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Re: DIN-CENCN-2(-POE) anyone used it? I'm not impressed!

 

I've worked with three of them in the past. Never had an issue with USB. I seem to remember that it was DHCP out of the box. Have you pulled all the?devices off the unit and tried to connect?


Re: DIN-CENCN-2(-POE) anyone used it? I'm not impressed!

 

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I don't remember any issues connecting to it with USB.?


On Jun 14, 2017, at 6:14 AM, slip.cougan@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:

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So first off some comments:

* Can't connect to it using USB even though the thing has a USB port on the front

* Can't find it using Toolbox device discovery on Ethernet (PC & gateway plugged into same switch)

* Can find it using Toolbox device discovery on USB but can't get any system info

* Had to find it in my router by looking up the MAC address

* Does have a web interface that you can connect to once you know the IP address and that is pretty good once you get that far.

* The Do Guide is frankly a joke. What ever happened to proper manuals?


Some concerns:

* No way to detect the gateway is online within Simpl Windows as it's not possible to add an Offline Manager

* My really big concern - After a program reset (new program loaded) the gateway resets and feedback to any keypads connected does not get updated. My program uses the ReportLightLevel input on the C2NI-CB's and lighting levels & scenes are stored in NVRAM. When the gateway comes back online none of the feedback LED's light on the keypads until they have been set low and then high again. Same with ReportLightLevel, if that signal is already high then I get no AmbientLightLevel update from the keypad until I drop & re-assert?ReportLightLevel. This is unacceptable.

* Cresnet device Poll Managers don't seem to work reliably - If the device is plugged in it never shows as offline after a progreset so I can't use that to update the status of FB & ReportLightLevel. If I unplug a device when the gateway is in a normal operational mode then Offline status is updated. If I ProgReset with the device offline & plug it back in while the system is restarting it still shows as offline even though I can use the device.


Regarding connecting via USB I get this info when connecting:

Could not connect to the device as specified by the address. No valid Communications channel available

Failure: RAPI init failed. ?Is ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center installed?


So does that error mean that I need to install ActiveSync or Windows Device Centre or that these are installed and are causing the issue? The message is ambiguous to say the least. As far as I'm aware I have neither of those installed. Also if I do need to install them then I ask why. We haven't had to use ActiveSync since the old MT-1000 days.


This is not an enterprise product!


Any comments welcome.

-s

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App Wont Download Project file on SSL

 

Got a Pro3 that is going to be exposed to the internet so I'm setting up SSL and AD authentication on it.


Got it connected to the domain and authentication is working normally. ?However when I connect an iPhone to it its telling me that the project file cannot be downloaded.


It was working fine before switching to SSL


I know the Crestron App is authenticating properly and the port numbers in the App match what is in the processor 443 for SSL and 41796 for SCIP.


Webserver is enabled.


Also I'm doing this internally for now so its not anything related to a firewall etc..?


Thanks!

--Kyle Goyer


MLX-3 ??? Any other suggestion ?

 

Hello

I have struggle with clients complaining about MLX-3. I am not sure if you guys face the same issues. I have done many different types of GUI, trying to make user friendly but still getting complains.

Any other suggestion ?




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Re: LG commercial LCD module with volume feedback

 

Looks like I have the following for ID 01:


kf\x20\x30\x31 0\r? for Zero no Volume (0)


and


kf\x20\x30\x31 66\r for Full Volume (66)





Re: LG commercial LCD module with volume feedback

 

I don't have one of these in front of me, but isn't the command for direct volume control "k f <ID> <VOL>"?? I think you have to the TV ID to a number and use that number to get feedback.? If I remember right it won't give feedback when you use the ID of 00 (all TVs) in your command.

You can then set a percentage of volume in hex from 00-64 like this (I'm using ID 01 for all TVs here):

5% volume = "k f 01 05\x0D"
12% volume = k f 01 0C\x0D"
100% = "k f 01 64\x0D"

You should be able to get the current volume with a "k f 01 FF\x0D" command.

You should see the following returns:

5% = "f 01 OK05x"
12% = "f 01 OK0Cx"
100% = "f 01 OK64x"

I hope that helps (and that it's correct!)
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Re: INET-CBDEX-E w/ GWEXER ?

