Peavey Digital Research — Crestron Integration with Nion?

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (phils) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:12:22 +0000

Don't forget Expression Labelling for Alias'; it's a great time-saver!!

And thanks Scott for reminding me of the "cs (alias) ++2" revelation from class!

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Bharlow) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:51:11 +0000

Great information.. thank you everyone for the feedback. I did find the control alias field for the individual controls. I will find the documentation on RATC and go from there.

I may be emailing you Joe.

Thanks again!

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Joe Kurta) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:18:51 +0000

Thanks, I was going with the 'better to beg forgiveness than ask permission' motto. Happy you confirmed!

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Fergy) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:56:56 +0000

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Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Joe Kurta) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Several companies publish Crestron (AMX, Xantech, C#) modules (symbols) to control various aspects of NION/MediaMatrix. In some cases, they include cheat sheets and/or NION blocks that can just be dropped into the control system and npa to provide a quick start. [shameless plug] Our company has several available, if you would like more information, email me.[/shameless plug]

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Fergy) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:33:33 +0000

Don't forget your job of setting the Control Aliases...As a reminder, here is the process;

Right click on the control that you want to externally control, go to the "Wire" tab, and you will find the Control Alias. You can use friendly names, or just numbers, but you CAN'T use spaces or any symbol that Linux might think is a command.

You will also want to add a User Account just for RC. I give defaultuser Network Access in the beginning, to make it easier for the Programmer to set up the Telnet session, and to test their commands. Once the Programmer starts to get the commands working, the next step is to comfirm that he/she is logging in with the correct User Account (look at the Remote Log tab for this), and then shut down the Network Access for the defaultuser.

I hand the Programmer the few pages from Remote Control RATC2 in the Help Files, and say "Read this, and then ask any questions you might have." When they then ask a question, I say "You didn't read what I gave you, did ya."

Phil, didya know that cs (controlalias) ++3 or --3 will step the level up/down 3 dB from the current level?

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (phils) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:15:15 +0000

If your programmer is stuck, I'll be able to send/post a couple of samples of Crestron code to play with.
As mentioned though, the RATC documentation is good. Just play with an Emulated NWare project, and Hyperterminal to see how things work.

We find that 'cps' works best for level controls, and 'cs' for routers and switches. That's about all you want to give the average user with a touch panel.

Re: Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (jvalenzuela) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:08:31 +0000

If you are going to use Ethernet to control the Nion, check out Nware's documentation on RATC. RATC is a simple, text based protocol that is implemented over TCP/IP. The use of Python control scripts within the Nion is not required.

Crestron Integration with Nion?

null@example.com (Bharlow) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:32:34 +0000

I was curious if anyone knows of a good resource that outlines what crestron "needs" from the Nware/Nion program in order to control it. I know that this is probably quite an in depth question, but the crestron programmer I will be working with has never interfaced with a Nion before and vice versa. I know about importing control scripts and linking them to controls, but of course have no real experience in making the entire process happen. Any help or information is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!