Touchmate is an iOS application that is configured via Design Express and allows control of Raylogic home and office automation hardware.
Touchmate controls the Raylogic automation processors, which in turn control any audio / video / lighting equipment via IR / Serial / IP / Relay / IO ports.
Currently, the Raylogic automation processors (TC-1 and TC-2E) can be controlled by this application.
Yes. The application is a free download from the App Store.
The user must apply for a license, for a given iOS device, to allow downloading a project from Design Express. This happens automatically when the user downloads the project to a new iOS device from Design Express. Each automation processor purchased allows 1 iOS device to be used for control. Additional licenses may be chargeable. Contact support@raylogic.in for details.
Each iOS device requires a unique license and therefore licenses cannot be moved between devices.
Yes, Design Express allows complete customisation of the look and feel of the Touchmate GUI. Backgrounds, logos, icons, buttons, text labels and horizontal scroll bars can be freely designed and placed on pages. Button behaviour can be customised as well.
Touchmate can be used to view feeds from specific IP cameras and DCRs with IP access. Contact support@raylogic.in for details.
This application uses WIFI to communicate with Raylogic automation processors. As long as the network coverage and signal strength is adequate in a given area, it will work perfectly.
Yes, multiple iOS devices can be used to access the Raylogic automation processors.
The TC-1 and TC-2E automation processors support all 3 three types of serial ports and must be configured in Design Express accordingly. Touchmate can then be used to control these devices.
The TC-1 and TC-2E automation processors have IR ports that can drive a minimum of 2 IR emitters per port. Infra-red commands can also be captured locally and stored in the IR library. Raylogic has an advanced IR capture and emission allowing commands from nearly all brands, however complex, to be captured and emitted successfully. Touchmate can then be used to control these devices.
The TC-1 and TC-2E have low voltage relays on-board. These may be interfaced with additional relays to allow isolated control of curtains / blinds / motors. Optionally, the serial port may be used to drive the Raylogic relay interfaces. In either case, Touchmate can be used to control these devices.
Raylogic automation processors support several hundreds of brands of televisions, projectors, set top boxes, amplifiers, receivers, air conditioners, video switchers, dimmers etc. Contact support@raylogic.in for any specific information or query.
Touchmate uses TCP/IP as a reliable method to send commands to the TC-1 and TC-2E processors. On a lightly / moderately loaded network, this gives a near-instant response as the packet sizes are optimised.