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Extron Ships Decorator Series Button Panels

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Extron presents the NBP Decorator series Network Button Panels-- a product family bringing convenient, easy-to-deploy control to a broad variety of AV applications.

Extron DecoratorNetwork Button Panels connect to a control processor using standard ethernet. The customisable control panels work in conjunction with an IP Link Pro control processor HC 400 series system to perform a wide range of AV system functions, including display on/off, input switching, volume control and more. The buttons are easily customisable using an online Custom Button Builder Application, while PoE allows for both power and communications over a single ethernet cable.

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Extron Ships 5-inch Tabletop Touchpanel

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Extron announces the TLP Pro 525T TouchLink Pro-- a first 5-inch tabletop model from the company, featuring a high-performance quad-core processor, x8 more memory and an 800x480 capacitive touchscreen.

Extron Touchlink ProThe display comes equipped with scratch- and smudge-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass, all within a distinctive enclosure with a sleek, sweeping back. Power over Ethernet allows it to receive both power and communications over a single ethernet cable, and the design makes it ideal for any environment requiring a tabletop touchpanel with a fully-customisable interface.

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Attero Tech Ships Axon C1 Network Controller

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Attero Tech starts shipping the Axon C1, a single-gang network controller built specifically for basic audio control applications demanding easy user interaction with simple volume, zone source selection and preset recall control.

Attero C1The C1 features what the company says is an easy-to-read OLED display and intuitive menu navigation, making short work of typical audio adjustments. The small form factor and easy of programming make it appropriate for installations where more costly and complex touch panels are not well suited. Attero Tech uniFY v3.3 configuration software lets installers setup and customise C1 menus for the options each venue requires, while the single knob interface is designed to be just "walk up and use."

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Natural Language for Distributed AV via Josh.ai

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Josh.ai introduces non-scene based voice media switching-- a means for installers to skip the pre-programming of specific media sources and content to specific sources and destinations.

Josh.ai distributed avInstead, Josh.ai natively understands different sources and destinations, allowing users to go from room to room and simply ask to turn on a favourite song or show. For example, the customer can walk into the theatre and say, "OK Josh, watch Breaking Bad," and the system understands the request is coming from the theatre. It then switches on the projector, determines Breaking Bad is on Netflix, routes the matrix switcher to select the appropriate media server as input and sends it to the proper output, switches to the appropriate audio source, and Breaking Bad is "almost instantly" on.

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A Performance UI for Crestron TS-310 Remote

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Crestrron announces the Performance UI-- a user experience designed exclusively for the TSR-310 handheld touchscreen remote complete with native integration with the Pyng OS 2 operating system.

Crestron TSR-310Minimal programming requirements reduce deployment time, and Crestron installers can download the latest Pyng OS 2 update to check how the TSR-10 UI instantly updates to Performance UI. Furthermore, Performance UI provides integrated media, lighting, shades and climate control, along with quick actions.

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Kaleidescape Intros Mobile App for Home Cinema

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Kaleidescape is the next home cinema system vendor to present a companion mobile app-- the obviously titled Kaleidescape Mobile App, a means for customers to control Kaleidescape systems via smartphone.

Kaleidescape appAccording to the company, the app includes an "innovative remote" making it be both fun and easy to control the onscreen display via mobile device, all while not taking eyes off the screen. It also provides timely information from the company such as movie recommendations.

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The Self-Powering Nuimo Click Wireless Switch

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Berlin-based hardware and software startup Senic presents the Nuimo Click-- a wall-mountable wireless switch with four buttons able to generate power every time they are pressed, making them self-powered.

Nuimo ClockAimed for the control of Sonos audio hardware and Philips Hue smart lighting, the Nuimo Click switches generate enough kinetic energy through button presses to power the necessary wireless communications. Thus, running a function on the Nuimo Click transforms the stored energy into enough power to send a wireless command to a companion Nuimo Hub, in turn triggering the necessary smart device control.

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