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SHOW REVIEW: ISE 2014
Smart homes, commercial connections Here we highlight new residential technology at ISE 2014, followed by connectivity products
Bang & Olufsen marked its ISE debut by introducing BeoLink Gateway connective technology. This seamlessly integrates home automation with quality audio and video. It allows one remote, tablet or screen to control everything in the automated home – including Bang & Olufsen’s own TVs and audio equipment as well as hundreds of third-party devices. Up to four devices can be connected directly to BeoSystem 4, a powerful video engine offering an integrated surround sound module. The company also launched BeoSound Essence, a sound system that allows a one-touch remote to deliver premium, but concealed, sound quality. A hidden box that connects to the music device is controlled by the remote, offering connections to digital audio in the Cloud, on a computer, NAS, mobile phone or tablet. Basalte showed its Sentido
switch, which is divided into two or four squares by which two or four functions can be controlled. The entire surface is touch- sensitive. This is complemented by the Deseo room controller, which boasts an integrated
B&O category manager Brian Bjørn Hansen with the BeoLink Gateway
connection and integration of their products with one another via Control4’s home automation platform.
Making its European debut on
temperature sensor. This ‘innovative square’ – within the size of a standard switch – allows the user to control, via the integrated display, the various functions of a home automation system within each room. Control4 announced that nearly 60 global brands in consumer electronics, security,
lighting and HVAC have adopted the Control4 Simple Device Discovery Protocol (SDDP). This simplifies the
the CYP stand was the new home automation processor from DemoPad – the CENTRO 8. Designed to run with DemoPad’s leading Android and iOS home automation apps, the CENTRO 8 features all of the connectivity and control options necessary for any control and automation requirement. It also allows installers and integrators to offer a cost-effective solution and opens up a whole new sub- £5,000 market and revenue stream. Numerous devices offering KNX connectivity were showcased by manufacturers clustered around the KNX Association hub. The Corlo Touch KNX display
features glass surfaces and chromium-
plated
frames. It controls room temperature, sunshade, ventilation and light via the KNX bus system. The touchscreen also displays switches and rotary controllers for manual operation of a building system. The ITP 1000 VOIP intercom
from EMT Controls offers vandalism protection, glass touchscreen technology and an embedded RFID reader. ITP1000 delivers full-motion video over IP intercom, offers wideband audio intercom for clear communication and video security.
The KNX proServ controller,
from iKNiX & BleuCommAzur, offers a new product database that enables the design of KNX user interfaces on smartphones, using standard ETS software. Savant added to its multi-
room media distribution family with two HDBaseT receivers. These are designed to connect the full HDBaseT 5Play feature set in any room, including video, audio, control, power and Ethernet over a single Cat5e/6 cable. They are available as an in-wall solution or as a slender standalone module, designed to
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