Latest interface for 4" in-wall touchscreen
Crestron portion of the blog is moving
I am moving the crestron portion of the blog. I want to have it non-branded with mcottondesign to prevent a wonk-conflict.
http://mcotton.posterous.com/Thoughts on the iPad and Home Automation
I love my iPad and it continues to make me smile when I use it. I like it more than my iPhone (if I didn't need to program, I would say more than my macbook).
Since crestron has released a mobile app for it, I have been working on finding how it fits into the home automation landscape. I don't want to endless speculate on it fixing all the world's problems, or how it will be cause the end of other touchscreens. But I will say, that seeing what other designers have been able to create with it leads me to believe that my work is terrible.
I plan to update this blog with screenshots and examples. Hopefully I'll get better along the way
Re-design of the landscape page
I wasn't happy with the old page, but after some re-work it is much better.
Bug in XPanel kiosk mode
It took way too long but I found a solution for the xpanel kiosk mode bug.
I was having a weird issue with 'phantom' button clicks when it was in kiosk mode. The problem went away if I put it in full-screen.
After some tinkering and google-ing the problem here are the new xpanel.ini settings.
I was having a weird issue with 'phantom' button clicks when it was in kiosk mode. The problem went away if I put it in full-screen.
After some tinkering and google-ing the problem here are the new xpanel.ini settings.
- left=-4
- top=-50
- right=1028
- bottom-772
Gizmodo's Home Theater List
AMX floorplan
Here is a rough and quick walk-through of a deployed AMX system. Our "30 day" trial install has almost been a year without any problems. Its reporting back to a server (so I can confirm my claim).
Updated, although still uncomplete, vantage map
Crestron Game Room
Crestron AES and RTi remotes
I do a lot of complaining about Crestron, but I just completed a project with RTI remote and it made all the difference. The T2-Cs should be sold on every job. It is very straight forward to program in SIMPL. Customers seem to like it. What more could you want. I will be posting a sample project in the [examples] section.