Re: Can't compile 3 Series Simpl+ "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module"
Airfoil! that was one of my programs. Cool program but every time I install it, it breaks something else. The first time was Cisco's VPN, now Crestron SIMPL...
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--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@...> wrote: Bless your heart Brian, I was about to reinstall windows but instead started uninstalling programs and now it works. Unfortunately I did not do a 1 by 1 uninstall and test. Here is a list of what I unisntalled before testing that it works.
Gui FX Copilot Easy tether Airfoil Apple updater Bonjour Guifx software
I will try re installing these 1 by 1 but do any coincide with software you may have had?
--- In Crestron@..., "btrujillo4343" <btrujillo4343@> wrote:
I was having the same issue a couple of weeks ago. Turns out it had something to do with other software I installed days earlier. It was somehow conflicting with SIMPL+/SIMPLWindows. Take a look at anything you've installed since the last time it was working and uninstall it. That worked for me... TB couldn't explain what or why the software was conflicting.
Brian --- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@> wrote:
I forgot to add, this was on all modules, I even created empty modules with little or no code in it and I still had the same problem.
--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@> wrote:
I can compile Simpl+ for 2 series but anytime I check the option for 3 series, I get "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module" I was running latest software according to Master Installer.
I tried uninstall, reboot,registry cleaner, reboot re-install everything with UAC Off, no anti-virus software installed, and all installers set to run as Admin. Made sure no directories or registry entries for Cygnus or Coldfire. Re-downloaded my installers just in case.
I have a case open with TB Support but thought I would ask all of you guys.
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Re: Can't compile 3 Series Simpl+ "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module"
Bless your heart Brian, I was about to reinstall windows but instead started uninstalling programs and now it works. Unfortunately I did not do a 1 by 1 uninstall and test. Here is a list of what I unisntalled before testing that it works.
Gui FX Copilot Easy tether Airfoil Apple updater Bonjour Guifx software
I will try re installing these 1 by 1 but do any coincide with software you may have had?
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--- In Crestron@..., "btrujillo4343" <btrujillo4343@...> wrote:
I was having the same issue a couple of weeks ago. Turns out it had something to do with other software I installed days earlier. It was somehow conflicting with SIMPL+/SIMPLWindows. Take a look at anything you've installed since the last time it was working and uninstall it. That worked for me... TB couldn't explain what or why the software was conflicting.
Brian --- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@> wrote:
I forgot to add, this was on all modules, I even created empty modules with little or no code in it and I still had the same problem.
--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@> wrote:
I can compile Simpl+ for 2 series but anytime I check the option for 3 series, I get "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module" I was running latest software according to Master Installer.
I tried uninstall, reboot,registry cleaner, reboot re-install everything with UAC Off, no anti-virus software installed, and all installers set to run as Admin. Made sure no directories or registry entries for Cygnus or Coldfire. Re-downloaded my installers just in case.
I have a case open with TB Support but thought I would ask all of you guys.
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Re: DM v2.40 now single IP solution.
Agreed!!! -Neil Dorin On 2012-04-23, at 2:16 PM, "matt_rasmussen_2000" <mjrtoo@...> wrote: Yes!!
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Re: DM v2.40 now single IP solution.
What's broken? :D On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 4:16 PM, matt_rasmussen_2000 <mjrtoo@...>wrote: **
Yes!!
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DM v2.40 now single IP solution.
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Re: Can't compile 3 Series Simpl+ "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module"
I was having the same issue a couple of weeks ago. Turns out it had something to do with other software I installed days earlier. It was somehow conflicting with SIMPL+/SIMPLWindows. Take a look at anything you've installed since the last time it was working and uninstall it. That worked for me... TB couldn't explain what or why the software was conflicting.
Brian
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--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@...> wrote: I forgot to add, this was on all modules, I even created empty modules with little or no code in it and I still had the same problem.
