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Home Toys
August 2003
David Teel |
Upgrading Your PHAST/AMX Landmark Automation System A look at the costs and advantages of upgrading your Landmark home automation system.   |
Home Toys
August 2002
David Teel |
So, Who Designed Your System? If the system designer is not an expert with regards to every aspect of the system, he or she should look for outside design resources, including other system designers, programmers, consultants or even the manufacturers. Making the system work will win you friends and future business. |
Home Toys
February 2003
David Teel |
The Music Bone is Connected to the... Before purchasing your whole-house music system, be sure to understand the exact functionality of your system. Decide if music is the only sub-system in your house, or if you might want to integrate other sub-systems in the future (lighting, security, HVAC, video, etc.). |
Home Toys
April 2005
James W. Johnston |
New Technologies Create a Mainstream Market for Residential Control & Automation Systems It appears that an entirely new wave of affordable, mainstream residential control and automation systems will be on the market in 2005. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Martin Hamilton |
Display Werks Touches Residential Systems Market with once Untouchable Control Technology The touch panels have one RJ45 connection for accepting analog RGB, serial, stereo audio, mouse and keyboard signals from a PC located up to 500 feet away over a single CAT5 cable. |
Home Toys
April 2005
Tori L. Harris |
The Home Technology Integrator Professional Focus for Flexible, Reliable Systems Over the next 10 years or so, your relationship with your home technology integrator may become more important to your lifestyle and how you utilize your home. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Dan Quigley |
Getting Ready for the New Face of Home Automation Integrators can now take advantage of a new class of device-independent software that easily integrates multivendor installations, delivering the information and services consumers want while shielding them from complexity and unwanted intrusions. |
Popular Mechanics
January 30, 2009
Glenn Derene |
How to Control Your Home with your Cell Phone We show you how you can use your smart phone as a remote control for your lights, heat and security in your home. |
Home Toys
December 2004 |
Total Home Technology: Everything a Dealer Could Want Total Home Technology is everything a dealer could want for his customers: award-winning audio and video products, the amazing lighting, HVAC and shade control of LightSource, e-Control 2 for remote access and the widest variety of user interfaces in the world- all in one package. |
Home Toys
April 2004
David Teel |
House Talk Homeowners and residential technology integrators should maintain open communication lines, sharing concerns, progress and hurdles during all phases of integration. |
Home Toys
December 2003
Bill Ablondi |
Installing Dealer Channel on Path to Reach $5.7B in 2003 Continued growth of new construction coupled with consumer demand for the latest entertainment systems is driving sales through installing dealers to grow 8% in 2003 over 2002. |
Home Toys
October 2003
David Teel |
The Internet: Shopping and Flopping - Buying Home Automation on the Net Selling boxes is easy. Buying boxes is easy. Integrating the boxes may not be so easy. Designing the right system with the right boxes is even harder, thus the reason homeowners pay integrators to engineer and install the perfect working system. |
Home Toys
June 2003 |
Webcomodore: the Ultimate Energy Cost Buster Web services are not only used for entertainment or information technology but also for building/home automation or for energy management. Shovon's Internet-ready Webcomodore product line utilizes the power of the Internet to help users to administer energy spending. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Andy Jackson |
Approaching Home Automation with Clear Thinking "System Integration" speaks to the need for intelligent cooperation between the electronic systems in your home. It could be a matter as small as controlling different lighting zones by time or circumstance, or it may go so far as interfacing audio/video, security, lighting, HVAC and more. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Steve Nguyen |
The Future of Home Automation In the end, the infrastructure that a service provider creates to reach the shell of a home will be the catalyst for manufacturers, service companies and others to create the automated products that may one day make the home automation market what we always thought it could be. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Doc Greene |
Just What The Doctor Ordered Last spring an old customer, a prominent eye specialist called and told us he was remodeling his kitchen and would like something a little nicer than the old 1990 Sony 32 inch CRT. Here's what we did. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Brandon Hetherington |
CEDIA EXPO 2004 - A HomeToys Report The 2004 Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association EXPO featured whole house systems, new plasma TVs, new speakers, etc. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Jack Goldberg |
Simple Interfaces, Part II Close coordination between home automation contractors is a must, and you must be able to 'work well with others'. There is a lot of planning involved, both before the project starts and during the installation. |
PC World
December 2000
Stan Miastkowski |
Networking PCs Made Easy If PCs are proliferating in your home or office, it's time to get them connected. Network your PCs--it's easier than ever... |
Home Toys
December 2004
Anu Katka |
New Era of Building Management When the COBRA (Connected Open Building Automation) standardization project started, its vision was to create an operating system for buildings, which would offer an open standard for easy and secure access to building functionality. |
Home Toys
October 2005 |
Axeze Distributed Network Guarantees Future Upgrades at Low Cost! In an Axeze network all that is required is an RS232 to RS485 converter to connect to a computer for programming and real time monitoring and a single door control unit for each access point to be monitored. This makes the Axeze network truly the most flexible and expandable system around. |
Home Toys
October 2004
Robert Bruder |
Finding the Computer That Can Run Your Home: Not tomorrow but today The Pentium M combined with the right design features in an all-in-computer may be poised to create a quiet revolution in comfort, security and entertainment within our homes. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Home Technology Integration The objective of this article is to provide you with a primer regarding the issues that must be considered when contemplating the installation of a Home Automation System. |
InternetNews
