Many companies such as Crestron offers both a complete wireless
solution and power line equipment to distribute control throughout the home without
the need to tear out walls and completely redesign the home infrastructure. Again,
we recommend contacting a systems integrator that is part of the CEDIA organization
and a certified Crestron Home Dealer. Crestron has complete, unified product
line that provides building blocks to custom tailor a system to your technical
and financial needs. Crestron starts by providing an off the shelf audio distribution
system that incorporates stylish decora keypads and low cost in wall touch panels.
The audio distribution system can be built up to control the home theater by adding
a few components to the base system such as a Crestron ST-1550C RF Color wireless
touch panel. This touch panel not only serves as the ultimate remote control for
the home theater, but as a mobile that can take complete control of your home
from any room. Add in some wired touch panels, a Crestron e-control web interface,
DTMF telephone control, and link in other components such as security, lighting,
etc. for a state of the art home automation system. Only Crestron provides a complete
solution that allows you to start simple and expand to your hearts content. Crestron
offers an array of flexibility for the user in this arena. From any touch panel,
users can custom tailor presets and automated functions to suit their needs as
they grow with the system. Users have one touch access to schedule events such
as turning on the outside lights at 7:00PM and setting back the thermostats in
the house. Software upgrades are available via the Internet to allow your systems
integrator to make more sophisticated upgrades and options available for your
use. Only Crestron offers this unique feature to allow seamless maintenance, service,
and support without the inconvenience of a visit to your home. Crestron
is the worlds first and only IP based control system. What this means to you and
I is that using standard CAT5 wiring though out the home, Crestron system can
plug directly into the LAN that is shared with any computers that you may have
in the home. This seamless integration allows Crestron to be controlled via a
web browser both from within your home or at the office via a standard internet
connection. The internet also provides the gateway for your home control system
to alert you via email, cell phone, or pager that you have a security breach,
or that the kids came home. All Crestron products communicate via IP which is
the world standard. That means that we can leverage our technology to work with
everything that the PC industry has made readily available. Crestron systems can
be linked together with off the shelf components because we didn't invent a proprietary
protocol. This is the limiting factor in all other controls system available today.
Crestron systems are completely modular and can infinitely expanded. As
a matter of fact, because our communication standard is via IP, we support the
capability to link to over 3 billion devices! Crestron is the glue that
ties all other equipment together. Our only business is control systems designed
to link devices of any kind together to harness technology and make it usable
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