This is a look at what the Lutron Homworks System is.

INTRODUCTION TO HOMEWORKS® INTERACTIVE™
The Most Powerful and Most Flexible Control System in the World

HomeWorks Interactive, the world's leading whole-house lighting control system, provides simple, convenient control of all home lighting, as well as the ability to control audio, video, and many other sub-systems in a home. HomeWorks Interactive provides homeowners with many benefits including:

  • increased security
  • added convenience
  • improved aesthetics in the home

SECURITY

Click To EnlargeHomeWorks Interactive can make a home safer by automatically turning on landscape and security lighting each night. A built-in timeclock automatically adjusts for changing seasons, as well as for daylight savings time.

HomeWorks Interactive also increases peace of mind by providing homeowners with the ability to turn all lights on instantly using a single button on a Keypad.

Every day, a HomeWorks Interactive system automatically memorizes a home's actual lighting usage patterns, which can be replayed when the homeowner is away. This unique feature allows for a realistic appearance of activity that standard timers cannot achieve.

HomeWorks Interactive can also be linked to a home's security system. In the event of an alarm, interior lights can turn on, illuminating a safe exit, while exterior lights can flash, drawing immediate attention.

CONVENIENCE

Each light in a home can be controlled from any HomeWorks Interactive Keypad, providing instant access to all areas of the home and landscape. This eliminates the tedious task of setting the home lighting just right for daily activities, bedtime, or special occasions.

  Click To EnlargeWhen most lights are off, one button on a Keypad can create a "path of light" to softly light the way to another room, allowing for late-night trips to the bathroom or kitchen without fumbling for switches in a dark hallway. And monitoring lighting in individual rooms or areas throughout a home requires no more than a quick glance at a Keypad's discrete status LEDs.

IMPROVED AESTHETICS

Click To EnlargeHomeWorks Interactive gives homeowners the power to enhance the beauty of their home and decor with an endless variety of customized room and whole-house lighting scenes. One button dims the lights for a soft romantic dinner while another button lights the house for a festive party.

Keypads provide a clean, elegant look on the wall by combining Click To Enlargethe functions of many standard switches and dimmers into a single control. Contrast the elegant simplicity of a single Keypad to the large bank of switches often found at the front door. Whole-house audio and video control can also be integrated into HomeWorks Interactive Keypads to further reduce wall clutter and provide a consistent look.

Wall controls from most other systems in a home can also be integrated under one seamless, customized wallplate to maintain aesthetic consistency. Keypads can even be matched to a home's paint colors, wallpaper, or decor.

Lutron combines the industry's largest selection of controls and matching accessories with an extensive array of colors and metal finishes. Custom engraving of all HomeWorks Interactive Keypads is provided at no charge to the homeowner.

Replace large banks of switches with one elegant keypad
   


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FEATURES OVERVIEW

LUTRON QUALITY

Lutron has been the world leader in lighting controls since inventing the solid-state dimmer more than 35 years ago. All Lutron products are designed and manufactured to the highest quality standards, minimizing the likelihood of damage caused by power surges, lightning strikes, or static electricity.

FAIL-SAFE OPERATION

In the unlikely event of a disruption of communication with the Processor, the HomeWorks® Interactive™ Vareo-Style Local Lighting Controls and GRAFIK Eye Preset Local Lighting Controls remain fully functional.

CONDITIONAL LOGIC

HomeWorks Interactive provides the capability to make system events conditional. For example, driveway sensors can be programmed to turn on exterior lighting if, and only if, it is dark. As another example, a single "Dining" button on a Keypad might set different lighting and music, based on the time of day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

ASTRONOMIC TIMECLOCK

HomeWorks Interactive allows events to occur automatically at a specific time of day or at a time relative to sunrise or sunset. Multiple schedules can be programmed, allowing for different timeclock events on weekdays, weekends, holidays, etc. Timeclock schedules can also be enabled or disabled from Keypads. Additionally, any timeclock event can be programmed using conditional logic, so the event will occur only if a specified condition is met.

SECURITY MODE

HomeWorks Interactive can be connected to a security system to activate lights in case of an alarm. Selected lights will turn on to a predetermined security level, or flash repeatedly to attract attention. Security Mode may also be activated manually from a Keypad.

  VACATION MODE

HomeWorks Interactive constantly monitors and records the state of all system devices in a home. When Vacation Mode is activated, the system plays back these events, providing a realistic appearance of activity while the home is unoccupied. The system can be programmed to record either the last day's, the last week's, or the last two weeks' activities.

POWER-FAILURE MEMORY

All HomeWorks Interactive components are designed with 10-year power-failure memory. If power is interrupted and restored, lights will automatically return to the levels to which they were set prior to the power outage. HomeWorks Interactive system programming is retained in non-volatile memory and not affected by loss of power.

TELEPHONE INTERFACE

An optional Telephone Interface allows the homeowner to access and control up to nine different functions or events from any touchtone phone. The Telephone Interface guides the homeowner through each step with customized voice messages and provides positive verbal response when a function or event has been activated. This capability can also be utilized from telephones within the house, making any phone a convenient nine-button keypad.

AESTHETIC CONSISTENCY

All HomeWorks Interactive Keypads, GRAFIK Eye Controls, and Vareo-Style Local Lighting Controls complement each other with matching colors, styles and finishes. A full range of wallplates, receptacles, telephone jacks, and cable jacks are available to match the system controls. Controls can also be customized to match a home's paint colors, wallcoverings, or decor.


Copyright 1999 - Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.