Motorization, PowerView® Automation by Hunter Douglas
Extend Your Home Security System with PowerView® Automation
At The Blind Guy in Billings, we know that the window is an important portal into our homes and their security is important. From looking at the windows, a potential criminal can tell a lot about you: when you’re home, what you own, etc. Security systems are a great prevention tool and help keep your home and valuables safe, but as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That’s where a smart window covering system comes in to play.
Adding Hunter Douglas PowerView® Automation to your window treatments is more effective than just covering your windows alone. PowerView® Motorization allows your window coverings to be adjusted at the touch of a button, from an app, or with a voice-activated phrase. PowerView® integrates your shades with your favorite digital assistant, such as Alexa, Siri, and Google, as well as with a variety of other smart home systems. Make your blinds into smart blinds by automating your household schedules so that they open and close based on the time of day.
Here are three ways that adding PowerView® Automation to your Hunter Douglas window coverings can improve the security of your home.
Three Ways PowerView® Can Improve Your Home Security
1. Maintain a schedule so it seems like you’re home even when you’re not
When you’re home, you adjust your blinds, curtains, or shades to make sure the light is at the right level for your needs. When you’re gone, they stay stationary, alerting anyone watching that your home is unattended. With PowerView® Automation, you can use a schedule to make your window treatments open and close even when you’re not home. Your home will be less of a target and more energy efficient at the same time, all while continuing to use the Hunter Douglas styles you love.
2. Make sure your home remains private when you’re gone.
The easiest way to protect your home from break-ins is to prevent criminals from seeing what you have and what your home layout is like. Keeping your window curtains closed while you’re gone is a great way to protect your home and your possessions. However, homes with a lot of windows can take a good deal of time to adjust all the blinds, pull down all the shades, and close all the shutters and curtains. With PowerView®, all that effort is reduced to the simple opening of an app or push of a button. Make it even easier by setting up a command phrase with your digital assistant, so you can just say, “Alexa, I’m going to work,” and all of your window treatments will adjust accordingly. When you get home, a simple, “Alexa, I’m home,” can open your shades and let the light in.
3. Use Remote Connect™ when away from home.
If you travel away from your home, whether just to the other side of town or overseas, you can use the Remote Connect™ feature to adjust your window coverings even when you are nowhere near your house. If you like to leave your shades cracked for the cat but your neighbor let you know they saw someone poking around, you can close them before you catch your flight home to add that extra level of protection; make it seem like the house is occupied and make it difficult to see inside with just a few easy clicks.
Secure Your Home Today
Are you ready to improve your home security with PowerView® Automation? Call The Blind Guy at (406) 655-1611 for a free quote today or contact us online for a free quote, free installation, AND up to 10% off your purchase! We are a local window treatments dealer who specializes in a variety of brands, including Hunter Douglas, Alta, Graber, and Lafayette. We also offer exterior retractable awnings and solutions from Sunesta and Insolroll. We proudly serve Billings, Laurel, Red Lodge, Big Timber, Shepherd, Hardin, Columbus, MT (Montana) & surrounding areas.
