On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Legrand announced that its radiant and adorne lighting control systems are now compatible with Amazon’s Alexa voice control system. radiant® is Legrand’s RF (radio frequency) Lighting system while adorne® is its Wi-Fi Ready Lighting system. Adding Amazon’s Alexa brings voice control to the already available choices of using a light switch, tablet, smartphone, or Apple Watch to control a home’s lights. In addition, the integration also includes the ability to organize multiple lights into a group that can be controlled with a single command.

Connecting radiant and adorne with Amazon’s Alexa

Samsung’s ARTIKTM Cloud, a Samsung ARTIK Cloud account, and Legrand’s LC7001 Whole House Lighting Controller are all required to integrate Alexa to radiant and adorne systems. Once an owner enables the Samsung ARTIK Cloud Optimized for Smart Home Alexa skill, instructions will be presented to complete the integration.

The Legrand LC7001 Whole House Lighting Controller gives the owner the ability to immediately dim or turn on and off the home’s lights. Additionally, schedules can be set up using the owner’s smartphone, tablet or Apple Watch. For example, vacation, evening, morning, and daylight schedules can all be set up.

Using radiant and adorne Lighting Control Systems with Alexa

Once everything is set up, the integration gives owners hands-free control to power on, power off, and dim radiant and adorne lighting control systems. Owners can use these systems and Amazon’s Alexa to power on and off lights by saying phrases like, “Alexa, turn on the kitchen light,” or “Alexa, turn off the hall light.” Dimming lights can be accomplished using phrases such as, “Alexa, dim the dining room lights 25 percent.”

The radiant and adorne Lighting Control Systems

Legrand’s radiant and adorne systems contain a large assortment of dimmers, outlets, switches, under cabinet and furniture lighting. All are offered in a variety of capabilities, styles, and finishes.

Legrand LC7001 Features

• Wireless control of lighting using iOS and Android apps for Tablets, Smartphones and the Apple Watch
• Controls up to 100 individual devices
• Controls up to 100 scenes through up to 20 scene controllers (LC2303-XX)
• Contains a real-time clock for scheduling time-of-day lighting scenes
• Patented 800 MHz RF communication protocol limits interference with other 900 MHz devices
• Powered by PoE (802.3af) or via provided plug-in power supply
• Voice controlled with Amazon Alexa via Samsung’s ARTIK Cloud

Pricing and Availability

The Legrand radiant and adorne system modules are available now at a variety of price points.

The Legrand LC7001 Whole House Lighting Controller is available now. It carries a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of $149.48.

Samsung’s ARTIK Cloud is available now. The free plan offers up to 100 K Messages per month with 30-day data retention; the $15 per month plan offers 1 million messages, and 30-day data retention; the custom plan (contact Samsung on pricing and features) is intended for large scale deployments and offers custom quota and retention features.

Amazon’s Alexa devices are available now in a variety of configurations, capabilities and prices.

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