{"id":1844,"date":"2009-05-11T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-05-27T14:23:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T13:23:18","slug":"cytech-launch-upgrade-packages-for-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/security\/cytech-launch-upgrade-packages-for-comfort.html","title":{"rendered":"Cytech Launch Upgrade Packages for Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Comfort Touchscreen Keypad\" alt=\"Comfort Touchscreen Keypad\" src=\"\/images\/news\/comfort_pack.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cytech have just launched upgrade packages aimed at existing users of their Comfort Intelligent Home System.\u00a0 Users with installations using the original Comfort 1 system introduced in the UK in 1999 will be able to upgrade to Comfort 2.<\/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>This brings the the new family of products that includes slave expansion modules (SEP01-M2), UCM05 (RS232, Ethernet and USB), UCMs for C-Bus, KNX\/EIB, Z-Wave, HDL, GSM, CWM02 Webserver etc to all users&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that many of the thousands of Comfort 1 users will take the opportunity to upgrade to Comfort 11 and keep their systems current.\u00a0\u00a0 This will allow us to provide better support,\u201d said Cytech director, L Y Chiu.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThese new, very attractively-priced packages include the Comfort 11 PCB with a special mounting plate allowing it to mount on the Comfort 1 enclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of Comfort II over Comfort I include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Flashable&#8221; CPU with upgradable firmware using UCM05 and Comfigurator. Update firmware with the latest features and bug fixes if applicable<\/li>\n<li>Built in Battery protection if battery voltage drops during extended power failure<\/li>\n<li>Two way intercom between Keypads and Door Stations, Phone and Keypad or Door station<\/li>\n<li>If\/Then\/Else conditional logic and combination logic conditions IF, OR supported (with Comfigurator 3 software)<\/li>\n<li>Sunrise\/Sunset times and automatic Daylight Saving Time changes based on City or Lattitude\/Longitude coordinates<\/li>\n<li>Accurate Real Time Clock (typically 1 minute per month)<\/li>\n<li>32 Time Programs, 16 Reminder Messages, 64 Timers in Ultra II<\/li>\n<li>600 Alarm Events in Event Log (Ultra II)<\/li>\n<li>EN50131 Compliance (optional) for Europe<\/li>\n<li>Electrical isolation of circuit from Earth for better protection from surge voltages (eg induced Lighting)<\/li>\n<li>VoiceProc\/VoicePlay software allows customised wordlists in any language to be developed<\/li>\n<li>More Support for external interfaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Further details of the Comfort 11 Upgrade Packages can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/comfortforums.com\/forum25\/1403.html\" target=\"_blank\">cytech-europe.co.uk<\/a>.\u00a0 The Comfort Upgrade packages cost around \u00a3300 and \u00a3400 and are available to order from the following websites..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbus-shop.com\/product_info.php?products_id=860\" target=\"_blank\">The CBus Shop<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartpowershop.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Smart Power Shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cytech have just launched upgrade packages aimed at existing users of their Comfort Intelligent Home System.\u00a0 Users with installations using the original Comfort 1 system&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10485,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions\/10485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}