The Z-Wave Alliance, a consortium of global companies that oversees the world's largest interoperable ecosystem for wireless home control products and services announced the one-year anniversary of its Interoperability Lab in Piscataway, N.J.
The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), Indianapolis, released the second edition of its Electronic Systems Technical Reference Manual, a comprehensive guide to the world of residential electronic systems.
The Internet lies at the core of Ube’s new home automation and security solution. Users can link IP-enabled electronic products with no more hardware or software than a smartphone and an app.
As the technology behind security and home automation platforms rapidly evolves, so do the methods for selling those systems. “The dealer community is now understanding that PCs, tablets, and smartphones are becoming part of the selling process and also the installation process,” says Steve Shapiro, ADT Security Services.
Underscoring the impact apps are having on the entire ProAV marketplace, Stampede Presentation Products Inc., Amherst, N.Y., a ProAV distributor, announced that more than 2,000 dealers have downloaded the company’s Big Book of AV app for iPhone®, iPad®, and Android® devices — an achievement made even more remarkable by the fact that the app was introduced less than two months ago, according to Stampede President and COO Kevin Kelly.
For graduating students to get a foothold in the AV and systems integration industries, they need to be up to speed on the technologies that are most popularly used in the field.
The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA), Indianapolis, released the third white paper in its Mobile Devices in Residential Systems Integration series.
HAI by Leviton, Melville, N.Y., announced the Hi-Fi 2 Four Zone, Four Source (4x4) Distributed Audio System. The new version is a more compact and inexpensive extension of the company’s revolutionary Hi-Fi 2 system, ideal for controlling, sharing and listening to audio systems in buildings with multiple units, such as townhomes, luxury hotel suites, condominiums and small office buildings.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA), Irving, Texas, launched a new Web presence to help consumers find the most qualified and trustworthy professionals for their home safety and automation needs.
It’s time to monetize. But isn’t it always time to monetize? No doubt, as Parks Associates, the Dallas-based market research and consulting company, brought together an early November webinar featuring an industry panel aimed at “Expanding Home Security: Understanding the New Value Proposition” and to flesh out the details while traditional home security monitoring shifts to interactive.
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