is a company that makes high-end systems for
Home Automation and conference room control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes
Control Processor s,
Touch Panel s,
Lighting Control System s, and
Audio Server s.
Crestron is headquartered at
Rockleigh, New Jersey , and has satellite offices in
Belgium ,
Canada ,
France ,
Germany ,
Italy ,
Spain , and the
United Kingdom . Crestron's entire development team is in
Rockleigh, New Jersey .
Crestron manufactures remotes that connect to and go through their control systems in order to control other electronic and mechanical devices. From one of their touch screen displays you are capable of controlling your home theater, lights, air conditioning, and speakers throughout the house. You may have seen Crestron touchscreens in movies
as Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith or television shows
as MTV Cribs .
The main purpose is to have a single custom build user interface for all kinds of hardware which are quite often from many different otherwise not compatible vendors.
