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Chapter 3 – Ipad Crestron App

A simple Graphical User Interface made for Apple Ipad is also embedded inside Crestron control 
processor. To use it you need to download from App Store the “Cretron Mobile” App (the free one).

After installation you need to configure the App to connect to processor. The parameters are the 
following:

Friendly Name/Location: no matter but we suggest to type “Smart Antenna Selector”

Use Local File: NO

Host Name or IP Address: type the S.A.S. Processor IP address configured before

HTTP Port: leave 80

Port A: 60001

Port B: leave blank

Passcode: 1234

After this configuration click on save and the App go back to main page. Now select the “Smart 
Antenna Selector” button and tap on connect. After few seconds you will see the following page:

As you can see is equal to che Smart Antenna Selector page of the Windows PC application. You 
can only manage the working mode from here, but not the configuration.

Содержание Smart Antenna Selector

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Страница 2: ...Index Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Windows PC Application 2 1 First Access 2 2 Configuration 2 3 Smart Antenna Selector Page Chapter 3 Ipad Crestron App ...

Страница 3: ...wed from both GUIs are Antennas A C U ethernet link status with visible IP address 1 Antennas tracking status with visible tracking satellite and status 2 Antenna signal level with visible AGC and S N Ratio for HD11 and TV Series or BER for HD7 antennas 3 Antenna position with visible azimuth relative and elevation Antenna model selected from user In the following chapters there s a guide of how t...

Страница 4: ...both antennas or better to set the blind sector Select the antennas models 5 Configure the IP address netmask and default gateway of the S A S Itself Select the operation mode or better SMART manual or automatic and DIRECT The first installation is quite simple The S A S is configured to have a default IP address of 192 168 1 100 Open the folder with the Windows PC application inside is an exe fil...

Страница 5: ...In the upper menu you have to select Options and then Settings Now you have to digit the IP address of the S A S If is the default one just digit 192 168 1 100 otherwise use the current IP address ...

Страница 6: ...etwok trough a ethernet switch and or router and you set the correct IP address the following page will appear This is the Home Page where you can access the configuration page or the operational page If you click on Configuration the following page will appear ...

Страница 7: ...cision In fact when you have to configure the azimuth limits you need to know the position of the antenna stb or ptb side or sometimes fwd or aft to set the correct angles Same for the IP address of the ACU If you want to change some values just click on New buttons yellow circle and use the cursors to make your changes Once you set the value you want just click on Submit button yellow cirlce In t...

Страница 8: ...mit 330 The values that you can insert are filtered by the logic and if you change something with a not correct value the system will activate the flag not valid which can be found below the buttons New and Submit For example the azimuth limits are limited to 0 to 359 and the IP address cannot go over 255 255 255 255 Inside the green circle you can find the Not Valid flag active and the reason of ...

Страница 9: ...ick on CPU Processor page you will see the following subpage As you can see the addresses fields are empty You can see only the current IP config green circle This is due to the fact that if there s something on one of that strings the CPU will set that values to its ethernet board after a reboot ...

Страница 10: ...lick on Submit button After clicking submit be absolutely sure that the values are correct and click on Apply This button reboot the system so the interface cannot be more used for around five minutes After that time open again the exe file of the Windows PC GUI and replace the old IP address with the one you set before If you did everything correct you will see again the GUI If not you need to ch...

Страница 11: ...ART Mode Available row become dark gray To enable again SMART mode just select same satellites on both antennas Smart Mode in this case the system act as automatic manual best antenna selector or better it distribute the best antenna signal to both outputs You can use Auto mode to allow the system to calculate which is the best antenna taking in consideration the following parameters listed in pri...

Страница 12: ...ignal compared to the other one If is blue means that that antenna has the best AGC level if is dark gray the opposite If both antennas has this icons dark grey means that they have a similar AGC level The fourth icon Position Azimuth Limits indicate that the antenna is inside outside the blind sector If is dark grey the antenna azimuth is inside the blind sector if is blue the antenna is outside ...

Страница 13: ...rytime you select SMART remember to click also on the mode you want In case of automatic DIRECT mode selection once you select again the same satellites the system comes back to SMART mode if it was the last selected If you select manually DIRECT mode of course the system remain in that mode even if you select the same satellites ...

Страница 14: ... but we suggest to type Smart Antenna Selector Use Local File NO Host Name or IP Address type the S A S Processor IP address configured before HTTP Port leave 80 Port A 60001 Port B leave blank Passcode 1234 After this configuration click on save and the App go back to main page Now select the Smart Antenna Selector button and tap on connect After few seconds you will see the following page As you...

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