Upgrade SmartThings DIY customers to Crestron pro home automation … or add ZigBee and Z-Wave to existing Crestron smart-home systems with free, updated integration code on github.
Julie Jacobson · September 24, 2018
Equipped with artificial intelligence, integration capability, water leak and water valve controllers give pros a new product category to pursue.
Lisa Montgomery · September 18, 2018
LeakSmart water detection system is simple add-on service for integrators, with potential RMR opportunity and third-party control. CEDIA Expo booth 1400.
CE Pro Editors · September 04, 2018
‘Next iteration’ of Samsung Connect Home is full-fledged SmartThings hub with ZigBee and Z-Wave, plus mesh Wi-Fi from Plume, featuring ‘AI-based network optimization.’ New $15 ZigBee home-automation ‘Button’ launched.
Julie Jacobson · August 13, 2018
The rumor mill is reaching peak production this week, as Apple bolsters its mesh networking by joining Thread Group.
Andrew Nichols · August 10, 2018
Nice Group acquires Fibaro (Fibar Group S.A.), popular maker of Z-Wave sensors and smart-home hubs, shortly after acquiring Abode, a DIY security and home-automation company with professionally monitored alarm systems.
Julie Jacobson · July 13, 2018
Ideal for integrating Wi-Fi cameras with ZigBee door locks, Amazon invention shows ZigBee home-automation signals running over power cable to enhance wireless performance.
Julie Jacobson · May 29, 2018
Lux Products’ new KONOz, the first ZigBee 3.0-certified thermostat, allows adjustable and multiple geofence perimeters.
Julie Jacobson · May 23, 2018
Arriving in 2019, new Honeywell melds Vista, Lynx, Lyric into single platform with user-replaceable batteries, cellular modules, home-automation radios, and a back-end system that enables remote monitoring and diagnostics by security pros.
Julie Jacobson · May 01, 2018
Lutron takes its first-ever step into light source/bulb manufacturing with agreement to buy Ketra’s ‘natural light’ solutions that emulate daylight in interior spaces.
Jason Knott · April 17, 2018
