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Master Link Gateway
January 2009
The concept
The Master Link Gateway is an interface between the Bang & Olufsen A/V setup on the one
side and a dedicated Home Automation system on the other side. It enables smooth
control and operation in both directions. It gives our customers full control of their home
no matter where they are.
The concept of home automation/smarthouse or the intelligent home has spread
rapidly to many of Bang & Olufsen’s core customers, to whom simplicity and ease-
of-operation really matters. Besides experiencing the fantastic integration and
control you have in a Master Link system with only one remote control, we have
decided to offer more benefits to our prime customer by providing a solution that
integrates more seamlessly with other electronic equipment in the home as well.
Seamless integration and operation
With the Master Link Gateway and Beo5 we embark on a journey to fulfil our
ambition to ensure that the control or user interface of any third party products is
taken to another level. To achieve this we have decided to take a new, customer-
oriented approach. This means that Bang & Olufsen customers will buy into
customised experiences which are truly inventive and relevant to the individual
customer, and which are credible in their performance.
The basic idea of the Bang & Olufsen solution with Beo5 is that we want to offer
our customers full control combined with extreme flexibility - from the nearest
operation panel or via the Beo5 remote control.
We are going for a Bang & Olufsen platform where you will experience coexistence
between AV products and other third party products with no perceived barriers
where the integration with environment control, e.g. intelligent control systems,
should be a founding conceptual element as well and based on a user-friendly
identifiable Bang & Olufsen platform.
This “extended” functionality should be experienced as a fully integrated part of
the product when relevant to the customer, but the physical integration can have
different forms/expressions.
Background
For many years Bang & Olufsen has offered some integration of non-A/V products
such as e.g. light control, curtain control, projectors and home automation
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