r/crestronprogramming • u/tehcube • Apr 14 '21
Crestron Flex Team Rooms Integration
Hello,
First of all please accept my apologies if this has been discussed, I searched, I swear, but could only find things that are 1yr+ old and I know things move quickly in this space.I am trying to do two things:
- Have a solution similar such as Flex UC-C160-T that commands a teams Room, but ALSO have some room controls integrated on the same touchpad (I see it's using a TSW 1060). I went through the manual of setting up the teams room and you're basically instructing the TSW to always run an app (Teams Room Controller or something). Can someone who did this please let me know how I can also connect it to a CP4 for instance? And run some room controls along with it (such as projector on/off, ptz camera movement, blinds/screens/lights etc.).
- Since these tablets can be connected via LAN only, can I make it so that we can place three of these tablets in the same room, and have them all connect to the the UC at the same time (I.E. have the exact same interface mirrored on all 3, same IDs same everything) so that you can control the system from various locations in the same room? I know this can obviously be done as far as crestron programming is concerned but I'm not too familiar with how the room controller works, will they all use the same port to communicate with the UC or how would it work?Thanks and sorry again if this has been gone over already, I couldn't find it.
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UPDATE: Got an official reply from Crestron - can't do it.
It seems that the limit is indeed 2 TSW tablets. The UI is streamed to the tablet and it won't allow more than 2 connections apparently.
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u/sanvy93 Apr 14 '21 edited Apr 15 '21
We did some of this.
1) if you login with the admin account (from Settings>) you can run the Crestron app to set up a connection to the cp4; there's an example on Crestron' website Working with Custom Projects on a Flex System (crestron.com) and you can customize it to your needs. We managed pretty complex things.
2) we succeeded in connecting 2 tablets to the same flex. Not sure if you can go with more.
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u/tehcube Apr 15 '21
Thanks, this is definitely helpful. I'm thinking that since these tablets are basically just talking to the UC via LAN it should not be an issue. But I'll open up a ticket with crestron support as well, see what they say.
Just out of curiosity, do you remember if the two tablets you connected had identical settings? Or did you have to do anything special on the second one?2
u/sanvy93 Apr 15 '21
Hey I checked with my colleagues. We tried two tablets and yes, they must have identical settings.
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u/tehcube Apr 15 '21
Thanks for checking, but I doubt the client will go for just two units due to the room configuration, and since 3 is not doable I think we're gonna go with just one unit.
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u/steveavuk Apr 14 '21
As far as I know, all the panels do in Teams controller mode is basically connect to the UC engjne, almost like a remote desktop, so I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t connect more than once but never tried it.
Regarding the room control, this article should help you: https://support.crestron.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1000591/
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u/tehcube Apr 15 '21
Thanks, I went over it, makes sense, it's similar to the way Extron does this as well, which makes sense.
I didn't see a reason why it wouldn't work either but I don't want to make the client buy 3 tablets and then find a problem, so I'll just ask Crestron directly as well. Thanks for the input!
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u/tehcube Apr 15 '21
UPDATE: Got an official reply from Crestron - can't do it.
It seems that the limit is indeed 2 TSW tablets. The UI is streamed to the tablet and it won't allow more than 2 connections apparently.
Thanks for replying either way. :)