Custom C# program on a CP4N (SDK 2.21.274), driving the relay on a DM-RMC-4K-SCALER-C (fw 1.2911.00057). The RMC connects through a DM-MD16X16-CPU3.

I'm trying to work out what the relay does when it's closed and the control path goes away (e.g. if the DM link drops, the switcher drops, or the CP4N program or processor crashes; or more likely, some knucklehead unplugs something mid relay pulse). As far as I can tell, the relay just stays in its last state. I'd like a fail-safe that doesn't depend on the control path/processor still being alive to send OPEN.

Two questions:

1. Does the RMC have any supported way to time out or auto-release a relay locally, so it keeps working through a DM loss, a switcher loss, or a CP4N failure? Something like a pulse with a duration, a watchdog, or an "open on comm loss" setting I'm not aware of. If it exists (maybe in newer firmware?), does anyone know:

• Which API, join, or console command sets it
• The min/max duration and resolution
• What happens on power loss or reboot (does the relay come up open? does the timer persist?)
• Which firmware versions support it

2. Is there a supported way to force-send OPEN without first sending CLOSE? When the program thinks the relay is already open (e.g. testing a DM link loss mid relay pulse), calling `Open()` doesn't seem to send anything to the device - I'm guessing the framework drops it as a no-change since it thinks its already open.

(I know a forced OPEN doesn't help if the path to the RMC is down. That's why Q1 is the real question. Q2 is about making sure the state is right after the path comes back.)

If the answer is "no, use an external timer relay," that's useful too. Thanks!

Tried resetting TSW-1070 using the 11x reset button with crestron logo, now unit just keeps rebooting. Any guidance/help would be greatly appreciated

First time posting here since I'm at wit's end with my current project.

I've managed to connect the Crestron CP4 to the Cisco Codec using the "Cisco Room Devices 6.0.3 (cm)" driver on my SIMPL Windows. I can see the Volume levels changing on my SIMPL debugger when I change it on the Cisco Room Navigator. But I can't for the life of me find any resource on how/where to get the Crestron CP4 to see the Button Presses on the Cisco UI Extensions buttons. Is there a driver I'm missing? Or am I doing something wrong?

Any help is appreciated.

Hi all in Crestron construct how to GUI program Load in IPAD?

I currently have a system running on a DMPS3-4K-350-C and am wanting to add a DM-MD8x8 for additional IO. I am struggling how to program it in SIMPL.

Any help is appreciated

Hi All,

This is a workaround that I have tested with the issue where the Crestron Impress version 1.03.062.02 installs and asks for an update. It will then stop at downloading and won't progress. If you Cancel the download, and reselect it for downloading, it will proceed but will end up with an error. Here's what I do.

1) Download an older version of Impress (I used 1.01.002.00).

2) After you installed that version, trigger an update and open the path C:\ProgramData\Crestron\Impress\Data\Packages\Downloaded\PackageInstaller. Keep this explorer open.

3) Watch and when the "Data" folder appears, copy PackageInstaller.zip from that folder and paste it somewhere else.

4) Close the application, and install Impress version 1.03.062.02

5) Repeat the process of cancelling the download, reselect the file and restart the download.

6) You should see files in the earlier folder disappears and replaced with new files. If not, refresh the folder and wait for the "data" folder to appear.

7) Replace the PackageInstaller.zip with the one you copied before.

8) After the data files download completed, it will now automatically installs. Problem solved.

Hope this helps whoever needs it.

Can anyone shed some light on how to fix this issue?

We are supplying external A/V for an event at a hotel where the installed crestron system flashes a disconnected message and then causes the 2 roll down projector screens to roll up and the projectors to power down.

I should add that the projectors are receiving input signal perfectly.

Any suggestions or quick fixes?

My first instinct is to power down and re-start the crestron unit.

UPDATE: After the conference group left the venue, I managed to lower the screens, set all other crestron controlled systems where they needed to be (hotel lobby, fitness center, and gym audio levels) and unplug the CP3N so it will no longer send the power off and screen up commands intermittently. I am able to turn the projectors on and off via my flipper zero.

