RE: Help: Any Crestron / AMX type systems people out there (urgent-ish)

["Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

If you go the C-Bus route then there are possibilities as Rob says
using a Kramer 4x1 or 4x4 composite video switcher which is controlled via
RS232 (no IR) .. However you could use the xAP to C-Bus gateway and a
custom
plugin to use one of the spare serial ports to control the Kramer - someone
else has asked me for this too AND I have a Kramer unit myself - so I would
be quite interested in supporting it. Any IR action that is received by say
a Neo is already reported as a group change out of the xAP gateway.

However I don't think I can meet those timescales but they may be prepared
to live without IR switching of the sources for a few weeks longer ?? The
Kramer bit needs to be written.

PS I also probably have a spare 4 way Kramer PAL composite video
switcher at a good price - as I upgraded to an 8x8 myself.

Kevin

Contact me off list if any of this is of interest

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rmouser@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 September 2003 12:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help: Any Crestron / AMX type systems people out
> there (urgent-ish)
>
> C-bus could certainly provide what you're looking for. The important
> thing to remember with C-bus IR is that it does not pass through a
> signal (As with say Xantech kit.) but receives an IR code and
transmits
> a stored IR code.
> The c-touch units are able to receive codes from a number of standard
> remotes which in turn trigger a c-bus event. That event could be
> anything from dim, relay on-off or indeed transmit a stored IR signal.
> C-bus cannot really handle video switching BUT you could use a Kramer
> 4x4 unit with IR control to achieve this.
>
> Mail me off-list if you need more.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Rob Mouser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Boyce [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 September 2003 10:30
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Help: Any Crestron / AMX type systems people out
> there
> (urgent-ish)
>
> 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.
>