--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@> wrote:
I can compile Simpl+ for 2 series but anytime I check the option for 3 series, I get "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module" I was running latest software according to Master Installer.
I tried uninstall, reboot,registry cleaner, reboot re-install everything with UAC Off, no anti-virus software installed, and all installers set to run as Admin. Made sure no directories or registry entries for Cygnus or Coldfire. Re-downloaded my installers just in case.
I have a case open with TB Support but thought I would ask all of you guys.
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Re: Can't compile 3 Series Simpl+ "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module"
I forgot to add, this was on all modules, I even created empty modules with little or no code in it and I still had the same problem.
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--- In Crestron@..., "mrcaseyb" <casey@...> wrote: I can compile Simpl+ for 2 series but anytime I check the option for 3 series, I get "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module" I was running latest software according to Master Installer.
I tried uninstall, reboot,registry cleaner, reboot re-install everything with UAC Off, no anti-virus software installed, and all installers set to run as Admin. Made sure no directories or registry entries for Cygnus or Coldfire. Re-downloaded my installers just in case.
I have a case open with TB Support but thought I would ask all of you guys.
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Can't compile 3 Series Simpl+ "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module"
I can compile Simpl+ for 2 series but anytime I check the option for 3 series, I get "Cannot retrieve total number of NVRam in module" I was running latest software according to Master Installer.
I tried uninstall, reboot,registry cleaner, reboot re-install everything with UAC Off, no anti-virus software installed, and all installers set to run as Admin. Made sure no directories or registry entries for Cygnus or Coldfire. Re-downloaded my installers just in case.
I have a case open with TB Support but thought I would ask all of you guys.
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Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice?
Good to know, I'll have to give that a shot. Thanks for the info.
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--- In Crestron@..., Nick Mitchell <nick@...> wrote: Rdp. No it works great. Like I said the only drawback is only 1 person can have vt pro open at a time. But simpl windows works fine running multiple copies by multiple users.
Nick
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On Apr 23, 2012, at 2:05 PM, mlafayette2350 <michael.lafayette@...> wrote:
How are you connecting to the server remotely? I would imagine an RDP session would be brutal with VTPro.
--- In Crestron@..., Nick Mitchell <nick@> wrote:
We use a Windows 2008 server for development located in our office. It's an
HP dl360 server with 10gb of memory and dual processor 2.33 ghz Xeon quad core. Very fast and always available when onsite or from home or the office. Even if my laptop is misbehaving remote desktop usually works great.
I picked up the server off of eBay for about 800$ and it supports a couple of programmers and some office staff. The biggest downfall is we can only have one copy of vt pro running at a time but with just two programmers it really hasn't been that big of a deal.
Best part is we can use cheap little disposable laptops and still have the power of quad core and 10gb of memory available to us.
Nick
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On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Mark <markrkaye@> wrote:
i use an ASUS G73S very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks, Paul
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Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice?
So in theory you could have your server run a VM for each programmer and have as many instances of VTPRO as you have VMs, correct?
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-----Original Message----- From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...] On Behalf Of Nick Mitchell Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:35 PM To: Crestron@... Subject: Re: [Crestron] Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice? Rdp. No it works great. Like I said the only drawback is only 1 person can have vt pro open at a time. But simpl windows works fine running multiple copies by multiple users. Nick On Apr 23, 2012, at 2:05 PM, mlafayette2350 <michael.lafayette@...> wrote: How are you connecting to the server remotely? I would imagine an RDP session would be brutal with VTPro. --- In Crestron@..., Nick Mitchell <nick@...> wrote: We use a Windows 2008 server for development located in our office.
It's an HP dl360 server with 10gb of memory and dual processor 2.33 ghz Xeon quad core. Very fast and always available when onsite or from home or the office. Even if my laptop is misbehaving remote desktop usually works great.
