Elegant switches compliment a highly styled designer home
A residential masterpiece in on-trend coffee and umber finishes. This ultra chic home needed something special when it came to switches and Basalte fitted ideally into this scenario. Their Sentido series in aluminium and dark grey were selected to provide a blend of minimalist design, exclusive materials and timeless sophistication.
The Sentido switch series stands for simplicity, comfort and quality. Its design is pure and timeless thanks to touch technology and high-quality materials. The entire surface area is high-quality, touch-sensitive brushed aluminium, allowing lighting, scenes or curtains to be operated at the slightest touch.
The Sentido light switch is available in two types – one with two functions and one with four functions – and it features a patented multi-touch technology to detect a multiple keypress. By touching more then one area simultaneously, an extra comfort function is activated that switches all the lights in the room on or off in a single movement. Sentido senses not only your touch, it also has a built-in temperature sensor, so that room temperature information is available on the home automation system.
Besides sensing, Sentido has an integrated colour led. For the dark it can be programmed to light up blue so you can easily find it. It can also light up in any other colour to display feedback information. Sentido also features an integrated bus-coupler to connect to the woldwide KNX standard and programming can be done with their ETS software.
Sentido Specification
Electronics: Sentido switch KNX – Part Reference = BASALTE 202-02
Functions: 2-way and 4-way version with patented multitouch function. Switch, dim , shutter or scène object for each single function
LED Feedback: Single function has a white feedback, Multi-touch function has an orange feedback, RGB led can be freely programmed, Blue nightlight can be enabled or disabled, or controlled by a group address
Temperature sensor: Digital temperature sensor, reports a 2 byte group address
Interface: KNX/EIB integrated BCU, Programmable with ETS3
Power supply: Powered by the KNX/EIB bus
Power consumption: 10 mA from the bus
Dimension: Cover plate = 80 x 80 x 8mm. Module = 70 x 70 x 25mm
Back box: Standard European back box. Round or square. With screws, screwdistance 60mm. Depth min. 50mm
Certification: CE approved
About Basalte, the company behind the Sentido switch
Home automation should be simple. It should be a way to add comfort to the complexity of a modern home. Home automation systems are often still designed from a technical point of view, while Basalte believe that one should be able to switch lights on and off in a intuitive way, without thinking about which switch to press.
Basalte light switches go beyond what light switches are today. Their products can add comfort, by simplifying the user experience in the modern home. And in the words of Leonardo DaVinci ‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’.
