AMX announces bunch of news today, here is a quick list below starting with new products 
- Solecis switchers products are noe avalaible for sale. It includes computer/Video/S-Video switchers, and computer signal distributors. We’ll just notice that it’s only RS-323 controllable, not native ICSNet or AXLink control !
- First pack in Signage range of products: Inspired-2-Go Education Prepak designed for public information in school environment with ease of integration of web contents and live feeds.
- New ViewPoint MVP-5100 et MVP-5150, we previously spoke about here, are now in stock, ready for shipping.
- Octaire line of video switchers are also avalaible. With 72 different models, it allows management of 64 maximum different zones. It can be controlled through RS-232, but also IP and are Device Discovery (DDP) compatible. It includes redondant power supply and are HDTV compatible.
- New litterature or updated ones are avalaible with all new Cedia products. Direct links: Touch Panels, Keypads, Pocket Guide, Residential AMXhome and HomeManager.
- Meridian is new manufacturer joining Device Discovery (DDP) program with its last CD/DVD player, G95, DDP compatible.
- AMX has been awarded price of 2008’s year Consumer Installation by magazine AV Interactive in England. Awarded installation includes AMX automation products, Digital Signage products and switchers.
- Showroom and Training Room Grand Opening in London with few pictures. We talked about it previously here.
- We learn that Guillaume Le Royer is now manager in charge of France, Belgium and Africa for AMX.
And that’s it for today 
JVC is last new manufacturer that just joined Device Discovery Protocol program from AMX. As of now, professional surveillance IP cameras from JVC VN-V686U are now automatically managed and controled by NetLinx systems. Control of these cameras from NXP-PLV interface is easy and intuitive. Both camera and AMX module are already avalaible.
We are currently developping little softwares to work with your AMX and Crestron systems. We’ll start with debugging softwares for use on site, and then after some user programs for control of your automation systems.
If you are interested and owner of an iPhone with OS in version 2 (First or second generation), or an iPod Touch with OS version 2, feel free to drop us a message on our contact form.
We’ll get back to you as soon as we have something to test that works a minimum. Don’t forget to let us know if you are an AMX, a Crestron or both systems fan.
See you soon
AMX indicates us immediate availability of new Novara keypads in AXLink version (so compatible with NetLinx and old Axcess systems). These new keyboards, that first existed in RS-232 version for Novara systems, exist now in AXLink version, offering more versability in keypads choice for control. Three colors are offered (Black, White and Brushed). For greater ease of installation in wallbox of different markets, they are avalaible in US, UK and European version. Below you’ll see pictures of each model offered (just click on each one to get direct access to technical details).
New version of wallmount Modero 5″ is now also avalaible. Named NXD-500i, it includes VoIP, easier system for installation in backbox et less deep.
US Version
UK Version
European Version
Modero NXD-500i
Good news for all our friends AMX dealers in UK, and also french people passing away in british capital, AMX opens offices in London, with a complete training facility and showroom focused both at dealers, but also manufacturers to showcase benefits of integration with AMX products. Some open days are already planned between November 12th and 14th. It happens at sixth floor of Salisbury House at London Wall.
Here is a quick review about a nice product for iPhone: MPA by Shure for iPhone…
It’s an adapter that connects on iPhone’s audio jack, that allows to connect any headspeakers with 3.5mm jack on iPhone, but also to use hand-free function owe to microphone included in cord and one button for answer/hangup.
Cord is very robust (still in perfect condition after three months intensive use) with good quality microphone.
Ergonomy is efficient with just one do-it-all button.
Mandatory accessory for iPhone and I have to confess it’s always with me when I go out. It’s plugged on my headspeakers and iPhone all the time.
Something important for use: try to find speakers with short wire to avoid lenghty wires. Cable is robust and connections also.
Not much more to say excepted it’s perfect match for function needed.
Sold by Shure with international warranty of two years.
So here is first post of a new serie of articles, that’ll be dedicated at help about basic functions you might need in your program. We’ll start today with a module named Timer. You’ll get a little keypad to compose time in minutes, a clean button, and a play/stop button. You dial time you want, it’s displayed in little box, you push play, timer starts to count down till 0. If you push stop, it stops and reset counter. When it’s at 0, it’ll do something you setup in module.
Module ready to use is here. (I know touch panel pages are ugly but it’s just a demo of concept
Enjoy it and if you have any comments feel free to post below !
Just a short note about an interview I gave in Hiddenwires about evolution of audiovisual market, click here for link to article !
Enjoy reading
CommandFusion, australian company, just announced today official release of version 1.01 of their program iViewer on Apple AppStore ! That program, designed for iPhone and iPod Touch, allows to get functions of touch panel such as AMX or Crestron ones directly in Apple product. But it can also connect at any automation system able to manage TCP/IP connection as program communicates through a public protocol.
It’s able to manage orientation of iPhone for specific behaviours, and guiDesigner program is used to create pages downloaded in iPhone.
Program sold around $US85 directly on CommandFusion website to get an activation key to unlock software to get full functions.
For sure, as usual in the past with Crestron, we get a nice range of new products presented, here is a brief story on each of them:
- For sure we won’t speak again about wonderful TPS-6X with its receiver CEN-HPRFGW which I had already well presented before summer (check here that article).
- As few of you have suddenly discovered, AAS products have suddenly disappeared from catalog. It looks CEN-ISERVER would be a replacement :/ But it looks to me a very strange choice from Crestron to use an iPod that is definitively mono-zone product in an audio server. It means as much iPods and CEN-ISERVER than audio zones you need ! I’m not convinced for now with that product as solutions such as SlimServer work lot better with unlimited zones and allow stream of protected music. Nevertheless, iPod dock changes to manage now video from iPod, CEN-IDOCV, with iTunes synchronisation through Ethernet, et now dock is PoE compliant.
- Avalaibility of Flash SDK to develop your own interface with popular language: Flash from Adobe (read my previous article about it).
- For sure as everyone Crestron presents its own iPhone native interface, which looks nice but none demo avalaible. Product will be probably avalaible at end of year, not before !
- A big surprise is announcement of a new Adagio Box: ADMS which combines best of Adagio products with media streaming and storage such as Kaleidescape servers. It includes either a DVD player with 500Go on disk storage in ADMS, or Blue-Ray player with 1To storage in ADMS-BR). It handles also rent and buy online system of Amazon Unbox and Media Store but avalaible only in US. It’s able to manage till 5 DVD/Blue-Ray 200 discs changers (ADC-200BR), which allows also to copy content to internal hard-drive of Adagio that can be extended with optional external 4To storage CEN-NAS-4TB. Storage is in RAID to avoid any loss of data. Adagio server includes one main zone and two auxiliary audio zones.
- To allow display of any composite video signal, such as alarm cameras, entry door cameras, Crestron offers little box CEN-NVS100 that’ll stream your video signal to display on any panels compatible with MJPEG viewer.
- For other news, as I had already presented them earlier, please check my previous article where you’ll find all details.
And that’s it for shows that year, see you next year for other great news and products !
