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ControlFX launches new home control system using Apple iPad, iPhone, iTouch and Android-based devices (1/9/2010)

ControlFX is a new home control system using touch panel technology allowing an Apple iPad, iPhone or iTouch to become an enhanced home controller. Downloaded as an App on iTunes, a bespoke design can be created on a PC to control a customer’s AV, lighting, heating and security systems within a single application.

The ControlFX system will also be available shortly for Android devices.

Andy Lloyd, Managing Director of ControlFX says: “This approach is different from many other Apps on iTunes where multiple Apps are used to control various different types of equipment. The ControlFX system uses a combination of IR, RS232 and IP ‘systems’ that can be purchased and downloaded from the ControlFX website to integrate together, which is then downloaded to the Apple device.”

Andy also explains that because Apple products do not have native IR and RS232 interfaces, ControlFX has wired and wireless control servers that receive the command from the Apple device and output it as either IR or RS232 to the equipment being controlled.

ControlFX currently has an IR library of over 650 IR code-sets from many of the leading custom installation manufacturers with a database of two-way systems about to be launched, allowing full control of devices such as NuVo multi-room systems, Philips Dynalite and AV receivers from companies such as Onkyo, Denon, Yamaha and Arcam.

Due to the power of the system, ControlFX is only sold through a dealer network of experienced installers familiar with other home control solutions like Philips Pronto, RTI, Crestron and AMX to name but a few, which there are already 125 approved worldwide, with nationwide training sessions being held soon.

There will be a support forum with training material and on-hand support engineers that will be able on answer questions regarding the implementation of the system.

Approved installers will also be encouraged to share and support fellow installers using a reward scheme where additional systems created by dealers can be submitted for other dealers to purchase. The creator of the system then receives points that can be redeemed against products sold on the ControlFX website.

A special Demonstration Bundle can also be purchased once an installer has been approved.

www.ControlFX.co.uk