Member Press Releases

At Yale2You.com, integrators can help customers find complementary Yale products.DENVER, September 26, 2013 – Integrators selling and installing Yale Real Living™ intelligent locks now have a resource to help customers easily find and purchase complementary Yale hardware. At Yale2You.com, a recently launched e-commerce site from Yale Locks & Hardware, integrators and their customers can browse the Yale line of knobs, handlesets, levers and accessories to easily find hardware that matches integrator-installed deadbolts.“Our Yale Real Living line of locks for home automation and … [Read more...]

New App Enables Android Phones and Tablets to Communicate with URC Complete Control™ Systems via MRX Network Base Station.Harrison, N.Y. – September 16 2013 – URC, the brand name that is becoming synonymous with modern whole-house control systems, today announced CC Control Mobile App for Android. As the name implies, this app enables a familiar Android smart phone or tablet to control all A/V components that are connected to a Complete Control system and MRX Network Base Station directly over the LAN. Aided by dazzling, intuitive interfaces that can display in portrait or landscape … [Read more...]

Piper, the smart home and security device, can now detect and identify different types of sounds and immediately alert home owners. The technology will learn sounds like dog barks and smoke alarms - any sounds that could represent a security threat.OTTAWA, ON  -- September 13, 2013 – Blacksumac today announced that its smart home security device ‘Piper’ will include Smart Sound Detection. The technology detects sounds and then performs a secure cloud-based analysis on them. If the sounds are noteworthy, users will be alerted via text, call, email or push notification on their mobile … [Read more...]

Module developed by Extra Vegetables with the assistance and support of URC will be shown by both firms during CEDIA EXPO in DenverHarrison, N.Y. – September 9, 2013 – URC, the brand name behind the whole-house control system that’s sweeping the nation, today announced a Total Control® two-way integration module with Sonos® music players developed by Extra Vegetables and URC. New integration is ultrafast and works with current and past Sonos Zoneplayers® and Playbar®.Users can select all music services supported by Sonos, radio stations, music library, favorites and more. Solution … [Read more...]

Flooding is one of the most common causes of damage in our homes. Water is an essential part of life, but very often it can cause major damage. The newest Fibaro Flood Sensor will help you to prevent such events.FIBARO Flood Sensor is made of a high quality, glossy white enclosure that resembles the shape of a perfect water drop. Thanks to the 24K gold plated telescopic probes, it is the only one on the market to work properly on an uneven surface. FIBARO Flood Sensor is Plug & Play and may be battery operated or 12/24 VDC powered. Additionally, the device may be connected with any … [Read more...]

Sleek modules are “the shape of things to come” from Clare, lending efficiency to integration and installation tasks while bringing flexibility to the end-user experience.SARASOTA, FL – September 5, 2013 – Members of a family of products that are effortlessly combined in personalized configurations, Clare Controls CLIQ modules were designed as a smarter way for integrators and end users to unify audio, video and control experiences.Each CLIQ module performs a dedicated function. The line debuts at CEDIA Expo 2013 with an integrated controller, the CLIQ.host module, which sets a new … [Read more...]

Compact next-gen amps are first components to be made available to integrators of ClareHome and other automation solutions.SARASOTA, FL  -- August 22, 2013 – Clare Controls, provider of easily configured, deployed and maintained home automation systems, announced today the release of a pair of Class D amplifiers, the first members in a growing family of components designed specifically to close the most glaring deficits in progressive integrators’ toolkits.The Clare amp.1640 packs 16-channels (8 zones) of exceptional Class D amplification into a cool-running, 1 U rack-mounted chassis.  … [Read more...]

July 18, 2013 – The European Business Awards (www.businessawardseurope.com) has announced today that Fibar Group is to represent Poland as a National Champion in the prestigious 2013/14 Awards program. Fibar Group beat out 16,474 competitors to be selected as one of 526 National Champions and will now compete for the Ruban d’Honneur status in the next round of the competition. Final category Award winners will be unveiled in April 2014.The European Business Awards has identified some of Europe’s brightest businesses based on their ability to demonstrate the three core principles at the … [Read more...]

LAKE FOREST, CA – Kwikset, the leader in residential security will conduct a free seminar at ESX in Nahsville, on Wednesday, June 19, 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.mEntitled "Z-Wave RMR Strategies with Access Control," the free seminar is being held to explain how Access Control with Kwikset locks is the robust, proven and affordable way to Z-Wave enable today’s smart homes while dramatically increasing a dealer’s monthly revenue.  The seminar will further demonstrate how easily security and home control solutions from different manufacturers can be tied together through Z-Wave to benefit dealers, … [Read more...]