in this issue EDITORIAL

Vantage goes with you every-

where. With a wealth of comfort

that you enjoy at home, wouldn‘t

you also like to have the same

comfort in your second resi-

dence along the Mediterranean

or even at the other end of the

world? Vantage enables you to

monitor, visualise and operate

your system by remote access.

Additionally, you can count on

the meticulous service you are

used to from us, anywhere in the

world.

With the recent introduction of

the Digital Music Manager, Van-

tage is breaking into the digital

audio market. We are introduc-

ing a powerful, yet user-friendly

solution that surpasses capa-

bilities of other products on

the market. In conjunction with

the DMM hardware release, the

Vantage software is constantly

evolving and improving. As al-

ways, Vantage provides a com-

plete solution for the home

automation system in an un-

complicated manner.

Enjoy your reading!

Koen Pepermans

Managing Director

home automation journal25

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WELCOME

P2-3 Project in the picture

This time we visited 2 private homes:

1 owner, 2 projects and we saw how

Vantage makes the difference.

A renovated warehouse in a big city,

a majestic residence in one of the

most beautiful places on earth: all

the ingredients are present for an

enjoyable and fascinating discovery

journey.

Antwerp vs. the French Riviera.

‘North‘ vs. ‘South‘.

P4 New Products

Vantage‘s newest innovation: the Digital Music Manager is not just another digital audio server: it transparently seeks

out all digital music in the home. The DMM gives homeowners the chance to enjoy their personal music library to the

full. The system integrates with Vantage’s InFusion Control platform and interfaces with the family of touchscreens.

WePoint 2.1, the updated version of Vantage’s remote access software brings the power of home automation to your fi nger-

tips, at home or anywhere in the world. Using the WebPoint application, homeowners can monitor and control integration

solutions as lighting, comfort, security and entertainment in real time using an iPhone, Blackberry or any wireless device.

P4 Vantage news

Would you like a virtual tour through a stylish house that is also equipped with

a Vantage system? See the Vantage News section to learn more…

P4 Vantage and training

Read all about how and why to become a Vantage Certifi ed Dealer. Don’t miss

the upcoming training courses!

Vantage “Driver Tools” Training, September 2009

Once people have tried

Vantage, they fi nd they

can no longer do without

it. We see this more and

more all the time: cus-

tomers who value qual-

ity of life and therefore

have Vantage in their

homes want to have the

same comfort in their

offi ce, place of business

or second home abroad.

Vantage dealer Marc

Tuytten from Home Au-

tomation Services con-

fi rms the trend. He was

happy to show us such

a ‘duo project’.

Marc Tuytten has been

working with Vantage

for over 10 years. At fi rst,

he still did conventional

electrical installations,

but he soon became a

true ‘integrator’ in heart

and soul. And a very suc-

cessful one, by the way.

Now he only does home

automation projects,

which he carries through

from A to Z.

How can his success be

explained? Well, to start

with, he is involved in the

design of his projects,

which means he knows

them inside out. On top

of that, he has in-depth

knowledge of Vantage

as a product.

“Right from the start, I

installed Vantage in my

own home”, says Marc.

“Virtually everything was

integrated that could be:

home theatre, motorised

curtains, touchscreens,

etc. That meant I could

receive prospective

customers in my home,

which simultaneously

served as showroom,

and make the great ben-

efi ts of home automa-

tion immediately clear.

And because I live with

Vantage day in, day out,

I know the system like

the back of my hand”.

Marc is currently using

his own home mainly to

test this or that prod-

uct himself. Since he has

been doing mostly large

project for some time,

he sticks to an average

of two projects a year.

And he adds: “I always

tell my customers that

a project is never really

fi nished. Tomorrow they

buy the latest TV or the

children grow up and

leave home, so custom-

ers’ needs change”. Or

they have become own-

ers of a second home,

like this exclusive project

that Marc is letting us

take a peek at today.

One owner, two projects

The surprise is even

nicer, since it turns out

that it involves not one,

but two projects. In the

heart of Antwerp, we

stand in admiration be-

fore an old warehouse

that has been converted

into a luxurious loft. Af-

ter that, we travel with

Vantage to the French

Riviera, where the cus-

tomer owns a magnifi -

cent second home on

the exclusive Cap Ferrat

peninsula. Although ex-

tremely different, both

projects managed by

Vantage are extraordi-

narily successful.

An oasis of peace and

quiet in Antwerp

On the outside of what

was once a warehouse,

you see nothing of the

sophisticated world

that we see a moment

later when we enter. A

revealing detail: there is

no keyhole on the door.

That sets the tone… In

this building, everything

is automated.

Once inside, one imme-

diately notices how the

industrial look and au-

thenticity of the build-

ing have been retained.

We see an open space,

steel constructions, sim-

plicity. An oasis of peace

and quiet right in the

city centre. An olive tree

on the patio brings the

warmth of the south a

bit closer by.