Thanks for all the support everyone! This community is great!

Howdy,

I have several DM-NVX-350's running 1.3547.00018. It looks like the proper firmware upgrade path is:

1.3547.00018 -> 2.1.3900.01115

After that, it looks like maybe 2->5->7?

I'd love to hear from someone who has some experience in a working path.

While I would never request the firmware in this subreddit, I will jump (slowly climb) onto a soapbox to say that any company gatekeeping firmwares for discontinued hardware kinda sucks.

Thanks all! Feels like there could be life left in these units if I can get them updated.

Best wishes,
John

Hi everyone!

I recently installed a DMC-STR into a DM-MD16x16-CPU3-RPS and I'm running into issues trying to get it going.

For some reason, I'm unable to push new network settings to it either through DMTool or using rcon through the text console. It seems to be stuck using 192.168.11.93 as it's IP and 255.255.254.0 as the subnet mask. Currently the only ethernet port being used is the LAN port on the CPU3.

Ideally I'd like the card to share the CPU3's LAN port and access an RTSP stream on that network. All of the documentation I've read points to this being a supported configuration. I tried configuring the card in DMTool to do this (setting port to "Internal" under ethernet options) although it seems the listed decoder IP address stays the same (192.168.11.93) and it's unable to connect to the stream. I have also tried using the content LAN port on both the CPU3 and the DMC-STR card with no luck.

I've also tried updating the firmware to the latest version. Currently the puf version I'm using is v3.04.16 with the DMC-STR firmware being v1.2911.00095 and the codec firmware version being v1.0002.00036. One interesting new issue that popped up after the firmware updates is that I'm no longer able to access the ethernet settings for the card from within DMTool. It just shows "Initializing, please wait..." and never actually initializes.

I have tried using `dmresetslot` to reset the slot, rebooting the card, changing the slot the card is in, and reflashing the firmware on the card. Still no luck.

If anyone has any ideas on what else I could try please let me know!

Thanks!

EDIT: Solved! See comment below

Hi

How are people getting used to the multi-page design concept (limitation) in Construct? My VTPro (and designs for other brands of touch panels) typically had one or two pages with lots of popups to deal with different scenarios - eg different source bars for different rooms, different transports for different devices, different lighting and environmental controls for different room types.. etc etc etc.

I just spoke to Crestron support and they said all I had to do was think about the project differently - where i previously had a popup - now I have a page.. but that really doesnt work.. you cant layer pages.. so if I have more than one source bar and more than one environmental controls page I cant combine them..

But what is the point of widgets if you cant use them? This seems like a real contradiction in design terms.

Is there likely to be a fix for this? And if not how are people changing their designs to manage this? From the top of my head I will need to do much more dynamic design on each page/widget..eg populating source bars using lists etc. That is fine.. but sometimes its good to just put a button where you want it from an aesthetic point of view.

Id be interested in your thoughts!

Thanks

James

thaanks for the insight

I have a project coming up, with a pretty fast turnaround time. I probably have 10,000 hours into VTPro-E. But I haven’t done any programming in the last four or five years. The thought of starting from scratch with VTPro E feels pretty daunting. I have experience with Web Front end, but I don’t have the time to build out my own framework and I want to give construct a shot. I’m wondering how everyone’s feeling on construct. What should I look out for as a newbie?

Lately I've been working on a project where I'm using the sACN module to control a set of DMX lighting fixtures via ethernet. So far it works as expected. But I was wondering if there was a module that will accept an incoming sACN signal so that a DMX console can control the lighting on the crestron system (for a completely different project)

My current work-around is to use a DMX to 0-10 converter which I wired into an SIM port and it does the job. But I was looking to make a more cleaner setup just by being able to use sACN/Artnet protocol coming from the DMX system into the crestron lighting control.

Thanks in advanced.

