ROBUS Connect vs ICS2.0Lite

ROBUS is a market-leading brand with a range of lighting solutions that are proven and trusted by over 2,000 stockists and thousands of installers internationally. An Irish owned company, ROBUS has a global presence and a reputation worldwide for first class customer service and products. ROBUS CONNECT is the brands new cloud based smart home system that transforms the way you interact with the lighting in your home or office. By using Wi-Fi or mobile data, you can fully control any light with the touch of a button. ROBUS CONNECT compatible products will work without the need for a hub. This range of compatible products will be expanding over the coming months. Features On/Off Wouldn’t it be so much cooler if you could turn your lights on and off using your smart phone? Well, with ROBUS Connect you can. Dimming Control how bright your lights are at any time. Colour Select Choose from a range of white colour temperatures and any other colour imaginable using your smartphone. Grouping Group the lights positioned over your breakfast bar in the kitchen or group lights in your hall with those in your bathroom so you can light the way for your kids during the night. Multi-User ROBUS Connect lets everyone in the household have control as long as they have internet connection. Multi Location As long as you have an internet connection, you can have complete control of your light fittings from anywhere. Schedules You can set timers for all the ROBUS Connect light fittings in your home. Set them to come on when you usually get back from work on an evening or to turn off when you usually leave in the morning. Energy Saving Controlling and/or scheduling your light fittings will ensure that all of you are not using power unnecessarily when not at home. Set the scene Set the scene you want in your home or room at any given time. You can customise your own scenes. Once you have a lighting sequence that you are happy with for a specific time of day or activity you can save it in the ROBUS Connect App as a Scene. ‘Wake Up’, ‘Chill Time’, ‘Homework’, ‘Movie Night’ etc. Automation Allow your light fittings to respond automatically to scenarios. Set your lights to react to certain environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, sunrise etc.). Use with the cloud You can link your ROBUS Connect light fittings with other cloud services, Google Home, Alexa or via IFTTT to open your smart home lighting system for infinite possibilities.

For installations that do not require ‘pay for use’ charging, fleet management, or sophisticated event-based load management for numerous charge stations, iCS provide a free to use software platform for configuring and using charge station(s) through a smartphone or tablet. The ICS2.0Lite software is preconfigured as standard to the intelligent range of iCS charge stations (excluding the ICSW7B) enabling straightforward connection through the WiFi hotspot created by the charge station. There are two distinct password-protected login areas for Engineer & Driver use. Engineer: The Engineer area allows for full configuration of the charge station for online or offline use. Many of the default settings will not require changing, however full flexibility of control is permitted. Driver: For Drivers to access this the charge station will need to be connected to the ICS2.0Lite backend. For greater connectivity options, many of the iCS intelligent charge stations now have added WiFi capability, resulting in a straightforward process by using the owner’s broadband connection. Subsequently, there is also the option to connect by Ethernet cable or with a data-only sim card. Once connected the software allows for full control of the charge station, including starting/stopping charge sessions, the timing of charge sessions to coincide with lower energy tariffs, and viewing of historic charge session information.