It offers many possibilities in the areas of wireless lighting control, indoor climate, energy-saving, multimedia and security applications, which sustainably increases the comfort and security. In the first step, the units with a comfortable light control via radio by Merten are equipped. The apartments have a modern and future-oriented home-control platform, which offers optional many more home automation applications in addition to the wireless light control with the CONNECT radio system. The buttons of the CONNECT radio system are available in different designs and are suitable for adhesive mounting on masonry or glass, as well as to the screw-on mounting on masonry or flush-mounted boxes. 16 Z-wave radio button per apartment will be in Kruidenbruut and 20 actuators installed, which realized a comfortable lighting control in every room.

\”\” The installed wireless switches are part of the CONNECT radio system from Merten, what the functions of the radio world \”and the IP World\” combines into a single control unit. The radio Centre CONNECT, which is equipped with a graphical user interface (merten@home) acts as a link. Thus, already now optionally numerous home-control applications available are the residents in addition to the light control. These include the control of shutters, room temperature, time switch functions, individual and group functions. Further multimedia applications are optionally available as: interface to the Microsoft Vista and multi media Center Edition multimedia control via streaming clients, as well as volume control display new News thanks to RSS newsfeeds signaling of received emails presentation of images (slideshow) digital clock screen saver recorded history data (alarms/messages etc.) as well as the forwarding via E-Mail prepare can control even if the residents are not at home, you access to.