Jordan O'BrienBang & Olufsen is officially opening up its BeoLink SmartHome to other automation systems commonly installed by custom integrators. Crestron, Control4 and Savant are all now supported with BeoLink smart home.
The concept behind this is a simple BeoLink Gateway enabler that opens up the world of integration, so the customer can select freely among suitable smarthome devices and systems, both things already installed and things yet to come. It allows you in a very simple way to create functionality and features that makes life easier.
“In the development of the BeoLink SmartHome the key word for us has been openness and flexibility. Bang & Olufsen is the global leader in creating high quality, innovative and beautiful sound and picture experiences and our ambition is to integrate these experiences with other in-home technology solutions through a simple, cloud-based system. That is exactly what BeoLink SmartHome is doing”, states Christoffer Østergaard Poulsen senior director, home integration
One of Bang & Olufsen’s signature experiences is that a user can control all Bang & Olufsen TV and audio systems and third-party products like Apple TV and PlayStation with one Bang & Olufsen remote control. These experiences are constantly extended with the BeoLink SmartHome, where a multitude of technologies can be integrated through a secure remote, cloud-based connection to control hundreds of third-party devices and home automation systems.
The set-up and configuration have been radically simplified in the BeoLink SmartHome compared to market standards. The Bang & Olufsen Real-time Configuration Tool is pre-installed with hundreds of drivers and is based on a graphic interface to take the coding out of home automation programming.