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Talking to Innotech controllers via activex?

Dave Gadsby
 

Hi,
I am currently working on a project where I need to communicate with
a maxim Innotech controller via activex. I can't find any documentation
from Innotech on how to do this. Has anyone done this before? Or is it
even possible to use activex with crestron software?

Cheers,

Dave Gadsby.


daveg@...
Jeremy Weatherford
 

ActiveX isn't actually a communication protocol. If they provide a
COM object and API for you to talk to, you'll need to write a little
translator application to run on the PC hosting the COM object. You
can then talk to your translator application from Crestron via a
custom TCP/IP protocol, or using the e-Script stuff (not so familiar
with that, sorry).

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Dave Gadsby <daveg@...> wrote:
Hi,
I am currently working on a project where I need to communicate with
a maxim Innotech controller via activex. I can't find any documentation
from Innotech on how to do this. Has anyone done this before? Or is it
even possible to use activex with crestron software?

Cheers,

Dave Gadsby.


daveg@...


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Dave Gadsby
 

Thanks Jeremy,
I have now managed to get this working. I wrote an application in
visual basic to talk to a .ocx file supplied by innotech. Then I
forwarded the data by using the activeCNX.ocx to talk to an activeCNX
interface on a Adagio system.The hardest part is getting the
activeCNX.ocx to connect to the interface, you don't need to use the
Crestron Gateway server as I first thought. You can connect directly
to the activeCNX interface by setting both the gateway and the i.p.
address on the activeCNX.ocx to the Crestron processor.


--- In Crestron@..., "Jeremy Weatherford" <xidus.net@...>
wrote:

ActiveX isn't actually a communication protocol. If they provide a
COM object and API for you to talk to, you'll need to write a little
translator application to run on the PC hosting the COM object. You
can then talk to your translator application from Crestron via a
custom TCP/IP protocol, or using the e-Script stuff (not so familiar
with that, sorry).

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Dave Gadsby <daveg@...> wrote:
Hi,
I am currently working on a project where I need to
communicate with
a maxim Innotech controller via activex. I can't find any
documentation
from Innotech on how to do this. Has anyone done this before? Or
is it
even possible to use activex with crestron software?

Cheers,

Dave Gadsby.


daveg@...


------------------------------------




Check out the Files area for useful modules, documents, and
drivers.

A contact list of Crestron dealers and programmers can be found
in the Database area.

Yahoo! Groups Links





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Jeremy Weatherford
 

I know this is an old thread, but do you remember where you found documentation for the API? I'm able to setup the COM object but don't know where to go from there in regards to any functions calls, etc.

--- In Crestron@..., "Dave Gadsby" <daveg@...> wrote:

Thanks Jeremy,
I have now managed to get this working. I wrote an application in
visual basic to talk to a .ocx file supplied by innotech. Then I
forwarded the data by using the activeCNX.ocx to talk to an activeCNX
interface on a Adagio system.The hardest part is getting the
activeCNX.ocx to connect to the interface, you don't need to use the
Crestron Gateway server as I first thought. You can connect directly
to the activeCNX interface by setting both the gateway and the i.p.
address on the activeCNX.ocx to the Crestron processor.


--- In Crestron@..., "Jeremy Weatherford" <xidus.net@>
wrote:

ActiveX isn't actually a communication protocol. If they provide a
COM object and API for you to talk to, you'll need to write a little
translator application to run on the PC hosting the COM object. You
can then talk to your translator application from Crestron via a
custom TCP/IP protocol, or using the e-Script stuff (not so familiar
with that, sorry).

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 4:31 AM, Dave Gadsby <daveg@> wrote:
Hi,
I am currently working on a project where I need to
communicate with
a maxim Innotech controller via activex. I can't find any
documentation
from Innotech on how to do this. Has anyone done this before? Or
is it
even possible to use activex with crestron software?

Cheers,

Dave Gadsby.


daveg@


------------------------------------




Check out the Files area for useful modules, documents, and
drivers.

A contact list of Crestron dealers and programmers can be found
in the Database area.

Yahoo! Groups Links





--
Jeremy Weatherford

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