Bury My Heart at Conference Room B
Sarvenaz Myslicki, VP of Technology at AMEX just recommended this book, Bury My Heart at Conference Room B by Stan Slap, during the INTERACT conference. It sounds very interesting, and is about...
View ArticleNice desktop monitor – AOC CU34G2X
We recently picked up these for some desks at our office and they make a really nice large screen for design work. At roughly $525 it is mid-priced (or low priced compared to egaming monitors) but...
View ArticleWhat is a CSP?
What exactly is a CSP (Crestron Solutions Provider) and why should I use one? A CSP is an independent, authorized, company that can provide Crestron programming, design, and support services, and has...
View ArticleLightning Arrestors
In South Florida, lightning is a fact of life, particularly in the summer time. Lightning strikes occur frequently, and can be devastating to home automation equipment even if there is not a direct...
View ArticleCrestron-compatible Ethernet USB Adapter
Most newer Crestron processors (e.g. 3-series and 4-series control systems) support additional ethernet adapters by using a USB-Ethernet adapter, along with applying a software license...
View ArticleCrestron VC-4 Virtual Control Processor
Crestron’s release of VC-4 and newly added support for SIMPL Windows is a major advance in flexibility for new jobs. VC-4 allows installation of a virtual server on a Linux-based computer or...
View ArticleThe End of Flash
Flash is gone! Fortunately not Grandmaster Flash and his Furious Five, but the Flash from Adobe that was the mainstay of almost every website for years, despite its myriad of problems and...
View ArticleLocal Linux ports from Crestron VC-4
Crestron’s new VC-4 Virtual Control system allows you to run virtual automation processors on Linux systems, which helps with current supply chain issues and allows you to get jobs up and running very...
View ArticleSetting up VC-4 for Development
Crestron’s VC-4 Virtual Control allows Crestron developers to be able to develop and test programming from wherever they are, without physical access to hardware. This will undoubtably improve the...
View ArticleQ-SYS Possible Breaking Change
Control of Q-SYS from Crestron Processors may break if a Q-SYS project is upgraded from 9.4 or earlier to the 9.5 versions of Q-SYS Designer software. Q-SYS added features that control permissions of...
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