 

We've found that the site has a very high RF noise floor across all channels. ?I've shut down wifi and other known RF devices and still end up w/ a steady blast in the 40-50db range.

The security company has installed several UPB dimmers for timed lighting, a product which I haven't messed with in ages. ?Has anyone had RF issues in a shared environment of this type?

These are the dimmers in question: ?
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Re: Lutron homeworks remote connect

 

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Forwarding ports 23 and 80 on the router to Lutron¡­that sounds like a very bad idea. Use a VPN, or the connect Bridge as Joe indicated.

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Caleb Radecky | Manager, Online Products & Services
Crestron Silver Certified Programmer | DMC-D-4K | DMC-E-4K
ControlWorks Consulting, LLC | Crestron Services Provider | 701 Beta Dr. #22 Cleveland OH 44143
P.440.449.1100 X1109 | F.440.449.1106 |

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From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 07:38
To: Crestron@...
Subject: Re: [Crestron] Lutron homeworks remote connect

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You need to forward both ports 23 and 80 if not using Lutron's connect bridge

If you have a Lutron connect bridge, no port forwards are needed

> On Jun 13, 2017, at 11:13 PM, cyberbri24@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:
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> So I'm integrating Crestron with Lutron shades and lighting using IP. All seems we'll but wanted to know if the Lutron processor can be connected remotely. I have forwarded ports on the router so I can use Xpanel and toolbox but when I asked the lighting guy the other day, he didn't seem to know if that he has this ability. Anyone here uses Lutron SW and know if just forwarding port 23 to the Lutron processor is all that's needed? Is the SW designed to remote in to the lighting panel like we do with any Crestron processor?


Re: Lutron homeworks remote connect

Joe Vossen
 

You need to forward both ports 23 and 80 if not using Lutron's connect bridge

If you have a Lutron connect bridge, no port forwards are needed

On Jun 13, 2017, at 11:13 PM, cyberbri24@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:

So I'm integrating Crestron with Lutron shades and lighting using IP. All seems we'll but wanted to know if the Lutron processor can be connected remotely. I have forwarded ports on the router so I can use Xpanel and toolbox but when I asked the lighting guy the other day, he didn't seem to know if that he has this ability. Anyone here uses Lutron SW and know if just forwarding port 23 to the Lutron processor is all that's needed? Is the SW designed to remote in to the lighting panel like we do with any Crestron processor?


DIN-CENCN-2(-POE) anyone used it? I'm not impressed!

 

So first off some comments:

* Can't connect to it using USB even though the thing has a USB port on the front

* Can't find it using Toolbox device discovery on Ethernet (PC & gateway plugged into same switch)

* Can find it using Toolbox device discovery on USB but can't get any system info

* Had to find it in my router by looking up the MAC address

* Does have a web interface that you can connect to once you know the IP address and that is pretty good once you get that far.

* The Do Guide is frankly a joke. What ever happened to proper manuals?


Some concerns:

* No way to detect the gateway is online within Simpl Windows as it's not possible to add an Offline Manager

* My really big concern - After a program reset (new program loaded) the gateway resets and feedback to any keypads connected does not get updated. My program uses the ReportLightLevel input on the C2NI-CB's and lighting levels & scenes are stored in NVRAM. When the gateway comes back online none of the feedback LED's light on the keypads until they have been set low and then high again. Same with ReportLightLevel, if that signal is already high then I get no AmbientLightLevel update from the keypad until I drop & re-assert?ReportLightLevel. This is unacceptable.

* Cresnet device Poll Managers don't seem to work reliably - If the device is plugged in it never shows as offline after a progreset so I can't use that to update the status of FB & ReportLightLevel. If I unplug a device when the gateway is in a normal operational mode then Offline status is updated. If I ProgReset with the device offline & plug it back in while the system is restarting it still shows as offline even though I can use the device.


Regarding connecting via USB I get this info when connecting:

Could not connect to the device as specified by the address. No valid Communications channel available

Failure: RAPI init failed. ?Is ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center installed? <not supplied>


So does that error mean that I need to install ActiveSync or Windows Device Centre or that these are installed and are causing the issue? The message is ambiguous to say the least. As far as I'm aware I have neither of those installed. Also if I do need to install them then I ask why. We haven't had to use ActiveSync since the old MT-1000 days.