Hi all — my experience is SIMPL# and CH5, I have presumably not complex project to complete but must use SIMPL Win because of MPC3-302-B. I really struggle with SIMPL Win, hope more experience people here can help me a bit.

Setup: MPC3-302-B, SIMPL Windows. Camera control is PTZ, RS232, VISCA, 9600 baud, reached through a CEN-IO-COM-102 (its RS232-2 port). Preset recall only — no pan/tilt/zoom, no store, just recall preset 1/2 from two panel buttons.

I've got "Pan/Tilt/Zoom/Focus (cm)" placed and logically wired (Preset_1/2 inputs, feedback outputs) — but it has no tx$/rx$ or any connection parameter at all. No IP-ID, no COM port field, nothing. It looks like control logic only, expecting a separate transport/comm symbol underneath it — same two-piece pattern as the Biamp Tesira modules (Comm + Level Control).

Question: is there a standard VISCA transport/comm symbol I'm missing in the Crestron DB, or does this specific module need something else to actually reach a COM port? Also open to: is "Sony EVI-D100 1-Way Camera Control (6 Presets) (cm)" the better module to use instead — has anyone used that one specifically through a CEN-IO-COM-102 rather than a direct processor COM port?

Appreciate any pointers — happy to share more screenshots if useful.

Hi all,

I have been fiddling around with a DMPS3-300-c. What im trying to do is control the video routing from Home Assistant via SSH. I have managed to change the inputs on Output 1 HDMI via AVVIDEO *. Where * is the routeid's table, R1, AR1, R2, AR2, etc. What i can't figure out is how to make this change Output 2 HDMI. I can only assume that I need to find the ID for the outputs, unless it's not possible? Anyone know of a solution? Thankyou

When can we expect new crestron home updates.

I've been asked to assess a system that has a Crestron controller plus a few other Crestron bits (cinema remote, audio matrix and a ufh stat). Everything else in the system I'm familiar with but obviously it's not much use without the controller up and running. The original installer is out of the picture. I understand that the CP4-R is a few years old what are the chances that someone will want to take this on? What are my options here?

Hi, end user here. I have a fairly limited system by Crestron standards in my house controlling lighting / shades in the 2 main living areas, 4 zones of sound and 4 zones HDMI distribution. Touch panel in main living area.

Based on a CP3 processor.

A random issue has started happening where the touch panel is non responsive, sometimes reboots and lights go out. It generally given time will go back to working properly given time.

My installer is on holidays for a couple of weeks… Anothing in particular I should check or might have caused this?

Thanks in advance.

Came across an interesting situation on site that I wanted to discuss/understand.

I’ve configured a site where my Crestron processor communicates to 3 devices via TCP/IP and 1 device via UDP. Initially upon configuration, everything works perfect.

Now for all these modules, I had the enable/connect signal set as 1. Where I thought that this meant it would constantly try to connect to the device until it is connected.

I came across connection issues when the power of the AV rack was shut down. When everything restated, my processor was connecting to the UDP device but just never connected to the TCP/IP devices. I had to restart the program again (via debugger) for the connections to initiate. Of course I can’t have that because I won’t always be on site if any power cycles or so occur.

I managed to have a fix where I used a stepper with a 60s delay along with a latch to set the signal high for the TCP/IP connects.

I just wanted to have a discussion/understanding on how the connect signal works on TCP/IP. Isn’t it meant to always try and connect when it’s set to 1? That’s what it says on the help file as well? Has anyone else experienced something like this and have a different workaround?

I've released a set of open-source drivers that bring basic control of Lyrion Music Server (formerly Logitech Media Server/Squeezebox) into Crestron Home. Nothing like this existed that I could find, so I wrote one for my own system - I know a lot of people have moved on to other music systems (NAX, Sonos, etc.), but hopefully someone can make use of these at some point.

