https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/13.aspxThe main Meeting Place for BeoWorld members, and the place for General Questions, Answers and things to say! If you have any questions about anything Bang &amp; Olufsen related - please ask. If you have anything to say - please tell!enCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197940.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:58:44 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197940rayfenwick0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197940.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197940<p><blockquote><div><img src="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/Themes/beotheme1/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Puncher:</strong></div><div></p> <p>It will be interesting to see how much &quot;universal&quot; compatibilty each manufacturer offers, if any. Potentially full, cross platform,&nbsp;home automation could be offered by everyone (who has signed up to the consortium).</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p></div></blockquote></p> <p>It has been promised many times (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.havi.org/home.html">HaVI</a> etc) but never seems to fruit <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/06.gif" alt="Sad" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197923.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:41:45 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197923Puncher0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197923.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197923<p>It will be interesting to see how much &quot;universal&quot; compatibilty each manufacturer offers, if any. Potentially full, cross platform,&nbsp;home automation could be offered by everyone (who has signed up to the consortium).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197921.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:28:47 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197921tournedos0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197921.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197921<p>The only downside is that is not based on Bluetooth, which has already made its way into a number of handheld appliances including mobile phones and is well supported on computers as well.</p> <p>ZigBee is a better base for this since it can also create mesh networks instead of the quite strictly point-to-point nature of Bluetooth communications. However, I&#39;m afraid BT has enough head start so that this will never quite catch on...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197918.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 14:23:25 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197918rayfenwick0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197918.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197918<p><blockquote><div><img src="https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/Themes/beotheme1/images/icon-quote.gif"> <strong>Keith Saunders:</strong></div><div></p> <p>All I will say at this time is &quot;about time too&quot; I find it difficult to understand why its taken so long..</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p></div></blockquote></p> <p>Easy - they wanted to make sure they got lots of money for their investment in IR before they abandon it for something else <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197910.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 13:33:08 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197910Keith Saunders0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197910.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197910<p>All I will say at this time is &quot;about time too&quot; I find it difficult to understand why its taken so long..</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197906.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 13:02:31 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197906rayfenwick0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197906.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197906<p>I must admit I&#39;d not seen it, but have thought about it in the past.&nbsp; It makes a lot of sense.&nbsp; Finally 2-way remotes with decent battery life, no LOS problems, and of course modern displays.</p> <p>Build it into an iPhone, and......&nbsp; <img src="http://forum.beoworld.org/emoticons/01.gif" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197842.aspxTue, 21 Apr 2009 07:40:19 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:197842Puncher0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/197842.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=13&PostID=197842<p>Apologies if I&#39;m slow and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6642988.html">THIS</a>&nbsp;(and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.zigbee.org/Markets/ZigBeeRF4CE/tabid/413/Default.aspx">THIS</a>)&nbsp;has already been discused.</p> <p>Does anyone know if B&amp;O are working with on a remote based on this&quot;standard&quot;?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>