Keyspan IR Card Lets Macs Control Home Theater.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998--Keyspan, the leading supplier of PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). communications cards for Mac OS today announced its Keyspan IR card. The Keyspan IR Card is a "first-of-its-kind" PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. that enables a Macintosh to communicate via infrared with televisions, VCRs, DVD players, CD changers and other home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. components. The Keyspan IR card opens the door to an entire new use for the home-based Macintosh. To retail for under $300, the Keyspan IR card will be on display at Keyspan's booth (No. 1724) during Macworld Expo. Evaluation units will be available in mid-July with product release set for mid-August 1998. The Keyspan IR Card will at first be sold through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and channels to manufacturers and custom designers in the home theater industry. The Keyspan IR Card will also be available to consumers who are interested in constructing their own Macintosh-controlled home theater and home automation solutions. Controllable via Applescript, C and C++, users can write their own programs or scripts for the IR Card. FileMaker, HyperCard, FaceSpan and other AppleScript-enabled development packages are fully supported. The Keyspan IR Card will be packaged as a kit which includes drivers, demonstration applications, sample IR code files and documentation. Via the Keyspan web site users will have access to a growing library of IR code files; a Mac_home_theater mail list, third-party commercial and shareware home theater applications, plug-ins, and more. The Keyspan IR Card's transceiver provides industry-standard infrared reception, transmission and decoding supporting a range of modulation frequencies from 15 Khz and 1.2 Khz. Included are one mini jack See mini-phone connector. for connection to Xantech(TM) and compatible IR receivers and seven mini jacks for single or dual IR emitters. Independent zoning of each emitter is supported. FCC Class An FCC certification of radiation limits on digital devices. Class A certification is for business use. Class B, for residential use, is more stringent in order to avoid interference with TV and other home reception. See Part 15, Subpart B, of the Federal Register (CFR 47, Parts 0-19). B and CE approved, the Keyspan IR Card is compatible with Mac OS 7.6 or later. For further background, Macworld NY attendees can attend Marty Wachter's panel entitled "Scripting Your Stereo" from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8th (Session No. 10 Room 1E16, Jacob Javits Convention Center). About Keyspan Keyspan, a division of InnoSys Incorporated, provides communications products for Macintosh and Windows personal computers. Keyspan's products include the SX Serial Card, the SMART SERIAL 6, and the Keyspan USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. Card. Editors can reach Keyspan at 510-222-0131 ext. 102 or via email at info@keyspan.com. The Keyspan website is located at http://www.keyspan.com. CONTACT: Keyspan Mike Ridenhour, 510/222-0131 Ext. 102 or WORLDVIEW world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Bill Gram-Reefer, 925/676-4733 |
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