Crestron SIMPL™ Windows
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First select the Net ID of the transceiver, then select the desired RF channel. To
verify the new channel, click
Report Network Devices
on the
Diagnostics
menu.
Put touchpanel into Setup Mode/Calibrate Mode
To bring a network touchpanel into setup mode or calibrate mode, simply enter the
Net ID of the panel and click
OK
.
To bring all touchpanels on the network into setup or calibrate mode, enter "FF" as
the Net ID.
Enter Passthrough Mode
Passthrough Mode
enables Viewport access to any serially controlled device on the
network. That is, it allows direct communication between the PC and a network
device (effectively "passing through" the control system).
To establish communication, select the connection type that exists between the
control system and the device. The choices are Slot (for devices connected to the
control system via one of the card slots on the back panel), Cresnet, or Ethernet. If
the connection is through a card slot then select the slot number from the
Slot
drop-
down list. For Cresnet, select the Cresnet ID of the device; for Ethernet, the IP ID.
Note that the IP ID and associated IP address of the Ethernet device must be listed in
the control system's IP Table.
Specify the port (Port A through Port F) that the device is connected to, if applicable.
Next, specify the serial protocol that the device expects. The parameters include the
baud rate, parity, the number of data bits and stop bits, the protocol (RS-232, RS-422
or RS-485), and the settings for software or hardware handshaking. This information
is provided by the unit's documentation.
The procedure for exiting passthrough mode differs depending on the control system.
For X Series control systems, enter a "timeout" for the connection to be terminated
after being idle (the maximum timeout is 5 minutes). Alternatively, use the
Ctrl+C
console command to exit passthrough mode explicitly.
For 2 Series control systems, simply click
Exit Passthrough Mode
on the
Functions
menu.
Exit Passthrough Mode (2 Series)
In 2 Series control systems only, the
Exit Passthrough Mode
command takes
Viewport out of passthrough mode.
Viewport: File Transfer Menu
The
File Transfer
menu lists commands for updating, sending, and retrieving files.
Send Program
The
Send Program
command uploads the compiled SIMPL Windows program to
the control system. With 2 Series processors, the program can be uploaded either to
the control system's internal flash memory or to Compact Flash memory, if a
Compact Flash card is installed.
Click
Browse
, locate the program file to be uploaded and click
Open
. This will
display the program's header information and enable one or both of the
What to
Send
check boxes. If the program does not contain any SIMPL+ modules only the
SIMPL Program
check box will be enabled. If the program does contain SIMPL+
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