Worthington Distribution did a bang-up job demonstrating the integration of all my favorite, affordable control systems -- hai, russound, homelogic, tied into various UPB powerline and Zwave wireless devices. Plus a new plan for spec'ing motorized drapery....
Worthington Makes it Easy to Order Motorized Drapery
Working with Somfy, Worthington Distribution has made it easy for dealers to bypass all of the confusing channels and order motorized window coverings with a single SKU.
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GE - new keypad emulator for Networx panels makes it absolutely the easiest security panel to integrate with. Plug in the emulator, and it automatically downloads all the settings to your third-party controller, so you don't have to reenter the names of zones, etc. It dumps ALL of the settings, down to the four types of tones that the panel can make.
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Leviton launching Zwave wireless lighting controls. Big coup for Zwave.
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Request now supports generic touchscreens out of the box with new GUI. Demonstrating with elo touchscreens.
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Yamaha musiccast - lots of enhancements including the ability to grab music of networked PC - a big missing piece in the past.
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Onevoice - adds voice-control options to media center edition. Many cool features.
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Nice new feature on Philips antennas for RF base stations -- has an LED onboard that lights up when there's RF interference.
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HP's 1080p displays. NIce!
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more to come ... also see some writeups here:
[Link: blog.ce-pro.com]
