Bang & Olufsen have a strategic collaboration with the following partners regarding Home automation: Products which can be directly controlled by the Beo5 using B&O supplied XML files 3BM Light Busch-Jaeger btiCino Clipsal Linak HB20 Lutron GRX16-IT Lutron HomeWorks Lutron Maestro Lutron RadioRA G-Rail 6000 series (curtains) Hunter Douglas Shades

The B&O Beo5 remote is intended to compliment the Beo4 and not replace it. It is a fully flexible and personalised remote control that can handle the operation of any product combination, providing an individual solution for the user. It can be adapted to the system setup, it adapts to the surrounding light conditions and can be adapted to any users

Apparently B&O recently determined that many non-AV third party products often have short or narrow IR-receiver range making it almost impossible to control the product in a manner most B&O customers would expect. The Beo5 Configuration Tool and associated firmware have already been updated to version 2.20 (firmware 1.40a) to deal with the hardware

This is a typical example of source buttons available in a zone which normally means a room.

This picture shows a typical channel page setup