Multizone Audio Player with Scheduler

#248104

Please suggest a cheap stand alone audio player which can play some stored music files based on schedule. Preferred minimum 4 zones and a web based scheduler. Something similar to this but with more zones.

Re: XML in vs2008 #simplsharp

#248103

Thanks guys! I have it working now. I really appreciate the help.

Re: XML in vs2008 #simplsharp

#248102

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Here is part of the code I wrote for reading xml data from a file for a module I have that tracks the angle and elevation of the sun, compares that with data for each window, and automates the operation of shades based on whether the sun is shining through a window or not.

Hope this helps

??????? private bool Read_XML_Data(string xml_data_file, string path)
??????? {
??????????? try
??????????? {
??????????????? string file_path = String.Format("\\{2}\\{0}\\{1}", InitialParametersClass.ProgramIDTag, xml_data_file, path);

??????????????? //Check if the File Exists
??????????????? if (!Crestron.SimplSharp.CrestronIO.File.Exists(file_path))
??????????????? {
??????????????????? return (false);
??????????????? }

??????????????? //open xml file
??????????????? XDocument doc;
??????????????? FileStream fs = new FileStream(file_path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
??????????????? XmlReader xr = new XmlReader(fs);
??????????????? xr.MoveToContent();
??????????????? doc = XDocument.Load(xr);

??????????????? #region Read General Information
??????????????? XElement generalElement = doc
??????????????????? .Element("ShadeInformation")
??????????????????? .Element("GeneralInformation");

?? ???? ??? ??? if (((string)generalElement.Element("version")) == null)??? ??? //Check if version is embedded in XML file
?? ???? ??? ??? {
?? ???? ??? ??? ??? xml_version = 1;??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? //if no version embedded in xml then it is version 1
?? ???? ??? ??? }
?? ???? ??? ??? else
?? ???? ??? ??? {
?? ???? ??? ??? ??? xml_version = Convert.ToDouble(generalElement.Element("version").Value);
?? ???? ??? ??? }

??????????????? latitude = Convert.ToDouble(generalElement.Element("latitude").Value);

??????????????? longitude = Convert.ToDouble(generalElement.Element("longitude").Value);

??????????????? magnetic_declination_degrees = Convert.ToDouble(generalElement.Element("magnetic_declination_degrees").Value);
??????????????? #endregion

??????????????? #region Read Shade Data
??????????????? //Find root element for data for each shade
??????????????? XElement root_shade = doc
??????????????????? .Element("ShadeInformation")
??????????????????? .Element("Shades");

??????????????? //count the number of shades
??????????????? int s_count = root_shade.Elements().Count();

??????????????? //allocate storage for data
??????????????? shade_data = new shade[s_count];

??????????????? IEnumerable<XElement> shades = root_shade.Elements();

??????????????? int j = 0;??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? //initialize index counter
??????????????? foreach (XElement sh in shades)??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? //loop through xml elements
??????????????? {
?? ???? ??? ??? ??? #region Shade Data
?? ???? ??? ??? ??? //create new shade instance
??????????????????? shade_data[j] = new shade();

??????????????????? //read data elements from xml file and add them to the object instance
??????????????????? shade_data[j].name = sh.Element("name").Value;

On 11/8/2022 12:54 PM, Bruce Levy via groups.io wrote:

Show quoted text

I was able to use XDocument on 3 series

using Crestron.SimplSharp.CrestronXmlLinq;

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(xmlString);

On Nov 8, 2022, at 1:44 PM, Alex Teague <alext@...> wrote:

I'm working with a device that returns an XML payload upon query.? I have this device working perfectly on 4 series BUT now I need to make this backwards compatible with 3 series (using vs2008 and CF 3.5) because of the processor shortage. I can't figure out what the best method is to manage and then deserialize the XML properly. What I'm doing on 4 series is deserializing using another class I created which doesn't exist in the CF 3.5 sandbox.

