MOUNT VERNON, N.Y., May 24, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Key Digital is proud to introduce its first comprehensive control system for commercial applications called Compass Control®. Compass Control® represents the first fully integrated major control system built from the ground up to use Apple's iOS 5 devices – iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch® – as its backbone.
Key Digital® in conjunction with Compass Control's Compass Alliance Partners (CAP) has created a fully integrated control system with driver support for hardware from the following brands: Aprilaire, Boston Acoustics®, ClearOne®, Denon, Furman, ICRealtime Security Solutions®, iPort®, Key Digital, LG, Lutron®, Luxul, Marantz®, MechoSystems, Onkyo®, Panamax, Primeview, Russound®, SurgeX, and Wolfvision®. Combining the knowledge and expertise from the different CAP brands has allowed Compass Control® to develop into a complete turnkey or commercial control solution.
This exciting new product can be used anywhere and at any time. Once the system has been programmed and the application activated using the KD-CSL Compass Control® software license, the system is ready for use. All of the control protocols are routed through the KD-MC2500 Master Controller which effectively acts as the brain of the entire system. The Master Controller, which itself is controllable via TCP/IP, communicates with all devices in the system and integrates all components. Compass Control® is a powerful tool in an educational setting where it gives an educator control over audio, video, and lighting in order to create a better learning environment. Compass Control® even has the power to monitor hundreds of security cameras in an apartment building at the swipe of a finger.
Compass Control® has the ability to control devices via RS-232, IR, or TCP/IP. This new control system provides installers with bi-directional IR, two-way RS-232 with feedback, and two-way TCP/IP control for unlimited flexibility and maximum compatibility with new or existing devices. Compass Control® also provides control via relays and sensors demonstrating its nature as a powerful integration tool. When programming the system via the Compass Navigator® PC editor software, installers are given three separate database managers to make programming faster than traditional control systems. Compass Navigator® also enables installers to edit command code sets, allowing Compass Control® to be tailored to each and every system installation.
Key Digital Vice-President for Sales, Michael Lakhter, commented on Compass Control's readiness to take on market challenges, "With the combined efforts of all of our Compass Alliance Partners, Compass Control® represents the culmination of our efforts to create the most powerful, most user-friendly, and most comprehensive control system available on the market today."
Come see today why Key Digital® and CAP are the Experts in Digital Video Technology and Solutions. For more information please visit or http://www.keydigital.com. For more information on Compass Control® please visit http://keydigital.com/compass. Key Digital® will be displaying Compass Control® at InfoComm 2012 – for more information click here or visit us at Booth #C5438. Also please download the Compass Control® demo app by clicking here.
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