Savant Unveils the ROSIE Expandable Controller
September 2007
Osterville, MA. — Savant Systems LLC, with a visionary approach to home automation that emphasizes reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform, has announced the introduction of the ROSIE Expandable Controller. The ROSIE Expandable Controller fulfills control and automation expansion in a 1U half rack-style enclosure. The ROSIE Expandable Controller is the ideal solution for pairing with the family of ROSIE primary controllers for cost effective expansion control. The Expandable Controller includes a blend of the most common control formats:
- (8) – RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 serial ports
- (6) – IR / serial transmitter ports
- (4) – Relay (dry contacts) ports
- (7) – GPIO (12 V Trigger IO) ports
- (1) – Ethernet 10/100 ports
The ROSIE Expandable Controller presents a control and entertainment environment that delivers an unprecedented level of system design flexibility while dramatically reducing the programming costs typically associated with full-featured home automation systems. Integrators will have the capacity to control such devices as flat panel displays, DVD players, AV receivers, set-top boxes, projectors, lighting, IP cameras and security cameras, thermostats, window treatments, security and other equipment commonly deployed in multi-room residential settings as well as business installations. The Expandable Controller is designed specifically for use with the ROSIE multimedia home and automation architecture enabling convenient, intuitive and graphically-rich control.
The ROSIE Expandable Controller has been designed to work with the innovative RacePoint Blueprint™ design tool, an advanced, intelligent, and easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring, programming, and customizing the controller’s software. RacePoint Blueprint™ provides the flexibility and control that installers and system integrators must have in order to efficiently build, configure, and customize each installation without the need for costly low-level programming.
About Savant: Savant was founded by a core group of technology pioneers with hundreds of years of combined real-world experience in peripheral applications such as programmable systems, digital signal processing, telephony, switching systems, video processing, and home electronics integration. The Savant Team is committed to redefining the Home Control Systems industry with a visionary solution to home automation that emphasizes reliability and a maintenance-friendly open platform. The Savant product suite is distinguished by an unparalleled blend of cutting-edge technology and advanced next-generation graphics.
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