WHAT IS CRESTRON?
Home automation is a relatively new term in the industry. In the recent past, controlling a screen, lights, and environment moods was enabled by custom circuits. Much like the green boards in a common calculator, these boards were custom created and programmed by an experienced electrical engineer. With the advent of Crestron, this work is performed within a black box and programmed with propriety software. Because of their foundation in electronic engineering, Crestron’s installations perform as expected. Unlike a common PC computer, the installer and programmer have total control in their environment. Initially Crestron used RS-232 or RS-485 communication protocol. This serial communication was slow yet reliable. Years ago they enabled their systems to communicate over common Cat-5 network wire. As computer networking has become more reliable and wiring standards established, Crestron has met industry standards every step of the way. What does this mean to you today? Hardware is wire
