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Why I didn’t wait for 2027
The first in a series on my road to the EU Cyber Resilience Act: what the Act asks, what my self-assessment found, and what we have done since.
LCD launches LCD Dashboard: the whole Crestron Home house at a glance
LCD Dashboard gives Crestron Home a live whole-house view, alerts and lighting energy estimates in any browser on the home network. £200 per processor, 30-day free trial.
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Crestron Home Dashboard: the Home Assistant Look Without a Second System
Love Home Assistant dashboards but run Crestron Home? LCD Dashboard gives you a live whole-house view, alerts and energy estimates on the system you already have.
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Make your 2N a real Crestron Home lock — with PIN users and a log of who came through
The 2N Native Lock driver turns a 2N intercom’s strike output into a native Crestron Home lock — proper lock tile, PIN users, schedules, and access attributed to the person.
An alarm from parts you already have: UI Dynamic + Sonos as an alert fabric
Any sensor that can send a webhook plus the Sonos speakers already in the house make a house-wide, repeat-until-acknowledged alert — with an arm and acknowledge tile, no alarm panel.
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Your 2N intercom, finally programmable in Crestron Home
The 2N Doorstation driver puts every switch, input, relay and call button of a 2N intercom into Crestron Home programming — as tile controls, actions and events.
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What’s new in Sonos Chime V2
Sonos Chime V2 for Crestron Home: a browser setup app, your own chimes and announcements included with the licence, per-chime volume, and honest failure reporting.
Sonos Amp Multi is Revolutionizing Custom Integration
How Sonos Amp Multi is Revolutionizing Custom Integration for Modern Homes Image Credit : Sonos The home audio landscape…
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The Hidden Reason
Spoiler alert: It’s not what you think. Last week, I walked into a conference room where a £200,000 AV system…
Are ‘Smart’ Building Systems Really Making You Efficient?
Are ‘Smart’ Building Systems Really Making You Efficient? Ever felt like you need a PhD to operate your “smart” building?…
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The Future of Building Controls: What’s Coming in 2026
The Building Revolution That’s Already Started: Why Your Controls Are About to Become Obsolete Meta Description: Discover the groundbreaking building…
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Smart Lighting Beyond Illumination:
The Backbone of Intelligent Buildings Discover how integrated lighting control systems have evolved beyond illumination to become the central nervous…
The Hidden Drain: 5 Control System Mistakes Silently Costing You Thousands Every Month
Eighteen months after investing in a “cutting-edge” control system, a facilities director at a prominent UK university was shocked to…
Crafting Solutions: The Art of Problem-Centric Software Design
Introduction At the heart of problem-centric software design is a desire to understand the complexities of the problem statement. This…
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Product Launch : LCD IR App
LCD launches IR App for configuration of devices in Crestron & Crestron Home App configuration tool set to revolutionise IR…
Introduction to Linux Syslog and What it Does
Because of its versatility, reliability, and security, Linux has emerged as the most powerful and well-liked platform in the era…
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The Benefits of Configurable software
The Benefits of Configurable Software Using scalable and configurable software for audiovisual (AV) room control offers numerous benefits compared to…
JetBrains Rider vs. Microsoft Visual Studio – The IDE Battle for Audio Visual Programmers
Once upon a time, in the realm of .NET development, a titan named Visual Studio stood a shoulder above the…
Unveiling the Synergy of Sales and Technical Brilliance: Recap of the Crestron Event in Madrid
Last week, Madrid played the host to a groundbreaking event as Crestron, a leader in workplace technology solutions, brought together…
Crestron Service Providers
The Crestron Services Provider program (CSP) is offered by Crestron Electronics, a leading manufacturer of advanced control and automation systems.…
Advantages of Static IPs in Device Integration
Audio-visual control systems like Crestron Home, allow users control of multiple pieces of equipment through a single cohesive system. That…
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5 things you can do to weather the supply chain Crisis
Supply Chain: What Does 2023 Hold? Even as the world starts to recover from the disruptions caused by the pandemic,…
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Alltogether now Masters 2022
Crestron Masters Returns as an In-Person Event in 2022 and LCD will be there in person for the first time…
LCD becomes 2N Premium Partner
LCD becomes 2N Premium Partner, We have had the pleasure of working closely with 2N over the last year on…
Award winning LCD project hits the target
Working with 4GD and Nucleus AV the team at LCD created a control system for immersive training. Here is what…
Driving forward
Over the last 12 months the global pandemic has given us the opportunity to develop plans on new parts of…
Covid
Times are not normal just now and I never expected to be writing a blog post about what my business is not doing!
The Design Black Hole
In the AV industry consultants, designers and integrators have always struggled with defining the functionality of systems. I’m not talking…
Design Assist
I’m really looking forward to Crestron Masters in Madrid next week. The very fact that this event now has a…
Full stack AV Developer
Developer , Programmer , configurator, engineer … In the software world, the new wanna-be job title is a “Full Stack…
“Alexa: please partner Crestron”
The announcements in the CI press at the start of September announcing Amazon Alexa partnership and Sonos partnerships started a…
Testing of RS232 control cables for installers
Summary: Despite the increase in control via ethernet the use of RS232 is widespread in integrated AV systems and the…
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Taming the content , managing the beast
Content is changing that we have known for some time! The Streaming revolution that started with Sonos and others…
Our Design Process
Lighting Control Process Stage One: Lighting Hardware Selection – Lighting Controls Specification This stage splits straight down the middle between…
A Great Legacy – Tiger Systems
Mode Lighting’s Tiger dimming system has been around for over 20 years and is a real workhorse of the leisure…
Edin DSI Convertor solution
This recent small works solution designed as a simple bolt-on to an existing LEAX Panel and an centralised emergency lighting…
Dimming Voltmaster – Intelligent transformers!
Working on a recent project I came across these interesting transformers. They allow connection of lov voltage lighting at…
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Ethernet to DMX control via Crestron
I am currently working on a module for control of a Ethernet DMX Node from a Creston Control system. With…
Microphonics™ – Thats not a word!
Microphonics™ isn’t a word is it? It is now! As those of you who know me will be aware I…
Lighting Control showing the colours
Lighting controls were showing the colourstyle controller at the recent Bar 09 Show at The highland Showground in Edinburgh. The…
DMX Architecture Were here to help!
DMX as a standard was developed for the entertainment industry and has been adopted for use in large architectural projects…
Save energy with Lighting control systems
Energy saving light bulbs have taken over the world in the last couple of years so much so that later…
Mode Lighting and the 17th edition
The recent introduction of the 17th edition regulations means a number of changes in the protection of circuits. Mode Lighting…
RS232 handshaking for the non-technical user
A recent project meant i had to explain a RS232 integration to non technical users. RS232 is a very simple…
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Manual Control of Automation
Automation is great and sales people sell lighting control systems based on the ability to automate tasks. But as anyone…
1-10v Lighting Control Installations whats the standard?
A recent project highlighted the common mistakes made when wiring 1-10v DC analogue control. When wiring for DMX or Dali…
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Lighting Control System Standards
Aims This short document aims to present the common Lighting Control System Standards used in the lighting industry today and give…
Lighting controls and design
I visit many high end developments programming lighting controls. When we are just contracted to do the programming we arrive…
