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Crestron 3-Series Control Systems Reference Guide
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When the program sends data on the TX$ signal of the “Console” symbol, the
control system interprets the console command just as if it were received via the
USB or Ethernet console and outputs a serial string to the RX$ signal of the console
symbol which can be programatically interpreted.
User Program Commands Symbol
Use the “User Program Commands” symbol to send data typed at the console to the
program. This feature is available for advanced programmers of SIMPL Windows.
After enabling viewing of special symbols, the “User Program Commands” symbol
can be viewed as shown in the following diagram.
The User Program Commands Symbol in SIMPL Windows
The “User Program Commands” symbol receives data entered at the 3-Seriess
console prompt using the USERPROGCMD command. The syntax of the console
command requires double quotes before and after the command string. The string
may include escape codes such as "\x".
The double quotes are stripped off and any escape codes are processed before
passing the string to the “User Program Commands” symbol. For example, if the
user types >USERPROGCMD "TURN ON DEBUG", the string TURN ON DEBUG
(without the double quotes) is passed to the “User Program Commands” symbol. The
string can then be processed as desired.