Häfele Connect is the new system and the key to smart, networked furniture and rooms. The app, which has been developed by Häfele, was presented at Interzum for the first time.
It links and controls lighting and sound as well as electric drives in furniture, has already been developed for series production and will be available soon. The driver for the evolution was the internationally successful Loox LED lighting system for light and sound in furniture, as well as a new BLE box which, thanks to its Plug & Play system and a universal connectivity for furniture of all kinds, make future applications very easily connectable as well. The next logical step is to connect smart furniture and smart home. This extended application for all of building technology is already at an advanced prototype stage.
The Häfele Connect BLE box uses the app to open the path into your furniture and also into comprehensive room management. At this year’s Interzum, Häfele showed industry members and joiners/cabinet makers examples of what is already possible today. The Häfele Connect BLE box is connected to the Loox driver and wirelessly connected with a smartphone via Bluetooth Low Energy. In this way, all electronic furniture components can be controlled, including electric furniture drives. The Häfele Connect app functions as a user interface for iOS and Android devices.
The system manages the switching on and off lights, multi white lights and RGB lights as well as dimming them, and setting the colour temperature and light colour. In addition, various light scenes for different occasions can be pre-set and retrieved at the touch of a finger. Operation of the sound components in the room is also part of the system.
On furniture, the control of TV lifts, electric sliding doors or other electric drives can be managed by a simple tap. With the app, additional BLE boxes within the room are found and integrated in “My Networks” on your smartphone and/or tablet. All stored scenarios are individually expandable or can be combined. Because of this, smart furniture has already become a reality. The system is upgradeable for all existing Loox systems.
At Interzum it was shown in great detail how the Häfele vision of “Smart furniture meets Smart Home” will very soon be reality. A Häfele Connect hub, a digital communication all-rounder so to speak, understands the entire digital world. It can communicate with nearly all protocols, wireless technologies and systems from the most diverse manufacturers via Bluetooth, WIFI, KNX and others. It communicates with practically anything that transmits – for example with air conditioners, blinds, TV devices and smart kitchen devices.
For more information visit www.hafele.com.au
