Westbeach can provide expert advice and design in how to integrate our products into your smart home. All of our products can be integrated. We have a vast range of wired, wireless and battery powered shades that will suit your home and application. Don’t have a smart home? Start with some automated shades – it is the best part anyways.
We all are busy. Why not take something off your plate? We can set our shades to timers or sync them to sunset or sunrise. Create an alarm by having your shades open while you are sleeping and wake up with the sun shining into your room. Have the shades come down on the south side of your home by 10 AM to avoid unnecessary solar gain.
We can guarantee that you will use your smart shades more than your not as smart shades. Hit a button and the shades move. Program them Automation means you will use them. It means you will use them daily. It also means you will use them optimally. Harvest Light and Block Solar gain to the best of the shades abilities.
Automated shades are becoming the norm. Today, without having to install a full home automation system, you are able to control, time and schedule to set your window coverings to do whatever and whenever you desire.
Optimize when your shades are up or down in order to keep heat in or harvest that sunshine when required in the home. Looking for a cool new alarm? Your new automated window coverings can wake up before you do in order to get your day started on time and on schedule.
Where knowledge and communication come together to deliver exceptional experiences every time!
The short answer is any system you want. We have multiple systems that will work with all leading brands of Home Automation. Control 4. Savant. Crestron. IFTTT. ELAN, URC, Remote Technologies Inc.
Yes all of our shades can work with apple, amazon and Google. Each manufacturer would provide an integration hub that will speak the language of Siri, Alexa or Google Home Assistant.
No. Battery shades can be automated. Communication between our shades and the automation system can be done wirelessly as well. This makes retrofitting an apartment for automation easy
It really depends on the size of the shade and the frequency of use. Hunter Douglas and Somfy roller shades need to be changed about every 12-18 months on average. Lutron shades with battery boost need to be changed about every 3-5 years.
Yes we can help you set up commands on Alexa. It is best if we help you initially and you take it from there. This way you add can add and change scenes etc moving forward.
Yes we do! You can use this device to bring in dimmers and music as well. The Lutron App is the best in the business. You can control Lutron dimmers and Sonos music as well as your shades of course. Set timers and Create Scenes as well.
Yes any of our shade brands can be added to Control 4.
Yes. All of the motors we carry are ready to be automated. All you need to do is add an a hub from any of our suppliers. This in in the range of $250-$350 and you have automated shades. These hubs also all double as integration devices and will allow your shades to be able to be controlled by almost all home automation systems and voice control devices such as Apple Home Kit, Google Home Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 10am – 3pm
Sunday: Closed
Closed Holidays
Just write down some details and our customer success heroes will get back to you in a jiffy!