Example Code on 4 Series:

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s)) //"s" is my response stream from a webrequest

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? var xmlData = sr.ReadToEnd();? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? using (var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlData)))

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ExampleDataModel), new XmlRootAttribute("data"));

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ExampleDataModel?data = (ExampleDataModel) serializer.Deserialize(ms);

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // do other stuff with my data

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }

Example of the XML return from my device

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<data serial="0x4a">

? ? <ts>1667580367</ts>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name2" did="2">

? ? ? ? <v>9215522798</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name3" did="3">

? ? ? ? <v>6551567803</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name15" did="15">

? ? ? ? <v>-6025876766</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name4" did="4">

? ? ? ? <v>-6372792531</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name5" did="5">

? ? ? ? <v>81964060</v>

? ? ? ? -5

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name6" did="6">

? ? ? ? <v>-664628793</v>

? ? ? ? -9

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name7" did="7">

? ? ? ? <v>-598632391</v>

? ? ? ? -10

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name9" did="9">

? ? ? ? <v>-7313215090</v>

? ? ? ? -87

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name10" did="10">

? ? ? ? <v>-2644948853</v>

? ? ? ? -90

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name11" did="11">

? ? ? ? <v>-1432490</v>

? ? ? ? -3

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name12" did="12">

? ? ? ? <v>-6767026506</v>

? ? ? ? -444

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name13" did="13">

? ? ? ? <v>-4801078066</v>

? ? ? ? -228

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name8" did="8">

? ? ? ? <v>-2331104692</v>

? ? ? ? -104

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name0" did="0">

? ? ? ? <v>40365273148</v>

? ? ? ? 747

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name1" did="1">

? ? ? ? <v>36484275778</v>

? ? ? ? 569

? ? </r>

</data>

Any help is greatly appreciated as I'm currently stuck.

Re: XML in vs2008 #simplsharp

#248101

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I was able to use XDocument on 3 series

using Crestron.SimplSharp.CrestronXmlLinq;

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Parse(xmlString);

Show quoted text

On Nov 8, 2022, at 1:44 PM, Alex Teague <alext@...> wrote:

I'm working with a device that returns an XML payload upon query.? I have this device working perfectly on 4 series BUT now I need to make this backwards compatible with 3 series (using vs2008 and CF 3.5) because of the processor shortage. I can't figure out what the best method is to manage and then deserialize the XML properly. What I'm doing on 4 series is deserializing using another class I created which doesn't exist in the CF 3.5 sandbox.

Example Code on 4 Series:

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s)) //"s" is my response stream from a webrequest

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? var xmlData = sr.ReadToEnd();? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? using (var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlData)))

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ExampleDataModel), new XmlRootAttribute("data"));

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ExampleDataModel?data = (ExampleDataModel) serializer.Deserialize(ms);

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // do other stuff with my data

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }

Example of the XML return from my device

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<data serial="0x4a">

? ? <ts>1667580367</ts>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name2" did="2">

? ? ? ? <v>9215522798</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name3" did="3">

? ? ? ? <v>6551567803</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name15" did="15">

? ? ? ? <v>-6025876766</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name4" did="4">

? ? ? ? <v>-6372792531</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name5" did="5">

? ? ? ? <v>81964060</v>

? ? ? ? -5

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name6" did="6">

? ? ? ? <v>-664628793</v>

? ? ? ? -9

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name7" did="7">

? ? ? ? <v>-598632391</v>

? ? ? ? -10

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name9" did="9">

? ? ? ? <v>-7313215090</v>

? ? ? ? -87

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name10" did="10">

? ? ? ? <v>-2644948853</v>

? ? ? ? -90

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name11" did="11">

? ? ? ? <v>-1432490</v>

? ? ? ? -3

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name12" did="12">

? ? ? ? <v>-6767026506</v>

? ? ? ? -444

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name13" did="13">

? ? ? ? <v>-4801078066</v>

? ? ? ? -228

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name8" did="8">

? ? ? ? <v>-2331104692</v>

? ? ? ? -104

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name0" did="0">

? ? ? ? <v>40365273148</v>

? ? ? ? 747

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name1" did="1">

? ? ? ? <v>36484275778</v>

? ? ? ? 569

? ? </r>

</data>

Any help is greatly appreciated as I'm currently stuck.

