This luxurious villa on the beautiful Island of Corsica serves as a relaxing holiday retreat for the family. As the property is also rented out for most of the year, the home integration system had to be extremely user-friendly to fulfil the needs of guests.
This luxurious villa on the beautiful Island of Corsica serves as a relaxing holiday retreat for the family. As the property is also rented out for most of the year, the home integration system had to be extremely user-friendly to fulfil the needs of guests.
On arrival, an automated “Welcome Scene” creates the perfect atmosphere in the villa. At the end of the stay, a “Full Off ” scene facilitates closure. The music solution is very simple and consists of VSSL audio streamers which allow users to stream music directly from their own devices through in-ceiling Bowers
and Wilkins speakers. Motion detectors in the bathroom trigger “night lights”.
Due to its remote location on an island, the integrator faced various technical challenges. High-speed fi bre broadband is not yet available so, to achieve suffi cient bandwidth, Henri used a fl ow aggregator that combines multiple 4G cellular routers and the ADSL line. The system has been designed to be easily switched to fi bre when it becomes available.
Because of the poor quality of the power supply, the installation is protected with UPS and battery backup. If the situation arises, an alert is sent to the Crestron processor to turn off all equipment properly. A local computer has been installed, equipped with the necessary software to enable remote monitoring and access to the villa’s system.
For peace of mind, when the villa is empty, a “simulation of presence” mode can be activated which turns lights on at various intervals.
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