The Apple iPad is a Crestron Touchpanel
5 May 2010
The Crestron line of Apple Integration Products continues to Grow! The hot new Apple® iPad is a full 2-way Crestron® touchpanel – available the same day it ships from Apple.
Immediately take advantage of the free Crestron Mobile™ app (currently available from iTunes®) to transform your iPad into a complete home automation touchpanel, or use the Crestron Mobile Pro™ app to turn the iPad into a entirely customised user interface while enjoying the sleek, stylish Apple look, right from day one.
Use existing Crestron software tools to create GUI designs and seamlessly integrate with any Crestron control system, including Prodigy®. Use the vast library of free Crestron graphics or produce custom images as desired. Browse, select and play songs and movies; control lights and adjust temperature, all from the iPad.
The iPad connects to the Crestron controller via WiFi or 3G network the same way the iPhone® or iPod touch® does today. Simply add complete Crestron control to any room in the home, or take advantage of the 3G iPad for control anywhere, whether in the car, on vacation or at the office.
Crestron is committed to offering great solutions for integrating Apple products into the home. Display touchpanel interfaces with XPanel for Mac® to take full Crestron control from any iMac® or MacBook®. Convert your iPod® into a Crestron controlled media server using the Crestron Interface for Apple iPod (CEN-IDOCV), Crestron iServer™ (CEN-ISERVER) or the Prodigy® Interface for Apple iPod (P-IDOCV). Crestron Mobile™ lets you use the iPad, as well as iPhone and iPod touch, to take complete control of any system, anywhere.
Jason Lewis, National Sales Manager for Crestron Australia & New Zealand poses the question:
“What happens to the custom install business which currently sells more expensive wireless touch screens in almost every project?”
“Nothing much will change, except customers will have a wider product choice and a lower cost if they choose an Apple® interface for some applications. A dedicated Crestron control interface will always provide fast immediate user operation and a huge choice in wireless, desktop, web based and in-wall control solutions to form a single system.
Integration of the Apple® products range is complementary to what Crestron has always offered – the only completely integrated and fully flexible control solution for Residential and Commercial applications”
Check out the complete Crestron line for Integration with Apple Products at www.crestron.com/apple