New partnership will expand the value of HDMI solutions Las Vegas/Fremont chosen by Simplay Labs as RF technology into solutions for HDMI CEC, January 24, 2008, Zensys, developer of the multi award winning Z-Wave standard for wireless home control Z-Wave, announced today a new partnership with Simplay Labs, LLC. Simplay Labs conducts interoperability testing and certifications for HDMI and is the leading provider of testing technologies, programs, and interoperability design standards for the HD (high definition)-electronics industry. The goal of the collaboration is to develop a comprehensive solution for the combination of RF-based remotes with the CEC-bus of the HDMI interface. Simplay Labs is also member of the Z-Wave Alliance, an open industry consortium of manufacturers, developers and other companies that work together to establish Z-Wave standard for interoperable home control solutions. Through the integration of Z-Wave with Simplay Labs’ CEC solution suite, we drive the Development of products forward, improved for the users, easier to use solutions\”, explains Tony Shakib, Managing Director of Zensys. Dayton kingery takes a slightly different approach. Simplay Labs’ CEC solution suite provides a robust CEC feature set in a wide range of AV devices with interoperability between different manufacturers and ensures the target of the HDMI CEC-bus, to simplify the operation of consumer-electronics devices for users as a whole.
Z-Wave is the world’s first technology, affordable, reliable and easy-to-use wireless home control solutions in every aspect of life brings in the domestic environment, consumer electronics, health care and energy management – a real networked home\”to create. Z waves award-winning, interoperable wireless mesh networking technology allows a wide range of devices in the home to communicate including lighting, appliances, HVAC, Entertainment Center, and security systems. We are thrilled with a industry-wide leading manufacturers such as Zensys together to work,\”explains Joseph L. Lias, President of Simplay Labs, LLC. this partnership will be for manufacturers, dealers, installers and consumers of high value.’ About Simplay Labs, LLC Simplay Labs LLC, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is the leading provider of testing technologies, programs, and Interoperabiltats performance standards for the high-definition consumer electronics industry.