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Touchscreens are not just made to just sit on a tabletop. Vantage/Legrand just announced a few new touchscreens, which add plenty of placement options. First is the TPT650, a 6.5-inch in-wall mounted touchscreen. Designed to work with Vantage’s InFusion system, the unit features an Intel X-Scale processor, a Linux operating system, and personalization via simple drag-and-drop programming. It also boasts plenty of media center support, which allows users to access music, photos and more. The TPT1210-1 kicks the existing TPT1210 up a notch. Vantage says… View this story
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If you’ve got a substantial wine collection—and a home automation system like Crestron or AMX, to boot—you probably don’t want to go through much of a hassle to find that special bottle of merlot or pinot noir the next time you invite guests to your dinner party. Wine Management System provider eSommelier has added to its electronic solutions a concierge service to help you catalog your collection. The eSommelier consultation includes having its staff go to your home and catalog and bar code every bottle… View this story
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When it comes to displays, bigger is usually better—that can go for touchpanels, too. After all, bigger screens can mean bigger, easier-to-read and easier-to-navigate menus onscreen. To that end, Elan Home Systems has begun shipping its new VIA!Valet10.0-EM touchpanel to its dealers. The name incorporates the screen size of the display, which at 10.2 diagonal inches gives 60 percent more viewing area than the original VIA!Valet model, Elan says. The controller has all the sleek appeal of a next-gen touchscreen, too, with the color LCD… View this story
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Anakin Skywalker is in the dune race of his life. His pod is dipping and twisting and when he’s bumped by a Tusken Raider, so am I. The announcer shouts, “Skywalker is spinning out of control,” and I whirl right along with him in front of a 13-foot screen. A shot ricochets off the pod’s windshield, and the headrest of my chair pops. Anakin steers over rocky terrain and my seat rumbles. Now this is how you go to the movies. Most people pay $10… View this story
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We all want to be able to keep a watchful eye on our residences, especially if you have a large home and yard where your kids can wander about without supervision. With that in mind, Colorado vNet has expanded its home automation system to incorporate CCTV cameras. With the availability of the company’s CCTV Application, you can conveniently check in on what’s going on in and around your house—or your vacation home, for that matter—from the same Vibe Color Touchscreen that you use to control… View this story
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Home control systems from Crestron are all about convenience, high functionality and versatility. The company’s new TPS-6X touchpanel combines the whole ball of wax into one nifty device. Crestron says the 6-inch TPS-6X gives you functionality previously found in nine separate touchpanels, and can be used as a wireless, tiltcase and permanent panel. Long-range two-way RF communication can be achieved for managing devices up to 200 feet, and there’s also one-way IR as well with the TPS-6X. When it’s wired, the touchpanel can run on… View this story
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Pushing a button to turn on the lights, the air conditioning and your TV is very cool. That’s what home control systems do. But trying to decipher all types of home control systems out there—not so cool. This is a good thing, because no matter how big your home or your budget, whether you are building or just want to add a little zip to your existing control setup, there’s something out there for you. Home control combines lighting, audio, video, security, and a slew… View this story
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Everyone seems to have worked the iPod into their home electronics system, so why not the iPhone? CE Pro has a nifty little story about Steve Moore’s AirRemote application, a low-cost way to tweak the iPhone into a universal remote control. The setup includes the AirRemote software and a box from Global Cache, which can turn the iPhone’s IP commands into signals to operate audio, video, lighting, and more. The AirRemote program is also compatible with the iPod touch. “The beauty of the iPod Touch… View this story
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Your hard drive music server might already be bursting at the seams with tunes, but if it’s not, or if you want to supplement your modest collection with multiroom access to millions of songs, RocketGUI is at your service. The programmer/user interface designer has developed a solution to bring Rhapsody and Pandora music services to control manufacturer AMX’s Netlinx systems. If you don’t know about Rhapsody or Pandora, check out their streaming services online—literally millions of songs at your disposal, with the ability to create… View this story
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Home control at your fingertips—now that’s convenience. If you’re on the road and can monitor and change settings on your home control system from the interface of that hot new iPhone you just bought, that’s even greater convenience. With the WL3 software just introduced by HAI (Home Automation Inc.), you can control things on your HAI Home Control System from iPhone 2.0, iPod Touch, BlackBerry and other devices that have a web browser. The WL3 for Windows Home Server—a central server that organizes and stores… View this story
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Home control companies are making plenty to play with these days. PCS is throwing another entry in for your system—the TST TouchScreen Timer. PCS (also known as Powerline Control Systems) invented this 3.6-inch touchpanel to work with their PulseWorx line, as well as other UPB (universal powerline bus) products. Once connected to the company’s PIM-R Powerline Interface, the unit will control up to 250 different lights, or you can trigger custom scenes. The graphical interface allows for management of Room, Module, Scene and Schedule buttons… View this story
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Audio Design Associates is jumping on the touchscreen bandwagon, with its new TS-8611. The unit promises complete audio/video control from one 240 x 320-pixel TFT LCD display. All users have to do is swipe or press corresponding graphic icons. It also has what the company calls “creature comforts”—tone controls, an alarm clock, sleep timer, dimming, and the ability to control other rooms. ADA says that the touchscreen doesn’t need a special enclosure; it should squeeze into a standard single-gang box and connect with one Cat5… View this story
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