Smart Home Automation is easy to set up! Why haven’t you set one up in your home yet?

What is Home Automation?

Home automation is a system where you have automatic control of your electronic components in your home. It enables them to do tasks that you would otherwise have done manually. Tasks like switching on the bulb, opening the curtain, opening and closing the doors.

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If you are trying out home automation for the first time, you may want to start from the basic automation controls:

1. Smart Locks: This is where most people start their smart home automation setup. This is because of the security it guarantees. A smart lock would allow you to monitor who is coming in and going out from your home. A smart door lock would allow users to automatically access a door without the use of a traditional key. Rather, with the aid of a smartphone, access card or punching some keys at the door, anyone who has the details could go in or out. You can easily find this in modern offices or hotels. However, not many people give it a thought to implement it in their home even though it is easy to implement.

Things to consider in picking a smart door lock

Price: Before you upgrade from your traditional lock you may want to know the cost of switching to a basic smart lock in Nigeria, even before exploring other varieties of smart door lock as they differ in sophistication, for example, Hotel smart locks like Hikvision Card Reader K1107MK typically cost about 10,000 naira. While a smart door lock for a home would cost about 4,000 naira

Simplicity and Features: There are some smart locks that allow you to use to smartphones to lock them. While some have features like Alarm, Doorbell, or some just use plain card readers. You would consider the security features and the kind of access you want users to have to choose the simplicity.

2. Smart Light Controller: This is an automation system that allows for automatic control of light for energy efficiency and security. Many offices, smart homes and modern 5-star hotels use this. It also helps with convenience for the occupant of a room. As they would not need to go to a wall to access a switch. They are also highly customizable as users can set the colour intensity and temperature. Smart Light Controls Vary according to their functionalities. For starting out a smart home you can also choose types based on your budget.

a. Smart Light Bulb: If you are just getting started with smart home automation with a limited budget. The smart light bulb is your best bet. They can be installed on common bulb holders and users just simply need to pair it with local wifi and control it remotely. These type offer basic functions that don’t need a complex connection.

b. Motion Sensing Light: They are also called PIR sensors and are used for motion detection. That means, It senses motion and turns on; if a person approaches them, they switch on.

The smart light lighting system can also be controlled by three major communication technologies.

• Wifi controlled lighting system
• Bluetooth Connected Smart Lights
• Zigbee controlled smart lighting system

3. Wifi Amplifier: A wifi amplifier will probably go unnoticed by visitors in a house because of the silent work it does. However, It does a great job especially in a big house like a 3 Bedroom flat, Terrace and houses bigger than that. It helps to boost existing wireless network signal to other areas of the house where the original router or wifi would be low. This is a need if you live in a big apartment.

Crosstech is one of the major dealers and distributors of Smart Home Devices in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt Nigeria. Here are list of some of the smart home devices or appliances  :

• T30S3Z Orvibo 3 -Gang Zigbee Smart Switch
• Orvibo Wifi Smart Door Lock S2
• Orvibo SN11 Wireless PIR Motion Sensor
• ORVIBO Smart Lock C1
• Orvibo MixPad S ZigBee Gateway Panel
• Orvibo MixPad Mini Zigbee Smart Panel
• Orvibo DM10ZW Smart Dimmer controller
• Orvibo CT10 Smart Wifi Magic Cube controller
• Orvibo Allone Pro RF Smart Hub Controller

These devices listed above can give you a smart automated home with under 50,000. So if you’re looking if life could get simpler in your home, the next step is automating simple things in your home like your locks, your light and boosting your WiFi