Meeting the Demand for More Intelligence and Power
| Describing his vision of future developments in home automation products, Mr. Ernest Wong, sales and marketing manager at Capital Prospect Ltd, said, “More and more home automation products will make use of communications protocols such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, etc.” |
| “In Home Automation products,” Wong continued, “end-users now seek more functionality than merely turning lights on and off. They need something more intelligent and powerful. So products must function as more than automated power controllers to be successful in today’s market.” In view of this, Capital Prospect is working to develop a series of products such as automated sprinkler systems remotely operated from mobile phones.
“And with the new technologies and added features these products will attract even more end-users,” he said. However, he went on, controlling production costs remains a challenge for manufacturers, Capital Prospect’s strategy to surmount this challenge is to source only the right components and not to over-design its products. Capital Prospect has been manufacturing home automation products for 17 years, its 60.000 sq ft factory is located in Dongguan, in Guangdong Province and staffed by 200 workers. |
Just a few months ago, the company launched the first item in a new line of home automation products. Model AAA+ combines home automation with an alarm system. Wong revealed that the company’s plan is to continue introducing various home automation products to the market, including an automatic door opener.
He believes that market prices at home automation products will become very affordable as demand continues to increase. For typical wireless home automation devices, it has the capacity to produce approximately 50.000 units per month. As well as handling OEM and ODM business, it has marketed products under its own brand name, “Skylink”, for 15 years. Presently, Capital Prospect is serving markets in North America, in the future it will additionally target European markets. The company will be promoting its products at various trade shows this year, including the 2006, Medtrade Spring Exposition & Conference next month in Las Vegas, the Hong Kong electronics Fair in april, and the IFSEC in Birmingham in May. |
- Alarm: Control panel calls pre-programmed emergency phone numbers and siren sounds when break-in occurs
- Alert: Identifies triggered sensors by voice announcement, unique beeping and flashing LED
- Automation: turns on/off household appliances and lights, even when users are away from home
- Communicator: built-in auto-dialer for voice announcement and digital dialer
- Skylink rolling code technology
- 5 programmable and supervised zones
- Working with up to 10 sensors, 5 controls modules and 5 key chain remotes
- Master, second and duress PIN available
- 5 programmable telephone numbers
- Built-in auto-dialer with digital dialer function (panic)
- Built-in contact ID for monitoring service
- Line fault monitoring
- User can call in to check system status
- System announcements by human voice in English, French, Spanish or German (varies by model)
- Powered by AC adaptor and backed up by 4 AAA alkaline batteries
- Desktop mounting
- FCC/IC approved: CE mark, ETL listed
- One-year warranty
Wireless Total Protection systems
- Easy to install
- With motion sensor and two door/window sensors
- Control Panel: Controls up to 24 different sensors including door/window, motion flood, smoke temperature sensors, etc
- If any sensor is triggered when system is armed, siren will sound and send wireless signal to dialer to call for help at the same time
- Emergency dialer programmable to call up to 9 different phone numbers for help by sending user’s pre-recorded 40-second emergency message
- Plug & Play and rolling code technology
- Eliminate need for expensive monitoring, saving monthly monitoring costs
- Advanced technology reduces false alarms
Household Alert Products
- Low-cost alert products providing audio/visual indications
- Alerts user to things happening around the house
- Ideal supplement to a security system that does not alert to events outside the house
- Useful for the visually and hearing-impaired
- A special supervisory feature monitors sensors and battery condition
- Main unit can monitor up to 4 sensors: motion door/window water and garage door sensors
Swing-Door Opener
- Affordable interior swing-door operation
- Skylink rolling code technology
- Operates almost all types of swing-doors
- Wireless remote control by key-chain transmitter wall button or keypad
- Opens swing-door automatically when motion sensor is approached
- Suitable for left- or right- inward- or outward-swinging door operation
- Easy to install
- Approved by CE, FCC, UL-325
- One-year warranty