A lot of attention was

paid to the aesthetic as-

pect as well. Speakers

have been neatly built

into a white wall with

a large plasma screen

and everything is well

hidden away behind a

large canvas. Lighting,

air-conditioning, win-

dows, screens, music,

lift, alarm…. Everything

is connected to the Van-

tage system and runs

like clockwork.

The lift blocks if there is

an alarm and all entrance

doors are automatically

locked. Creative, well

thought out program-

ming is the mark of an

experienced dealer. For

example, the alarm can

be set in two ways, de-

pending on whether the

residents are at home or

away. If they are away,

the windows close, the

lights and fi replace shut

off etc. Are the residents

at home? Then it goes

without saying different

settings are used.

From Q-Link to

InFusion

At fi rst Vantage Q-Link

system was installed

in the loft. After the

introduction of Van-

tage InFusion, Marc ap-

proached the customer

with the suggestion to

upgrade the system,

which he then did with

a rather limited budget.

He explained to us why

he suggested that: “With

Q-Link, I was convinced

I was working with the

best system on the mar-

ket, but InFusion is sim-

ply another level, net-

work level…

Vantage travels along, from Antwerp to the French Riviera

a closer look at a project

Logical too, since tech-

nology keeps evolving

and InFusion is in line

with current develop-

ments. The main advan-

tages? With InFusion, it

is much easier to make

changes by remote con-

trol, and you also get

much better feedback.

With an alarm in the

home in France, you see

a text message on the

screen that indicates

where the failure is.”

It is extremely handy for

the owner that the two

projects work with the

Vantage InFusion sys-

tem. On the Vantage

TPT1210 touchscreen as

well as on his PC, he can

see pictures from the

cameras in his Antwerp

loft and his home in

France and also operate

them, no matter where

in the world he happens

to be. Marc also made

sure that the lay-outs of

the screens are identical

for both projects.

In the meantime, we

have become extremely

curious about the sec-

ond project, which just

like the fi rst one is a

marvel in the area of in-

tegration.

Living in the lap of

luxury

Cap Ferrat… in this ex-

clusive resort on the

French Riviera, we ex-

perience the full mean-

ing of ‘living in the lap

of luxury’. The stylish

home with its warm red

hues is magnifi cent to

see. The owners wanted

to surround themselves

with the same luxury

and comfort as at home.

With their experience

with Vantage in their

Antwerp loft, they knew

better than anyone what

Vantage can do.

So everything is auto-

mated in their second

home too: French shut-

ters, curtains, awnings

(over 70 motors in total),

with which the customer

himself selects if they

automatically open and

shut or if he operates

them individually. The

fi re alarm goes off?

Minimum lighting switches

on, all shutters and cur-

tains open as does the

garage door too. With an

‘ordinary’ alarm, on the

other hand, everything

is automatically locked.

And naturally in both

cases, just as for the loft,

how Vantage works de-

pends on whether the

residents are at home or

away.

More tours de force

Vantage is also entrusted

with full operation of the

heat pumps, for cooling

and heating. The Van-

tage thermostats are lo-

cated in the utility room

and sensors are installed

concealed everywhere

in the home.

On the touchscreen, the

owner can even see the

temperature of the wa-

ter in the water taps, as

well as the water tem-

perature in the outdoor

swimming pool.

The longer we are in

this house, the more we

discover ingenious ap-

plications. Marc has pro-

grammed a double func-

tion in the guest house.

Are there guests stay-

ing there? Then they are

entitled to an adjusted

programming. In addi-

tion, there are no fewer

than 3 languages that

can be used to operate

the touchscreen. A mat-

ter of making everyone

feel at home.

We also have nothing

but praise for the mu-

sic integration. The resi-

dents can listen to their

favourite music every-

where in both homes.

They have the same mu-

sic selection in Antwerp

and Cap Ferrat. And al-

though the music server

is in Antwerp, they can

operate it with touch-

screens that have the

identical lay-out and lis-

ten to it all in their home

on the French Riviera!

Finally, we asked Marc if

he has any Tips & Tricks

for us. “No, actually”, he

replied, “because they

are just adapted to the

project in hand and no two

projects are the same.

Does the customer want

to control everything

automatically and just

have a ‘good morning’

and ‘sleep tight’ button?

Does he want sensors or

not? That is his choice

and I adapt what I do ac-

cording to the custom-

er’s wishes. Of course I

do give my customers

advice.

I draw on my 10 years of

experience with Vantage

for that.”

This ‘duo project’ proves

what an important role

is reserved for the Van-

tage dealer, whose ex-

pertise and creative in-

put helps determine the

end result.

Home Automation

Services:

Loyal Vantage partner

for the past 10 years, he

devotes himself solely

to home automation

projects that he inte-

grates from A-Z.