March 29, 2004
Ron Miller |
Home Networking Skyrockets, but Media Lags Impressive home networking sales aren't expected to do diddly for media and entertainment networking, IDC says. The research firm explains why. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Jay Stuck |
Home Security Meets New Technology Security systems like the Safewatch iCenter provide families with the ultimate in home security by combining home safety, with home communications and home automation, making life more secure, comfortable, and convenient. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Richard Gensley |
Structured Wiring: Home Beauty More Than Skin Deep Infrastructure wiring in the walls adds significantly to the excitement of the home. Having the wire in place for connecting computers, security cameras, home theaters, and a host of automation features, makes it so you can take advantage of new and exciting equipment when it becomes available |
Wired
January 2005
Tom Vanderbilt |
Own Your Own Remote Control Castle Today! The automated life used to be the exclusive realm of the rich. Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you. |
Home Toys
April 2004 |
Software Issues and the Home Theater Personal Computer If things remain as they are now, the growing family of software based media management products is not going to be taken seriously in the automation world. |
Home Toys
August 2002
Joe Hlavacek |
Considering Home Automation? Don't overlook your heating and air-conditioning system. Not only is HVAC the one home automation subsystem that can assure your comfort -- it also is the only subsystem that pays for itself. |
Home Toys
February 2004 |
Home Technology Integration Lighting control for the custom home |
Home Toys
December 2004
Kristine Stewart |
Home Toys Interview The bottom line is that, as an industry, we need to make it much more simple and turn-key for the consumer to adopt and install connected home solutions. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2007
John K. Waters |
Desk Jockeys AV control systems give teachers the reins to multiple classroom computing devices, without their having to leave the lectern. |
Home Toys
August 2004 |
Home is Where the IQ is! Smart technologies are about to transform how we live and interact with our homes. |
PC World
October 2002
Yardena Arar |
Home Net Hassles Home networks are hot and can be extremely useful -- once everything is up and running. But getting there is often a bumpy ride. |
U.S. CPSC
November 10, 2009 |
Rechargeable Batteries Used with Touch Panels for Audio/Visual Systems Recalled by AMX Due to Fire and Burn Hazards Touch panels left uncharged for more than three months can fail, causing the battery to rupture. This poses a fire and burn hazard to consumers. |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2006
Kevin T. Higgins |
Will you integrate me? Systems integrators are waiting for food and beverage manufacturers to make a proposal: let's become automation partners and stop being strangers in the night. |
Home Toys
April 2003 |
Interview: David Frangioni An interview with home theater consultant and designer David Frangioni. |
Food Engineering
May 2, 2007
Kevin T. Higgins |
Elements of Successful Integration The rules of engagement remain a bit fuzzy, but food manufacturers and their technology partners are getting better at reducing the risk in automation projects. |
Home Toys
August 2005
Kurt Scherf |
Putting the Home Network to Work This white paper examines the challenges that face home users of computers, the Internet, and home networks and provides insight into how the industry is addressing the need for improved management, monitoring, and maintenance services and solutions to home users. |
Home Toys
December 2005
Andrew Reed |
Superna Home Automation Systems Provide Flexibility, Security for Smart Homes With a push of a button, you upload and store the set-up information to every Superna product connected to the network, rendering each one completely independent of the others (in case one device in the network fails). |
Food Engineering
May 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
Integration Projects Require a Disciplined Approach While manufacturers are getting more out of their integration projects, overall costs are not necessarily coming down. To realize future economies, upfront investments are a must. |
Home Toys
December 2004
Damien Wong |
Six Elements of Future Home Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs provides us a framework for identifying key elements of the future home. There are five key enabling technologies to facilitate this: Home Network... Residential Gateway... Media Center... Communication Center... Security System... |
Home Toys
June 2003
Kurt Scherf |
Trends in Residential Energy Management: A White Paper Expect cautious incursions into the world of deployed energy management solutions in the beginning. Eventually, however, we believe that commercial deployments in larger numbers will be the norm, at least in certain markets. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Kurt Scherf |
The Emergence and Growth of Entertainment-centric Home Networks Caveats and concerns aside, the next two years promise to bring significant development in the field of connected entertainment. |
Home Toys
February 2005
Barbara Holbrook |
Home Automation for the Rest of us With the software's Jetsons-era functionality, Central Home Automation Director (CHAD) is great for people that want to control their home or apartment with minimum amount of fuss. |
Home Toys
December 2002
Perry Somers |
IPowerline Networking Powerline Networking uses the existing electrical wiring in a building to send data, share broadband and network computers turning normal plugs and power outlets into live network jacks. |
Food Engineering
April 4, 2006
John Blanchard |
Giant steps in plant floor control Factory floor control and information systems play a critical role in plant floor performance and manufacturing responsiveness. |
Home Toys
October 2002
Robinson & Teeuwsen |
Next Generation PC-based Home Automation User Interfaces The virtual environment provides many features that the end user can leverage to their advantage including being easy to learn; the ability to model their own environment; and interact with home automation devices. |
Home Toys
February 2003
Hin Oey |
IP-Enabled Home Automation IP-enabled devices and components are aware of other components on the net and are capable to interact directly with each other without human interference or a central management computer; when the door opens, the light, heating, and ventilation 'know' that they should become active. |
Food Engineering
October 29, 2008 |
OMAC Integration Symposium The two-day event will focus on Total System Evolution -- a theme that embraces all industries and is vital to the advancement and improvement of processes, business functions and the ability to meet customers' changing needs. |
