CE Pro Home Automation and Control Stories

ADT Pulse Shows Value of Cloud-Based Home Automation: Video Motion Detection

2013-06-19T18:45:57+00:00

Thanks to iControl's cloud-based home automation engine, ADT Pulse can add video motion sensing to existing surveillance cameras, no new hardware required.

25 Unheralded Home Automation Companies

2013-06-19T16:37:14+00:00

They're not AMX, Crestron, Control4, Savant, Vantage or HAI, but these 25 companies deserve some recognition -- some are newer, some have been around forever.

CommandFusion Releases iViewer for Android, iViewer Lite for iOS Devices

2013-06-18T16:02:48+00:00

CommandFusion, one of the first to develop iPhone interfaces for Crestron, AMX and other home automation systems, now has an Android version and a $50 iOS Lite app for DIYs and smaller jobs.

5 Unknown Facts About Leading Home Automation Manufacturers

2013-06-17T15:54:36+00:00

AMX, Control4, Crestron, Lutron and other leading home automation manufacturers enlighten integrators with obscure, fun and quirky facts about their company.

Napco iBridge Brings Z-Wave, Cloud to Alarm Panels

2013-06-14T14:29:11+00:00

Napco Security System's Z-Wave-based iBridge acts as a home automation add-on to its Gemini alarm panel, while also offering integrators cloud-based remote access.

Pricing, Details on Xfinity DIY Home Automation and iControl Touchstone

2013-06-13T17:00:05+00:00

Xfinity Home Control DIY home automation system doesn't get you much for $99.95; Platform provider iControl launches 'Touchstone' DIY platform. (Julie Jacobson/CE Pro)

Core Brands Reshuffles Rep Network

2013-06-12T16:22:31+00:00

Core Brands has pared down its rep network from 44 to 28, leaving integrators with either a single rep or two reps in their territory for all 10 brands including Niles, Elan, SpeakerCraft and Panamax.

Report: Home Security Penetration to Reach 28% by 2016

2013-06-12T15:50:25+00:00

If you count DIY, monitored home security is predicted to rise between 5% to 8% in the next three years due to market entry by AT&T, Time Warner, Verizon, Lowe's, Xfinity, Cox and others.

Inside New TiO Home Automation System: Nothing Like vNet

2013-06-10T13:11:33+00:00

TiO employs some old Colorado vNet automation tricks but really innovates with in-wall wireless audio, Android platform and all-IP backbone. See it at Infocomm 2013.

Sonte Window Film Darkens & Lightens Rooms Wirelessly

2013-06-10T13:06:52+00:00

Just launched on Kickstarter, Sonte's "digital shades" cling to windows to brighten or darken a room. Opacity is controlled via WiFi through an Android/iOS app or simple remote.

Xfinity Home Automation Adds Wireless LED Light Bulbs

2013-06-07T19:00:50+00:00

Xfinity Home, the automation system from Comcast, now incorporates Sylvania Ultra iQ BR30 LED bulbs that use the ZigBee home automation standard.

Crestron Brings Home Automation to Samsung Smart TVs

2013-06-07T18:40:15+00:00

New Crestron home automation app lets users control their environment from a Samsung smart TV without interrupting the on-screen action.

New CIO Expected to Bolster ADT Pulse Home Automation & Security

2013-06-06T21:51:15+00:00

After 14 years in the telecom industry, Kathleen McLean joins ADT as CIO; expects IT infrastructure to bolster Pulse home automation platform.

Savant Home Automation Supports Philips Hue Smart LED Bulbs

2013-06-05T13:31:26+00:00

Philips Hue RGB lighting control can be added inexpensively to Savant home automation systems thanks to Philips' release of API for the smart bulbs.

NuVo Readies Wireless Audio System for Integration

2013-06-05T12:49:42+00:00

New API available for home automation driver development; new iOS and Android apps expose NuVo Wireless Audio as app-within-app.