{"id":1484,"date":"2011-11-22T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T06:14:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-06T22:03:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:03:46","slug":"end-of-an-era-as-homevision-calls-it-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/announcements\/end-of-an-era-as-homevision-calls-it-a-day.html","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era as HomeVision Calls it a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We&#8217;ve reached another &#8216;End of an Era&#8217; this week as Crag Chadwick has announced that his HomeVision home automation controller business is winding up.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>It&#8217;s testament to Craig&#8217;s design that the 8-bit hardware has survived well into a 64-bit world and indeed still powers many homes today.<\/p>\n<p>Its legendary reliability, expandability, flexibility and elegant macro programmability made it a firm favourite with home automators on both sides of the Atlantic.\u00a0 This is your last opportunity to grab a discounted spare board or accessory.\u00a0 Details after the jump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After more than 15 years selling the HomeVision line of home automation products, we&#8217;ve made the difficult decision to begin shutting down the business.\u00a0 We will sell our remaining small amount of inventory, but will not be producing more.\u00a0 We will continue to provide repair services for all products during the standard 3-year warranty period.\u00a0 We do not plan on making any software or firmware upgrades unless there&#8217;s a major bug, which is unlikely.\u00a0 We&#8217;re selling the remaining inventory as follows for anyone interested in making a final purchase:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HomeVision board for $200.\u00a0 We have only a couple of completed boards remaining.\u00a0 We have some additional boards that lack the video chip for the TV display screens.\u00a0 This chip is obsolete and we probably can&#8217;t obtain any more.\u00a0 Once the completed boards are gone, we will only be able to sell spare boards without the video chip for $190.\u00a0 Fortunately, there&#8217;s never been a failure of this chip, so if you want a backup board, you should be able to reuse your current video chip in the new board.<\/li>\n<li>HomeVision-Serial for $70 without a case or $80 with a case.<\/li>\n<li>HomeVision-Phone\/Serial or HomeVision-Phone\/CID with a case for $170.\u00a0 Note that we have only one of each left.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>E-mail us at csi@csi3.com if you&#8217;re interested in purchasing anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csi3.com\/homevis2.htm#HV_New\" target=\"_blank\">www.csi3.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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