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combines hard buttons with touchscreen, and fast response
processing, VP of Product Development Lars Granoe noted.
Adding to its Xfinity and Apple TV voice integration support,
URC also announced new Amazon Alexa Skills to provide
users more options for speaking commands to use their
systems. Granoe was also happy to highlight the company's
Ring certification (see Security Corner, page 19).
Lighting & Shade Manufacturers
Branch Out Impressively
Blackwire - At CEDIA Expo 2023, even distributors were
getting into the lighting fixtures fray. Blackwire released its
Blacklight Design Tool, which streamlines the linear lighting
design process from start to finish. Integrators begin by importing
the floorplan of the job site, and from there they can
effortlessly draw out each fixture. The tool then quickly lays
out, configures, prices, and generates a purchase order for
the custom lighting system design, the company explains.
Blackwire points out that its software is user-friendly and
calculates all the equipment required, from tape LED strips,
extrusions, and lens covers to wiring, controls, mounting
hardware, and accessories. It also manages electrical calculations
for wattage, tape length, voltage drop, supply wiring
gauge, and load capacity for power supplies and connected
control devices.
Colorbeam - The low-voltage fixture specialist discussed
its expanding solutions set with attendees at CEDIA Expo
2023, adding to its existing Din-rail module infrastructure
that incorporates 96W Class 2 power supplies and 12-channel
DMX decoders.
The company introduced 1U rack-mount power supplies
as well as a 1U, 64-channel DMX decoder, the PS-RM-4164.
Colorbeam explains that the 1U power supply is equivalent in
horsepower to four Din-rail power supplies in a slim 1U chassis.
DMF Lighting - Modular downlighting specialist DMF
ramped up to its commitment to the custom integration
channel, which compared to others in the channel is still
small but growing more and more as evident by its CEDIA
Expo presence. DMF has been investing to scale and build
out its modular solutions for integrators, with assembly in
the U.S. and production in Taiwan to enable cost-effective
development and pricing.
" What's unique about it is it allows us to bring this
product to what we call 'mass configuration' in the U.S., so
it gives us the best of both worlds, " notes Michael Danesh,
who serves as COO for the company, which his family
founded. " We're able to serve [luxury residences] effectively
and we're able to provide a price point where we can still
capture a majority of [integrators'] projects. "
DMF introduced its iX Series 2-inch Retrofit Conversion
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DMF Lighting
Kits, which the company says widens retrofit applications
possibilities. No longer will installers need to tear up ceilings
and remove old housings, as DMF notes the unique solution
converts existing 4-, 5- and 6-inch fixtures to a 2-inch
opening, creating new sales opportunities for dealers in the
rapidly growing lighting fixtures category.
Draper at Home - Spiceland, Ind.-based Draper at Home
showcased its innovative roller shade solutions both inside
and outside the convention center. Indoors, the company's
booth featured design-minded products like its FlexStyle
Cassette, a trim and elegant shade that ships assembled
and ready for mounting; FlexShade InsideTrack, a motorized
shade with black textured finish and dual fascia to stack
two shade rollers so owners can have room darkening and
regular privacy addressed in the same model; and the unique
Gabled Bottom-Up FlexShade for angled windows.
Meanwhile, across the street at " Destination Outdoors, "
the company's FlexShade products stood out amid the
audio and video wares with which it shared the pavilion.
The motorized, wind tunnel-tested FlexShade Tension ZIP
roller shade is said to resist wind, weather, and insects to
help dealers expand homeowners' usable outdoor space.
The Exterior Motorized FlexLouver is an economical and
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