Ube's smart dimmer connects easily to your home WiFi router and allows you to control your lights from our smartphone app either while you are at home or away - anywhere you have a WiFi connection.
You install the Ube Smart Dimmer just like any other dimmer. Simply remove your current switch or dimmer and wire in the Ube Smart Dimmer with just two wires. It connects easily to your WiFi router and then you can control it from your smart phone. You can easily control lights from the dimmer as well. Just slide your finger up or down on the touch panel for raise or lower the lights. Use two fingers to control multiple lights. Or, pinch to turn on or off all the lights in your house easily from one switch.
Ube has an intuitive app for your iPhone or Android phone.
From this app you can easily adjust lights, set scenes and more:
If you install multiple Ube Smart Dimmers you can program them to operate from one button. The MyUbe app allows for easy programming of scenes to suit your lifestyle.
The MyUbe app automatically adds new rooms or light switches to your app whenever you install a Ube Smart Dimmer.
We all like it that our garage light turns on when we open our automatic garage door. Now you can easily turn on your front porch light, hallway light and kitchen light as you arrive. Enter your home safely and securely.
What if you hear a bump in the night? One button will turn on all your lights easily and safely. Data shows that the number one deterrent to crime at night is lighting.
The Ube Smart Dimmer installs into your wall just like any other dimmer. Just disconnect your old switch or dimmer and wire in the Ube Smart Dimmer. It handles up to 1000W light.
Once installed, the Ube Smart Dimmer easily connects to your WiFi system. Instructions are easy to follow and take just a few minutes. Your MyUbe smartphone app automatically updates itself when you add a new Ube Smart Dimmer.
The Ube Smart Dimmer handles common incandescent, fluorescent or LED light bulbs. If your bulb is designed to be dimmed, we can dim it.
We've built sub-metering technology into each Ube Smart Dimmer. Sub metering is a tiny electric meter inside your switch. This means that we can accurately measure how much electricity is being used by each light switch. Ever want to know how much does it costs to leave your lights on all day? Or how much money you’d save save if you dimmed my lights to 90%? The Ube Smart Dimmer measures this.
And because the dimmer knows how much energy is being used, it can even detect when a light bulb has gone out and send you a push notification to replace it.
The original Ube Smart Dimmer has a capacitive multi-touch interface that works like your smart phone. The multi-touch interface allows you to use various gestures to control one, multiple or all lights from a single dimmer.
Co-Founder and CEO
Utz has 25 years in the connected home space. For the last 5 years Utz served as CEO and Chairman of CEDIA - the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association. Prior to that, Utz owned a top-100 electronic system contractor designing and installing connected home electronic systems for the rich and famous.
Co-Founder and CMO
Glen has 25 years in the semiconductor industry focusing on microprocessors for consumer electronics. He’s worked at large companies like AMD and Freescale but has spent the bulk of his time at 5 successful consumer technology startups.
Director of Technology Development
Danny was recently CTO for Cortexa Automation. He has a decade of experience in the consumer audio and home automation industry. Danny manages Ube's technology development.
SVP of Brand Strategy and Industrial Design
Peter is a serial entrepreneur and has successful achievements both in SW developments as well as Industrial Design. Pete co-founded a SW company called Eziconnex. Prior to that, Pete was a professor of Industrial Design at the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design.
Director of User Experience
Kathy is an expert at user experience and has crafted the interaction design behind ube’s mobile app and our unique hardware products. Kathy is an Industrial Design graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Mechanical Designer
Jesse is a trained mechanical engineer with 10 years of experience designing a wide variety of devices in metal, plastic, wood and composites. Jesse is skilled in the latest model simulation and analysis techniques.
Ube launched at Demo 2012 in October. Out of a field of 77 impressive startup companies, Ube took the top honors by winning the People’s Choice Award and a grand prize of $1,000,000 in IDG Media.
The Ube app will be available for download on the Apple app store in Q3 when we deliver the dimmers.
The Ube smart dimmers, smart outlets and smart plugs support 110/120 and 220/240V. In the first production release, we will focus on North American physical standards. International versions will be planned for the second half of 2013.
In Q3 of 2013, we will select our distribution partners. Please contact us on the form at the bottom of this page to register your interest.
Absolutely.
Yes, you can schedule lights to turn or or off multiple times per day. You can also set the dim level for these events.
Yes, you can set the outlets to turn on or off multiple times per day.
The Ube dimmer is designed to control lights only.
An accessory dimmer is planned for early 2014.
Yes, an invisible infra red detector will sense when you walk near to the light and activate a soft backlight for the dimmers so you can easily see the switch.
The Ube dimmer works with incandescent lights, dimmable LEDs and dimmable CFL lights.
No, it will not slow a fan. However, it can be set to switch mode so you can use it to turn on and off the fan.
Yes. The dimmer can be set to act as a switch for this purpose.
Yes. You will need one dimmer for each switch location in a multi-way switch leg.
No. The dimmer will dim lights and turn them on and off without a connection to any cloud service.
The Ube dimmer will continue to function normally within the house even if your internet is down. However, if your internet is down, you will not be able to get certain reporting functions nor will you be able to control the lights from outside your home.
You can still control the lights from the dimmer. However, you will not be able to use the Ube app if your WiFi is down.
We will publish an API for controlling the Ube dimmer from other programmable control systems.
Each Ube dimmer is designed to connect to one light load and can control just that light. However, each Ube dimmer is also a control for all other Ube dimmers. This allows you to turn on and off multiple lights from one dimmer.
Yes.
The Ube dimmer allows you to set the lower dimming level for any dimmer. To do this, you dim the lights until they start to flicker. They raise them slightly and set this level as the lower dimming level using the Ube smartphone app.
We support all common Wi-Fi security protocols including WEP, WPA and WPA2.
The power meter employed is 97+% accurate. It is designed to tell you if you are using more or less energy this month, or to tell you which rooms are using more electricity.
A simple damp cloth can wipe away smudges on the face of the multi-touch user interface.
During setup of your first Ube dimmer, you will need to join the Ube Wi-Fi network. You must provide the SSID and password to your home network one time in the Ube app. When you install subsequent dimmers, the SSID and password information is passed automatically from one dimmer to the next.
The Ube lighting app to control Ube dimmers is free.
There is no monthly service charge to control your lights.
The Windows phone version of the app will come in 2014. In 2013, we will support iOS and Android.
The web app to control the dimmers will come in 2014.
Yes. We will release the API later in 2013.
Tablet versions of the app will come in 2014.
Final dimensions are being engineered now. The dimmer is being designed to fit into a single gang box.
The dimmer is designed to work with voltages from 100-240V and 50/60Hz. International form factors will be available later in 2013 starting with the European standard form factor.
The maximum wattage is 600W in a single gang application with controlling incandescent lights. The wattage is 150W when controlling LED or CFL bulbs.
This dimmer works with standard "decora" faceplates found at any lighting or home improvement store. You can use any color or type of faceplate except for metal faceplates. Metal faceplates may interfere with the Wi-Fi antenna.
The Wi-Fi antenna is located on the front of the dimmer and thus metal back boxes are not a problem.
