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For more information on these and other procedures in RoomView 

Server Edition, please consult the embedded help by clicking the Help 

icon (     circled in red below) at the upper right of the RoomView 

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Adding a Room in RoomView

Basic Setup: How to Add Rooms and Assets 

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These procedures assume that RoomView Server Edition has been 

properly installed and configured on your system(s) and that you will 

be connecting to a processor running the demo program when you add 

a room as described in this guide. For more information refer to the 

latest version of the RoomView Server Edition Installation Guide (Doc. 

6543), which can be downloaded from the Crestron Web site 

(www.crestron.com/manuals).

1.  Log into RoomView.
2.  Click the gear-shaped 

Setup

 icon (      circled in red below) at the  

 

top right of the main “RoomView” window.

3.  Click on the 

Add Room

 button and enter information into the field  

 

as required by the red asterisk.

4.  Enter the optional information, such as time zone, e-Control and  

 

webcam urls, as desired. 

5.  Click the Processor Details control (circled in red) to expand the  

 

Processor Details

 and 

Symbol Details

 fields. Enter the processor  

 

details appropriate to your installation as shown in the following  

 

figure.

NOTE:

 If the 

Auto Discover Symbols

 checkbox is selected and 

your symbol in the control program is a version 7.2 or higher, 

RoomView’s auto discovery feature will automatically import the 

symbol’s information into the RoomView database.

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6.  Select the Symbol version and IPID. Note that the demo program  

 

has a RoomView Express/RoomView 6.0 symbol at IPID 03 and a  

 

RoomView SE/RoomView 7.2 (RoomView SE/RoomView 7.0)  

 

symbol at IPID 05.

7.  Associate your room with an appropriate node in the 

Associate  

 

with a Node

 field at the upper right.

8.  Click the 

Update

 button and then 

Close

 to commit your choices.  

 

Exit setup by clicking on the exit 

Setup

 icon (      circled in red       

 

below left) and click on the 

Rooms

 tab at the top of the window to  

 

see the new room in the “Status” window.

Adding an Asset in RoomView

1.  Click the 

Setup

 icon at the top right of the main “RoomView”   

 

window.

2.  Click the 

Add Asset

 button.

3.  Enter information into the fields indicated as required by the red  

 

asterisks.

4.  Enter the optional information in the 

IP Address and Port

,    

 

Password

SSL

Asset Tag

MAC Address

 and 

Custom Properties

  

 

fields.

5.  Enter the maintenance details for the asset.

6.  Associate the asset with a room or a node by clicking in the    

 

appropriate check boxes in the 

Associate Asset

 field.

7.  Click 

Update

 and then 

Close

 to commit your choices. Exit setup  

 

and click on the 

Assets

 tab at the top of the window to see the new  

 

asset in the “Status” window.

For More Information

If you cannot locate specific information or have questions after 

reviewing this guide, please take advantage of Crestron's award 

winning customer service team by calling the Crestron corporate 

headquarters at 1-888-CRESTRON [1-888-273-7876]. 

You can also log onto the online help section of the Crestron Web site 

(http://www.crestron.com/onlinehelp) to ask questions about Crestron 

products. First-time users will need to establish a user account to fully 

benefit from all available features.

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