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

["Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>]

Sorry

I missed part of the story there! As Kevin rightly points out the Kramer
units are RS232. IR control can be added but you will need to use an IR
to RS232 converter such as the IRS232 by Xantech.
Haven't actually tried this but I'm told it works!

You could also use one of the ChannelPlus products such as the SVS-52
which has IR control as standard.

HTH

Many thanks

Rob Mouser



-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Hawkins [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 10 September 2003 12:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Help: Any Crestron / AMX type systems people out
there (urgent-ish)

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.
>




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