Villa and palace automation
Lighting, curtains, shutters, HVAC zones, irrigation and the pool plant on one bus, with scenes on physical keypads as well as screens. The house keeps working if the router does not.
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Home Automation Systems
One commissioned system, not a shelf of apps that do not talk to each other.
Lighting, curtains, HVAC, IP intercom, smart locks, WiFi and network systems delivered and commissioned together on KNX. For hotels the same platform runs Guest Room Management, so housekeeping status, room comfort and energy savings all sit on one supervision layer.
KNX
One platform under all of it
GRMS
Guest Room Management for hotels
Lights → locks
On one supervision layer
In more detail
Most homes described as smart are a shelf of apps. The lights are on one, the curtains on another, the air conditioning came with its own remote, and the intercom is a separate box by the door that talks to nothing. Every one of them works. Together they are worse than switches.
We deliver and commission the whole thing on KNX as one system: lighting, curtains and shutters, HVAC, IP intercom, smart locks, CCTV, and the structured WiFi and networking underneath it. One bus, one supervision layer, one set of scenes, and a wall keypad that still works when the internet is down. For hotels the same platform runs Guest Room Management, so housekeeping status, do-not-disturb, room comfort and the energy setback on an empty room all sit in one place.
How we do it
The four things that decide the outcome
Guest Room Management
Welcome scenes, do-not-disturb and make-up-room at the door, occupancy-linked setback that stops the room cooling itself empty, and a front desk that can see service state per room in real time.
Intercom, locks and cameras
IP video intercom answered from the same panel as the lighting, smart locks with per-user access, and CCTV integrated so answering the door and unlocking it are one action rather than two systems.
Structured WiFi and networking
Surveyed coverage, cabling, switching and access points designed for the building rather than a router put wherever the fibre landed, because everything above this line depends on the layer below it.
Delivered
All projectsWhere we have delivered it
How it is built
The system behind it
Diagrams of how these systems are put together, with our own installation photography alongside. Click any frame to see it full size.
Questions we are asked
Before you specify home automation systems
What home automation does ARAK install in Riyadh?
A complete KNX system rather than a shelf of apps: lighting, curtains and shutters, HVAC, IP intercom, smart locks, CCTV, and the structured WiFi and networking underneath, on one bus with one set of scenes.
Does a KNX home still work if the internet goes down?
Yes. The scenes live on the KNX bus and are on physical wall keypads as well as screens, so lighting, curtains and climate keep working when the router does not.
Can automation be added to an existing villa?
Yes. The existing circuits and distribution boards are surveyed first, then retrofitted with panel-mounted actuators, DALI drivers or wireless devices where rewiring is not practical, usually in phases so the home stays in use.
Do you install hotel guest room management (GRMS)?
Yes. The same KNX platform runs Guest Room Management: welcome scenes, do-not-disturb and make-up-room at the door, an energy setback when the room is empty, and service status for every room visible at the front desk.
Tell us what the space has to do.
Send drawings, a fixture schedule, or just the brief. Our Riyadh team will come back with a lighting study and a quotation.
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