XML in vs2008 #simplsharp

#248100

I'm working with a device that returns an XML payload upon query.? I have this device working perfectly on 4 series BUT now I need to make this backwards compatible with 3 series (using vs2008 and CF 3.5) because of the processor shortage. I can't figure out what the best method is to manage and then deserialize the XML properly. What I'm doing on 4 series is deserializing using another class I created which doesn't exist in the CF 3.5 sandbox.

Example Code on 4 Series:

using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s)) //"s" is my response stream from a webrequest

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? var xmlData = sr.ReadToEnd();? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? using (var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlData)))

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? {

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ExampleDataModel), new XmlRootAttribute("data"));

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ExampleDataModel?data = (ExampleDataModel) serializer.Deserialize(ms);

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? // do other stuff with my data

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? }

Example of the XML return from my device

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

? ? <ts>1667580367</ts>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name2" did="2">

? ? ? ? <v>9215522798</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name3" did="3">

? ? ? ? <v>6551567803</v>

? ? ? ? 0

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name15" did="15">

? ? ? ? <v>-6025876766</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name4" did="4">

? ? ? ? <v>-6372792531</v>

? ? ? ? 6

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name5" did="5">

? ? ? ? <v>81964060</v>

? ? ? ? -5

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name6" did="6">

? ? ? ? <v>-664628793</v>

? ? ? ? -9

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name7" did="7">

? ? ? ? <v>-598632391</v>

? ? ? ? -10

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name9" did="9">

? ? ? ? <v>-7313215090</v>

? ? ? ? -87

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name10" did="10">

? ? ? ? <v>-2644948853</v>

? ? ? ? -90

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name11" did="11">

? ? ? ? <v>-1432490</v>

? ? ? ? -3

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name12" did="12">

? ? ? ? <v>-6767026506</v>

? ? ? ? -444

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name13" did="13">

? ? ? ? <v>-4801078066</v>

? ? ? ? -228

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name8" did="8">

? ? ? ? <v>-2331104692</v>

? ? ? ? -104

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name0" did="0">

? ? ? ? <v>40365273148</v>

? ? ? ? 747

? ? </r>

? ? <r t="P" n="Name1" did="1">

? ? ? ? <v>36484275778</v>

? ? ? ? 569

? ? </r>

</data>

Any help is greatly appreciated as I'm currently stuck.

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248099

I would expect end of year or into early January due to final testing requirements and holidays. Earlier if everything is good but always planning for worse case.

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248098

Great. ?Thank you. ?I will let my clients know. ? About a month?

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248097

Not currently, our updated driver modules will include this capability. I'll post here when they are available in the next month or two.
The drivers are redone and will have more capability and better performance than our current modules.

Cody

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248096

Is there a way to monitor the state of transmitters or receivers so I know if they are online or offline. ?

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248095

Hi Phil, download our latest models, the driver library issue has already been resolved :)
Thank you!

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248094

I've been having some trouble with their SIMPL modules as well. Routing works well but we ran into problems with the CBox locking up when there's large amount of traffic over the serial communications modules. I also found out that you can't use the MXNet modules with the latest certified drivers due to library version conflicts. I have tickets for both issues open but I haven't heard back from them in a while. AVPro Edge did say they? reached out to Janus to update the libraries, though.

Re: looking for programmer/source code - Ottawa Westin hotel confederation rooms

Master He

#248093

That's me, funny. 14 years later.

On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 06:41:09 a.m. PST, mark kaye <markkaye@...> wrote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony\Desktop\My Documents 2008\Projects 2008\Westin Hotel\Westin Project 2008\MC2E
programmer name was Cheng

Re: How to store files on VC4?

