EHX Show Report

[Spanky]

I just returned from the EHX Show in Orlando. This year the show was about 1/2 the size of previous years, but the attendance was good. The biggest problem this year was that the ISC Show was going on at the same time in Las Vegas. Many security manufacturers only provided small booths or no booths for the EHX show. I was told that the ISC Show was smaller this year also. Saturday the trade got into the show for free.

I got to meet PeteC and Wayne.

 

[Neurorad]

Did you pick up any pearls of wisdom that you can share with us?

 

[WayneW]

Here are my snaps from Saturday. It shows the smaller crowd and size on Saturday. For example, Elk usually has a 20x20 island booth, but here they have a 20x10, likely due to part of the booth equipment/furnishings being at ISC. Leviton had a 10x10. SpeakerCraft had a 5x10. Lots of companies weren't there at all.
According to the official convention center web site, attendance was predicted to be 3,500. IIRC, attendance previous years was 9-12k.

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/307155/1/EHX2010?h=19db8b

 

[Neurorad]

Good to see that Elk made the show, with ISC West coinciding.

Spanky, any new releases that you care to share?

 

[electron]

I can't believe how small the show was. Time for CTexpo B)

 

[AutomatedOutlet]

Dan, when is the CT convention??? That's want we need!

 

[Spanky]

I don't know about pearls of wisdom, but general observations are free.

Several companies were showing some new capabilites for the GREEN movement. As with many companies, ELK is supporting GREEN Energy, but to some degree it is an application looking for an audience. The cost to put in GREEN Energy has to be inexpensive, because people are not going to put in equipment that has a 20 year payback on investment.

Ethernet IP is coming in all the technology areas. Get up to speed on using Ethernet in your installation or the world may pass you by.

The Apple iPad may change thinking on user interfaces as did the iPhone.

ELK was showing a new 2 amp supervised remote power supply, PS12S, which supervises the remote battery and AC input back to the M1 using the serial bus or any control using relay outputs. There is a programmable input and output on the power supply also.

The eKeypad iPhone software continues to get better and better with several new software version either ready or coming out soon. One version coming soon is for the iPad.

I was surprised that Crestron was not showing at EHX. AMX had a booth.

 

[Neurorad]

Thanks for sharing!