Specifications

EssentialsofCrestronProgramming
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CrestronSIMPLWindows
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WehaveseenhowyoucanuseVisionToolsPro‐etocreatepowerfultouchpanelcontrol
interfacesthatincludepop‐upsubpagesforspecificdevicetransport controls,dynamic
text,multi‐modebuttons,high‐resolutiongraphics,videowindows,andmore.
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WealsosawhowVTPro‐eusesjoinnumberstoidentifybuttonpresses,f
eedback,and
otherdigital,analogandserialsignals.Thesejoinnumbersmaptoinputsandoutputs
onthetouchpanelsymboldetailinSIMPLWindows.Thesignalsareprocessedbythe
controlsystem,manipulatedbylogicsymbols,andoutputtedtoeventuallycontrola
device.
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CrestronSIMPLWindowsprovidestoolstoconfigure,prog
ram,testanddebugan
integratedcontrolsystemapplication.TheconfigurationaspectofSIMPLWindows
allowsyoutoselectthecontrolsystem,userinterfaces,networkdevicesandcontrolled
equipmentrequiredfortheinstallation.Tothesehardwarecomponentsyoucanassign
portaddresses,NetworkIDsandIPaddresses,setcommunicationparametersand
specifywhichdeviceisconnectedtowhichcardornetworkcontrolmodule.Youcan
alsospecifywhatVTPro‐eprojectsarerequiredfo
rthesystem.
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Theprogrammingaspectallowsyoutoselectthelogicsymbolsthesystemwillrequire,
assignsignalstothosesymbolsandconnectthesignalstoothersymbolsordevicesas
determinedbytheprogramlogic.SIMPLWindowsincludesawidevarietyofsymbols
thatareconstantlybeingexpandedtosupportvirtuallyev
erypossibleapplication.As
youbecomemoreproficientatusingSIMPLWindowsitwillbecomeobviousthatthere
aremanywaystosolvethesa
mecontrolproblem.Thisallowsforprogramming
creativityandindependentflexibility.
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Finally,thetestingaspectallowsyoutotestanddebugtheprogramusingdiagnostic
toolssuchastheCrestronToolbox,SIMPLDebuggerandNetworkAnalyzer.
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