The Art of Hacking AV Systems

There are quite a few conferences that focus on AV equipment. On the consumer side, there is CES, on the broadcast side there is NAB, then for residential AV there is CEDIA Expo and for commercial AV, we have InfoComm. The latest conference to focus on AV equipment, however, happened Friday, August 10th. The conference? DEFCON. […]

The Art of Hacking AV Systems

Alexa, Manage My Church AV System

“Alexa, turn on the church audiovisual system.” Clever voice-activated connectivity? Maybe. But practical? Not really. “Alexa, show me the upcoming maintenance on all of my audiovisual components, listing them in descending order by date.” Clever? Maybe. But practical? Absolutely. In the house of worship market, convenience isn’t a key driver for upgrades or new purchases. […]

Alexa, Manage My Church AV System

Worried About Security with Control Systems? We Asked Crestron’s Security Expert What to Do

Crestron’s Toine Leerentveld is the control system security expert. I caught up with him at ISE and asked him about the industry’s current concerns with the security of control systems and what Crestron is doing to address it. He also tells me about a security guide that Crestron has to help integrators deal with this […]

Worried About Security with Control Systems? We Asked Crestron’s Security Expert What to Do

Relationships: Should You Be Steady Dating, or Playing the Field?

If anyone is a regular reader of my columns or blogs, they know that Bates College, where I work, is a Crestron house. This summer I was able to work with some products from AMX. Specifically, we had the DVX-3155HD presentation switcher, along with the Modero MXT-1000 touch panel. I was able to configure these […]

Relationships: Should You Be Steady Dating, or Playing the Field?

Touch Panel Control Launches iPhone App for AMX Control Systems

Touch Panel Control, a mobile software development company based in the UK, has officially launched TPControl, an iPhone application for all AMX control systems. The product will be available January 2010 for download from the Apple App Store. We’re impressed with this 3rd party App as it’s extremely easy-to-use and does seamlessly integrate with AMX […]

Touch Panel Control Launches iPhone App for AMX Control Systems