RE: Crestron

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

No I dont have a Crestron, but I have to look after 2 very old Crestron
Minisystems. At the moment I am trying to figure out how to squueze a quart
out of a pint pot. The basic spec is

16 normally open relay outputs.
8 Digital I/O (8 lines that could be 5 in 3 out NOT 8 in 8 out)
6 IR/Serial ports. Normally IR but can be configured as RS232 out with no
handshaking
2 Bi-Directional RS232/422/485 ports.
2 channel volume control.

Our only control interface for each system is a 32 button wired keypad but
they only have 14 buttons fitted.

Colour LCD touchpanels would be nice but they are extremely expensive. I
have a price list from 1997 and they seem to have a simple pricing
structure
for add on modules.
a	Expensive
b 	Very Expensive.

For a card which gives 16 inputs 387 UKP, an 8 port IR card is 542 UKP and
an Infra red emitter (basically a 70p led in a plastic case) 39UKP

The basic systems we have work out at 1590 + 503 for the keypad. You could
have a Homevision per room for that price and have onscreen text. !!!


Keith Doxey
http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation


> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy.powell@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:andy.powell@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 31 May 2000 10:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] *THE* site..
>
>
> >I <PERSONALLY> think that Automated Home IS the UK reference
> site not only
>
> I would stretch that to cover the rest of Europe too, only
> because I've
> recently moved to Holland and after searching I've found very
> little in
> the way of HA sites....
>
> >At the moment I am upto my neck in trying to get my head round the
> Crestron
> >programming language. I wish it was a user friendly as
> Homevision :-))
>
>
> Does that mean you've got one? <Lucky *7&%%$>... I feel a
> review comming
> on..  ;-)
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
> Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>
> 31/05/00 10:43
> Please respond to ukha_d
>
>
>         To:     ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>         cc:
>         Subject:        RE: [ukha_d] *THE* site..
>
> Thats how I got out of it as well....well almost.....
> I said "I and many others regard.....etc"
>
> I <PERSONALLY> think that Automated Home IS the UK reference
> site not only
> becasue of the information contained within the site but also
> because of
> all
> the other sites relevent to the UK/European/240v world that
> are linked
> from
> there. Mark has put, and continues to put a great deal of
> work into his
> site.
>
> I just wish I had the time to get all my information upto date :-((
>
> At the moment I am upto my neck in trying to get my head round the
> Crestron
> programming language. I wish it was a user friendly as Homevision :-))
>
> Keith Doxey
> http://www.btinternet.com/~krazy.keith
> Krazy Keith's World of DIY Home Automation
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: andy.powell@xxxxxxx
> > [mailto:andy.powell@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 31 May 2000 10:22
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] *THE* site..
> >
> >
> > >you shouldnt say that Mark has *THE* site for HA in the UK
> > even if it is
> > >true.....
> > >I got in trouble over that when I defended Mark on C.H.A.
:-))
> >
> > Ok, I know how to get out of trouble here... In my opinion
> > Mark runs *THE*
> > site for HA in Europe!
> >
> > That should do it! ;-)
> >
> >
> > >The person who claimed he also had a site that he considered
> > to be equal
> > is
> > >most noticable by his lack of participation in this forum
:-))
> >
> > I haven't seen anything (no offence to anyone else) that
> > comes close to
> > Mark's site. There are a lot of sites that have snipets of
> > information but
> > Marks site brings it all together - and to be honest I much
> > prefer it that
> > way - it means I don't have to spend ages trawling through
> > the net to get
> > the info I need.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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