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Essential HABITECH Sign up to the Essential Install twitter feed www.twitter.com/essentialinstal Essential Install 17 Great news: as Apple racks up sales of its tablets - 19.5 million in the first quarter of this year alone – we’re launching new iPort products built for iPad 4 and mini. The Launchport AP.4 iPad generation 4 sleeve, the AP.1 sleeve for the mini, and the iPort CM-IW1000 Control Mount for iPad mini, all feature Apple’s Lightning Connector. This means you can start to integrate the latest generation tablets with home control systems from the likes of AMX, NuVo, Crestron, C4, RTi, Savant etc, right away, giving your clients an extremely elegant way to hold, charge and protect the tablet on a wall or desktop anywhere in the home. More in tune with the ethos of custom installation, iPort’s new range will make you look good and put a little well-earned cash back in your pocket. For those unfamiliar with iPort, it’s another Dana Innovations first - there have been many. No other product is like it, no other can offer installers the chance to make money from iPad sales. In the iPort concept there are two systems. The Control Mount Series allows Apple iPad, iPad mini and iTouch to be used as a semi-permanent in-wall touch panel providing continuous charging of the iOS device while permitting wireless control. The Launchport system is a revolutionary way to mount and charge an iPad virtually anywhere. It comprises a Sleeve and any number of Stations. The Sleeve is a custom case that slides onto the iPad allowing full wireless connection with compatible home control systems and access to integrated controls and camera – a built in wave-guide redirects iPad speaker audio back to the user. The Station is the mounting and charging unit that interacts with a Sleeve. There’s a Wall Station (for wall mounting) and a Base Station for easy table top use and display. It’s beautiful: no wires. The system of Sleeve and Station induction charges the iPad when they come together and powerful magnets hold the tablet in place. No fuss: the screen can be placed at any angle on the station and because the magnets are located on the Sleeve case, you can also mount it to any metallic surface. Barely three years after its launch, the ultra-sleek iPad design has become the integrator’s controller of choice – cheaper, less intimidating to clients and infinitely more versatile than the fixed screens of legacy systems. Available only from the company behind Sonance, iPort’s products, especially the new mounts and sleeves, give installers further unique opportunities to integrate iPads perfectly with home décor and in the process add value to their work. More information: Habitech +44 (0)1420 540054 www.habitech.co.uk POWERED THROUGH LIGHTNING While Apple’s iPad and mini make the jump from source to controller, iPort’s new Lightning-connected Control Mount and Launchport products offer the chance to integrate with style. Habitech sales manager Timmi Thorsen explains. The Launchport AP.4 and AP.1 sleeves offer a sleek interaction with Apple’s iPad4 and iPad mini the iPort family provides sleek integration between the iPad and home automation platforms Habitech sales manager Timmi Thorsen introduces the latest Apple buddies from the iPort family 9_Habitech_Single_Page1.indd 17 05/07/2013 10:33
