Door Industry Journal - Summer 2019

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Domestic Garage Doors 66 THE door industry journal summer 2019 Gliderol Garage Doors announces the future of insulated roller garage door safety Gliderol announces the full roll out of its totally innovative, next generation safety edge system, designed to deliver unbeatable safety performance in real-world situations. Following 18 months of development and over 1,000 satisfied customers, Gliderol are proud to offer the future of roller garage door safety – Roll-Smart. A fully CE compliant solution requiring no batteries or curly cables and no vulnerable electrical contact strips / optical beams, additional benefits are that the weather seal runs the full width of the curtain and is unaffected by rough or uneven garage floors and it will detect obstacles within the guides and works great with compacts too! “The feedback from our dealers so far on the product is that they love the simple operation and the ease with which it is installed” said Roy Sinclair, Managing Director of Gliderol. “This development is testament to our employees’ dedication to delivering and evolving the best products and service day in and day out.” He added: “The customer comments have really bowled us over – people are telling us “it’s a no brainer and” at last something different” also “great set up, easy for the fitters” and “works like a dream”, we are really excited to be at the forefront of the next generation of garage door development and we welcome customers to give the new system a try.” www.gliderol.co.uk You can now use Google Assistant voice control to operate all your Somfy Smart Home products “Open Doors” - Control your entire home by talking to it, using simple Google Assistant commands. Somfy, specialists in smart home and the automation of roller shutters, awnings, curtains and garage doors, today announce that smart home systems TaHoma™ and Connexoon will now work together with Google Assistant. With this new integration, you can control all your Somfy Smart Home applications using your voice. This partnership reflects the Somfy vision of enabling everyone to control smart home products easily. TaHoma and Connexoon are Somfy smart home systems that can now be used with Google Assistant. Controller in your pocket Many people already have Google Assistant with them every day, because it is installed as standard on many Android smartphones and tablets. The application is also available for iOS devices and can be integrated in various Google products, including Google Home and the Google Home Hub. This means that when you use one of these products, you can immediately start controlling and configuring smart home products that are linked via Somfy TaHoma™ or Connexoon. Mark Pekelharing, Smart Home Manager at Somfy expects a lot from the integration with Google Assistant: “An increasing number of people are using voice control and finding how this makes life easier. You can now open the curtains or play music with just one command.” Stand-alone or scenario? Somfy offers users the opportunity to configure their own scenarios with which they can set multiple actions in motion using just one command. For example, you can switch the lights off, close the curtains and close the awnings by giving the simple command: ‘Start Watch Film scenario!’ Besides implementing your personal scenarios, it is also possible to control individual smart home applications via Somfy, in combination with Google Assistant. This makes it even easier to close your curtains or control your lighting. More partnerships The partnership with Google Assistant is part of Somfy’s strategy of making smart home products increasingly accessible and being open for integration with products from other brands. As well as the partnership with Google Assistant, Somfy is also working with Amazon Echo and the smartphone applications Olisto and IFTTT. For more information visit www.somfy.co.uk and https://assistant.google.com