Press Release

PALATINE, Ill. —CEDIA 2007—Schneider Electric announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art Square D® Clipsal® design centre in Orlando, Fla. The facility, located within the renowned Mall at Millenia complex, provides consumers an exclusive hands-on look at residential lighting controls in home vignettes, while offering contractors design and project assistance in a convenient and high-end retail location.

Housed at the same location is a training facility capable of certifying lighting control installers. For higher end residential homes and condominiums, the Square D Clipsal line offers sleek European aesthetics, design flexibility, energy savings and robust performance.

Once installed in a home, the Square D Clipsal system allows the user to simply control the lighting for the entire building from any control point. Pre-programmed mood or scene lighting is available at the touch of a button, and easy-to-read LED switch indicators provide users with illumination and constant status feedback.

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Colorado vNet has added wireless to its aresenal of automated lighting controls.

The company is using ZigBee RF technology for its TD1 RF Touchpad Dimmers. Because ZigBee is a mesh networking technology, the wireless system only gets more robust as more products are added to it.

"A Colorado vNet RF system can consist of hundreds of modules," the company says.

The manufacturer also says that that, since the TD1 is ZigBee compliant, it allows for integration to other third-party ZigBee-compliant devices into your home automation system."

In fact, many ZigBee products incorporate different protocols, so not all ZigBee-compatible products will work with the TD1.

Colorado vNet touchpads can dim lighting loads directly, as well as serve as a whole-house controller. Many other systems require separate dimmers and keypads for the task.

The RF products work seamlessly with Colorado vNet's hardwired lighting controllers and Vibe audio system by adding a Systems Interconnect Module.

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