PRODUCT REVOLUTION
Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of
Legrand | AV, is building upon its commitment
of delivering more solutions and support in the
E.U. with local inventory and shipment of
region-specific power plugs for its High Power
DC Power Distribution Series. The versatile,
higher-power-capacity solution was first
introduced at ISE 2019 and provides
maximum power to support more devices
while also eliminating messy, spaceconsuming
power supply units, also known as
wall warts, from the AV design. Available in
200W and 300W models, both units offer
high current capacity to an industry-leading
quantity of outputs – up to 24 devices – in a
5V, 12V, 24V, or 12/24V split unit.
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Custom installation distributor BlackWire
Designers has created a new driver for the
Control4 platform that eliminates the need
for service calls to power cycle devices that
have fallen offline. To kill service calls before
they start, the driver monitors the connected
status of components controlled by
residential or commercial Control4 systems.
If a device falls offline, the driver
automatically issues a command to
compatible PDUs to power cycle the outlet
it’s connected to. The new driver is currently
compatible with almost any PDU on the
market, including Luxul’s 2-, 8-, and 16-outlet
PDUs, and Middle Atlantic Products’ PDUs
featuring RackLink.
Baldwin Hardware has developed the electronic
TouchScreen door lock collection, which combines
SecureScreen and Z-Wave technology with a solidbrass
design to create a simple electronic solution.
A one-touch locking capability provides for quick
departures requiring no key or code to lock the
door. Baldwin TouchScreen allows you to program
up to 16 user codes while the Z-wave version
expands to 30 codes, for family, guests and service
professionals. The new TouchScreen electronic
offering is available in two deadbolt styles,
Minneapolis and Boulder, and in 17 finishes.