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A Blinding Success for Integration from Lutron (31/1/2005)

Following the blinding success of Sivoia QED, Lutron Electronics Co. Inc., the world leader in lighting control, has introduced an enhancement to its GRAFIK Eye 3000/4000 systems to provide total wireless control and integration of window treatments, projection screens and lighting.

Lutron's new Ethernet interface for GRAFIK Eye 3000/4000 lighting control systems not only enables the seamless integration of lights and blinds with AV touch screen control systems, but offers the ideal solution for installations, such as boardrooms, where a variety of different manufacturers products' need to communicate through a single screen. The interface can be programmed to control any combination of 1-8 GRAFIK Eye 3000/4000 units and counts as one of 16 possible accessory controls. An RS232 interface is also available, to ensure complete keypad communication.

The Ethernet interface enables users to select or sequence lighting scenes, raise or lower one or more zones and lock control units. Using the interface with GRAFIK Eye 3500 or 4500 series control units, an individual is able to control curtains and blinds zones as well. The set-zone-intensity command also allows users to select presets for an individual Sivoia QED electronic drive unit.

Adam Lansing, International Manager, comments: "Lutron's development of the Ethernet interface ensures that GRAFIK Eye 3000 and 4000 systems offer users ultimate control of the lit environment around them, as well as complete A/V integration. With ease of use and speed of installation designed into this product enhancement, the Ethernet interface looks set to be very popular with end users and installers alike".

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