Contact: Michael Sherman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. 319-754-0604
Cell Phone: 901-351-9861
Email: msher@winegard.com
Winegard introduces icontm
wireless remote control system
At CEDIA show
The Next Generation In Wireless Home Automation, Makes The Connected FingerTM An Integral Part Of A Connected Home
Burlington, Iowa, September 1, 2006 ¨C At the CEDIA show in Denver, Winegard will let builders and installers see its newest option to the Triple Play bundle, Winegard¡¯s new wireless iCON whole-house remote control system. Said Lance Beck, New Product Development Manager for Winegard and inventor of the iCON concept technology said, ¡°Winegard has taken all of the intelligence of a high-end remote control system and package it, so that each television becomes the visual part of the user interface and the remote control becomes the input device.¡± iCON allows users to send the entertainment they want, remotely, where they want it, when they want it. It offers a user-friendly setup with customized TV menus for color and content.¡± It was designed with open architecture for user identified expandability and the remote also functions as a normal remote (volume control, channel selection, etc).
Bob Howell, Director Signal Distribution/Off-Air Antenna Business Group said, ¡°To use the iCON, simply get in front of any TV in the home and press one menu button on the iCon remote. A menu is displayed on the screen or in a PIP window. From the user menu, select the desired control function from the menu using the up/down/select buttons on the remote and then, a user can open the control interface and scripting, which allows control of anything that is controllable, within and outside the home, all while continuing to watch anything at the same time.¡±
The remote control itself needs no infrared code database or learning capability because all of this functionality is contained within the CPU box located in our HOME RUNTM structured Wiring Box or sold as a stand-alone product.¡± The CPU box can execute a single command or a series of commands to perform the desired function. Once a function is selected, the CPU box becomes an I/R code ¡°translator¡±.? If a user is watching a DVD and presses pause on the remote, the CPU will send the proper I/R code to the DVD player, no matter where it is located on the home network. The iCON communicates with other iCON systems for distributed home control, allowing total functionality with a wide variety of devices via Ethernet, RS-232, BlueTooth, ZigBee and Z-Wave interfaces.
Some designers and manufacturers are using closed profile designs which do not allow their ZigBee devices to work with others. Winegard had integrators in mind when the system was designed. Winegard¡¯s philosophy for the iCON design is to use open profiles, allowing interconnectivity with everything that is ZigBee controllable, along with Ethernet and RS-232 such as media servers, alarm systems, lighting controllers, HVAC systems and much more. Another benefit of the iCON that sets it apart is the addition of a web browser. Since the iCON is always hooked up to the network, users are always web capable.
There are a few remote systems on the market that encompass some of the elements of the iCON system. None of them achieve the iCON¡¯s level of integration at Winegard¡¯s price point. It will be offered in several different configurations ranging from a consumer model to an advanced systems integrator model with an anticipate release date in the fourth quarter of 2006. Winegard¡¯s iCON will be on display at CEDIA 2006 in booth #2307. ?
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If you¡¯d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Bob Howell or Lance Beck, please call Michael Sherman at 319-754-0604 or send an email to msher@winegard.com.
About Winegard:
The Winegard Company is widely considered an innovator and pioneer in product design, performance and assembly and has consistently adapted to meet the challenges of the ever-changing electronics market. It remains committed to continuous improvement in the quality, cost and delivery of its products and services to effectively meet all of its customer¡¯s needs and currently designs and manufactures more than 1,000 different products in seven product lines distributed in all states and worldwide, including:
- Bundled Signal Distribution: Video, VoIP and High Speed Data and More, on a single existing cable run.
- Wireless Remote Home Control System: Sends the entertainment you want, remotely, where you want it, when you want it.
- Satellite Antennas and Mounts: Residential antennas ranging in size from 46 cm to 1 meter and Deck mounting systems.
- Mobile Television Reception Products: RV, Trucking, and Marine applications. Satellite systems ranging from manual crank-up models to automatic satellite tracking systems with GPS/DVB. Off-air antennas including bi-directional and omni-directional VHF/UHF/FM antennas. Ground Antenna Mounts and Accessories.
- Off-Air Antennas: From DC to 5.8 gigs AM/FM/VHF/UHF Antenna Systems, Distribution and Pre-Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories
- Telemetry:? Medical and Data Antenna Systems, Distribution Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories.
- Two-way Fixed/Transportable Mobile Satellite Internet Systems: offers real-time IP, video, voice, audio and data communications virtually anywhere, anytime.