This is not an enterprise product!


Any comments welcome.

-s

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Lutron homeworks remote connect

 

So I'm integrating Crestron with Lutron shades and lighting using IP. All seems we'll but wanted to know if the Lutron processor can be connected remotely. I have forwarded ports on the router so I can use Xpanel and toolbox but when I asked the lighting guy the other day, he didn't seem to know if that he has this ability. Anyone here uses Lutron SW and know if just forwarding port 23 to the Lutron processor is all that's needed? Is the SW designed to remote in to the lighting panel like we do with any Crestron processor?

Thanks


Re: LG commercial LCD module with volume feedback

 

Hi Ilya,
Did you manage to get the feedback from the LG sorted?

Tim


On Saturday, 25 February 2017, 5:00, "ilya kandibur happynwestwood@... [Crestron]" <Crestron@...> wrote:


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Does anyone happen to know of an LG rs232 module that has a working volume feedback for the current crop of LCD panels. The various modules available all work for control and basic feedback, but the volume fb ramp just sits at 0d. I checked the modules posted on the group and those didn't work for volume fb either. Anyone come across a module where this works? We are using the MB-P10 keypads in some rooms with these and actual volume fb would be nice for the ramp graphic above the knob. There isn't a way I know of to directly set volume on the tv at startup so I could make a simulated feedback, or to read current volume level in any format I know of. Curious if anyone found one that works. For reference the model we are using is an LG 55lw340c

-Ilya





Re: Crestron centralized lighting control

 

If the LEDs are dimmable, the 2DIM8 is fine. I have a house with over 250 LED loads and using 2DIM8 just fine. I set them up as Incandescent.?


Re: Vantage infusion

 

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Thanks?

Thanks ,?
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On Jun 13, 2017, at 4:13 PM, ted_brincka@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:

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Re: Crestron centralized lighting control

 

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The CLX-2DIM8 will dim LED's but the driver has to support forward phase dimming. We use CLX-1DIM8's and TCP fixtures in our office, and they play fine. The CLX-2DIMU8 will play with more LEDs as it uses reverse phase dimming, which is compatible many more load types.

The GLXX don't worry about as that is part of the protected commercial lighting line and you'll need to jump through a number of hoops that you wouldn't normally need to with normal Crestron product to get that product. Stay in the CLX line.

Sent from my mobile. Please excuse brevity and any typos.

Caleb Radecky |?Manager, Online Products & Services
Crestron Silver Certified Programmer | DMC-D-4K | DMC-E-4K
ControlWorks Consulting, LLC |?Crestron Services Provider?| 701 Beta Dr. #22 Cleveland OH 44143
P.440.449.1100 X1109 | F.440.449.1106 |http://www.controlworks.com

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Received: Tuesday, 13 Jun 2017, 19:05
To: Crestron@... [Crestron@...]
Subject: [Crestron] Crestron centralized lighting control

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I done (successfully) numerous decentralized Crestron lighting control systems but never a centralized.

I've been brought in to assess an older?installed system from another manufacturer that is centralized.? It has issues - dimming LED lighting is one of them.

I thought this would be reasonably obvious - swap out old dimming modules for new Crestron modules.? The existing system has 3x in wall panels with 4x dimming modules in each panel.?After looking at the Crestron module choices I'm a little confused.?

It appears the CLX-2DIM8 will not dim LED loads.? The GLXX-2DIM8 appears to be the choice but I can't fit four of these into the existing panels.

I need some education on this.? I'll talk to TB tomorrow but was hoping to go into the talk with a little more knowledge.

Please educate me.

Thanks.




Re: Vantage infusion

 

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Crestron centralized lighting control

 

I done (successfully) numerous decentralized Crestron lighting control systems but never a centralized.

I've been brought in to assess an older?installed system from another manufacturer that is centralized.? It has issues - dimming LED lighting is one of them.

