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SOnny’s sportscenter
RTI Control System Brings Simplicity to Homeowner’s Game Day Experience
The ability to watch, monitor, and switch between live
games simultaneously is the ultimate capability for any
dedicated sports fan. But when the rankings of competitive
fantasy football are at stake, overseeing several games at
once becomes an enormously valuable tool — creating a
considerable advantage over opponents. For a football fan
in Spring, Texas, this wish became a reality when integrator
iEvolve Technology turned a spacious 2,800-square-foot
game room into a setup similar to today’s sports broadcast
centers. Using RTI’s intuitive lineup of interfaces and control
products, the customer’s unique multi-screen command
center means this devoted fan will never miss another second
of the action.
To create a live, innovative sports hub, RTI’s XP6 control
processor allowed the integrator to incorporate third-party
devices easily such as the client’s three TVs, cable boxes,
Blu-ray™ player, and audio receiver. With flexible connection
“Today’s connected technologies have transformed fantasy
capabilities such as RS-232, relay, IP, and routable IR control,
sports from a hobby into a high stakes pursuit where players
the RTI unit allows seamless communication to and from RTI’s
are looking for any advantages to help them rise in the
innovative interface solutions. To interact directly with the
rankings of their pool,” said Mike Roberts, Owner, iEvolve
devices, the client uses the RTIPanel app that allows incredibly
Technologies. “To keep a close eye on his selected teams and
intuitive handheld control via any iPad® or iPhone®. To further
players, our client was seeking a simple way to watch at least
customize the experience, the interface features a “Game
three games simultaneously, allowing him to track trends,
Day” button which allows single-button access to a ready-
statistics, and transactions as they are broadcast through
made sports experience without adjusting any of the system’s
traditional channels. This also meant creating a solution
settings or components. This seamless process includes auto-
where audio could be switched in real-time, enabling him to
on for the entire system and automatically activates each
listen to any display at any given time.”
Comcast receiver to a different sports channel — instantly
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Case Study • Residential
SOnny’s sportscenter
RTI Control System Brings Simplicity to Homeowner’s Game Day Experience
unleashing the multi-screen game experience sought by so
Sportscenter broadcast into Photoshop, use the ESPN font
many of today’s sports fans.
to recreate the logo and insert the customer’s name, and
redraw all menu bars in order to create custom buttons that
To tailor the immersive sports experience even more, the
I could easily manipulate. The powerful tool lets me unleash
RTI Panel app was also customized to play the WAV file of
my creativity without any complex programming, giving me
ESPN’s well-known musical intro to its football broadcasts
virtually unlimited options for system designs which help
upon activation — creating a fun way for raising excitement
my business distinguish itself in the industry by delivering a
levels before an afternoon of action. To make creative panel
unique service that really wows my clients.”
customization an extremely easy process, RTI Integration
Designer® programming software lets integrators work within
“My guests are incredibly amazed by the high level of
an amazingly intuitive drag-and-drop onscreen interface —
customization that went into the system to create something
enabling complete customization of user interfaces and two-
so uniquely tailored to the type of experience that football
way programming without the need for any complex coding.
fans can normally only dream about,” said the homeowner.
For added convenience, RTI’s SURFiR companion remote was
“At the touch of a button, I gain instant access to three
integrated into the system, allowing the user control to his
simultaneous football games and audio/video switching
viewing experience using tactile buttons. As a result, the
capabilities that allow me to keep an eye on the action that
affordable device removes the need to swipe the system’s
interests me most without worrying about complicated
graphical interfaces during situations such as frequent or
setups or unsightly wires running across my game room. I
rapid access to multiple televisions.
even brought the system’s iPad to my office to show-off the
“As a programmer and graphic designer, RTI’s Integration
Designer allows me to create custom interfaces using a blank
interface to my colleagues, I expect iEvolve to get a few calls
following the enthusiastic reception it received!”
canvas,” added Roberts. “I was able to load a screenshot of the
Dealer Information:
iEvolve Technology
T: 832.726.3335
www.ievelovetech.com
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Remote Technologies, Inc.
5775 12th Ave East, Suite 180
Shakopee, MN 55379
T: 952.253.3100
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Case Study • Residential