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QSYS 500i (manufacturer supplied modules)
Has anyone successfully worked with the 2014 QSC supplied modules?
I can modify their router and mixer modules to match what is in the program, but where I am having difficulty is understanding the naming of the controls and then pointing to them. I have for example a 5 x 5 router, and I just want to name it Zone A 5 x 5 Router in the DSP, so that I can drop that name into the provided module. You cant seem to do that, you have to drag the 5 outputs of the router into your name controls window and individually name them in the dsp. So my question is, why does the Crestron module only have 1 router name field. What am I missing? Do I need to add 5 instances of the router module in the crestron program to point at each output of the router? Sounds nuts! |
Name the router object something in the property grid (or whatever QSC calls it), and then drag and drop the whole object in as a named control.? It will automatically append "_Gain" "_Mute", etc. for the individual named controls.? Same thing for their other objects.
I'm not a big fan of the manufacturer provided modules.? I wrote some in S#, and they perform MUCH better! |
Just recently got my first QSys up and running. The router module didn't work for me. It sent the command as: "namedControl" output X input Y\n ?.. or something like that. I've not found a way to set the entire router as a named control, and so I named each of the boxes that lets you type in the number of the input you want for that output. Then it's just "namedOutputControl" X\n
I built my own S+ module for router with expandable inputs and parameters so I could send it the same analogs I was sending to the DM switcher for video. Gain controls and muting I was able to do in SIMPL only. The QSys Single Core Module is useless too. Throws a ton of errors into the log while running, and I'm sure there's a better way to handle the authentication. It does send a status get command every few seconds, but if you're polling any controls regularly, that's not necessary. |
It's in the Qsys help file...? Search for external control protocol On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:08 PM, trayschaeffer@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:
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The protocol documentation isn't great, but it more than makes up for it by allowing you to Emulate a project and test without the actual hardware present. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:08 PM, trayschaeffer@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:
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Jeremy Weatherford |
The emulator is nice.
It's my experience that it cannot emulate a telephone connection, or at least won't respond quite like a real, live phone line would (can't see hook status changes and the like)¡which is largely understandable, but still unfortunate. From: Crestron@... [mailto:Crestron@...] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 9:08 AM To: Crestron Subject: Re: [Crestron] Re: QSYS 500i (manufacturer supplied modules) The protocol documentation isn't great, but it more than makes up for it by allowing you to Emulate a project and test without the actual hardware present. On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:08 PM, trayschaeffer@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote: I am working on a Qsys system also. Where did you find the protocol? Some things aren't clear from ripping apart the factory modules... Tray -- Jeremy Weatherford [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýYeah, tell me about it... We have recently been troubleshooting timing issues with the soft phone control. If I'd been able to properly emulate that it would have just worked the first time... I get why they don't through... On Sep 29, 2014, at 8:29 AM, 'Steve Kaudle' skaudle@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:
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As far as I know they are still functional, but?many programmers have custom in-house modules to control Q-Sys Named Controls on an as-needed basis. I also recommend this, but have not done it myself. As far as naming goes: if you double click your?5x5 router?to reveal the controls, you can select all the router controls and drag them into "Named Controls" to create all the named controls at once. You'll notice a common prefix to all the controls. By default it is "Router5x5". This is what you would enter into the name field. If you give the router a name like "Zone A 5 x 5 Router" the prefix becomes "ZoneA5x5Router:Router5x5" which would also be the name field to use in Crestron. You might make that a bit cleaner by naming "Zone A", so the name field becomes "ZoneA:Router5x5". It sounds like you were able to successfully recompile the Simpl+ router module, but just in case: ? |