Lab.gruppen is pleased to announce that the company is now a fully certified member of the Crestron Electronics, Inc. Integrated Partner Program. This follows the co-development of a Crestron Integrated Partner control module which allows Lab.gruppen amplifiers and Lake products to operate seamlessly with other hardware in an open-platform Crestron systems environment, consisting of audio/video, security, HVAC, lighting and other controlled devices that may be incorporated into commercial systems.

The module is a custom control protocol developed for Lab.gruppen by Crestron. It is currently available at www.labgruppen.com for Lab.gruppen C Series and FP+ model ranges, and will be available shortly for the PLM Series of Powered Loudspeaker Management systems that feature Lake Processing inside. Access to the C and FP+ Series amplifiers is provided via the NLB 60E NomadLink Bridge & Network Controller, which allows control and monitoring of up to 512 amplifier channels within a single network. The Crestron module features full amplifier fault reporting, muting, and soloing at the per-channel level, as well as power on/off and real time metering, of both individual channels or user-defined groups.

According to Lab.gruppen product manager Doug Green, the new Crestron module is an essential tool for all Lab.gruppen users working in the installed sound sector. “With our entry into the Integrated Partner Program, our products can be seamlessly integrated into any Creston-based, and Crestron-controlled system anywhere. As one of the world’s leading providers of third party control hardware and touch panels to the installed sound sector, this is a great way of making Lab.gruppen products even more usable. It’s also good for Crestron, as it offers them greater choice of hardware when developing their network solutions.” www.labgruppen.com, www.crestron.com