Specifications

EssentialsofCrestronProgramming
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Youcancollapseasymboltoshortenthesignal/parameterlist.Otherwisethevisible
fieldsmustbedefinedtocompletethesymbol.
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Othersymbolsusedifferentcompleteness,e.g.,aBuffersymbol,whichmusthavean
outputdefinedforeverydefinedinput.(Thesesymbolsexpandtheinputs,outputsand
parameterstogetheriftheyarerelated.)
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Youcancommentoutasymbolthatisincompleteandth
eincompletenessofthe
programgoesawayuntilthesymboliscommentedbackin.
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Youcanalsoʺauto‐completeʺasymbolbyusingtheMakeSymbolCompletecommand.
Thiswillautomaticallyassignthespecialsignalname“//”tounambiguoussignals,an
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fillinallparameterswithadefaultvalueof0d.(Parametersthatrequires e lecting froma
listwillnotbeautomaticallydefined;suchparameters mustbeassignedmanuallyto
makethesymbolcomplete.)
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Tomakeasymbolcomplete
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• Selectthesymbol,eitherinDetailVieworProgramViewandpressCtrl+I.
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• Right‐cli
ckthesymbol,eitherinDetailVieworProgramViewandselectMake
SymbolComplete.
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‐or‐
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Tomakeallthesymbolsintheselectednodecomplete,right‐clickthenode,e.g.,the
Logicfolderorsubsystem,andselectMakeSym
bolComplete.
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Ifyoudonotwanttouseaninputoroutputofasymbol, youcangivethesignalthe
specialsignalnameʺ//ʺ.
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Internally,thecompilerconvertseachinstanceofʺ//ʺtoa0orreservedsignalnamenot
beingusedelsewhereintheprogram,sothatthesymbol/modulewillworkproperly.
(Becauseeachinstanceofʺ//ʺisconvertedindivi
dually,noneoftheʺ//ʺsignalsare
connectedtogether.)
To assign the signal name //
• Select the signal and type the two forward slashes //, adding no other characters to
the signal name.