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Invision UK to debut preconfigured audio/video bridging kit at CEDIA Home Technology Event 2010

Suffolk, UK, 14th June 2010 – Invision UK, a leading trade-only supplier of integrated AV solutions for residential, commercial and marine applications, will be showcasing the RBS Network Kit from Pakedge at the CEDIA Home Technology Event 2010.

With movies, music, and telephone conversations all occurring over a home system, crammed IP networks have developed an urgent need for an AV bridging solution that will ensure smooth, uninterrupted functioning. The RSB-KIT arrives not a moment too soon, as standard computing collides with a multitude of audio video, VoIP, and home control devices - all over home IP networks.

The Pakedge RSB-KIT is a gateway security appliance that addresses the urgent need for a bridging solution. A unique, gigabit managed switch-and-router duo with ‘out-of-the-box’ Virtual LANs or VLANs, it eliminates unnecessary broadcast transmissions, freeing up devices to perform their intended task, while being simple and dependable. Essentially, it is a business level, enterprise class switch and router combination that has been customised to be easy to install and easy to use.

The RSB-KIT is configured with four subnet VLANs, each one set up with Pakedge’s proprietary Quality-of-Service or QoS. The ‘Router’ section is the bridge between these four VLANs and the ‘Switch’ section manages the VLANs using a colour-coded system to designate priority and VLAN number. Devices that demand 100% smooth communication, Voice-over-IP phones and audio-video streaming, get the highest priorities (green and yellow). Home controls are in the middle with orange. Lastly, functions that can tolerate a certain degree of packet latency, standard computing and downloading, receive the least high priority (red). This simple, preconfigured solution allows the custom installer to focus on quick, quality installations instead of getting bogged down in elaborate system configuration while providing the end-user with uninterrupted VoIP communication and video streaming.

Chris Dawson, product manager for residential custom integration at Invision UK, said: “Sophisticated residential IP networks require the same robustness as an enterprise network to ensure that the packets that carry audio and video arrive in time and IP-based controls do not lose critical command packets. The RSB-KIT does everything you would expect from an enterprise class device and allows installers to quickly configure a powerful VLAN based enterprise class network into a home.”