Custom Installer May09

CEDIA Expo 2009 preview // special report
HD TV by the BBC from November of this year, we are already It provides cost-effective serial port integration between Dynalite
receiving calls on a daily basis for a HDCP compliant solution and third-party systems.
for home, leisure centre and pub entertainment systems. The Dynalite’s Revolution Series 2 user control panels will also
Smartmix ticks all these boxes and is a very ﬂexible and cost be exhibited. Featuring an innovative slimline design, the new
effective solution for custom installers.” user control panels boast a wide range of grid and button
The Smartmix can handle 16 source devices (eight local and conﬁgurations, colours, cover ﬁnishes and backlighting options,
eight remote) and transmit to up to eight displays. Analogue, including dynamic OLED text display. Panel fascias can be
VGA, HDMI and composite signals are all received and provided in practically any architectural surface medium, while
transmitted through cat.5 cabling, whilst a single HDMI cable button caps can be engraved and backlit, providing unlimited
transmits the signal to the output screen. The system is easily décor-matching ﬂexibility.
scaleable, through networking several matrices together, giving Another of Dynalite’s user-interface solutions will be on display,
the potential for providing inﬁnite signals to displays. The solution the Revolution colour touch screens. The LCD touch screens
transmits HD compatible signals (1080p + resolutions) digital/ allow users to create and display visually stunning and easy-to-
analogue audio, and features Auto Equalisation (EQ), IR and use control pages, incorporating logos, buttons, faders, ﬂoor
RS232 control pass-through, as well as inline power. plans and diagnostic icons. Operators can execute simple and
complex conditional logic macros, or call up system diagnostics
Dynalite smart homes on show with a tap of the screen.
Dynalite, fresh from its acquisition by Royal Philips Electronics, Other system elements on display at the exhibition include
will showcase a wide range of control system elements and Dynalite’s DLight III MapView site management software, and
software designed for residential ‘smart home’ applications. DLight II programming software. “No other lighting control
The Dynalite solution-set comprises a comprehensive range of provider can match the breadth, variety and functionality of the
controllers, user panels and network interfacing components that Dynalite solution-set,” Paul continued. “Dynalite systems set the
facilitate advanced levels of global benchmark for integrated lighting control solutions.”
Crestron lives it up
Dynalite will
Crestron, the leading manufacturer of advanced control
showcase a
and automation systems, will be bringing its revolutionary
wide range
of control
DigitalMedia solution to CEDIA Expo 2009; distributing
system
all analogue and uncompressed HD digital signals, and
elements at
managing embedded data such as HDCP, EDID and
CEDIA 2009
CEC.
DigitalMedia will be in action on the company’s stand
showing-off complete HD AV distribution to allow any
mix of AV sources to be distributed throughout a home
from a centralised rack location without loss of quality
or inherent latency. Crestron says the DigitalMedia is
a complete integrated solution that manages, controls
and distributes all analogue and uncompressed HD digital
content over twisted pair or ﬁbre. DM matrix switchers are
ﬂexible, modular systems that can accept virtually every signal
type and transmit them long distance as digital DM signals.
Built-in exclusive QuickSwitch HDTM eradicates the switching
latency that plagues other HDMI switchers by maintaining a
constant HDCP handshake with each HDMI device in the
system. At the end points, DM receivers control and output
HDMI to the display by eliminating the need to re-authenticate
each time a different source is selected.
lighting control and seamless integration with third-party control Crestron’s Green Light range offers a full line of switches,
systems. dimmers and cabinets, including the iLux multi-zone lighting
According to managing director of Dynalite Europe, Paul control system and the inﬁNET wireless mesh network dimmers,
Wilmshurst, fully integrated control systems are becoming more that seamlessly integrate with remote management and >>
prevalent across both residential and commercial AV sectors. “It’s
all about installation and control ﬂexibility,” he said. “In residential
applications, homeowners want systems to be user-friendly. The
best way of meeting such needs is to integrate all the automated
services including AV, curtains, blinds and temperature control,
into a single system with a single user interface.”
Central to the Dynalite exhibit will be the company’s latest-
generation modular multipurpose controller range, the DDMC
series. Ideal for home automation and hotel suite control
applications, the controllers feature a unique hardware-
conﬁgurable design, where plug-in output cards accommodate
speciﬁc loads assigned to the system. This means a single
controller can be custom-conﬁgured to support a wide range
of loads, including trailing-edge or leading-edge phase control
dimmers, HF ballast control, relay control, fan and curtain
control.
Dynalite will also exhibit one of the world’s most ﬂexible
and intelligent 10/100Base T Ethernet interfaces, the 100BT
Ethernet gateway series. A vital element of any integrated control
system, the 100BT series permits Ethernet connectivity between
DyNet (Dynalite’s peer-to-peer communications serial bus
Awaiting
entry at the
network), Dynalite control systems and third-party technologies.
2008 show
The company’s RS232 serial port interface will also be featured.
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