I thought this would be reasonably obvious - swap out old dimming modules for new Crestron modules.? The existing system has 3x in wall panels with 4x dimming modules in each panel.?After looking at the Crestron module choices I'm a little confused.?

It appears the CLX-2DIM8 will not dim LED loads.? The GLXX-2DIM8 appears to be the choice but I can't fit four of these into the existing panels.

I need some education on this.? I'll talk to TB tomorrow but was hoping to go into the talk with a little more knowledge.

Please educate me.

Thanks.




Vantage infusion

 

Does anyone know what's the port to use TCP/IP client for the vantage infusion ?


Topics in Home Automation - New Blog Entry

 

Just a quick note to let people know that I've added a new blog entry to my blog, Topics in Home Automation. ? The blog entry is titled:?

Update on Aging in Play with Residential Automation

Here is a summary of the topics I've covered in my blog
5/31/17 ? ? ?-?Automating Large Homes - Methodology
5/17/17 ? ? ?-?Shade Automation Update with New Code Posted on Github
5/3/17 ? ? ? ?- Aging in Place Progress Update
5/3/17 ? ? ? ?- Scheduling, NOT
4/18/17 ? ? ?-?Controlling Your Automation System from Your Car
4/5/17 ? ? ? ?- Trends in UI for the Home
3/22/17 ? ? ?-?What's Wrong with Alexa: My Top Ten Issues when Integrating the Amazon Echo with a Home Automation System
3/20/17 ? ? ?- Evolution of this Blog
3/15/17 ? ? ?- Garage Door Logic
3/8/17 ? ? ? ?- Unique Customer Requests
2/22/17 ? ? ?-?Making your Automation System Guest Friendly
2/15/17 ? ? ?- Risky Automation
2/8/17 ? ? ? ?- Finding the Right Partners
2/1/17 ? ? ? ?- Tricks and Hacks
1/25/17 ? ? ?- Water Management and Automation
1/18/17 ? ? ?- Improving Security with Automation
1/13/17 ? ? ?- Cutting the Chord Update
1/11/17 ? ? ?- Networking and IoT Device Integration
1/4/17 ? ? ? ?- ?Automating Shades, and Drapes
12/27/16 ? ?- ?Notifications - Getting Informed When Events Occur in Your Home
12/20/16 ? ?- ?Cutting the Chord
12/12/16 ? ?- ?Lighting Control and Automation
12/7/16 ? ? ? -?Working With IFTTT - If-This-Then-That
11/30/16 ? ?- Controlling Your Automation System
11/16/16 ? ?-?Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Automation (Example Crestron code can be found at?)
11/9/16 ? ? ?- How do Traditional Automation System Dealers Transition to IoT
11/2/16 ? ? ?- ?Integrating the Internet of Things into your Automation System
10/26/16 ? ?- Saving Energy Through Automation
10/19/16 ? ?- Choosing an Automation Processor / Hub
10/12/16 ? ?- Making Your Home Safer
10/5/16 ? ? ?- Developing an Automation System through Use Cases
9/27/16 ? ? ?- Is the House Occupied or Not
9/25/16 ? ? ?- Podcast
9/21/16 ? ? ?- Act Like a Pro - document your code and your systems (code, network, automation, security hardware)
9/14/16 ? ? ?- Automation vs. Control
9/7/16 ? ? ? ?- Introduction

I hope you find the information useful


Thanks


Re: Cisco SX20 Questions

 

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I haven¡¯t looked at the pinouts lately, but the Camera DB9 on the MXP codecs could also provide power to a Tandberg camera.

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Wondering if someone connected oddly wired serial cable to the camera control port instead of the external control port (IIRC, they¡¯re right on top of each other) and that power was enough to make things very unhappy.

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I¡¯ve never had an issue with serial control of any Tandberg/Cisco CODEC and I have multiple clients with dozens of serially-controlled SX80s each.

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Lincoln

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From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...]
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 10:48 AM
To: Crestron@...
Subject: [Crestron] Re: Cisco SX20 Questions

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Not sure if the SX20 uses the same RS-232 circuitry as the SX80 but, we had TWO CP3Ns go up in a ball of flame trying to control SX80s via 232.

Sticking to Ethernet? for now.