Markets /markets Customer Profiles /markets/customerProfiles/default.asp Escient CEO Mansion /markets/customerProfiles/EscientCEO/default.asp Escient CEO Mansion Indianapolis, Indiana WholeHome /markets/customerProfiles/EscientCEO/imgs/image_EscientHome.jpg A million dollar project, two-and-a half years in the making. For Escient Solutions, an AMX® Dealer located in Carmel, Ind., this incredible 27,000 square-foot residential project was their largest ever. A mammoth installation that includes 46 audio zones, 14 HVAC zones, 90 security sensors, 246 lighting circuits, eight video systems sharing video sources, six security cameras, 11 AMX touch panels, 27 AMX keypads and eight AMX NetLinx® Control Systems. The 42-year-old homeowner is a CEO for one of the most advanced consumer electronics firms in the country, and this English country mansion is his vision. Escient Solutions helped him turn his vision it into an award-winning reality nearly 4,500 contract hours later. "AMX personnel actually met at the site several times, establishing a dialogue with us and other suppliers. AMX was integral in making the results possible and offering the support to get past different obstacles." "His (the CEO's) dreams are little more ambitious," said Jim Swearingen, sales manager at Escient Solutions. "He dreams big. He's founded his firm on taking technology and harnessing it to change and improve people's every day lives. " That's exactly what other dealers thought at CEDIA EXPO 2001. Escient Solutions took home a CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles 2001 award for this home, winning the category (Level 4) for installations costing more than $600,000 to complete. "It's been tremendous to receive the recognition, especially from our peers, for a project that pushed the boundaries for what can be done," Swearingen said. Take control of just about anything, from any location inside or outside the home, through powerful AMX NetLinx® Control and innovative integration!Solutions applications. Use an AMX touch panel to instantly adjust temperature to your liking — in one-degree increments, of course. Command any zone, using portable AMX Control Panels that display the home's floorplan at the touch of a button. Begin the day by programming a touch panel to automatically set the alarm clock, slowly bring up lights, open drapes, and play music. All the NetLinx Control Systems are linked together through Ethernet LAN, so all components are closely monitored for repair or maintenance. This is the type of client who is continually dreaming up more requests and uses from technology within his house and communication from outside his home," Swearingen said. "There are always things that he dreams up in which we can integrate. I'll credit NetLinx with having the (networking and programming) architecture to accommodate those dreams as they happen." As sophisticated as it may sound, the homeowner was intent on having comprehensive integration and an easy-to-use control solution. Enter NetLinx, the one system capable of successfully networking audio, video, lighting, security, mechanical window treatments and HVAC. The AMX touch panels and keypads are simple to understand, requiring minimal — if any — instruction. "It had to be a very technologically advanced control system," Swearingen said. "It also had to be intuitive for any visitors. The client is always happy to allow us to show it off. Visitors are universally impressed by what they see, both what (NetLinx) can do and the ease at accomplishing any task. AMX is really an integral partner to allow this project to happen in the first place. AMX personnel actually met at the site several times, establishing a dialogue with us and other suppliers. AMX was integral in making the results possible and offering the support to get past different obstacles."