Home Automation
Custom dashboards and intelligent routines tailored to your lifestyle. Control lighting, climate and appliances with a single tap.
Climate
CoolingSplit aircons controlled by IR, per room.
22°COOLING
Main suite · Smart IR
Smart home automation specialists
Your whole property, one tap away.
Lighting, cinema, security, networking and energy, wired into one system you control from your phone, even when you're away. Complete automation for homes, estates and commercial spaces across South Africa.
Demo login · username demo · password demo1234
● Runs locally, no cloud needed
● Keeps working in load-shedding
● Remote support
7+Estates served
28+Brand partners
6Core services
Lights3 rooms on
Main suite22°C · Cooling
AlarmDisarmed
Click anything in the house to control it · drag to look around
Control the houseLounge
What we offer
Comprehensive solutions.
From security to entertainment, end-to-end automation services tailored to your needs.
Security Systems
Advanced CCTV, surveillance and smart access control. Protect what matters most with real-time monitoring and alerts.
Networking
Enterprise-grade Wi-Fi optimisation, robust networking and professional smart switch installations for seamless connectivity.
Smart Energy
Monitor incoming electricity and automatically switch off high-power appliances during load-shedding or after dark, then restore them when power returns.
Multi-room Audio Video
Audio and video distributed through the whole home, with synchronised or independent control in every room.
Smart Lighting
Intelligent lighting control with automated schedules and scenes. Dimming and colour changing to set the mood.
Systems
15 systems. One brain.
Run a scene and watch every system respond at once, or take over any one of them. Everything below is live.
Run a scene
Auto demo · tap anything to take over
Lighting & scenes
On · 70%Dimming, colour temperature and scenes on HDL Buspro and smart relays.
AV distribution
3 rooms liveAny source to any screen. Tap a room on the right to switch what it's watching.
4 sources · 4 zones · 4K HDR
MHUB · HDAnywhere · HDMI matrix
Security
DisarmedAlarm panel, beams and panic in one app.
8 zones closed · 4 cameras online
Blinds
40% openMotorised blinds that follow the sun.
Somfy · Sun tracking
Gate
ClosedOpen for guests from anywhere. Closes itself.
Solar & energy
Self-poweredLive power flow between the panels, battery, grid and the house.
Geyser and pool pump run on solar hours
Victron · Sunsynk · Deye
CCTV & AI detection
4 cams · RECPerson and vehicle detection, with alerts straight to your phone.
PERSON 94%
CAM 01 · DRIVEWAYREC
4K
CAM 02 · GATEREC
4K
CAM 03 · POOLREC
2K
CAM 04 · GARDENREC
2K
Night IR switches on automatically after dark
Hikvision · Reolink · EZVIZ
Audio
3 zonesMusic in any room, together or apart.
Scatterlings of AfricaJohnny Clegg
Irrigation
6 zonesSkips a cycle when it has rained.
Z1Z2Z3Z4Z5Z6
Tap a zone to run it
Weather-aware · Ecowitt
Geyser & pool
IdleHeavy loads run when the sun is out.
58°CHolding temperature
Wall keypads
6 buttonsReal buttons on the wall. Press one.
Each button runs a whole-house scene
HDL glass keypads
Home Assistant, done properly
Local · onlineEverything on this page lands in one dashboard, per room, per person and per staff role.
SceneEvening
Lounge70%
Solar0.4 kW
Battery78%
Suite22°C
AlarmOff
GateClosed
Audio3 zones
Open the live demoLogin demo / demo1234
Custom integrations · Lovelace
Wi-Fi mesh
HealthyFull coverage, guest network kept separate.
4 access points · 63 devices
Ruijie Reyee · Ubiquiti
Voice control
ListeningAsk for a scene, a room or a temperature.
“Hey Google, movie night.”
→ Cinema ready · lights 15%
Google Home · Alexa · Siri
Voice assistants
Newly arrived
Smart remotes, built for Home Assistant.
One remote for the TV, lights, scenes and more, with live device status from your Home Assistant setup.
Sold out · pre-order only
The Smart Remote, reimagined
A sleek touchscreen controller that gives you full control of your TV, lighting and scenes from one device.
- Touchscreen with live device status
- Controls TV, lights, scenes and more
- Native Home Assistant integration
- Rechargeable, no batteries needed
Under beta testing
Classic feel, smart control
Physical buttons with smart brains. An LED-screen remote for every corner of the home.
- LED display with live device and room status
- Controls TV, lights, audio and scenes
- Curtains, scripts and automations
- Rechargeable or replaceable battery
Part of the journey. AR Smart Home helped test and debug this remote from the very start of its Home Assistant integration, finding and resolving key bugs along the way.
Built for South Africa
Load-shedding hits. Your home carries on.
The control system runs on a small UPS-backed server inside your property, not on someone else's cloud. When power drops, it switches to battery-friendly mode, and when it comes back, every room returns to exactly how it was.
Stage 4 warning · geyser and pool pump off
Grid down · inverter mode, essentials only
Gate, alarm and lighting keep working
Power back · scenes restored room by room
Who we work with
From family homes to 20-room lodges.
Homes
- Whole-home lighting scenes
- Cinema rooms and multi-room audio
- Gate, alarm and cameras in one app
- Solar and energy monitoring
Lodges & guesthouses
- Simple in-room controls guests get
- Empty rooms drop to eco mode
- Every unit visible from reception
- Staff dashboards on tablets
Offices & venues
- Boardroom AV and display switching
- Scheduled lighting and climate
- Multi-level building dashboards
- Remote monitoring across sites
Process
From vision to reality.
1
Consultation
We start by understanding your vision, lifestyle and requirements.
2
Assessment
An on-site evaluation of your property's infrastructure and potential.
3
Design
A system architecture tailored to your space and needs.
4
Installation
Professional, neat installs with minimal disruption to your day.
5
Support
Ongoing maintenance and remote support for peace of mind.
About AR Smart Home
Technology that works effortlessly.
AR Smart Home delivers reliable, user-friendly automation for residential and small-commercial clients across South Africa. Our mission is technology that improves daily life, giving you peace of mind and complete control without the complexity.
We'd been searching for a while for someone who could help us with multi-room audio. They came out, listened to what we wanted, advised us on the best approach, and even showed us a few demonstrations. Now we have music flowing through every room in the home. It's absolutely wonderful.Johan · Multi-room audio client
7+Estates served
28+Brand partners
In-houseWebsite, warranty & support
Open source
We write the software our installs run on.
When a good integration doesn't exist, we build one. Our Home Assistant integrations and dashboard cards are free on GitHub and HACS.
MHUBHDL BusproSmart IRSmart SchedulerSmart IrrigationReyeeAnimated AC card
github.com/marsh4200
# home-assistant.log · lodge, main house 18:02:11 gate.main → opened 18:02:12 scene.evening → activated 18:02:12 hdl_buspro.lounge_downlights → 70% 18:02:13 ar_smart_ir.suite_ac → cool 22°C 18:02:13 mhub.zone_lounge → DStv 18:02:14 alarm_panel.house → disarmed 18:30:00 ar_smart_irrigation.zone_3 → skipped (6 mm rain)
Get started
Let's wire up your place.
Ready to transform your space? Reach out to the AR Smart Home team today. Upgrading an existing system? We do that too.