Future Home® On-Line Pre Consultancy Questionnaire
Completing the following information covering the most common services enables SmartCabling™ Associate’s to gain an appreciation of your potential requirements prior to your personalized consultancy.
Use this Key to indicate your desired level of interest in any specific category listed below:
1: Very important and essential
2: Important but not essential
3: Not essential but would like
4: Not required
Please choose the closest option to your requirements. You may print this page and leave comments at the foot of this form, or download a pdf version here.
Security / Alarms / Surveillance / Fire / Smoke
Do you want to see who is at the front door over your intercom or TV?
Do you want to see what is happening around the home from any TV or PC during the day or night?
Would you like the ability to record visitors coming and going on your property while you are out or on holiday?
Do you want to view your home cameras over the internet?
Would entry detection monitored by alarm monitoring company and or ring your cell phone or pager be of interest?
Do you want to see who is at the front door using your external and internal cameras when your alarm is activated? Want it over the Internet / your PC / or even your PDA or Smart Phone from any where in the world?
With separate alarm zones, you can arm parts of the home not in use during the day or night time modes, allowing for free access to certain parts of the house while others remain armed. Does this interest you?
Did you know that the Outside car / Boat can be included as part of home security?
What about fire detection included in security? – Ability to notify you via cell phone or pager
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Telecommunications
Two lines on any telephone – with different ringing representing separate numbers to identify personal and business calls. Perfect for the home office or a family with teenagers.
Intercom / Front door – you can speak to the front or back door over any phone around the property over the Smart Cabling™ network
Faxes go directly to a dedicated in the home without ringing every telephone in the house
Integrated PC and VOIP (voice over the internet) – cheaper toll calls
You can have the ability to block toll calls and limit time use – eg. Children’s calls as well as one touch number programming
You can extend your cordless telephone or wireless PC range (by installing an Arial) to other locations outside the home, eg. large property or workshop separate from the house.
Broadband installations and or ISDN multi number solutions require the correct cabling installed (Smart cabling ™) and certified to meet or exceed Industry standards
Intercoms can be separate and these systems allow you to call any room and answer the front door with mostly mono background music around the home, as well as operate gates and front door locks etc.
You can view the front door over a single video intercom and allow access and viewing through controls from any other intercom installed throughout the home.
You can hold and transfer phones to different rooms around the house as well as talk to the front gate and or open the door ( voice only) from any phone plugged into your phone system.
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Lighting
Automated Lighting: No more coming home to a dark house, as driveway lights switch on automatically when you enter or leave the property. The option to turn lights on or off within the house with your mobile phone. You can create preset paths of light around the property and within the home activated by key fob or entry sensor.
A master switch to turn all lights off from beside the bed and can also be used in an emergency/panic situation to turn all lights on.
The ability to program and preset separate mood settings of individual lights from one touch of a switch.
Selected lights turned on and off around the property when the alarm is activated.
Your house and lighting imitates occupation; turning lights on and off while absent.
Internal house lights turn on when movement is detected automatically (ideal for kids, disabled, office reception when closing at night, etc).
Emergency conservation – alternative power options
Emergency lighting for power failure if a back up generator is not used.
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Electrical
Power conditioning – protection from brown-outs (dirty power) and surges (lightning and grid fluctuations)
The use of alternative power: water, solar, wind, and backup generators can subsidise and in some instances replace the need to be connected to the grid.
You can turn appliances on/off: air conditioning, under floor heating, spa, etc. prior to returning or leaving home over the telephone / mobile / Internet
Preset options allow services / appliances to automatically come on at preset day / time
The option of using screened 230 Volts cable to eliminate interference and noise radiating into the home environment.
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Computer / Internet
Home office networking of computers, printers, scanners, and other devices around the home over the Smart Cabling™ cable network.
You can surf the Internet and view cameras over any TV or PC on the Smart Cabling ™ Cabling
Correctly installed and designed Structured CAT 5 E or Cat 6 data cable for TV / Audio / telephone / internet (SmartCabling™)
Graphic gaming 6-1 Dolby – gaming over the Internet with surround sound home theatre from your PC
Having a Server / pc based home media delivery and content editing platforms ie. Microsoft home media PCc.
Telephone and video conferencing calls can be made over the Internet and can be interconnected with your TV for more comfortable viewing.
Your computers, or commercial DVR, DVD, or even your MP3 collection can be sent to your existing home entertainment system from your PC located in another room.
Wireless and Infrared networks can be designed to control more than home entertainment and computer networks, and is really a custom solution. Smart Cabling™ cabling does allow for this to be added in.
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Entertainment / Home Theatre / TV
Quality TV / Plasma screen / LCD / Video projectors are generally used for dedicated home theatre environments.
High quality home theatre / entertainment single level system (dedicated room) – usually the lounge
Multi level home entertainment system with remote control of Sky, DVD, and stereo from other locations around the home.
Screened cables to eliminate interference and noise (Smart Cabling™ Cabling)
Multi level speakers recessed into the walls and or ceiling for asthetics and Aux speakers located in outside living areas like decks and patios
Entertainment speaker outlets placed in correct surround sound positions in the main home theatre room.
Shared gaming facilities – eg. Xbox, Game Cube etc.
Displaying and recording video cameras over video TV and PC.
Please add any further comments:
Key: 1: Very important and essential 2: Important but not essential 3: Not essential but would like 4: Not required
Smart Cabling™ small office and residential cabling system
- Future proof your home / office with state of the art cabling for the technologies of tomorrow.
- Provisioned with color coded distribution system for easy identification of services and outlet options.
- Distribute Source services, anywhere in your house / office.
Your Summary comments are welcomed:
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New Zealand:
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this form which will aid the process of developing your solution. A consultant will be in touch with you soon.
