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78 • Crestron SIMPL Windows
Naming a Parameter
In Detail View:
The parameter field is always at or near the bottom of the signal body.
1. Locate this field, and double-click it. This causes a blinking cursor
to appear.
2. Enter a parameter name.
3. Press Enter on the keyboard.
For example, the Sequencer Select Symbol has one parameter, called size1, and
therefore has one parameter field. By contrast, the String I/O Symbol has three
parameters, and so has three parameter fields:
Str1
Str2
Delimiter
In SIMPL we allow users to enter parameters in various forms. Previously, for
parameters where a constant number is expected, the following "type identifiers"
could be used:
d - decimal
h - hex
s - seconds
t - ticks
% - percentage (0-100%)
With the release of SIMPL Windows v1.22.0, Crestron has added another parameter
form. The new form is a single ASCII character surrounded by single quotations.
The value of this parameter is equivalent to the character's ASCII value.
For example, 'A' equals 65d, 'B' = 66d, etc. Refer to an ASCII conversion table.
Automatically Increase Inputs, Outputs, or
Parameters
"I/O Grow" is a capability, which allows symbols to increase the number of inputs,
outputs, parameters, or all three, possessed by a symbol.
The I/O Grow feature is implemented differently on different symbols; there are
variations of signal expansion that can, or must, occur. Like the Interlock, some
symbols have the capacity to add additional input/output pairs, while other can
expand only their inputs, or only their outputs. Or, like the Analog Ramp, some
symbols can expand neither their inputs nor their outputs. Additionally, sometimes
inputs and outputs are expanded together, or sometimes parameters must be
expanded with inputs or some other interdependent pairing. In such a case, when you
expand one, you will find the dependent one also expands.
If you generate a new input or output you must create a signal for it, in contrast to
certain symbols (such as the Interlock) that have optional inputs and outputs.
Behavioral information of inputs for a given symbol can also be found in its
SymbolCard.
Crestron SIMPL™ Windows
Installation & Operations Guide –DOC. 5728C
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