I picked up the server off of eBay for about 800$ and it supports a couple of programmers and some office staff. The biggest downfall is we can only have one copy of vt pro running at a time but with just two programmers it really hasn't been that big of a deal.
Best part is we can use cheap little disposable laptops and still have the power of quad core and 10gb of memory available to us.
Nick
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On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Mark <markrkaye@...> wrote:
i use an ASUS G73S very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development
have been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of
Simpl Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is
probably not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac
is still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.? Thanks, Paul
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Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice?
Rdp. No it works great. Like I said the only drawback is only 1 person can have vt pro open at a time. But simpl windows works fine running multiple copies by multiple users.
Nick
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On Apr 23, 2012, at 2:05 PM, mlafayette2350 <michael.lafayette@...> wrote: How are you connecting to the server remotely? I would imagine an RDP session would be brutal with VTPro. --- In Crestron@..., Nick Mitchell <nick@...> wrote: We use a Windows 2008 server for development located in our office. It's
an HP dl360 server with 10gb of memory and dual processor 2.33 ghz Xeon quad core. Very fast and always available when onsite or from home or the office. Even if my laptop is misbehaving remote desktop usually works great.
I picked up the server off of eBay for about 800$ and it supports a couple of programmers and some office staff. The biggest downfall is we can only have one copy of vt pro running at a time but with just two programmers it really hasn't been that big of a deal.
Best part is we can use cheap little disposable laptops and still have the power of quad core and 10gb of memory available to us.
Nick
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On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Mark <markrkaye@...> wrote:
i use an ASUS G73S very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks, Paul
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Re: Creating WAV files for the CNX-B keypads...
Nevermind. After a little digging it turns out Audacity will do it. :P
JRW
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--- In Crestron@..., "jrw_96" <jrw_96@...> wrote: Can anyone suggest a decent freeware that will properly convert to the "8-bit PCM, mono, 8khz sampling rate"?
TIA JRW
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I set up Squeezebox using an MLX3 with a list length of 10 items and have logic to trigger the page-down and -up commands when scrolling off the bottom/top of a list and then highlight the top/bottom item. It works pretty well. I prefer it to separate page up/down buttons within the list. That said, I do still prefer my CommandFusion or Xpanel remotes for selecting music. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Audible Solutions < crestronprogrammer.1@...> wrote: **
Thanks for the suggestion but I've been through the example program. It is coded as if the MLX3 is a ML600. It's not designed for scalability at all. There are a few useful macros but for what I'm asking it's not very helpful. I also called TB. The support rep had never coded a MLX3. I knew more than he and most of his advice was incorrect.
I have the MLX3 working. I do not want to follow the example program's paradigm and have 30 VT-Pro pages with individual logic on every page buffered via the page in use.
Clearly, the firmware was written to allow external logic from VT-Pro to control the MLX3. The example program presupposes that the remote will be hard coded in VT-Pro. Is this the superior mode of dealing with the remote?
If I wanted to have 12 VT-pro files, all hard coded, the example program would work well enough. But I'm trying to template the MLX3 so that it's coded from Simpl, not VT-Pro. I want a single MLX3 file for as many remotes are in the project and the example program is not much use for this. The MLX3, lighting and HVAC aside, is a list within a list within a list. I'm merely curious if anyone has rolled their own scrolling list logic and found any benefit to using the default scrolling text the remote provides? I'm interested if the trigger highlighted and itemtohighlight signals make the MLX3 function better than when using its default scrolling logic VT-Pro provides.
--- In Crestron@..., Jay Basen <jay.m.basen@...> wrote:
Alan
there is an example program for the MLX-3 on the crestron web site. It includes an example iPod interface. You can adopt this to other devices such as a squeezebox without a lot of trouble.
Personally, I've always tied an MLX-3 remote to a given room as nobody likes to go searching around the house for the TV remote. But, it wouldn't be hard to program a room selection list and then just drive the source selection based on a room.
