
HAI’s HTX2 lets you easily set up a single button to close the curtains/shades, lower a screen, and turn on the appropriate A/V equipment directly from an iPad, iPhone, and/or iPod Touch. Free templates, icons, app, and design software for interface customization! Send commands to the HTX2 hardware which controls A/V equipment using serial and IR ports, as well SPDT relays and TCP/IP. Contact closures can control window coverings/screens and lights. It’s an affordable way to try home control, or just to get a handle on your media room’s many remote controls.
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Home control technologies can enhance ambiance, entertainment and comfort in the dining room.
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