HomeToys October Emagazine

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Articles:
CEDIA 2003 - HomeToys Report - Steve McConaughey reports on the highlights
of the show.
ZigBee Technology - Wireless Control that Simply Works by Patrick Kinney
Standards Schmandards - Standards provide a level playing field for both the
builder and the installer ... by John Stagl
Halloween Automation - Halloween is the perfect time to automate your
scariest ideas - Stefan Willmert
Electronic Assistive Technology - Smart homes and disabled people - by Guy
Dewsbury, Elizabeth Sergeant, Gordon Baxter and Stan Johnston
Buying Home Tech Equip on the Net - Selling boxes is easy. Buying boxes is
easy. Integrating the boxes may not be so easy ... David Teel
Protection during Electrical Outages - The quality of electrical power has
either remained the same or in most cases has become worse - Ramon
Esparolini
MP3 Music Throughout My House - MP3 music from a computer in the home office
is distributed throughout the house on existing cat3 phone wires ...
Prasanna M. Shah
Ultra-Wideband Solutions - A Parks Associates White Paper by Kurt Sherf
Public Hot Spots - 1 Truth - 2 Myths - by Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai
PLC Registers - PLCs offer a fixed amount of registers, depending on the
model and configuration ... Eugene Kowch
Home Automation on the PC - This article discusses home automation, what's
available for the PC today, what we can do and what we can't - By Kevin Moss
Purchasing a Video Processor - Video Processors, The Swiss Army Knife of
your Home Theater - by Isaac Saboohi and Sean Walsh
Product Data & Project Templates - Building Blocks for Developing Business
Process by Peter Cosenza and Keith Davis
Installing Cable Raceways - Future-Proofing for Your Home with Carlon®
Resi-Gard® by Renee Bruno
Powerline Carrier - Cepco powerline automation system by Paul Belcher

Product Reviews:
Philips iPronto - 3 devices in one ... a remote control, a program guide and
a web browser by Bob Hetherington

Interviews:
Connected Homes: European Perspective - An interview with Roger Torrenti,
CEO, Sigma Consultants and Karine Valin, General Manager, Homega Research By
Thomas Gilroy, IT journalist, Sophia Antipolis

Chip Brown CEO Sonance - Sonance wants to be an "end-to-end" solution
provider for multi-zone products, providing products from source components,
to control/switching systems, to playback products likes amps and speakers.

Special CEDIA 2003 Report - Online Now ... almost 200 product announcements.

New Feature - Classified Ads
New and Used Equipment / Help Wanted / Dealers Wanted / Dealers and
Installers - This is a new feature that we hope will flourish with
information soon.

New Products - Revised Format ... New Categories ... Continuously Updated
.... Promote Your New Product Here
[LIGHTING AND AUTOMATION] [ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS] [HOME OFFICE AND DATA
NETWORKS] [WIRING AND ACCESSORIES] [COMMUNICATIONS] [SAFETY AND SECURITY]
[HVAC AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT] [OTHER HOME SYSTEMS]

Industry News Update - New Format ... Continuously Updated

Upcoming Events
Oct 1-3 National Summit on Security - An ISC Expo Event Washington, DC
Oct 13-14 Focus on Fusion - The Digital Domicile San Jose, CA
Oct 14-16 Custom Installation Basics "Boot Camp" Indianapolis, IN
Oct 15-16 LonWorld 2003 and the Echelon Developers' Conference Munich,
Germany
Oct 22-24 OSGi World Congress - 15% Discount if you use the special HomeToys
code - HOMET15WC Düsseldorf, Germany
Oct 27-31 Net-atHomeT 2003 Conference & Exhibition Cannes, France
Oct 29-30 Banking on Broadband Services - Executive Seminar from Parks
Associates New York City, NY
Nov 5-6 The Home Media Experience - Executive Seminar from Parks Associates
San Jose, CA
Nov 10-13 Electronic House Expo - Fall 2003 Long Beach, CA
Nov 12-13 HDTV Forum 2003 Marina del Rey, CA
Nov 13 CABA/EH Broadband Summit Long Beach, CA
Nov 16-21 COMDEX Fall 2003 Las Vegas, NV

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