Contact: Michael Sherman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. 319-754-0604
Cell Phone: 901-351-9861
Email: msher@winegard.com
Winegard joins z-wave alliance
to broaden new icontm home control
wireless remote system¡¯s interface capabilities
Steps-Up Commitment To Be An Integral Part Of A Connected Home,
For All Types Of Home Control and Automation Devices,
Seamlessly, Inexpensively, And Easily
Burlington, Iowa, March 27, 2006 - At the EHX trade show in Orlando and at Satellite Expo 2006 in Atlanta, Winegard will be previewing its newest product line, the iCON Wireless Remote Home Control System, to installers, integrators, remodeling contractor and builders. While there are a few remote systems on the market that encompass some of the elements of the new iCON system, none of them achieve the iCON¡¯s level of integration at Winegard¡¯s anticipated price point. Lance Beck, New Product Development Manager for Winegard¡¯s Signal Distribution Business Group and inventor of the iCON concept and technology said, ¡°Already being a member of the Zigbee Alliance, we have now joined the Z-Wave Alliance, resulting from our commitment to broaden the iCON¡¯s ability to interface with all types of control and automation devices in advance of the release of the iCON this year. Just as the Zigbee association emphasizes an open global standard for wirelessly networks, monitoring and control, Z-Wave, is an open consortium of more than 125 manufacturers who build products based on the Zensys¡¯ Z-Wave as the standard for wireless home control products.¡±
In adding the iCON seamless interface home control to its new product line for 2006, Winegard has taken all of the intelligence of a high-end remote control system and incorporated it in this new package. It allows each television in a home to become the visual part of the user interface. The remote control becomes the input device. iCON allows users to send the entertainment they want, remotely, where they want it, when they want it. It offers a user-friendly setup with customized TV menus for color and content. It was designed with open architecture for user identified expandability. The remote also functions as a normal remote (volume control, channel selection, etc).
Bob Howell, Director Signal Distribution/Off-Air Antenna Business Group at Winegard said, ¡°To use the iCON, simply stand in front of any TV in the home and press one menu button on the iCon remote. A menu is displayed on the screen or in a PIP window. From the user menu, select the desired control function, using the up/down/select buttons on the remote. Then, a user can open the control interface, which allows control of anything that is controllable, within and outside the home. The remote control itself needs no infrared code database or learning capability. All this functionality is contained within the iCON CPU as a stand-alone product or as an integrated part of the new HOME RUNTM Triple Play Bundle one wire signal distribution system.¡±
The CPU box can execute a single command or a series of commands to perform the desired function. Once a function is selected, the CPU box becomes an I/R code ¡°translator¡±.? If a user is watching a DVD and presses pause on the remote, the CPU will send the proper I/R code to the DVD player, no matter where it is located on the home network. The iCON communicates with other iCON systems, as well as other control systems for distributed home control.
Winegard had integrators in mind when the iCON system was designed. Winegard¡¯s philosophy for the iCON design is to allow interconnectivity with everything that is ZigBee and Z-Wave controllable, along with Ethernet and RS-232, such as media servers, alarm systems, lighting controllers, HVAC systems and much more. It will be offered in several different configurations ranging from a consumer model, to an advanced systems integrator model, with an anticipate release date in the third quarter of 2006.
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If you¡¯d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Bob Howell or Lance Beck, please call Michael Sherman at 319-754-0604 or send an email to msher@winegard.com.
About Winegard:
The Winegard Company is widely considered an innovator and pioneer in product design, performance and assembly and has consistently adapted to meet the challenges of the ever-changing electronics market. It remains committed to continuous improvement in the quality, cost and delivery of its products and services to effectively meet all of its customer¡¯s needs and currently designs and manufactures more than 1,000 different products in six product lines distributed in all states and worldwide, including:
- Wireless Remote Home Control System: Sends the entertainment you want, remotely, where you want it, when you want it.
- Bundled Signal Distribution: Video, VoIP and High Speed Data and More, on a single existing cable run.
- Off-Air Antennas: From DC to 5.8 gigs AM/FM/VHF/UHF Antenna Systems, Distribution and Pre-Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories
- Telemetry: Medical and Data Antenna Systems, Distribution Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories.
- Satellite Antennas and Mounts: Residential antennas ranging in size from 46 cm to 1 meter.
- Mobile Television Reception Products: RV, Trucking, and Marine applications. Satellite systems ranging from manual crank-up models to automatic satellite tracking systems with GPS/DVB. Off-air antennas including bi-directional and omni-directional VHF/UHF/FM antennas. Ground Antenna Mounts and Accessories.
