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Primer
on iSky Virtues |
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Price Guide Effective March 1 |
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Panels for Walls & Ceilings |
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Dimmer for uRay LED Strips |
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Show
us your Installations! |
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Take
the iSky Survey - ONLINE! |
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Tips
and Tricks - Share yours with us |
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St John Group, Inc.
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Welcome
to the new iSky newsletter, LightSource, where we hope you'll find
helpful information about iSky products, promotions, and services.
Please
feel free to forward this e-mail to other people in your organization
who you feel will benefit from more information on iSky. You can
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We
hope you'll take a moment or two to read it and give us your feedback.
We also welcome your letters and contributions which we may share
in subsequent newsletters.
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StJohn Group, Inc.
Exclusive North American Distribution and Marketing
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PRIMER
ON iSKY PANELS
Need
a little refresher on why iSky Panels are a great solution for your
home or business? Here is a partial list of iSky virtues:
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Pre-built
acoustical panels with embedded proprietary LED low voltage
light engines within each panel. Dramatically reduces installation
time, heat, noise, power consumption and space. |
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Each
panel contains an all digital, solid state LED driver that is
very efficient. No moving parts. Daisy chain up to 50 panels
off of one low voltage wall wart (power supply). No more point-to-point
home run wiring. |
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Ultra
long life. No UV or IR radiation. |
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The
2" thick fiberglass design makes for an excellent acoustical
control solution, > 1 NRC (noise reduction coefficient) in
a unique form factor that design-conscious consumers will appreciate.
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Unique
beveled design that solves the design problem of mismatching
seams. |
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Standard
color of the acoustically transparent fabric is midnight blue.
Wall-mount and ceiling-mount panels are also available in onyx
black. Drop-in panels for drop/grid ceilings are available in
black or white. |
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Completely finished and sealed panels assure no typical fiberglass
or resin smell |
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Preconfigured
panels sizes -- 24", 30" and 48" for easy installation
and fast efficient job estimation. |
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Variety
of installation types; surface mount to finished ceilings. Drop
in version for suspended ceilings. Cloud Mount for guy wire
to ceiling jobs. |
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Easily
modifiable in the field for HVAC ducts, lighting fixtures, sprinkler
heads, smoke detectors etc. |
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NEW
iSKY PRICE GUIDE
StJohn
Group representatives were mailed the new iSky Price Guide on March
1st. If you are a dealer and have not received your copy, please
contact your rep or StJohn Group. The Retail version is also available
for download, below. Just click on the link.
RETAIL
You'll
notice modest increases on most products. This is primarily due
to increases transportation costs and factory cost adjustments.
Despite the increases, iSky remains a tremendous value, with cost
per square foot and hours (or even days) saved on installation time
combining to make it the most cost effective star ceiling available.
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NEW
iSKY WALL AND CEILING PANELS, AND ACCESSORIES
A
quick perusal of the new Price Guide will give all the details of
the new wall and ceiling panels available now from iSky, but here
is a quick list with a short description for each new model.
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PRODUCT
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DESCRIPTION
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USES
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12"
x 12" x2" Wall or Ceiling Panel without stars
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Non-Glare
Midnight Blue Fabric, 6lbs. Density |
Use
as accent pieces (diamonds, squares, tiled mosaic, by themselves
or above larger panels on the wall |
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3/4" x 23 3/4" x 2" Drop-In Panel (White)
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Non-Glare
White, 3 lbs. Density, 15 stars |
Useful
when bidding on institution ceilings (hospitals, lobbies, boardrooms,
etc.) where white panels are already installed. |
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3/4" x 23 3/4" x 2" Drop-In Panel without stars
(White) |
Non-Glare
White, 3 lbs. Density |
Use
in rooms to fill out ceiling with white star panels |
24",
30", & 48" square Surface Mount and Cloud Mount