Hope this helps
Jay
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From: "Audible Solutions" <crestronprogrammer.1@...> To: Crestron@... Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:17:22 AM Subject: [Crestron] HELP WITH MLX-3
I've been playing with this remote over the weekend. It's been specified into a job and it's the first time I've coded one.
r My preliminary testing suggests that if I seed the unit with serial text and the size of the list dynamically it works rather well using the built in scroll wheel and feedback.
But the unit does allow you to use your own scrolling list outside of the remote.
Anyone know of any advantage to using the built-in scrolling functionality vs external, roll your own list logic?
I don't have an issue coding the list external to the remote. It just seems unnecessary, based upon my testing. Being a lone coder, I may be missing something so I figured I'd take advantage of the board's experience to confirm or challenge my conclusion.
Secondarily, how have others solved the problem of page up and down with devices such as Squeezebox, the Autonomic MMS or an iPod that requires page up/down commands? I've chosen to provide an extra 2 buttons, one at the top for page up, and the other at the end of the list for page down. Within those 2 fixed button strings the dynamic text resides.
I removed the channel presets from the DVR page, substituting missing buttons such as page up/down and day up/down.
For BD I followed a path above, including buttons such as home, audio, subtitle that are not on the remote.
Anyone coding this as a global control device? I suspect it's inevitable that sales will demand this, even if the iPad is a better UI for global control. I've found HVAC and shades relatively easy to make global, lighting has been a problem in terms of seeding the page flip from the room crosspoint. A scrolling list of rooms connecting to a list of sources sounds rather familiar to those of us coding the Adagio.
I just cannot fathom why someone would offer this UI as anything but a single room control device.
Anyway, any thoughts on the first part, using the built-in scrolling list on the remote vs using code external to the remote, would be appreciated.
TIA,
Alan
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Thanks for the suggestion but I've been through the example program. It is coded as if the MLX3 is a ML600. It's not designed for scalability at all. There are a few useful macros but for what I'm asking it's not very helpful. I also called TB. The support rep had never coded a MLX3. I knew more than he and most of his advice was incorrect.
I have the MLX3 working. I do not want to follow the example program's paradigm and have 30 VT-Pro pages with individual logic on every page buffered via the page in use.
Clearly, the firmware was written to allow external logic from VT-Pro to control the MLX3. The example program presupposes that the remote will be hard coded in VT-Pro. Is this the superior mode of dealing with the remote?
If I wanted to have 12 VT-pro files, all hard coded, the example program would work well enough. But I'm trying to template the MLX3 so that it's coded from Simpl, not VT-Pro. I want a single MLX3 file for as many remotes are in the project and the example program is not much use for this. The MLX3, lighting and HVAC aside, is a list within a list within a list. I'm merely curious if anyone has rolled their own scrolling list logic and found any benefit to using the default scrolling text the remote provides? I'm interested if the trigger highlighted and itemtohighlight signals make the MLX3 function better than when using its default scrolling logic VT-Pro provides.
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--- In Crestron@..., Jay Basen <jay.m.basen@...> wrote: Alan
there is an example program for the MLX-3 on the crestron web site. It includes an example iPod interface. You can adopt this to other devices such as a squeezebox without a lot of trouble.
Personally, I've always tied an MLX-3 remote to a given room as nobody likes to go searching around the house for the TV remote. But, it wouldn't be hard to program a room selection list and then just drive the source selection based on a room.
Hope this helps
Jay
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From: "Audible Solutions" <crestronprogrammer.1@...> To: Crestron@... Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:17:22 AM Subject: [Crestron] HELP WITH MLX-3
I've been playing with this remote over the weekend. It's been specified into a job and it's the first time I've coded one. r My preliminary testing suggests that if I seed the unit with serial text and the size of the list dynamically it works rather well using the built in scroll wheel and feedback.
But the unit does allow you to use your own scrolling list outside of the remote.
Anyone know of any advantage to using the built-in scrolling functionality vs external, roll your own list logic?
