Saturday, 11 June 2011

CRESTRON UNVEIL THEIR NEWEST IPHONE AND IPAD INTERFACES

Justhomeav.co supplier Crestron updates their Mobile Apps For iPad® And iPhone® for refined, expanded GUI design and mobile control.

Their next generation Creston Mobile™ Apps open up a new world of system design options for home and building control utilizing Apple® mobile devices.

Crestron Mobile™ and Crestron Mobile Pro® control apps now provide systems developers and programmers with powerful innovative abilities that streamline and broaden the design possibilities of Crestron and Prodigy touch screen interfaces on Apple® mobile devices.

Adding even more capabilities to the presently robust, top selling control app, built-in support for gauges and sliders now allows programmers to easily produce amazing user-friendly finger touch control effects quickly.

Lowering shades in the bedroom using a finger swipe on the iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch®, or setting and verifying room temperatures from animated graphical gauges is effortless. Also, homeowners and facilities managers are now able to watch streaming video from video cameras or from any video source fed via a Crestron Network Video Streamer or any MJPEG device, right on their mobile device.

"Now, you have the option to load projects directly on the iPad or iPhone, in addition to hosting the project on the control system, like always," said Crestron VP of Technology, Fred Bargetzi. "This flexibility enables you to switch phones without needing to get anything reconfigured by the dealer - a huge time saver, especially for those on the road. You can also upgrade your mobile device, iPad to iPad 2 for instance, switch carriers/phones and even add more devices, such as iPod touch - all without technical assistance. If you're running one of our new 3-Series™ control systems, there's plenty of memory to support any mobile program."

"Apple has essentially put a touch panel in the hands of millions. Mobile Pro G instantaneously turns the iPad into a fully-functioning Crestron touch screen," added Bargetzi. "Connecting the most popular mobile device to the most effective control system provides installers with limitless flexibility in system design and GUI creativity, and the homeowner or facilities manager with mobile control capabilities not previously accessible, or even imagined."

Combining the magic of Apple® iPad® and iPhone® with Crestron control advancement, Crestron Mobile and Mobile Pro apps turn any Apple mobile device into a powerful Crestron or Prodigy touch screen, enabling dependable, whole home and building control from anywhere on earth. From any iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, users can control lighting, thermostats, and audio settings and view streaming video in multiple locations, such as a primary residence, vacation home and office, or across a campus. The ultra-intuitive visual interface also provides real-time feedback, presenting status of room temperatures, audio volumes and metadata including album, song and artist, shade positions and lighting levels, right on the mobile device screen.

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