Smart Home & Automation

Many systems start with a wireless alarm hub, because it already connects sensors and has an app. Ajax hubs add LightSwitch relays, smart plugs and WaterStop valves to the same app, and Hikvision AX PRO adds relay modules, so security and automation run on one platform.

Yes. Ajax LightSwitch relays and SoloButton touch panels control lights through the Ajax app, including a no-neutral LightCore relay, and the Knightsbridge VFRKW smart Wi-Fi dimmer module needs no neutral either. Knightsbridge smart GLS, candle and GU10 lamps change colour and brightness over Wi-Fi.

Some smart plugs measure it. Ajax Socket Type G smart plugs have a built-in energy meter that reports consumption in the Ajax app, and the white 32632.34.WH1 is rated 13A/3kW. The Pyronix SMARTPLUG is a 13 A Wi-Fi smart plug that works within the Pyronix system.

An Ajax WaterStop is a motorised shut-off valve fitted on the water supply pipe, in DN15, DN20 and DN25 sizes. It connects wirelessly to an Ajax hub over Jeweller, so the supply can be opened or closed from the Ajax app, for example when a property is left empty.

The Knightsbridge VFRKW smart Wi-Fi dimmer module, CU9KW smart Wi-Fi switched socket and OP9KW smart outdoor socket work with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and SIRI Shortcuts, and can also be controlled from a smartphone or tablet. The Knightsbridge LEDFWIFI LED flex controller and the LYYT 153.896UK RGBW WiFi controller have voice control compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The CIE Group PHX1-ST-EU control panel and the Honeywell Y6H920RW5031 smart thermostat kit also work with Amazon Alexa.

Usually within one platform: Ajax Jeweller devices, such as the DoorProtect U, report to an Ajax hub, and Hikvision AX PRO devices use their own 868 MHz radio. Plan the system around one app, and use a relay module, such as the Hikvision DS-PM1-O1L-WE AX PRO output relay, where a device from another brand has to be switched.

Yes, with a video doorbell or door station on the same app. Ajax and Dahua video doorbells and Hikvision villa door stations with 2-wire indoor touch stations answer the door from a phone, and Knightsbridge wireless chimes and bell pushes cover simpler needs.

Alarm kits here include the Ajax KIT18 S with a Hub2 Plus, the Pyronix Enforcer V11 wireless kit ENF/KIT1-UK with onboard Wi-Fi, the Pyronix Enforcer Kit 3 hybrid kit and the Texecom Premier Elite KIT-1005 hybrid kit. The EZVIZ 4-Piece Home Sensor Kit pairs a Zigbee gateway with a PIR, a door sensor and a smart button. Hikvision AX PRO is sold here as panels and devices, such as the DS-PWA64-L-WE panel, rather than as a kit.