Just a quick News Flash for any dealers looking to integrate Crestron with Heatmiser's stellar heating control solution along with their colour TouchPad product.  We've tested the system in our lab and can confirm the solution work flawlessly.  Heatmiser have cleverly added a second RS485 bus for the Crestron control system, and when your Crestron program wants to talk to a thermostat, the TouchPad pauses its communications until the Crestron system has finished.

Not only does this provide the customer with a great central location to address the more involved configuration of their heating system, rather than adding unwanted complexity to the Crestron panels, but it also provides the installer with a great way to check their Heatmiser communications installation prior to installing and loading up the control system.

For more details on Heatmiser's TouchPad product visit www.heatmiser.co.uk

Although we haven't received a win directly in this year's Crestron Integration Awards 2011, Ultamation were responsible for the programming of not one, but two of the winning submissions.  As we were commissioned by the winning integration companies we won't give away which projects they were, but are very proud to have been partially responsible for the wins on two prestigious and high-profile projects.

It's an idiosyncrasy of the Custom Installation industry, but unfortunately many of the best projects are covered under non-disclosure which prevents us from being able to shout about them.  This is quite understandable - most of our clients are high-net-worth, private people or in the public eye and aren't really asking any more than the rest of us would in being allowed some privacy in their own homes.  Would you want the world to know where you sleep or the colour of your living room walls?

We love a bit of limelight as much as anyone, but even standing in the wings, we're delighted that two projects bearing our fingerprint have won first place this year.

Ultamation now have not one, but two fully certified Crestron Digital Media Certified Designers and Engineers.  Both members of staff completed the training at Crestron's UK Headquarters, one with an amazing 100% test score, and the other not far behind on 97%.

This certification places Ultamation out in front of the majority of Crestron dealerships, showing that we are fully conversant in all things High Definition and how it applies to Crestron's industry leading HD distribution systems.  We are able to design and install systems compliant with the HD-DTDS specification, a requirement for most high-end digital media distribution installation, and in doing so can pass on Crestron's guarantee that the completed system will handle the most technically challenging of today's video technologies including 1080p Deep Colour and 3D formats.

Ultamation have won the "Most Creative GUI" in this year's coveted Crestron Integration Awards.  In the most hotly contested of the nine categories, Ultamation's entry beat off the competition on the grounds of technical excellence married with intuitive and "funky" design.

Ultamation are very pleased to announce that we are now Kaleidescape Signature dealers.  After a great deal of consideration, and looking at other offerings in the movie and music server space, we decided that Kaleidescape products set the benchmark that other manufacturers aspire to but, sadly, cannot match.  Kaleidescape's proprietary operating system (KEAOS) provides a platform designed specifically for purpose - without any of the isues that Windows or Linux based systems exhibit such as jerky performance or limited uptime between reboots.  This, combined with a mature and very well written integration library for Crestron control systems, makes Kaleidescape a perfect partner in delivering the highest-specificaton integrated audio-visual systems for your home or yacht.

With Ultamation delivering Crestron and Kaleidescape, you can't get any better.

Ultamation are pleased to announce the release of a new Heatmiser module supporting the V3 protocol.  The latest version of the Heatmiser products (also sold under other brands, such as Wavin) communicate using a more complex protocol which incorporates CRC error correction.  Communicating directly with the thermostats over RS485, the initial release of the module supports power control, run-mode (normal or frost protect) and set-point control, all with true feedback, including current room temp and heating demand status.  For more information, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it