All Articles Tagged Homelogic

Lisa Montgomery | 03/01 06:41 AM, 1 Comment

When is the best time for your clients to have full electronic control over their houses? Often it’s when they’re away. It’s easy to control a home while they’re there, but when they’re away, it’s tough to know what electronics have been left on, sucking up electricity, when they should be off. “Turning things off is the basic tenet of saving energy,” says Jay McClellan, president of HAI. A remote monitoring system lets you do just that, right from your cell phone, iPod touch or any other Internet-connected mobile device.… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/10 10:25 AM, 7 Comments

Colorado vNet's closure, and subsequent acquisition by Russound, has led CE pros to wonder if they should do business with home-control startups. The debate rages with 65 comments and counting across several of our vNet stories. They are concerned — and they should be — that: Their inventory is worthlessWork in progress is a complete write-offExisting installations must be built from scratch as soon as a single controller failsSome industry folks suggest never doing business with newcomers; others say never do business with VC-funded companies. So, assuming vNet does not… View this story

Julie Jacobson | 11/09 10:03 AM, 0 Comments

HomeLogic – one of those unsung heroes of home automation – is coming out with a new touchscreen interface that mimics the one it designed for the iPhone. The company has always prided itself on offering the same look-and-feel of its interfaces across a full line of controllers: PCs, smart phones, universal remotes and its own touchscreens, to name a few. The iPhone is no exception. And now, with the forthcoming software, HomeLogic is doing some reverse-design – applying iPhone-like flick technology to the company's own touchscreens. "We're mimicking what… View this story