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  • It's a Snap
  • BUILDER Magazine (10/1/2006)
  • BUILDERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR low-cost, home-tech upgrades that bring the digital lifestyle to life for their home buyers.
  • Personal Touch
  • CUSTOM HOME Magazine (9/1/2006)
  • In the early days of multi-room audio, homeowners gladly took what they could get: AM/FM radio, a CD player, and maybe a tape player delivered to a few zones around the house.
  • Infusion Controller
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (7/27/2006)
  • The Infusion Controller supports 120 wired stations and 300 wireless stations and features five RS-232 ports, a built-in Ethernet jack, and a USB port. Featuring 16-2 non-polarized wire, the plug-and-play automation controller is accompanied by software that includes pre-programmed templates, drag-and-drop menus, and savable and reusable customized programming. 800-555-9891.
  • Lifestyle Control
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (7/1/2006)
  • For Matt Tunney, vice president of corporate development for Pacific Union Homes in Danville, Calif., the new Web-based home-automation service from iControl Networks doesn't just improve the house, it improves the home buyer's lifestyle.
  • Word on the Wire
  • DIGITAL HOME MAGAZINE (4/1/2006)
  • How much (and what kind of) wire depends on the home it's going in.
  • Product Trends: Home Automation
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (11/21/2005)
  • According to a nationwide survey conducted by the Internet Home Alliance (IHA), homeowners show a strong interest in technology ranging from appliances to entertainment systems. IHA surveyed 400 new or prospective home buyers to learn how they make decisions about purchasing, installing, and maintaining home technologies. Forty-nine percent of the buyers presented with at least one home technology option made a purchase. Home security led the list, followed by pre-wiring for cable or satellite TV and a built-in home theater.
  • look what's talking
  • residential architect Magazine (11/1/2005)
  • Last century, X10 was synonymous with affordable home control. This century's de facto control standard for the mainstream market has yet to be crowned, but various home-control platforms are vying for bragging rights. Some use power lines, some use the Internet protocol, and others operate over the radio spectrum. In fact, the home of the future may use a combination of pipelines and languages.
  • New Arrival: LiteJet Lighting Control
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/1/2005)
  • The LiteJet lighting control system includes an LCD touchpanel to control more than 500 dimming levels and 12 timed-event options, among other features. Blending digital dimming and whole-room lighting with the dependability of a hard-wire system, the LiteJet system is installed using CAT-5 wiring and plug-in connectors.
  • Interior Products Review: Home Automation
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/1/2005)
  • During the 1990s when BUILDING PRODUCTS was first published, high-tech manufacturers began offering an array of sophisticated products they said would transform the average dwelling into a futuristic Jetsons' house. Dinners would cook themselves, robots would dust and shine everything, and grocery lists magically would be sent directly to supermarkets via the Internet. Although that was not realistic, home automation and the products that define it have come a long way.

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