BEST INTEGRATED HOME LEVEL I FINALIST WIRED BY MJD CEDIA AWARDS 2021

During the initial meeting between the owners of this colourful Australian home and the home automation specialists ‘Wired By MJD’, the owners posed the question, “What do we need that we don’t already have?”

They asked because there were already established systems installed several years prior in this large heritage-listed property, so that once ‘Wired’ had proposed a full-on upgrade with more uniformity between systems both old and new, the challenge was to retrofit the new technology with the existing subsystems to deliver it all under a single control system... and all while the homeowners continued to live and work inside the home.

Wired By MJD also had to address the clients’ hesitancy about adapting to the technology. On their request all the automation required user interaction rather than being fully autonomous, with the exception of the home’s outdoor heaters, which are programmed to turn off automatically after three hours of use.

The client also specifically requested a higherlevel security system. Wired By MJD chose secure LAN cabling to create an extra level of protection that would meet the clients’ needs. For the door and front gate, sliders are used on the integration interface to ensure access is always intentional and not accidental. CEDIA’s judges applauded Wired By MJD’s ability to offer solutions, saying “It’s always difficult to deal with legacy systems such as this one. Despite the many challenges this project presented, the integrator addressed them a sensible way.”

EQUIPMENT INCLUDES

APPLE BOSCH D-LINK ELAN FURMAN GADGETS 4 GEEKS KORDZ NESS SAMSUNG SELBY SONOS STRONG SYSTEM SENSOR THOR UBIQUITY

CEDIA SAYS: “It’s always difficult to deal with legacy systems such as this one. Despite the many challenges this project presented, the integrator addressed them a sensible way.”

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