About the Z-Wave Alliance
The Z-Wave Alliance is a consortium of leading companies in the home technology space dedicated to solidifying Z-Wave as the standard for wireless home control products. Its members lead the home controls market, providing leading edge products and systems that deliver increased comfort, convenience, safety and security. Z-Wave technology is the foundation of all products manufactured by the Alliance members.
About Zigbee
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit industry consortium of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology providers, OEMs, and end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all.
¡ñ Winegard introduces icontm wireless remote control system
At ehx show
Contact: Michael Sherman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. 319-754-0604
Cell Phone: 901-351-9861
Email: msher@winegard.com
Winegard introduces icontm
wireless remote control system
At ehx show
The Next Generation In Wireless Home Automation, Makes The Connected FingerTM An Integral Part Of A Connected Home
Burlington, Iowa, November 9, 2005 ¨C At the EHX show in Anaheim today, Winegard let builders and installers see its newest option to the Triple Play bundle, Winegard¡¯s new wireless iCON whole-house remote control system. Said Lance Beck, New Product Development Manager for Winegard and inventor of the iCON concept technology said, ¡°Winegard has taken all of the intelligence of a high-end remote control system and package it, so that each television becomes the visual part of the user interface and the remote control becomes the input device.¡± iCON allows users to send the entertainment they want, remotely, where they want it, when they want it. It offers a user-friendly setup with customized TV menus for color and content.¡± It was designed with open architecture for user identified expandability and the remote also functions as a normal remote (volume control, channel selection, etc).
Bob Howell, Director Signal Distribution/Off-Air Antenna Business Group said, ¡°To use the iCON, simply get in front of any TV in the home and press one menu button on the iCon remote. A menu is displayed on the screen or in a PIP window. From the user menu, select the desired control function from the menu using the up/down/select buttons on the remote and then, a user can open the control interface and scripting, which allows control of anything that is controllable, within and outside the home, all while continuing to watch anything at the same time.¡±
The remote control itself needs no infrared code database or learning capability because all of this functionality is contained within the CPU box located in our HOME RUNTM structured Wiring Box.¡± The CPU box can execute a single command or a series of commands to perform the desired function. Once a function is selected, the CPU box becomes an I/R code ¡°translator¡±.? If a user is watching a DVD and presses pause on the remote, the CPU will send the proper I/R code to the DVD player, no matter where it is located on the home network. The iCON communicates with other iCON systems for distributed home control, allowing total functionality with a wide variety of devices via Ethernet, RS-232, BlueTooth and ZigBee interfaces.
Some designers and manufacturers are using closed profile designs which do not allow their ZigBee devices to work with others. Winegard had integrators in mind when the system was designed. Winegard¡¯s philosophy for the iCON design is to use open profiles, allowing interconnectivity with everything that is ZigBee controllable, along with Ethernet and RS-232 such as media servers, alarm systems, lighting controllers, HVAC systems and much more. Another benefit of the iCON that sets it apart is the addition of a web browser. Since the iCON is always hooked up to the network, users are always web capable.
There are a few remote systems on the market that encompass some of the elements of the iCON system. None of them achieve the iCON¡¯s level of integration at Winegard¡¯s price point. It will be offered in several different configurations ranging from a consumer model to an advanced systems integrator model with an anticipate release date in the third quarter of 2006.
###
If you¡¯d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Bob Howell or Lance Beck, please call Michael Sherman at 319-754-0604 or send an email to msher@winegard.com.
About Winegard:
The Winegard Company is widely considered an innovator and pioneer in product design, performance and assembly and has consistently adapted to meet the challenges of the ever-changing electronics market. It remains committed to continuous improvement in the quality, cost and delivery of its products and services to effectively meet all of its customer¡¯s needs and currently designs and manufactures more than 1,000 different products in six product lines distributed in all states and worldwide, including:
- Bundled Signal Distribution: Video, VoIP and High Speed Data and More, on a single cable run, with optional connected home remote control.
- Satellite Antennas and Mounts: Residential antennas ranging in size from 46 cm to 1 meter.
- Mobile Television Reception Products: RV, Trucking, and Marine applications. Satellite systems ranging from manual crank-up models to automatic satellite tracking systems with GPS/DVB. Off-air antennas including bi-directional and omni-directional VHF/UHF/FM antennas. Ground Antenna Mounts and Accessories.
- Off-Air Antennas: From DC to 5.8 gigs AM/FM/VHF/UHF Antenna Systems, Distribution and Pre-Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories
- Telemetry:? Medical and Data Antenna Systems, Distribution Amplifiers, Power Supplies and Accessories.
- Two-way Fixed/Transportable Mobile Satellite Internet Systems: offers real-time IP, video, voice, audio and data communications virtually anywhere, anytime.
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