CASE STUDY
Croft Brighton Residence
Contemporary Industrial Excellence with SAL PIXIE
Luxury Home Residence
Client: Croft Constructions
Partner: Datt Electrical
Melbourne, Victoria
Key Takeouts
Simple
Using standard Australian wiring practices for installation of PIXIE smart bluetooth mechs and modules, reduces use of home-running electrical circuits normally required for legacy control systems, and obviates the need for comms cable distributed throghout the sizeable project for sophistiated smart home control. This massive reduction in materials and labour keeps design simple now and for future maintenance and saves on unecessary cabling costs and labour.
Smart
Across the 3 sizeable floors, PIXIE delivers lighting control, blind and curtain control, ceiling fan control and DAIKIN VRF AC control. Home owners access these from their mobile app, one of the 11 PIXIE Touch Panels and always have a switch / dimmer on the wall as an absolute redundant operation.
As PIXIE does not depend on the internet for in-home operation, individual control of a single light or all systems from any location is easy.
Scaleable
The scale of the home is vast, featuring five main bedrooms plus a guest suite, with each room serviced by its own private ensuite.
The floor plan is designed for a family to grow into over two decades, featuring a main living hub attached to a designer kitchen, a separate lounge overlooking the pool, and a sprawling downstairs entertainment zone. PIXIE’s wireless mesh works seamlessly in this environment.
THE CHALLENGE
The primary challenge of this project was the “moving target” of design requirements in a high-end build.
In a traditional or legacy smart home installation, these specific on site changes would have been catastrophic requests; the existing conduits were at capacity for landscaping, leaving no room to pull the additional switch line cables required to reach the main switchboards.
PIXIE’s use of traditional wiring infrastructure and Bluetooth mesh communications, coupled with PIXIE’s unique hardware devices like the Dual Relay Controller and on site innovation from Datt Electrical made all of this possible, without the headaches and cost of legacy smart home systems.
BENEFITS
Why load up the home’s Wi-Fi with every single smart light and switch?.
Instead of relying on the home’s primary data network like many Wi-Fi smart home systems do, PIXIE runs on its own dedicated Bluetooth Mesh network. That means the core automation system operates separately, keeping the household Wi-Fi cleaner, more stable, and less prone to congestion as the system scales.
Even on a project this large, only the key interface hardware touches the Wi-Fi network. In this case, that’s just 3 PIXIE Gateways and 9 Touch Panels. Everything else communicates device-to-device through the mesh, which removes the need for complex, heavily managed network infrastructure and eliminates the usual dependency on dedicated IT support.
The practical outcome is simple. The system stays fast and responsive, and it remains easy for the family to live with and manage day to day.
Products
smart switches, dimmers, timers
The PIXIE smart dimmer modules create the foundation of your smart home system with simple wiring and mobile App control, coupled with simple 2-wire installation and exceptional dimming performance.
Bluetooth mesh enabled and scheduling, groups, scenes all part of the core functionality, these device don't need internet to operate and create their own mesh network for always on operation, no matter the state of your internet or home network.
DAIKIN AC CONTROLLERS
The PIXIE PC214AC/DK/BTAM DK AC Controller delivers fast, simple and cost effective integrated smart home control for DAIKIN™ Ducted systems with PIXIE, offering on/off power control, mode select, temperature setpoint and fan speed control.
It is connected to the P1 and P2 terminals on the DAIKIN™ indoor unit, and receives 24V power from this connection.
Indoor Motion Sensor
These indoor PIR Smart Sensor act as a motion sensor and activate the connected load on motion and off when no motion . As a 240V powered, 3 wire sensors, these can easily replace existing sensors.
Switching between the 3 smart operating modes is achieved using the PIXIE Apps, on wall multifunction controls and even voice control* when enabled in the home.
Tunable LED Strip
These colour tunable, high CRI90 (quality of light) LED , dotless strips help you choose the right colour for the eight time of day.
Available in 2m and 5m kits with everything needed to plug and play colour tunable LED strips - no electrician needed. A full featured PIXIE Master device with schedules, groups and scenes.
Smart Timer Switches
PIXIE Smart Timer Switches provide Run-on-Timer capability as well as 24hour 7 day scheduling capability. Run-on Timers can operate anywhere from 1 minute to 24 hours, automatically switching off when the timer expires.
Excellent energy management capabilities built-in makes these perfect for exhaust fans in bathrooms, linen cupboards, walk-in-robes and under stair storage zones.
Dual Relay Controller - Larger Load Switching
Larger loads like Outdoor Strip Heaters need a higher rated relay - either to switch directly or to switch a contactor - which in trun switches the heaters.
Your electricians will cherish the extra flexibility this device delivers them, and you, when controlling outdoor living appliances you're seeking to make smart simply.
