Most homes end up with several smart systems: an alarm, motorised blinds, solar, air-conditioning, maybe a camera system. Each has its own app. Integration is what makes them work together, so the house responds to you instead of you managing five apps.
C-Bus automation controllers can run their own logic and talk to other systems over the network. Here are examples of what that looks like in practice.
Alarm system
When the alarm is armed, the house switches to away mode: lights off, blinds closed, air-conditioning set back. When it’s disarmed at night, the entry and hallway lights come on. We connect Inner Range Inception and other panels so alarm status and zones can also appear on your touchscreens and phone.
Motorised blinds and awnings
Blinds can close automatically on hot afternoons, open with your morning scene, and lower when you leave. Somfy motors and Bond Bridge controllers let us bring existing RF blinds into C-Bus without rewiring.
Solar and batteries
As part of a C-Bus project, a solar inverter can tell the system how much power you’re exporting. C-Bus can then switch on the pool pump, hot water or EV charger when there’s spare solar, and turn them off when there isn’t. You use more of your own power and buy less from the grid.
Air-conditioning
CoolAutomation and manufacturer gateways connect ducted and VRF systems to C-Bus. Each zone can follow occupancy, schedules and scenes, and be controlled from the same keypad as the lights.
Cameras and presence
Camera events and phone geofencing can tell the system who’s home. Lights and climate can respond to people arriving, and the alarm can arm itself when the last person leaves.
Why it’s done in the controller
We build these integrations in the C-Bus automation controller itself, not a cloud service. That means they keep working if the internet drops, respond instantly, and keep your data inside your home.
Got systems that don’t talk to each other? Tell us what you have and we’ll show you what’s possible.
