Items Tagged With remotes

"GET Plc have released an RF dimming system to complement their extremely popular screwless flatplate electrical accessory range. The range consists of in a ceiling dimmer, plug in dimmer, battery powered wall switch and hand held remote. Both controls utlise lithium CR2032 cells giving approximately 2 years of average use. Both the wall and hand control are styled on the same layout of 4 buttons configured either as 4 zones of dimming, or 4 scenes. A controller can also be set as a master to turn on/off upto 4 rooms of lighting each with upto 4 circuits of lights...

Linn have just announced the introduction of their new home cinema system control interface that runs on Pocket PCs - "In an exciting new development, Linn announces a unique new home theatre system control interface that runs on Pocket PCs...

"From the maker of the biggest brand in cables and TV screen cleaners comes a monumental home control product, three years in the making, with the help of 40 fulltime engineers. Monster Cable's new automation platform goes way beyond Z-Wave remotes and lighting controls...

"Chipmunk AV Controller is a new Windows.NET application for controlling audio visual equipment. Chipmunk communicates with connected devices via plugins. Commands are created; and events learned using a graphical user interface.

Chipmunk includes 5 plugins: RS232 serial, USBUIRT infrared, Remote Control Server (capable of running on a wireless network), Event Scheduler, and an On Screen Display.

The shareware comes with a Visual Studio.NET SDK for developers to create their own plugins. Chipmunk also incorporates a Lua scripting engine and code editor for further extensibility...

Here at Automated Home we like convergence. We've seen our mobile phones and PDAs merge into one device, our computer are now our televisions too and now the humble bottle opener integrates into the remote...