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Smarthome Launches Stand-Alone Home Automation Controller at Electronic House Expo East (11/3/2004)

PowerLinc(TM) Controller Runs Home Automation Management Software Without the Need for Powered-On PC; SwitchLinc Timer, X10-Boosted Products Also Announced

Smarthome, Inc., the world's leading provider of home automation products and personal gadgets, today introduced its PowerLinc(TM) Controller, a plug-in module that allows users to run home automation management software without the need for a powered-on PC, as well as an automated light switch with a built-in timer and X10-enhanced products at the Electronic House Expo East in Orlando.

The PowerLinc Controller includes Smarthome Manager Essential software, a new home automation scheduling application designed for flexibility and ease- of-use. The software downloads program data from a PC to the controller via a USB connection.

PowerLinc Controller users can store more than 1,000 commands in a memory chip inside the controller module, allowing users to conveniently control and monitor their home automation devices, such as scheduling timer events for lighting or other devices, setting commands by room or section of the home, or maintaining a master reference list of all commands and devices.

Also being introduced at EH Expo East is SwitchLinc Timer, a relay version of Smarthome's SwitchLinc product with a built-in timer that turns off a light after a pre-set time period of up to 45 minutes.

Smarthome will also be launching top-selling products from the company that now incorporate BoosterLinc(TM) technology. BoosterLinc strengthens the X10 signal -- the technology that enables automated devices to communicate via the home's existing electrical wiring -- to ensure a reliable home automation network.

"With these products, users can now expect both convenient and reliable control of their home automation devices," said Joe Dada, president and CEO of Smarthome, Inc. based in Irvine, Calif. "These proprietary products are part of Smarthome's mission to bring the highest level of quality and satisfaction to the home automation experience."

PowerLinc Controller users can upgrade to Smarthome Manager Plus which provides additional control and monitoring of home automation devices such as setting up "conditionals," which may be based on X10 device status, time, date, motion or other variable; or scheduling sequences of frequently used commands. PowerLinc Controller is also compatible with Home Control Assistant software for the PC and Indigo software for the Macintosh.

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