Hunter Douglas PowerView Blinds, Shades & Home Automation
Home Automation from Hunter Douglas
Fabric Bin is your one stop shop for home automation. We can do a basic system with hard wired switches on the wall or a remote control to our create the ideal whole house solution that works for you.
Hunter Douglas shades can be programmed to operate room by room so you can operate one or all of the shades with one the touch of a button. Adding a Hunter Douglas Hub to your home automation system allows you to control your shades from your tablet or smartphone or with voice commands using a voice assistant such as Alexa. You can create specific scheduled times to raise and lower your shades. Most shades can work in home and commercial applications. Shades are available with battery packs if hardwiring is not an option. Motorized shades are ideal for high windows, second story or higher. Batteries last 8-12 months with regular usage.
If you are considering motorized window coverings in your home or other space, please read carefully about what is needed to prepare for this. ESPECIALLY if you are in the beginning stage of your build or remodeling projects. Call us before to insure pre-wiring is set with your builder or contractor other PowerView can be installed using indivdual battery packs.
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Pre-wiring for automated window shades and blinds
Whether we like it or not, home automation is here and is only growing. More often than not new home owners expect their homes to be modern and laced with the latest technologies. This now includes remote controlled window coverings. Low voltage window coverings are what they want and the requirements for these advanced new window covering control systems are completely different than what they used to be with line voltage (110) systems.
Common Questions about PowerView Blinds, Shades & Automation
Why Low Voltage? Why Now?
- Requires a licensed electrician to run the wire
- The switching is set at install and cannot be changed without extensive re-wiring
- Grouping is set at install and cannot be changed without extensive re-wiring and expensive line voltage group controllers installed, etc.
In the last 5 years or so, in response to the many headaches of line voltage shade systems, low voltage technology has improved ten-fold. The major drawback to low voltage shade systems was their inability to move large or heavy window coverings. That day is over. There, of course, are limits to how much a low voltage system can manage however, the limitations are now the exception. The advantages of a low voltage system far outweigh any negatives:
- Does not require licensed line voltage electricians for wiring
- They are quiet and some brands almost silent
- Switching can be changed at anytime during or after install
- Grouping can be changed at any time during or after install
- Groups can be one or infinity number of shades and can be changed at any time
- Can be easily integrated into home automation systems at any time
- Can be controlled with wall switches, Infra-Red (IR), Radio-Frequency (RF), Contact Closure, or RS232
How to pre-wire properly for low voltage window coverings (and why you shouldn’t rely on your low voltage integrator to get it right) – The most significant difference, and the one creating most of the problems we see today, is that wiring for low voltage window covering systems is completely different than for line voltage shades and there is no standardized system (yet) between manufacturers. Like home automation systems, there are many brands and they are all different and all have different requirements. This is where we come in and can help you. We have spent years learning all of the emerging systems and know which one will work best for which application and how best to install the system from beginning to end so that the end user receives the exact performance they were expecting.
What can and cannot be motorized?
Actually, there isn’t much that can’t be motorized. Let’s look at the most popular products and their options.
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- Designer Roller Screens
- Blackout/Opaque Duettes®
- Silhouettes®
- Vignettes®
- Roman Shades
- Duettes® Honeycomb Shades
- Custom Roman Shades
- Drapery & Luminettes®
- Blinds Tilt Only
- Blinds Tilt and Lift
Where to use Line Voltage(110 V)
- Outdoor Shades
- Awnings
- Large Indoor Roller Screens and shades
How can Fabric Bin Blinds help?
Trying not to be too brash about it, call us first! Too many times now we have received a call from a new home owners, remodeler, or builder asking us to come out and help them order hardwired PowerView shades now that they are almost done with the project. Nine times out of ten we have to be the bearers of bad news and explain that what they want is not possible with what they have already done. We can make it work however; their will have to be major compromises or major remodeling done (walls cut open, new wiring pulled, etc.) in order to deliver what they are looking for. If they had only consulted us in the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened. PowerView shades can be ordered with individual battery packs that will be visible from the exterior of the home through the window glass.
Connect with other smart-home systems
The PowerView system is designed for compatibility with most home automation system technologies on the market today, as well as Apple iOS and Android tablets and mobile devices to expand the function of your wireless home.
Please be sure to visit PowerView Compatibility page at hunterdouglas.com for the latest information on compatible systems and devices.
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Pebble and Surface Remote
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PowerView App
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PowerView Hub
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PowerView Repeater
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Our company is a Gallery dealer for Hunter Douglas, a leading manufacturer of window fashions. We will help you select beautiful window coverings from a wide variety of fabrics, colors, textures and styles, including the Alustra collection. We employ the finest Installers to complete your installation.
We are a company that prides itself on providing every customer with the highest level of service. Our outstanding knowledge, excellent designers and commitment to quality have made us the design center of choice for our customers and set us apart from the competition.