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Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

Dodged a bullet there, showed owner TablesReady software @ $50 monthly takes care of all his needs for reservations and remote contact of customers. Now onto audio system.

Thanks for all the input.


Re: Find a rouge parameter in a simpl program

 

Awesome. Glad it worked for you.


Re: current lutron modules

 

They used to be on the Application Market but they are no longer there (only the other systems are there which is odd...). If you have a Lutron login you can get them from their hub and it lets you get the r04 version.

There are r05 versions out there too- I was given a couple of the modules from one of the guys at Control Concepts. It had fixes to issues I had found on several sites. It was just for the Dimming Load Control, Dimming Load Parsing, and Shade modules. I dont want to share those without their permission though. I think some of them are in this group though and if they give the blessing then I'll post them up.?

Also I wonder if the admins here have an issue with us adding the r04 QS modules to the files section. Seems something many people ask for. I think just because you arent a Lutron dealer doesnt mean you shouldnt have access to the Crestron modules...


Re: current lutron modules

 

Link link from Control Concepts site didn't work for me. So they sent me the latest which is R04.?

I'll send it to you.


Re: Find a rouge parameter in a simpl program

 

Alex,

F9 & replace with an empty parameter worked a treat as the process will fail and brings up the Replace Substrings dialog with a Warning - Could not replace Parameter Zone_href_ID on Symbol: S:x.x.x.x.x
So that enabled me to track down the rouge ID's.
Thanks


Re: current lutron modules

 

Yes I should have specified. ?I¡¯m after the QS modules.?


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 02:30 PM, Brad Wykoff wrote:
the restaurant is being controlled by Crestron, owner asked, if possible, to add in reservations control as well.
My thinking is that custom programming this app with Crestron would cost about 10% more than buying a system designed for the purpose...
i.e. if the Res.System costs $ 6000 my estimate would be $ 6600. if it cost 10000 my estimate would become $ 11000...:)


Re: current lutron modules

 

Are you looking for QS or QSX modules...they're VERY different!...


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

Not familiar with the exam similarity but having a meeting with owner tomorrow and will suggest a third party product for reservation.?


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

"This feels like a Crestron exam question from a while back."? "Wrong tool for the job"

Can confirm, a very similar requirement for a reservation system was on the CCP exam this past summer.? The ironic part is, that exam had no A/V in it at all.? Every single aspect of the exam SCREAMED "Build a solution to a scope of work entirely outside the Crestron/AV wheelhouse, and use none of the functions for which you would actually want to spec a crestron-based system."? It seemed to remove the "practical" part from giving a practical exam! Ha ha.? Reminded me of when I gave a task to some of our interns to teach them about S+, "make this touchpanel play tic tac toe with you, complete with declaring victory when a winning move is made."


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

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You could possibly run a browser on the dge that is running the panel. Have the browser running the reservation app.

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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:30 PM
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My thoughts as well since there are other platforms that already have that capability but since the remaining part of the restaurant is being controlled by Crestron, owner asked, if possible, to add in reservations control as well.


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

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This feels like a Crestron exam question from a while back.

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But this is also a great example of ¡°wrong tool for the job¡± / ¡°why reinvent the wheel¡±? Pretty much any competent restaurant point of sale system will do this better, cheaper, faster, and more reliably than you¡¯ll be able to (quickly) do this ¨C particularly the whole process-email-cancellation portion of this.

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Is there something that one of the off the shelf solutions doesn¡¯t do that the client needs?

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If you really need to do this probably leveraging one of the POS APIs and just using Crestron for the frontend would be the better way to go but that¡¯s about where my awareness ends ¨C Aloha and Micros are the major players (IIRC) in this space and bonus that that would also allow the client to leverage integration with services like OpenTable and Resy for booking (rather than reinventing that wheel again)?

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If you really, really, really need to do this C# and dictionaries would be the first path I¡¯d walk down but only with a gun to my head ¨C not because it¡¯s conceptually difficult but because WHY?

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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:19 PM
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Subject: [crestron] restaurant reservations with Crestron

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has anyone used Crestron as a reservation system for a restaurant?

I have been tasked with creating an interface using TSD-2220-B that allows hostess to make reservations for seating of up to 224 people (that is the max occupancy) there are 56 tables each containing 4 chairs. Selecting any available seating based on date/time from 1 table to all 56 tables. Reservations are being sent via email to customer for conformation. Chairs are not a factor since selecting a table reserves all 4 chairs at once. Customer can cancel at any time via email or by calling in to hostess.


