Having all of your amenities integrating together with easy-to-use touch panels and keypads is what the industry refers to as "home automation" or as a “smart home."

Maxicon works with the homeowner to better understand his or her lifestyle. We then program different modes, e.g., entertainment mode, vacation mode, or sleep mode, that represent various sequences of events at specific times. These modes can be set to work automatically, manually, or tandem. With a touch of a button a homeowner can turn back the thermostat, turn off the indoor lights, turn on the exterior lights, make sure all of the video and sound equipment is turned off, close all of the windows, etc. We will create any and all combinations that appeal to you. The choices are as limited or unlimited as you want them to be.

Those of you who do not have the extra space or are simply not willing to give up the space for a dedicated home theater now have very viable options. In a well-designed and well-executed multi-use home theater, a visitor would have no idea they were sitting and talking in the middle of the family's home theater. Cutting edge creative products have made it possible to completely disguise all signs of a home theater by discreetly integrating it into your home's décor.

Speakers can be inconspicuously built right into the walls with either paint or wallpaper applied right over them. A family portrait, or favorite painting can be sent into a company to be transferred onto a special canvas that will remotely roll down discreetly hiding a large plasma, surrounded by a frame of your choice. Blackout shades are custom made to your specifications to not only offer you aesthetically pleasing window treatments, but to also serve as part of your theater's optimal lighting design.

Most people live in spaces poorly tailored to their needs. The majority of homes are wired with little more than the main electrical circuits, a few phone lines, and a few TV cables. It is time this changed. Electrical and security system contractors should routinely install low voltage communication network cables for a wide range of ‘smart home’ systems. This will allow for installations of systems that utilize these networks like the following: security, home theatre and entertainment, phones, door-phones and intercoms, PC and internet networks, surveillance cameras, driveway vehicle sensors, communicating thermostats, motorized window blinds and curtains, entry systems, and irrigation systems.

By properly prewiring your home before the insulation and drywall process begins, the homeowner will easily save approximately 25% on their overall smart home project. Retrofitting is routinely done in preexisting homes but the time saved by planning ahead for a future smart home project adds up quickly. Ambiance should be contacted in the early stages of new construction. We can help plan and design for short term needs and future wants. We work with architects, builders, interior designers, and homeowners. The earlier we are contacted the better.