Crestron
TPS-4500V & TPS-4500LV
12 Inch Tilt/Lectern Touchpanels
Programming Software
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Setup is easy thanks to Crestron’s Windows
-based programming software. Crestron
Application Builder™ (AppBuilder) creates a complete project, with no special
programming required. Crestron AppBuilder completes all necessary programming
for a base system including all touchpanel screens and the control system program.
Once Crestron AppBuilder creates the project, the system interfaces and program
logic can be customized. It can easily be modified with Crestron development tools
(i.e., SIMPL Windows and Crestron VisionTools
®
Pro-e (VT Pro-e) software
packages).
The program output of Crestron AppBuilder is a SIMPL Windows program with
much of the functionality encapsulated in macros. Therefore, extending the
capabilities of the system is very easy. Crestron AppBuilder and SIMPL Windows
are intended for users with different levels of programming knowledge. Crestron
AppBuilder is easier to use for the beginning programmer, and much faster for all
programmers. However, it does not allow the degree of control and flexibility that
SIMPL Windows does. Of course, one can initiate programming using the easiest
method (Crestron AppBuilder) and use advanced techniques that are available from
SIMPL Windows to customize the job.
Crestron AppBuilder comes with templates for all supported interfaces. If a user
wishes to create a touchpanel project using templates with a different look-and-feel
this can be accomplished by making a custom template. This custom template can
then be used by Crestron AppBuilder to create the final project files to be loaded into
the panels. Alternatively, VT Pro-e can be used to tweak projects created with
Crestron AppBuilder or develop original touchpanel screen designs.
VT Pro-e is used to create interactive touchpanel screen designs to access functions
of the control system program. When using VT Pro-e version 3.1.2.0 or later, a
programmer can take advantage of Crestron’s Synapse™ graphics and multi-byte
international character support.
The following are recommended software version requirements for the PC:
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Application Builder version 1.1.6 or later with Application Builder
Templates version 2.12 or later. Requires SIMPL Windows.
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SIMPL Windows version 1.50.05 or later with library update file.
Requires SIMPL+ Cross Compiler version 1.1.
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Crestron Database version 14.1 or later. Required by SIMPL Windows.
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VisionTools Pro-e version 2.2.0.0 or later. Used for graphical touchscreen
design. To use Synapse graphics and multi-byte international characters in a
touchpanel screen, VT Pro-e version 3.1.2.0 or later is required. Touchpanel
firmware version 2.000.0 or later is also required.
NOTE:
The latest versions can be obtained from the Downloads | Software Updates
section of the Crestron website (
. Crestron software and any files
on the website are for Authorized Crestron dealers and Crestron Authorized
Independent Programmers (CAIP) only. New users may be required to register to
obtain access to certain areas of the site (including the FTP site).
Digital, analog, and serial join numbers are a common thread between VT Pro-e and
SIMPL Windows. These numbers define how the objects on a touchpanel page of a
VT Pro-e project interface to the outside world, specifically the Cresnet system as
defined in the SIMPL Windows program. There are digital join numbers that carry
out some predetermined function (a logical high or low); analog join numbers for
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