The new Network Keypad System, which controls both IP and traditional A/V components, expands URC’s offering of “Native to the Network” products for custom installers.

Orlando, FL – Electronic House Expo Spring 2010 – Booth 602 – March 24, 2010 – URC, The Pioneer in Control Technology, this week introduces its Network Keypad System, consisting of the KP-4000 2-Way Network Keypad and the MRX-1 Network Base Station.

Like URC’s existing MX-5000 Wand Remote and MX-6000 Touch Screen, the KP-4000 communicates with components via a home’s local area network. While the MX-5000 and MX-6000 are portable controllers that perform IP communications via WiFi, the new KP-4000 is URC’s first hard-wired, in-wall IP controller. With the KP-4000’s simple, tasteful design, built around a 3.5-inch, capacitive touch color screen, installers can provide clients with a customer-friendly, intuitive, in-wall touch screen keypad interface that possesses the macro horsepower to automate any system. (more…)

The Mirage Media Server manufactured by S1Digital autonomously syncs media content to secure online storage and enables access to content anywhere.

Armonk, NY – March 17, 2010 – Autonomic Controls, Inc., the leader in digital media management services, and S1Digital have announced the release of the Mirage Media Server. This revolutionary device combines traditional media server functionality with Internet cloud technology that provides users with global access to their content and streaming media services. (more…)