Andy Grooby  is working on a new skin for xLobby V3 and I wanted to share some early shots of what he has created so far. We expect to release at least 3 different skins with the final release of V3, including this one.

Main Menu

Main Menu More

Movie Menu

Movies Flow

Movies Search

Movies Jump

Media Player

Music Generic

Music Views

Music Search

Music Tracks

Music Show

Music Playlist

Music Now Playing

Music Multi-Zone Audio

Overlay Controls

Music Ambience

When the skin is finished I will post further details. Thanks Andy for all your hard work.

Wes Black

A new Link labeled (Videos) under Gallery is now available for different xLobby product demos. We will be updating and adding new video files on a regular basis.

http://www.xlobby.com/gallery

Wes Black

Calrad is constantly updating the online Movie and Music library but there is so much content new and old, obviously we will be missing some titles that are more important to some individuals then others. Under the My xLobby section users now have the ability to now upload missing or different versions of Movie and Music titles and there metadata directly into the xLobbys online database. The first 10 uploads from any new user will be approved from us first to insure proper submissions, once we see that your entries are accurate and done correctly you can upload them directly without apporval and they will be instantly added to the core xLobby media databases. Below are some screenshots for your reference.

Actors and Directors should follow this text format\

Correct Example seperated by comma’s:
Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas (II), T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel

Incorrect text format:
Lizzy Caplan
Jessica Lucas (II)
T.J. Miller
Michael Stahl-David
Mike Vogel

My xLobby user items.

Enter your Movie or Music Imagery and Metadata here.

Edit and Submit your content entry here.

Any suggestions on improving this interface or added features are always welcome.

Thanks

Wes Black

Calrad will be conducting live demonstrations of xLobby Ver 3 at our booth No. 331 as well as daily xLobby 90 minute product demonstrations & training classes at Cedia 2008 in Denver, Colorado. Various support partners for Multi-Zone audio, Lighting, HVAC, Security will be present at the classes to assist everyone on there technology as well as the integration into xLobby platform. This is the time to see what xLobby is all about and what it can do for your business. Exact schedule with time and dates to be posted soon. For further information or details, contact Bob Adams, E-Mail: bobadams@calrad.com or Mike Karten, E-Mail: mikekarten@calrad.com.

Steven Hanna, Wes Black, Mike Karten and other Calrad staff will be present to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks again to all of our distributors, system integrators and forum users who continue to support our efforts in xLobbys continued evolution in the home AV control and automation markets.

Wes Black

Below are two Pages from the new xlobby brochure due out in May that shows xLobbys stand alone multi-zone audio and Russounds distributed audio CAV, CAM systems. With full 2 way connectivity any other event in xLobby can be controlled or displayed on the UNO-S2 keypads.

Wes Black

We have received our licensed for our new S3-1080P, HDMI video card and Bluray DVD drive as well as a license to playback material. So we will be testing systems over the next several weeks. Our first step is to build a xLobby system  that will playback Bluray directly from inside xLobby from the DVD drive. The secondary plan, legal issues permitting is that we build it into xLobby completely.

I will be posting more follow up news on this in the future, stay tuned.

Wes Black

I have been experimenting with some new features that we want to fully implement into Ver 3 like on the fly theme changes, auto changing of the background images by event or timed values, etc. Some other ideas on what some users want are welcomed. 

Please post here: http://xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=6328

Wes Black

Below are one of several early screenshots of xLobby Ver 3 lighting menus using insteon lighting products. Shown are dimmer style decora wall switches with 2 way on\off status shown.

Overlay with direct access to rooms or areas of lighting with indication of lighting status and colored id events to indicate scheduled lighting events based on different groups. Lighting events can be sorted by groups or lighting status.

This screenshot shows lighting activity by lamp style icons in different rooms.

Wes Black \ Calrad