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Niko Showcases Nikobus Smart Home Solution (7/2/2010)

ISE 2010

Niko, the Belgian market-leading control company, is using ISE 2010 as the showcase for its Nikobus Smart Home Solution.

The Nikobus intelligent management system allows you to integrate all of the components in the home to operate from one system. deliver improved comfort, greater living pleasure and better energy consumption.

It is a totally flexible approach to home automation which is a popular choice for installers, architects and homeowners alike, as it is easily installed, easily programmed and easily expanded.

Total integration is completed by the Niko Easywave wireless range, allowing for controls and switches to be located in difficult locations, or on glass, and controlled using Nikobus.

Programming a Nikobus system is simplicity itself. A comprehensive Training Programme is available at Niko UK where you can learn how to programme the system manually - using a system of switching directly onto the output modules, as well as from a PC, using the Niko proprietary easy-to-learn software.

Nikobus offers installers and consumers a host of advantages including:

* Communication via a two-way bus
* Automatic power backup in the unlikely event of a module failure
* Easy programming - manually or via PC
* Multi-functioning out-ut modules
* Wide choice of designs for controls and keypads
* Competitively priced from a European manufacturer
* 2-8 key intelligent control buttons
* RF and IR remote controls
* Interface with Philips Pronto

With one switch you can choose the ideal light scene for each room (the desired light source, intensity and duration). And with one push on the button you can easily change these according to your requirements. Nikobus can also help significantly to cut electricity bills. Household appliances, such as washing machines and tumble dryers, are only switched on when the electricity tariff is at its lowest.

Environmental control is easy - as the weather changes, shutters and fans, for example, can be controlled and the temperature in each room can be adjusted individually.

Similarly, integrating Nikobus with a security system is easy so that with just one press of the 'panic button' you can switch on all the lights (inside and out), raise shutters, etc. from the bedroom.

Nikobus allows the house to appear inhabited even when you are away. It makes controlling all the functions within the house from your armchair using a remote control, or from your office – or even the beach - via a ‘phone or PC connection.

And as life changes, so will the Nikobus, adapting itself to match your life with easy reprogramming of the whole system, or simply just one switch. You can readily extend the system - without ever having to drill or channel through your perfectly decorated walls.

The Nikobus system allows automated operations based on communications, between the individual electrical appliances in the household, targeted to optimum comfort and safety. It is simple, flexible and modular, allowing for design and planning by the architect and installation with or without a PC by the installer. It can be fully integrated with RF or IR remote control systems and it is suitable for both new-build and renovation projects.

The lighting design program is simplicity itself, whilst providing the full selection of features you would expect with the most sophisticated system – it can create any light-scene, all of which can be easily designed – and stored – by the householder or installer, any one-button commands such as all lights to off and lighting pathways are easily introduced, as well as having silent and speed-programmable dimmers.

Manufactured in Niko’s Belgian headquarters, the costs are remarkably keen providing a feature-full system that is competitive to most other systems available.

To find out more contact: Niko (UK) Limited, Telephone: 01525 877707 or email: info@nikouk.com.

www.niko.be