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At Sheila's in Crowfoot you can speak to the owners Sheila or Loren in regard to your Motorization needs for your home.  Our Store features many Hunter Douglas Motorized Blinds, hard-wired systems, as well as battery operated blinds .  The hard-wired systems will work alone or with your Home-Automation System including Z-Wave.  We will work with your Home Automation Company to ensure you can have beautiful Hunter Douglas window coverings fully automated!  We are one of Calgary's few Hunter Douglas Certified Motorization Specialist Stores.

An ESI panel which operates the four Hard Wired blinds in our Crowfoot Showroom. This system can be integrated into any  home automation system to operate your blinds or can operate independently with a remote control.

Call and speak to the owners Sheila or Loren or drop by our Crowfoot Store to see our Motorized Displays!  We only have ONE location, which is in Crowfoot and Sheila & Loren have been Certified as a Hunter Douglas Motorization Specialists.

Benefits of Motorizing Window Coverings

Many Hunter Douglas window fashions can be motorized.  That means a motor in the headrail does the work of raising, lowering or tilting the window covering. The methods of motorization are as varied as the products themselves. Some systems are powered by batteries (such as PowerRise®2.0 and PowerTilt™ systems), others by household current or power supplies (such as PowerGlide® 2.0). Additionally, many Hunter Douglas motorized products can be controlled as part of a lighting or whole-home automation system.

Hunter Douglas battery operated lifting systems, PowerRise® 2.0, PowerGlide® 2.0 and PowerTilt™, provide a wonderful introduction to the world of motorized products. Built with Platinum™ Technology, the patented combination of infrared and radio control, these systems are the ultimate in convenience and flexibility. Control products from a Platinum remote, Platinum wireless wall switch or other device. The choice is yours.

The best time to wire a house for home automation is while the house is being constructed. This minimizes the cost and effort. If you are considering a Hard-wired system to operate your Hunter Douglas blinds for you new home, you will need to start the process long before the wiring stage.  Plans need to be designed for the Hard-wired system that will be used.  Once the system has been designed, meetings will are held with the electrician to go over wiring diagrams.  At Sheila's Window Toppers, the quote you will receive for your hard wired window coverings will include wiring diagrams for your electrician.  If you think that you may want HARD WIRED blinds in the future have the Electrician run 14-3 wire to the top right corner of the windows.  If you have any high or hard to reach windows, run these wires  during the building stage as you may want to add the blinds at a later date.

Platinum™ Technology is the name given to the patented wireless communication system  from Hunter Douglas used to operate our PowerRise® 2.0, PowerGlide® 2.0 and PowerTilt™ systems. Platinum Technology uses a combination of two different types of wireless signals to control window coverings: radio waves and an infrared signal.

By combining these two signal methods, Hunter Douglas gives consumers the best features and control in the industry. Whether opening a single window covering or partially closing a roomful of coverings at the same time, Platinum Technology provides the ultimate in control.

Radio frequency (RF) in today’s world simply refers to the use of radio waves of a given frequency to wirelessly send data from a transmitter to a receiver. Platinum Technology uses radio waves in the 2.4GHz (pronounced “giga-hurtz”) frequency range to send commands from the Platinum remote or Platinum wireless wall switch to the receiver at the window covering. Radio waves, due to their nature, pass through solid objects and radiate in every direction. That means a remote sending an RF signal does not need to be pointed at a window covering in order to control it, the remote does not have to be in the same room as the window covering it operates nor does the satellite eye need to be visible. People use products that send radio frequency signals every day. From cell phones and keyless car FOBs, to baby monitors and even garage door openers. Each device sends out RF signals (radio waves) to a receiver on the other end. If the receiver on the other end doesn’t “hear” the signal being sent, nothing happens (or a cell phone call gets dropped).

Range of operation may vary due to common household construction, layout and other wireless devices in the home. Much like reception with a cell phone, there may be better locations within a home to use radio frequency than others.

An infrared (IR) signal uses an invisible beam of energy to send commands from a limited distance (usually less than 30 feet) to an electronic device. Similar to a flashlight, a clear line of sight between the device sending the signal and the device receiving the signal is necessary. Likewise, an infrared beam reflects off solid surfaces, bouncing around a room, which could activate a window covering unintentionally.

Products that use an infrared signal as a means of communication are so common, people seldom think about it. The most common device that uses an infrared signal sent from a remote in today’s world is the television. By pointing the TV remote at the television and pressing a button, the television responds by changing channels, changing the volume level or powering off.

You need two parts to a control system: the part sending the signal and the part receiving the signal.  For Hunter Douglas products, the part sending the signal is the Platinum™ remote or wireless wall switch. The part receiving the signal is the window covering sensor eye.  And the best part is that Hunter Douglas gives you two different ways to send a signal to the window covering. One needs a clear line-of-sight from the remote to the shade (infrared). The other just needs the window covering to be within “hearing distance” of the remote (radio frequency).

Both IR signals and RF waves have proven to be reliable communication methods for controlling motorized window coverings for over 20 years. Both have good points and bad points. The shortcomings of both IR-only and RF-only systems have been reduced by the development of Platinum Technology. With this patented system, we offer consumers both methods of sending and receiving signals for a variety of reasons.

Battery wands are the standard power source for PowerRise® 2.0 with Platinum™ Technology systems whether inside or  outside  mount. Battery wands are mounted on the rear of the headrail for all PowerRise 2.0 systems. The redesigned battery wand will allow for batteries to be changed without removing the window covering from the window.  Battery life is approximately one year depending upon usage.  You should replace batteries when the window covering begins to operate slowly.

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