Control Your A/V Equipment from an HAI Touchscreen or iPhone / iPad
The HAI Home Theater Extender 2 (HTX2) lets you extend
your home control to the existing audio/video equipment
in your home theater. Users can control their home theater
equipment from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch using the HAI
Snap-Link Mobile for iPhone app, or via an HAI
OmniTouch 5.7e Touchscreen.
The HTX 2 sends IR commands to your A/V equipment. Interfaces are customizable using HAI
Automation Studio (for HAI Touchscreens) and Mobile Designer (for iPhone/iPad), which allows you to set up pages to
control each A/V device in your household. Mobile Designer is included with the purchase of an HTX2.
Send multiple commands to your A/V equipment with one button press on the Touchscreen. Turn on
your Blu-Ray player, the amplifier, the TV, and have it play the Blu-Ray - all
with one button press.
Contact closures can even control window coverings, lights, as well as home theater components.
How Does It Work?
An HAI HTX 2 can be controlled from multiple interfaces and is configured using
HAI Automation Studio software. Users can control their AV equipment using n in-wall Touchscreen require an OmniTouch Touchscreen or Snap-Link Mobile for iPhone/iPad.
The Touchscreen/iPhone sends commands to the HTX 2,
which controls A/V equipment using its serial and IR ports, as well
as its SPDT relays and TCP/IP.
There
is no limit to the number of HAI HTX 2's that you may use in an installation.
Automate any Room without an HAI controller!
With the HAI HTX 2, a customizable OmniTouch Touchscreen, and Automation Studio you
may automate any room, whether it is a home theater, corporate boardroom, or a school's
classrooms.
You can set up a single button to close the curtains/shades, lower a screen, and
turn on the appropriate A/V equipment.
When you add an HAI home control system to this set up, you can add control of the room's
lighting, temperatures, and more to the same button on the Touchscreen, as well as add remote access from outside the home.
Hardware Details
The HAI HTX 2 may be powered from the supplied 12VDC power supply that comes with the unit or via Power over
Ethernet (PoE).
The HAI HTX 2 has a built-in IR library with the IR codes for over 300,000 devices
and has the ability to learn new IR codes.
The ports on the HAI HTX 2 provide the following functions:
There is one bi-directional RS232 serial port available. The available baud rates on it are
300 - 115200.
The two I/O ports on the HAI HTX 2 are used for power sensing.
For example, since some devices do not have a discrete Power ON/OFF IR commands, you do not want to send this command to turn on the equipment if it is already on (this would turn the equipment off).
There are two Relay ports that may be used to control any device that requires a contact
closure, like a motorized screen or blinds. It may also be used to source and
switch 12VDC for power amplifier triggers. These Relays ports are rated at 2A @ 30 VDC.
There are four IR Emitters. They use standard 3.5mm IR blaster type connectors. Note that
the HAI HTX 2 comes with 4 Flashers (emitters) that have six foot cords.
There is an IR Leaner port that allows you to add custom learned IR keys to the HAI HTX 2. It uses
an IR #5 LED.
The HAI HTX 2 may be powered from the supplied 12VDC power supply
that comes with the unit or via Power over Ethernet (PoE).
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HAI One Port PoE Injector
The HAI One Port PoE Injector will provide power to one HAI HTX 2. This "power brick" is
plugged into a power outlet and is connected by one network cable to the network switch and by another network
cable to the HAI HTX 2.
The HAI Eight Port PoE Switch will provide power to up to seven HTX 2s. This switch is
plugged into a power outlet and is connected by one network cable to the home or facility network. PoE ports can
also power other devices, such as the OmniTouch 5.7e Touchscreen, PoE IP cameras, Each port provides 15.4 watts of power and
10/100M data transmission.
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HAI Eight Port PoE Switch on Structured Wiring Backplate
The HAI Eight Port PoE Switch will provide power to up to seven HTX 2s. This switch is
plugged into a power outlet and is connected by one network cable to the home or facility network. PoE ports can
also power other devices, such as the OmniTouch 5.7e Touchscreen, PoE IP cameras, Each port provides 15.4 watts of power and
10/100M data transmission. Mounted on Structured Wiring Backplate.
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IR Flasher
IR Flasher (emitter) with 6 foot cord.
Uses standard 3.5mm IR blaster type connectors. (Note that the HTX 2 comes with 4 Flashers (emitters) that have six foot cords.)
