Re: [OFF LIST] Help: Any Crestron / AMX type systems people out there (urgent-ish)

[Justin <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

a friend of mine should be able to give you some advice and an estimate for
a
Crestron install. His company do commercial & domestic AV installs and
he is
quite a Crestron wizz!

His email is: jeremy@xxxxxxx

Cheers,
Justin.

Quoting Mark Boyce <mark@xxxxxxx>:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been landed a last minute AV system job that's a little out of my
> field
> and wondered if there was anyone here who might be able to help.
>
> The job ;
>
> - Customer wants "one of those fancy wireless control
thingies" for their
> boardroom.
>
> - There is an existing projector VGA (via DVI), composite & svideo
and IR
> control.
>
> - They need to switch between VGA (laptop) and 4 composite video
sources.
>
> - 5 x Switched power  (4 appliance, 1 light)
>
> - 2 x dimmed power (2 light)
>
> - Manual buttons on the wall for the lights
>
>
> Timescales ;  quote asap, installation if accepted within two weeks.
>
>
> As far as I see it the two levels of doing this are ;
>
> 1) An IR pronto and AV amp.  Not sure on power control yet, I don't
feel
> X10
> is robust enough for use in a boardroom with who knows how much noise
> floating round the mains.   Does C-Bus have an IR input ?
>
> 2) Crestron or AMX type system.  I have worked with these before,
although
> not installed, and know they can do the job.  Although not sure where
to
> start with commissioning one and very jumpy about the timescales.
>
>
>
> Can anyone out there help ?
>
>
> Many thanks if you've read this far:-)
>
>
> Mark.
> --
> Mark Boyce, E: mark@xxxxxxx