Probably the best method would be to only connect the touchpanel
Crosspoints when a source is selected from that particular
touchpanel - not when activated by Party Mode. That way, the
touchpanels would only receive the data if they were already on the
iPod page, or if they switched to the iPod page after Party Mode is
initiated.
However, that's not how I set mine up. If a zone is switched to a
source by *any* method (another TP, remote, Party Mode, etc.), any
touchpanel(s) connected to that zone will also be connected to the
source, and flip to the control page. I haven't encountered any
serious delays (or at least, no complaints), but if necessary, some
type of "Please Wait" message could be displayed while the Party Mode
is initiating.
The Broadcast symbol would be a good solution, but updating doesn't
seem to be as reliable. I also wish there was a version with joins
higher than 127, although that can be done with code, if necessary.
You're not *supposed* to have the same signals connected to the
touchpanel(s) and a Broadcast symbol at the same time, but I've never
actually tried it.
--- In Crestron@..., "nick.dietz" <nick@...> wrote:
It seems that @ jobs with lots of panels when put into a "party
mode"
either the cresnet or processor gets bogged down.
This is because each TP's Control Xpoint connects to the Equip
Xpoint
and the feedback signals have to get routed to each TP. Example
[Analog signal iPod1_Time gets sent to each panel : TP1_iPod1_Time,
TP2_iPod1_Time, TP3_iPod1_Time, etc. . .].
I am looking for a way to send 1 signal name to each touchpanel when
put into party mode, while using the same digital/analog/serial join
numbers to avoid creating separate subpages specifically for this
mode.
I was thinking along the lines of the Indirect Text Broadcast
symbol,
if only you could control which ID's to broadcast to?
--Nick
