Specifications

EssentialsofCrestronProgramming
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UserDevices
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Userdevicesincludeanythird‐partyAVdevicestheenduserinterfaceswiththrough
theCrestroncontrolsystem.TheUserDevicesfoldersintheDeviceLibraryinclude
hundredsofdriverfilesthatcontroldevicesinanumberofformats,themostcommon
beingIR.Infact,theUserDBandPr
ojectDBfolderscontainonlyIRdevices.
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ToaddanIRdevice,thecontrolsystemmusthaveanIRcardinstalled.MostCrestron
controlsystemsprovideabuilt‐inIRcard;forexample,theC2I‐IR8cardisbuilt
intothePRO2.ItprovideseightportsthatsupportIRand1‐wayRS‐23
2formats.In
addition,Crestronmanufacturesplug‐inIRcards,suchasC2IR‐8,thatcanbeinstalled
intheexpansionslotsofthecontrolsystem.
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OnceyouhaveanIRcardinstalled,youcanselectIRdevicesfromtheUserDevices 
folder,whichitselfcontainsthreesubfolde
rsfortheCrestronDatabase,UserDatabase
andProjectDatabase.ThedatabasefoldersareorganizedaccordingtoManufacturer
orDeviceType.YoucanidentifyIRdevicesbecausetheyhaveanIR
icon.
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ToaddanIRdevice,locate thedeviceanddragittotheIRcardslotorportaddressin
thetreeview:
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IfyouaddanIRdevicetoacardslot,SIMPLWindowswillauto‐assignportaddresses
sequentially,startingwiththefirstopenport.
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YoucanadddropmultipleIRdevicestothesameport,althoughifyouconnectmore
than5IRdevicestothesameIRportyoumustuseanIRsprayer.Inad
dition,an
IRdevicemustnotbedroppedintothesameportwitha1‐wayRS‐232device.The
devicesmustbeofthesamecontrolformat.
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Anothermethodistoright‐clicktheIRdeviceandselectAddDevicetoSystemfrom
thesubmen
u.Asshownbelow,youalsohavetheoptiontoaddmultiplecopiesofthe
device.IfyouselectthisoptionSIMPLWindowswilladdthedevicessequentially
toeachopenport.
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