I don't have an issue coding the list external to the remote. It just seems unnecessary, based upon my testing. Being a lone coder, I may be missing something so I figured I'd take advantage of the board's experience to confirm or challenge my conclusion.
Secondarily, how have others solved the problem of page up and down with devices such as Squeezebox, the Autonomic MMS or an iPod that requires page up/down commands? I've chosen to provide an extra 2 buttons, one at the top for page up, and the other at the end of the list for page down. Within those 2 fixed button strings the dynamic text resides.
I removed the channel presets from the DVR page, substituting missing buttons such as page up/down and day up/down.
For BD I followed a path above, including buttons such as home, audio, subtitle that are not on the remote.
Anyone coding this as a global control device? I suspect it's inevitable that sales will demand this, even if the iPad is a better UI for global control. I've found HVAC and shades relatively easy to make global, lighting has been a problem in terms of seeding the page flip from the room crosspoint. A scrolling list of rooms connecting to a list of sources sounds rather familiar to those of us coding the Adagio.
I just cannot fathom why someone would offer this UI as anything but a single room control device.
Anyway, any thoughts on the first part, using the built-in scrolling list on the remote vs using code external to the remote, would be appreciated.
TIA,
Alan
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Creating WAV files for the CNX-B keypads...
Can anyone suggest a decent freeware that will properly convert to the "8-bit PCM, mono, 8khz sampling rate"?
TIA JRW
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Could be wrong, but as far as I know that's just a backup of a umc file - not much use on it's own. I would go back and ask for an actual archive.
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I'm relatively new to crestron programming...
I've done some SB and SIMPL... SIMPL+ also.
So far so good... I'm working on a Home Theatre for a friend ... It'll be a pro2 with an Ipad... His home was done with KNX and there is a crestron knx gateway fully programmed on a QM-RMC... I'd like to integrate the hometheatre part with the KNX part (already done)... we asked about the sources files for the QM-RMC... But i've received an archive with a BAK extension...
Where do i open this kind of file ?
I went on TB but didn't find an answer... maybe they talked about it during training but i forgot... So I thought about the forum and decided to give it a try...
Can someone please tell me how to open the bak file ?
Thank you,
S.
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Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice?
How are you connecting to the server remotely? I would imagine an RDP session would be brutal with VTPro.
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--- In Crestron@..., Nick Mitchell <nick@...> wrote: We use a Windows 2008 server for development located in our office. It's an HP dl360 server with 10gb of memory and dual processor 2.33 ghz Xeon quad core. Very fast and always available when onsite or from home or the office. Even if my laptop is misbehaving remote desktop usually works great.
I picked up the server off of eBay for about 800$ and it supports a couple of programmers and some office staff. The biggest downfall is we can only have one copy of vt pro running at a time but with just two programmers it really hasn't been that big of a deal.
Best part is we can use cheap little disposable laptops and still have the power of quad core and 10gb of memory available to us.
Nick
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On Apr 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Mark <markrkaye@...> wrote:
i use an ASUS G73S very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks, Paul
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Re: Off Topic - killing laptops - any advice?
+1 for Asus. I'm running a custom built maxed out Asus G74 and these things are GREAT! They're made for hardcore gaming, so they have DUAL heatsinks & Fans for cooling, and the whole back end is the heat outlet. Basically the CPU gets one heatsink and fan, and the GPU gets it's own set as well.
Thing doesn't even break a sweat when running multiple Simpl, VTPro's, Photoshops, Outlook, OneNote, dozens of webpages in Firefox, etc. all at the same time.
I too have lost at least 2 previous laptops due to heat issues, no matter how much I clean them, and do upkeep. I guess running a laptop like you'd run a server is a good way to kill it in short order. That's why I went with the Asus this time around... (plus the think is about as fast as of machine as I could find and still afford.) I've gone through a Toshiba, HP, and a SysteMax.
