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Digital Video Processor
Programming Software
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Have a question or comment about Crestron software?
Answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) can be viewed in the Online Help
section of the Crestron website (www.crestron.com). To post your own question or
view questions you have submitted to Crestron's True Blue Support, log in at
http://support.crestron.com. First-time users will need to establish a user account.
The following are the earliest useable software version requirements for the PC:
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SIMPL Windows version 2.04.11, or later with Library Update file 232.
Requires SIMPL+ Cross Compiler version 1.1.
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VT Pro-e version 3.1.1.7 or later.
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Crestron Database version 15.9.9 or later.
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(Optional) Crestron RoomView™ enterprise version 2.0.0.3.
NOTE: Crestron recommends that you use the latest software to take advantage of
the most recently released features. The latest software is available from the
Downloads | Software Updates section of the Crestron website (www.crestron.com).
Crestron software and any files on the website are for Authorized Crestron dealers
and Crestron Authorized Independent Programmers (CAIP) only. New users may be
required to register to obtain access to certain areas of the site (including the FTP
site).
NOTE: This section describes basic programming using both SIMPL Windows and
VT Pro-e. Additional programming examples are in "C2N-DVP4DI Master Mode
Features" on page 56.
Programming with SIMPL Windows
NOTE: The following are acceptable file extensions for programs that include a
C2N-DVP4DI, developed for specific control system types:
projectname.smw (source file)
projectname.spz (compiled file for 2-Series)
projectname.usp (source code module for SIMPL+)
NOTE: The following assumes that the reader has knowledge of SIMPL Windows.
If not, refer to the extensive help information provided with the software.
SIMPL Windows is the Crestron software for programming Crestron control
systems. It provides a well-designed graphical environment with a number of
workspaces (i.e., windows) in which a programmer can select, configure, program,
test, and monitor a Crestron control system. SIMPL Windows offers drag and drop
functionality in a familiar Windows
numbers are a common thread between VT Pro-e and SIMPL Windows. These
numbers define how the objects on a touchpanel page of a VT Pro-e project interface
to the outside world, specifically the Cresnet system as defined in the SIMPL
Windows program. There are digital join numbers that carry out some predetermined
function (a logical high or low); analog join numbers for displaying incremental
values, sliders, gauges and bar graphs; and serial join numbers that allow for the
display of variable text and transmission/reception of serial commands from other
Crestron C2N-DVP4DI
environment. Digital, analog and serial join
Reference Guide – DOC. 6177A
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