Crestron SIMPL Windows - Table of Contents

Crestron SIMPL Windows Software
Contents
CRESTRON SIMPL WINDOWS.................................................................................. 1
Overview...................................................................................................................................1
About this Primer.......................................................................................................................1
Crestron Development Software ............................................................................................2
SIMPL Windows .......................................................................................................................2
Crestron VisionTools® Pro-e ....................................................................................................2
DEAL™ for Windows...............................................................................................................2
Media Manager™ System Builder™.........................................................................................3
D3 Pro™....................................................................................................................................3
Databases...................................................................................................................................3
Product Catalog CD...................................................................................................................3
Crestron Control Systems.......................................................................................................5
Why Program Control Systems?................................................................................................5
Elements of a Control System ...................................................................................................5
Main Processor ..........................................................................................................................5
Network Control Modules .........................................................................................................6
Plug-in Control Cards................................................................................................................6
User Interfaces...........................................................................................................................6
User devices...............................................................................................................................7
Control Methods ......................................................................................................................7
Relay closures............................................................................................................................7
Serial Communications..............................................................................................................8
IR (Infrared)...............................................................................................................................8
Custom Serial ..........................................................................................................................10
RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 ..................................................................................................10
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) ..........................................................................11
Analog Voltages ......................................................................................................................12
Custom Crestron Interfaces .....................................................................................................12
Cresnet.....................................................................................................................................12
SIMPL WINDOWS PROGRAMMING........................................................................ 15
Introduction to SIMPL..........................................................................................................15
Symbol Categories...................................................................................................................15
Device Symbols.......................................................................................................................15
Logic Symbols.........................................................................................................................16
Symbol Properties....................................................................................................................16
Inputs .......................................................................................................................................16
Outputs.....................................................................................................................................16
Parameters ...............................................................................................................................16
Signal Types ............................................................................................................................17
Digital Signals .........................................................................................................................18
Analog Signals.........................................................................................................................18
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