Photos: Cover: View of living room from the patio. (Antwerp)Introduction P1 left: the patio with outdoor kitchen (Ant-werp), right: view of villa with swimming pool (Cap Ferrat). Article p 2 from left to rights: view of kitchen from dining area, sitting room, staircase(Antwerp). This page at the top: the ter-race on the newly construct-ed section (Cap Ferrat), be-low: the TV room (Antwerp).

Vantage integration:-lighting-building climate control-Audio/Video, MediaCenterTM

-curtains, shutters and awnings-alarm and cameras-locking of doors, windows and garage door. -locking of the lift (Antwerp)-swimming pool (Cap Ferrat)

a closer look at a project

DMM (DIGITAL MUSIC MANAGER)

The most stable, robust, user-friendly digital

music manager on the market, the DMM au-

tomatically fi nds all digital music in a home

network and enables the homeowner to

play and control it easily from any Vantage

interface.

No more struggling with multiple formats,

multiple sources, multiple remotes, varying

levels of quality and no more having to play

only one stream at a time.

The DMM delivers audio from up to four in-

dependent audio streams to the Vantage

Axium 450 Series Multi-Room Amplifi er

or any other multi-room system, meaning

homeowners can enjoy their favourite Inter-

net radio station in the kitchen, while their

son or daughter streams live from a laptop

upstairs, their spouse enjoys ‘80s music in

the exercise room and a house guest listens

to an iPod in the living room.

What’s more, the guest’s iPod metadata will

populate to the Digital Music Manager when

plugged in and stream live music from the

iPod. When the iPod is removed, so too is

the metadata content, restoring the system

to its original state.

DMM FEATURES AND BENEFITS

-500 GB storage

Preserve and protect the value of your

music collection

Also available in 1 TB storage (DMM-4ST)

-Error-free ripping

Rip your own CDs at bit-perfect quality

-Aggregation of Audio Control

Play music whether on-board or on the

network

-USB/MP3 Support

Plug in your friend‘s iPod and listen to-

gether

-Internet Radio

Your local radio station from anywhere in

the world

-Four dual-capable outputs

More listening options with fewer sources

-Control UI

Manage and control independent streams

separately

-NAS/Ripping

Play or Rip content to NAS

To complete the launch of the DMM, Van-

tage also released an enhanced software

version, A glance at the newest release of

InFusion DesignCenter

NEWEST DESIGNCENTER RELEASE

SUMMARY

Support for the DMM

Enhanced weather widgets

Enhanced lighting and picture widgets

Vantage will be launching several major

new products in the near future, and at the

same time we will release a new version of

our DesignCenter programming software

(Version 2.3).

You can read more about this in the Janu-

ary issue. Vantage DesignCenter and all up-

dates are available to all Vantage dealers

free of charge.

Find out more on the DMM, Axium multi-

room amplifi er, touchscreen interfaces and

related software enhancements in Design-

Center and InFusion Media on our website

www.vantage-emea.com

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Vantage and training

NEW VANTAGE VIRTUAL TOUR

Experience the wonder of a Vantage automa-

tion system in the setting of an elegant luxury

home.

Explore the possibilities with an interactive

room-by-room tour, or let us guide you through

the home, highlighting how each of your dreams

can become a reality.

Curious? Contact your sales contact or order

the new Virtual Tour, a self-running exploration

on DVD, through contact@vantage-emea.com.

VANTAGE WEBINARS

The launch of the DMM was supported by a

complimentary online training webinar. This

60-minute session covered a complete product

overview, moreover, there was some time for

Q&A at the end. This way, we gave our dealers

the opportunity to interactively receive and dis-

cuss information.

Thanks to the success of our fi rst webinar, more

webinars on various topics will be held in the

future. We will keep you updated by email or

through the Vantage Training pages on our

website www.vantage-emea.com.

The only way to become a Vantage dealer is

to complete the Vantage Certifi cation Training.

Thanks to this intensive hands-on training, our

dealers achieve high levels of professionalism

and expertise.

NEXT TRAINING DATES 2009-2010

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On top: Portable Touchscreen TPT1210-1, middle: Axium Multiroom

Amplifi er and bottom: DMM, Digital Music Manager

THE POWER OF WEBPOINT 2.1

WebPoint, Vantage’s remote access soft-

ware brings the power of home automa-

tion to your fi ngertips at an attractive new

price. The most exciting feature in this new

version is its integration with handheld mo-

bile devices as iPhones and Blackberries.

WebPoint lets homeowners manage their

entire system from the palm of their hand

– from inside their house or remotely as de-

sired. Free demo? Ask your access code to

evelinev@vantage-emea.com.

For more info: www.vantage-emea.com

EVEN MORE PRODUCTS FOR TOTAL

INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS

The digital newsletter is an extension of the

printed newsletter with more new products.

Keep a close eye on your mailbox! If you’re

not already on the distribution list, you can

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