Stardraw Control generates standalone, customized control programs that can manage and monitor any type of addressable equipment from any manufacturer using any protocol over any communications infrastructure. This approach frees systems integrators from closed or proprietary architectures and applications, offering instead the ability to create a single application that can control many different products with as much or as little complexity as the end user needs.
O2M8 Ltd is a UK-based company creating innovative smart home products and solutions using standard technologies and open source software to reduce costs and drive growth in the smart home industry. WebBrick is a web-enabled control and monitoring unit that incorporates a range of interfaces including eight configurable trigger inputs, eight TTL or open collector digital outputs, four digital monitor inputs, a multi-temperature sensor input bus, a rotary encoder input, an analogue input and two analogue outputs. A web server and network interface allow for easy configuration, control and monitoring by other nodes on the TCP/IP network. The WebBrick is now fully supported within Stardraw Control.
John Guyatt, O2M8 managing director, is enthusiastic about the development: "I'm excited about improving the user interface choices for WebBrick technology" he commented. "There is no doubt that Stardraw Control offers a simple and very elegant solution which makes our products more attractive to integrators and installers targeting building automation applications. We also like the fact that Stardraw is dedicated to supporting open platforms rather than closed, proprietary architectures which aligns perfectly with our own core strategy. Anything that makes our solutions easier for customers to use definitely gets our vote". O2M8 will utilize Stardraw Control for its future smart home solutions as it offers unmatched simplicity and flexibility for installers during the system integration phase.
Like other Stardraw applications, Stardraw Control is fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use; with a drag-drop interface and intuitive design environment, installers are able to configure systems and control them without having to write a single line of code. Generated control programs are portable and can run on any Windows-enabled device, from PC to PDA. Stardraw Control can communicate with and control any device using any protocol including TCP/IP, RS232, DMX, IR, EtherSound, infra-red, UDP, SNMP, QSControl.Net and CobraNet.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