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--- In Crestron@..., "Mark" <markrkaye@...> wrote: i use an ASUS G73S very good cooling
mark
--- In Crestron@..., "oldspunky" <paul@> wrote:
For the past 5 or 6 years the laptops I use for program development have been dying (about 1 a year). I have tried Toshiba, Lenovo, HP, and Panasonic Toughbooks. So this time I tried a Mac Powerbook (with VMware Fusion and Windows 7. Now the Mac is getting clunky too.
I am probably overloading them, but when I have several copies of Simpl Windows, Vtpro-e, Autocad, xpanel, Toolbox, and probably a Clearone or Biamp configuration file (and perhaps Photoshop) all open at the same time the laptops get pretty hot. Unfortunately I usually need all those things when working on a program or bringing up a system.
I do a lot of my programming on the road so using a desktop is probably not an option.
I have been using Radioshack fans and they seem to help, but my Mac is still getting hot enough to fry eggs or my hands. Any ideas? Or should I just accept this and budget a new laptop (and software) every year or so.?
Thanks, Paul
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Alan
there is an example program for the MLX-3 on the crestron web site. It includes an example iPod interface. You can adopt this to other devices such as a squeezebox without a lot of trouble.
Personally, I've always tied an MLX-3 remote to a given room as nobody likes to go searching around the house for the TV remote. But, it wouldn't be hard to program a room selection list and then just drive the source selection based on a room.
Hope this helps
Jay
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From: "Audible Solutions" <crestronprogrammer.1@...> To: Crestron@... Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:17:22 AM Subject: [Crestron] HELP WITH MLX-3
I've been playing with this remote over the weekend. It's been specified into a job and it's the first time I've coded one. r My preliminary testing suggests that if I seed the unit with serial text and the size of the list dynamically it works rather well using the built in scroll wheel and feedback.
But the unit does allow you to use your own scrolling list outside of the remote.
Anyone know of any advantage to using the built-in scrolling functionality vs external, roll your own list logic?
I don't have an issue coding the list external to the remote. It just seems unnecessary, based upon my testing. Being a lone coder, I may be missing something so I figured I'd take advantage of the board's experience to confirm or challenge my conclusion.
Secondarily, how have others solved the problem of page up and down with devices such as Squeezebox, the Autonomic MMS or an iPod that requires page up/down commands? I've chosen to provide an extra 2 buttons, one at the top for page up, and the other at the end of the list for page down. Within those 2 fixed button strings the dynamic text resides.
I removed the channel presets from the DVR page, substituting missing buttons such as page up/down and day up/down.
For BD I followed a path above, including buttons such as home, audio, subtitle that are not on the remote.
Anyone coding this as a global control device? I suspect it's inevitable that sales will demand this, even if the iPad is a better UI for global control. I've found HVAC and shades relatively easy to make global, lighting has been a problem in terms of seeding the page flip from the room crosspoint. A scrolling list of rooms connecting to a list of sources sounds rather familiar to those of us coding the Adagio.
I just cannot fathom why someone would offer this UI as anything but a single room control device.
Anyway, any thoughts on the first part, using the built-in scrolling list on the remote vs using code external to the remote, would be appreciated.
TIA,
Alan
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Hi guys,
I'm relatively new to crestron programming...
I've done some SB and SIMPL... SIMPL+ also.
So far so good... I'm working on a Home Theatre for a friend ... It'll be a pro2 with an Ipad... His home was done with KNX and there is a crestron knx gateway fully programmed on a QM-RMC... I'd like to integrate the hometheatre part with the KNX part (already done)... we asked about the sources files for the QM-RMC... But i've received an archive with a BAK extension...
Where do i open this kind of file ?
I went on TB but didn't find an answer... maybe they talked about it during training but i forgot... So I thought about the forum and decided to give it a try...
Can someone please tell me how to open the bak file ?
Thank you,
S.
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