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Features · Control

Intelligent control for sun protection, doors and more

The result is an intelligent home that combines comfort, security and energy efficiency, controlled by app, radio, voice assistant or fully automatic scenarios.

Control

A home that thinks along.

Modern buildings place high demands on comfort, energy efficiency and security. With intelligent control solutions, blinds, external venetians, screens and garage doors can be operated centrally, automated and integrated into modern smart-home environments.

Whether by smartphone, radio handset, voice control or automated scenarios, controlling a modern building envelope keeps getting smarter and delivers noticeable value in everyday life.

Radio

Radio as the basis of modern building automation

Living room with external venetian blinds and a radio remote control on the floor

Radio motors are the foundation for the intelligent networking of sun protection and doors.

A radio motor replaces the classic wired control line with a wireless radio connection. This lets sun protection and door systems be operated flexibly and controlled centrally.

That makes radio solutions especially attractive both in new builds and in retrofits. Existing installations can be modernised without the need for elaborate structural work. At the same time, radio motors form the basis for a later smart-home integration and automated routines.

Together with modern smart-home systems, this creates a networked building in which sun protection, doors and further components work together intelligently and can adapt to weather, time of day and user behaviour.

Smart Home

Thought through as one network

What does smart home mean for sun protection?

In the field of sun protection and doors, smart home describes the central networking of motorised elements. These are connected to one another by radio or via smart gateways and can be controlled automatically or manually.

Sun protection no longer reacts only to manual input, but to ambient conditions and defined scenarios. This creates a building that reacts actively to light, heat and use.

ZigBee – intelligent networking in the smart home

ZigBee is an energy-efficient, wireless communication protocol developed specifically for smart-home applications. Unlike classic point-to-point radio solutions, ZigBee works as a mesh network: devices communicate with one another and relay signals, which improves range and stability throughout the building.

In the smart home, ZigBee serves as the basis for networking different trades, including sun-protection and door drives. Blinds, external venetians, screens or garage doors can thus be integrated into central controls and driven automatically.

New build or retrofit – radio always fits

One of the biggest advantages of modern radio technology is its flexibility. Radio motors can be planned directly into new builds as well as retrofitted into existing properties.

Because no additional control lines are needed, many systems can be modernised quickly and with little installation effort. This makes radio solutions especially suitable for the step-by-step digitalisation of buildings.

Modern house facade with external blinds as automatic sun protection

Comfort at the push of a button

Everything under control, with intelligent operation

Imagine your blinds closing automatically in strong sunlight, screens protecting your rooms from overheating and the garage door opening conveniently on your arrival. Modern control systems combine different products into one intelligent overall concept.

Scenes

Individual scenarios

  1. Scene “Good morning”

    Blinds open automatically Screens move up Daylight enters the living spaces

  2. Scene “Away”

    Sun protection moves to the safety position Presence is simulated The building appears occupied

  3. Scene “Arriving”

    The garage door opens Selected shading elements move to the desired position

More than operation

Comfort, security and efficiency from a single source

Intelligent control means more than opening and closing individual elements.

Automatic shading
Depending on the position of the sun and the weather, blinds, external venetians or screens automatically move to the optimal position. This keeps the indoor climate pleasant and reduces glare.
Use energy efficiency intelligently
In summer the shading can be activated automatically before rooms heat up. In the colder months solar energy is used deliberately to warm rooms naturally.
More security for your home
Automatic run times and individually programmed scenarios create the impression of an occupied house, even during holidays or longer absences.

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Operation

Operate everything flexibly

Somfy TaHoma smart-home hub and control app on a smartphone

It is operated flexibly via:

Smartphone or tablet Radio handset Wall transmitter Voice assistants Automatic time and scene controls

Somfy TaHoma Switch – central smart-home control for the home

Integrated elements

Blinds External venetians Screens Garage doors

From classic to smart

Alongside modern radio and smart-home solutions, classic operating options such as strap, crank or switch solutions are of course also available. The trend, however, is clearly towards automated and networked control systems that make everyday life noticeably more comfortable.

Unlock your smart home potential now

Find out how to network sun protection and doors intelligently and turn your building step by step into a modern smart home.