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

My thoughts as well since there are other platforms that already have that capability but since the remaining part of the restaurant is being controlled by Crestron, owner asked, if possible, to add in reservations control as well.


Re: restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

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Don¡¯t want to be pessimistic, but.

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I can think of no worse purpose for a Crestron system. It could run a carwash better that a restaurant.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brad Wykoff via groups.io
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 2:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [crestron] restaurant reservations with Crestron

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has anyone used Crestron as a reservation system for a restaurant?

I have been tasked with creating an interface using TSD-2220-B that allows hostess to make reservations for seating of up to 224 people (that is the max occupancy) there are 56 tables each containing 4 chairs. Selecting any available seating based on date/time from 1 table to all 56 tables. Reservations are being sent via email to customer for conformation. Chairs are not a factor since selecting a table reserves all 4 chairs at once. Customer can cancel at any time via email or by calling in to hostess.


restaurant reservations with Crestron

 

has anyone used Crestron as a reservation system for a restaurant?

I have been tasked with creating an interface using TSD-2220-B that allows hostess to make reservations for seating of up to 224 people (that is the max occupancy) there are 56 tables each containing 4 chairs. Selecting any available seating based on date/time from 1 table to all 56 tables. Reservations are being sent via email to customer for conformation. Chairs are not a factor since selecting a table reserves all 4 chairs at once. Customer can cancel at any time via email or by calling in to hostess.


Re: Find a rouge parameter in a simpl program

 

Unfortunately I think what he is dealing with means a digit is off in his parameters and Lutron is kicking him errors that the href doesn't exist.? I don't believe there is a way to know an href that is erroring then search for it in parameters.? I've been in these shoes and it sucks.

I'm waiting for another large QSX system until I do this, but I am going to modify how my modules work to read from a file for href's instead of using the pre-built modules.? These larger systems, you absolutely need the ability to locate and change these href's easier.? Unfortunately the current QSX modules, though ControlConcepts did a good job on the initial build really need a second version with a lot of modifications for things like feedback, dimming, href handling, etc.


On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 10:44 AM, Alex Teague wrote:
If you know the exact parameter text you're searching for, you could F9 the entire lighting folder and replace the parameter text with "". If the module flags incomplete parameters then you'll get a warning with a pointer to the location you're looking for. If it doesn't flag "" then you could try some other invalid text for the field.


Re: Find a rouge parameter in a simpl program

 

If you know the exact parameter text you're searching for, you could F9 the entire lighting folder and replace the parameter text with "". If the module flags incomplete parameters then you'll get a warning with a pointer to the location you're looking for. If it doesn't flag "" then you could try some other invalid text for the field.


Find a rouge parameter in a simpl program

 

I have a very large Lutron QSX integration program.
The lutron logs are complaining about some href buttons not existing.
As any of you that have done qsx integration know, there can be literally hundreds of these href's in a program.

I have a couple I'm trying to track down but a lack of a simple find function in Simpl is proving to be problematic.

I've tried opening the smw in Notepad++ and searching in that but cannot find any href parameters even ones I can clearly see.

Anyone have any suggestions to track down parameters in a program?

Thanks


Re: D3 Data files.

 

So Casey just doing this startup trigger is all thats needed to fix this and not a database juggle? I guess thats alot easier. That would also indicate the issue isnt the scheduler module itself or a 2 series limitation to me. Just something broken in the convoluted way D3 generates all that logic.??


Re: TS-770 How to go back to User Project after launching Sonos app

 

Yeah, its not the best solution in the world, but it works.? Really wish Crestron would ask the community for feedback on these sorts of things before just including them for us to deal with after the fact.? But ya know, Home.


On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 07:12 PM, EQ wrote:
Thanks for the replies.?
I was able to use the toolbar in conjunction with the toolbar extender within Simpl to invoque the Sonos app and to switch back to the user project. I¡¯m not closing the Sonos app from the extender otherwise the app takes longer to reconnect to the Sonos system.?
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Regards,
EQ.
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 4:47?PM wartyhogus <wh888@...> wrote:
Just to make you aware of an issue I had. The Virtual toolbar would not work for me. Would not send back to the project after Sonos app launch. This was the only thing I used the Virtual Tool Bar for. I spent a long time going through my program and VTP project and could not get it to work, the VTB was just never responsive. I eventually Initialized/defaulted? the panel and did a fresh start.Lo and Behold the VTB worked right away for Sonos App closing. So be aware if you have this same problem.
In the mean time before I solved the problem I just created a 2 minute Timer to trip the return to project.

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