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Xantech Shows the ISM4 Intelligent System Manager/Controller, Which Practically Eliminates Unnecessary Service Calls
— Unit offers automatic syncing and status control for up to four IR component sources
— XPS programming feature eliminates the need for programming with a PC, and power status sensing assures system synchronization —
and is expandable to support over eight sources —
CEDIA EXPO, INDIANAPOLIS, IN, September 7, 2011 — Xantech (booth 3325), the company that invented the concept of extended IR control for audio/video systems, shows the ISM4 Intelligent System Manager/Controller, the most reliable way to keep home theater systems completely in sync, thereby virtually eliminating unwanted service calls. Using any IR remote control, users can program the System Manager to turn on the display, BluRay player, cable, A/V receiver or other system component, instantly and automatically setting everything to the proper Input and Volume level. The ISM4 offers visibility of any IR component’s Power State and automatically issues the proper commands to keep it in sync with the rest of the system; operation is as simple as turning on the user-designated “master device” component (e.g. The TV), and the ISM4’s settings coordinate the entire system. System synchronization has never been simpler or more reliable.
The ISM4 monitors the power status of up to four IR components, with the ability to expand to over eight sources, ensuring that all components are ON or OFF when they are supposed to be. The on/off master control can be set via IR or RS-232, or manually. With RS-232 status output, contractors and system integrators can offer customers higher level control systems that monitor system power status of individual components. The ISM4 can also be used with all of Xantech’s Sensor modules for audio, video, CC, AC/DC and current and even a light sensor, providing the ultimate in status monitoring confidence (One SMVID01 video sensor is included; other sensors are sold separately). Furthermore, the ISM4’s XPS programming feature makes it a completely self-contained device and eliminates the need to use a PC for programming. The XPS feature also includes a cloning feature that allows the system integrator to copy programming from one unit to another for even greater efficiency during the system’s integration process.
Applications for the ISM4 extend beyond the home theater realm, allowing the same ease of synchronization within hotel room entertainment systems and classroom presentation cart systems, as well as conference rooms and wherever reliable IR control and system status verification is critical. “Users of commercial audio/video systems have been reluctant to use IR components in the past because they could never be certain if every device in a system was actually on or off and in sync with the other components,” explains Rick Seegull, Director of Business Development for Xantech. “In a home theater situation, it is indispensable to keep the system always in sync and accessible to any level of user. I often hear stories of an A/V integrator programming a state-of-the-art touch panel remote control, only to have the home owner using the cable TV remote by mistake, and then the entire system becomes out of sync. The ISM4 changes all of that. You can always have complete confidence that all of the IR components in a system are in sync – on or off – and users can address the system in the way that suits them best, with the IR remote, through RS-232, or just by hitting the power switch on the TV or whichever component is designated as the master device.”
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About Xantech
Xantech (www.xantech.com) designs and manufactures an extensive range of audio, video and control products and systems, many of which have become de facto industry standards. Xantech IR products are specified into more audio/video installations than any other brand. Xantech also supplies hi-definition HDMI video solutions, touch-panels and IP control systems for residential and commercial applications, multi-room audio/video systems, audio source components and processors, and software programming tools.Products are sold to professional installers and distributors directly from Xantech. Xantech’s products are marketed in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe. Xantech is a part of The AVC Group in Carlsbad, California. For additional information about Xantech and its innovative products, please visit www.xantech.com.
About The AVC Group, LLC:
Headquartered in Carlsbad, California, The AVC Group, LLC is a portfolio of pre-eminent manufacturers and marketers of state-of-the-art consumer and commercial audio, video and control system solutions. The AVC Group is comprised of the following industry leading brands: NILES® Audio (www.nilesaudio.com), ELAN® Home Systems (www.elanhomesystems.com), Xantech® (www.xantech.com), ATON® (www.atonhome.com), and Sunfire® (www.sunfire.com). The AVC Group, LLC is a subsidiary of Nortek, Inc.’s (www.nortek-inc.com) Home Technology Group.
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