#248092

This worked for me.
Thanks a lot!

looking for programmer/source code - Ottawa Westin hotel confederation rooms

#248091

C:\Documents and Settings\Anthony\Desktop\My Documents 2008\Projects 2008\Westin Hotel\Westin Project 2008\MC2E
programmer name was Cheng

#splus #rs232 #splus #rs232

#248090

Hi all,

Fairly new to Crestron here. I'm trying to put together a splus module for a DSP device (DSP-AEC-1010-DA by TiGHT/Septon) which will communicate through RS232/485 (or UDP, same format regardless)

Three questions:

The device will be expecting hexadecimal values. When writing values from e.g. a Serial Send you must escape the sequence using "\x" for it to be interpreted right. Is this also required when writing a string to the STRING_OUTPUT Tx$ variable that will be sent to the device from splus?
To control the gain, the device expects a 16-bit signed integer. That makes the available range somewhere around -32767~32767. The manual states -7200~1200 as the valid range for gain control. Not much of a problem there. However, the bit order seems to be LSB first, i.e. "left-to-right" instead of the usual RTL or MSB first. I've used the MAKESTRING function with the "%X" format specifier to create a string and assign it to a variable. I've also got a slider on a TP for testing, set to max 1200 and min -7200. The MAKESTRING function works but because of the bit order, the hex values are misordered. That is, performing MAKESTRING(var$, "%X", ain) where ain is 1200 would yield 0x04B0, and 0xE3E0 for -7200. Meanwhile, the device expects 1200 to be 0x'B004' and -7200 to be 0x'E0E3' Not sure what method to use here, it could also depend on how the output string should be formatted.
If prepending the hexadecimal values with zeros is required, how does one do that?

Thank you,

Rasmus

Re: How to store files on VC4?

#248089
Edited

I use GetApplicationRootDirectory to create my path URL. That way it doesn't matter where the code runs, the path is always correct.

From the help file...

? ? ? ? // Summary:

? ? ? ? //? ? ?Returns the application's 'root' directory. This is where NVRAM and HTML folders

? ? ? ? //? ? ?can be found. No trailing directory separator at the end.

? ? ? ? //

? ? ? ? // Returns:

? ? ? ? //? ? ?The path of this applications 'root' as a string. For appliances, this would

? ? ? ? //? ? ?be ""; for servers, this would be the "{HOME}/RunningPrograms/RoomName".

?

string FileName = "NameOfFile";

string FilePath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetApplicationRootDirectory(), $@"User");

if (!Directory.Exists(FilePath))

{

? ? Directory.CreateDirectory(FilePath);

}

string FileURL = Path.Combine(FilePath, FileName);

ErrorLog.Notice($"File URL = {FileURL}");

if (File.Exists(FileURL))

{

? ? // Do stuff if the file is found

}

I hope this helps.

Re: LC&D link to pc

#248088

Up against one of these my self now, any chance you were successful ??

Re: Rear Projectors

#248087

I'd look at the Sony Home theater units.?
They look great, are easy to control, have HUGE adjustments for mounting w/o keystone, etc. etc...

"Runco (don’t they make the rotisserie chicken thing that was every other infomercial in the 1990s?)?"
And yes Lincoln, but that was RONCO (i.e. Ron Popeil, also the inventor of the pocket fisherman...My Favorite...)...It's almost the same!..HaHA...:)

Re: Rear Projectors

#248086

I agree ... I don't think that I've ever seen a modern projector without the 4 different position options.

As far as quality projectors go, you can't go wrong with the JVC DLA-NZx or DLA-RSxxxx series.
For a similar price as the Runco VX-2i, you'd be wise to consider the NZ8 or RS3100.
If you are willing to go a bit more, then there aren't many projectors that can come close to the performance of the DLA-NZ9/RS4100 for anywhere near its price.

It's very likely that modern projectors will really show off any imperfections in older screens.

Good luck,
Brian

Re: AVpro Edge MXnet

#248085

Hi Scott,
Please reach out directly to me. I oversee the team who manages the drivers and interact with Janus.
chein@...

Cody