Home Automation News
I was a little worried with the lack of HA news lately, but much to happiness an article has arrived. Crestron, perhaps the famous of the custom HA companies, has released a new WiFi panel with an embedded XP OS. With it being XP, it comes with all the capabilities such as web, email and multi-media capabilities. From the article: […]
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No, not Logitech's Harmony. Another one. The company is actually called Harmony, and their software the Maestro LSX is apparantly special enough to get an award at the upcoming CES. Their software does appear to be cool enough, but their website seems like it's stuck in 1999…GOOOOO BIG FLASH INTROS!!! In addition to the all-in-one control of lighting, irrigation, awareness […]
Read moreWe've posted plenty of news from Automated Home & other websites regarding all sorts of devices for you to be as lazy as you want & fully automate your entire house. Well there's a video clip on YouTube from a news report of some new devices actually in testing. The coolest one IMO (In my opinion) is the MCE-enabled Washer/Dryer. […]
Read moreYou can now expect to see Control4 in Best Buy's Magnolia stores. Currently Control4 sells through tweeters and have been involved with Circuit City in test trials. There is a lot of bread at stake in the housing market. Out of the 1.5 million homes that will be constructed next year, only 4 to 6 percent of them will be […]
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HomeSeer Releases Second Generation Microsoft Media Center Interface Bedford, NH – HomeSeer Technologies announces the release of its second generation Windows Media Center interface. The interface is designed to allow users to monitor and control their HomeSeer-automated homes through Media Center. The new interface includes updated graphics and improved performance and was re-written in .NET for greater compatibility with HomeSeer’s […]
Read moreHAWKING TECHNOLOGIES JOINS THE Z-WAVE ALLIANCE AND PLANS TO USE Z-WAVE TECHNOLOGY IN FUTURE PRODUCTS IRVINE, CA – November 14, 2006 – Hawking Technologies, a leading developer of innovative wireless networking solutions for the home, workgroup and corporate users, announced today that it has joined the Z-Wave Alliance and plans to use Z-Wave technology in it’s upcoming products. Zensys, the […]
Read moreHAI's Omni and Lumina Controllers Now Offer Z-Wave Support Home Automation, Inc. (HAI), a leading manufacturer of home control products since 1985, announced that its award winning Omni and Lumina controllers support Z-Wave technology today at the Electronic House Expo held in Long Beach, California. Z-Wave is a wireless network protocol used in a wide variety of home automation devices […]
Read moreToday, at the Electronic House Expo (EHX) Fall 2006 trade show, Embedded Automation announced its upcoming release of mControl v2 (Home Edition) for Windows Vista. mControl is software for controlling the “digital home” and supports leading home management technologies like Z-Wave and INSTEON. The new release will be previewed within the Windows Media Center Pavilion at EHX (Booth #1317F). In […]
Read moreThe 4th & I believe final part of Chris Lanier's Home Automation series is up for your enjoyment. Now that you not only have an idea about what it takes to install and setup mControl, now you might want to know that it’s not limited to controlling your home just from your Media Center PC. You can gain access from […]
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CE Pro has a quick blurb on Cortexa's new Vista-ready Control System. Looking at the screenshot, it appears similar to other systems on the market. I am not familair with what type of hardware this system uses, if you know a bit more about Cortexa and their systems please comment. From the article: Cortexa Technology has launched a Windows Vista-ready […]
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