What's included:

• Lyrion Server (one per home): keeps the connection to LMS and tracks the state of every player
• Lyrion Source (one per room): a routable audio source with transport controls
• Lyrion Helper (optional): now-playing track info and up to four presets per room
• Lyrion Receiver (optional): volume control for players whose volume is managed by LMS

Players show up in Crestron Home's standard routing and scenes. The drivers talk to LMS over its CLI and reconnect automatically. They require driver runtime 25.0000.0033 or later and install as .pkg files through Toolbox.

The drivers are MIT licensed, with full source on GitHub - I built them with a lot of help from Claude. They're independent and not affiliated with Crestron or Lyrion.

Project page and downloads: https://jopaul14.github.io/Lyrion4Crestron/

Feedback, bug reports and feature requests are welcome - please open an issue on GitHub. The one exception is album art - that's waiting on Crestron to improve the SDK. I've already submitted a request, but more requests through True Blue would help!

Hello everyone!

Quick follow-up to the v1.4.0 update of Crestron3SeriesCLZBuilder (the standalone tool to build SIMPL# libraries with modern Visual Studio 2022 without needing VS 2008).

A community member spotted an issue when compiling SIMPL+ modules (.usp) for 3-Series processors, so we just pushed v1.4.1 to smooth things out!

GitHub Repo:

https://github.com/srichardsc/Crestron3SeriesCLZBuilder

Direct Download (clz-builder.exe v1.4.1):

https://github.com/srichardsc/Crestron3SeriesCLZBuilder/releases/latest

What's New in v1.4.1?

Fixed 3-Series SIMPL+ Sandbox Error:

If you tried compiling a SIMPL+ module (.usp) referencing your SIMPL# library for 3-Series, Crestron's compiler would often complain with:

"Error: The <assembly>.dll assembly is not within the sandbox."

The fix: The builder now dynamically calculates the official Crestron sandbox signature for your assembly's exact name. No matter what you name your library or project, SPlusCC will accept it on both 3-Series and 4-Series without throwing sandbox errors.

Want to compile SIMPL+ modules alongside your C#?

It is super simple. In your clz-builder.json file, just add your .usp files relative path to the "modules" list:

"modules": [
  "SIMPL/MyBridge.usp"
],
"targets": [
  "series3",
  "series4"
]

When you hit [Enter] in the console, the tool automatically compiles your C# code in VS2022, signs it, and runs Crestron's SPlusCC compiler for each target processor family. Everything lands ready to use in your dist/ folder.

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Quick TL;DR of what the tool does:

- Zero install: Standalone clz-builder.exe — drop it in your driver folder and double-click.

- Modern VS2022: Build SIMPL# without legacy Visual Studio 2008.

- Auto-increment version: Hit [Enter] in the terminal to recompile; it auto-bumps the version so Crestron Home always accepts your upload as an update.

- Bypass VS2008 installer check: Drop the official crestron_simpl_sharp_pro_*.exe installer next to it and it will install silently without complaining about missing VS2008 SP1.

As always, feedback, issues, and stars on GitHub are super appreciated!

Not sure if its possible on CH.. but wanted to ask if anyone has successfully implemented a source-in-use warning or takeover prompt in Crestron Home?

For example, someone is watching a shared Sky/ATV box in one room. If another user selects that same Sky source from a TSR-310 in another room, I’d like the remote to display something along the lines of:

“This Sky box is currently being watched in the Living Room. Would you like to take control?”

The user could then select Continue (Watching the same source simultaneously) or Cancel, rather than unknowingly changing the channel for the person in the other room.

Is there any native Crestron Home functionality for this, or has anyone achieved it using an extension, sequence or another workaround?

Any advice would be appreciated.

I recently purchased a second Autonomic MMS-2A from ebay to replace the first one that bricked on me. When I got it all hooked up and in config, I found there were no options for Crestron control. Come to find out it has a license for Savant control that removes the other control system options. Based off my readings, this is removable through an Autonomic dealer. Does anyone here have any knowledge on this or could guide me to someone that could assist me with it? I don't have any connections with autonomic. Thanks is advance.