Radius Panels with stars
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Non-Glare
Midnight Blue Fabric, 6lbs. Density, with a perfectly radiused
corner. Includes light shelf, beveled and hardened edges. Panel
matches the star density of the corresponding star panel. |
Can
be used for creating circles with a 24", 30" or 48"
radius, or rounding corners on larger panel installations. |
24",
30", & 48" square Surface Mount and Cloud Mount
Triangle Panels with stars
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Non-Glare
Midnight Blue Fabric, 6 lbs. Density, cut on the diagonal. Includes
light shelf, beveled and hardened edges. Panel matches the star
density of the corresponding star panel. |
Use
to create complex shapes with 45° angles. |
24",
30", & 48" Surface Mount and Cloud Mount Panels
without stars
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Non-Glare
Midnight Blue Fabric, 6lbs. Density Matches Standard iSky Panels. |
Use
to fill out ceilings or walls with additional absorption where
stars are not wanted or required. |
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uRayPWM
Dimming Unit for uRay L.E.D. Lighting
(See
separate story below)
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Installs
between 12v Driver and uRay Lighting (Requires a 0-10 control
device which is supplied by installer) |
Use
for dimming all uRay installations, including halo effect around
surface mount or cloud mount ceiling installations, wall panel
installations, bias lighting around plasmas and projection screens,
stairways, walkways, equipment racks, under counter and under
cabinet lighting, etc. |
| Mounting
Kit |
Includes 24 Surface Anchors, 24 Cloud Anchors, 2 awls, and 4
Surface Anchors Hex Tools. |
Buy
extra of these for multiple installer jobs. |
| Connection
Kit |
Includes 6- 44"Jumper cables, 2-94" Jumper Cables,
uRay 12" Jumper Cable Adapter, (2) 12" Leader Cable
with a DC coaxial plug, 1 amp Driver, uRay Power Adaptor Female
connector with DC Coaxial Plug, (10)uRay female to female connectors
with a 20cm flexible wire |
Great
kit for when a cable goes missing or you need an extra part. |
| Black
Onyx Panel Fabric |
All
panels are now available in Black Onyx: special order. Allow
4 to 6 week lead time and add 5% to normal panel cost. |
When
only black will do. |
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URAY
PWM DIMMING
 LED
dimming has been fairly rare and always very expensive. The new
iSky dimming module, uRayPWM, is a breakthrough in terms of size
(small form factor) and cost. Typical solutions before were four
figure propositions. MSRP for the iSky dimmer module is $250 and
is compatible with a wide array of 0-10v dimming controls. Download
this PDF for more information.
iSky’s
uRay Lighting operates on constant voltage* making it easy to layout,
install and dim. Using a uRayPWM module, (Pulse Width Modulator,
or PWM) and a 0-10v controller (supplied by others) dimming uRay
is possible.
*LED
lighting either operates on a constant current or constant voltage.
Constant current has many restrictions on how a system is configured.
Constant voltage gives the user greater freedom to configure a LED
lighting system.
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SHOW
US YOUR INSTALLATIONS!
Do
your have a beautiful installation of an iSky ceiling or uRay application?
If you do, it might appear here next month, or even in a national
AV publication. We are scouting for iSky installation photos for
a feature story in an industry trade publication later this year.
Photo credit will be given, as well as possible inclusion of your
installation and details in the article.
We
also need pictures of your demo room system. If you have purchased
an iSky demo system, we need high resolution photos of it for printed
newsletters, stories and articles. Please contact Kevin
at StJohn Group to arrange a photo transfer.
Client
Installation by Sound & Space, Ontario, Canada
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TAKE
THE iSKY ONLINE SURVEY
Within the next 10 days, if you have purchased an iSky Demo Pizza
Box or if you have installed at least one ceiling, you'll be getting
an invitation to take a short survey about your experiences so far
with iSky. The 20+ question survey is easy, fun, and should take
less than ten minutes. We hope you will help us by giving us your
feedback.
Please
watch your Inbox for an e-mail invitation.
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We'd like to share some "secrets" with you from time to
time about panel or uRay installation, maintenance, and selling.
If you think of a great way to use our products or have a time-
or labor-saving tip, please contact us using THIS
FORM.
Tip:
If you need another "hand or two" for installation
assistance check out these products at ZipWall.
Our dealers have also reported using drywall jacks and even a projector
lift.
 Trick:
Use a black Sharpie marker to darken up the areas where
any fiberglass has pulled through after mounting, once you've removed
the hex tool. You can also use various colored markers to darken
or change the light intensity or color of the stars on the panel.
If you
think of a great way to use our products or have a time- or labor-saving
tip, please contact us using THIS
FORM.
Also,
please pass along this newsletter to others in your company who
might benefit from these helpful hints, or who might submit a suggestion.
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