crestron – Page 4 – Kiel the Coder

CP3 vs CP4

I wanted to see how much faster the CP4 is versus the CP3, so I wrote a small benchmark program to count prime numbers between 2 and some number. I’ve added a FINDPRIMES command to the console so I can test a few ways. Here is an example running on a CP3:

findprimes 20
2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19
Found 8 primes in 00:00:00.0005093

After testing each number between 2 and 20, the program found 8 that are prime, and it took 509.3 microseconds from start to finish.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 4

In the final part of this series, we’ll finish by adding some basic functionality to the module we created in Part 3. Then we’ll look at how to drop this module into a real program and debug it when things go wrong. Lastly, we’ll consider how we could extend this module in the future.

FIFO Queue

The FIFO Queue is a handy symbol in SIMPL Windows. It’s not one I use regularly though, so I’m always a little confused by its operation. FIFO stands for “First In, First Out.” As you add elements to the queue, they are removed in the order they were added.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 3

In this part, we’ll extend our Device class and create a subclass specialized for talking to Cisco devices. Then we’ll work on properly wrapping our SIMPL+ module into a SIMPL User Macro.

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 2

In the last part, we got a basic SSH connection working to our Cisco codec. Now we’re going to try sending and receiving some commands!

Soup to Nuts: Cisco Codec – Part 1

In this series of posts, we’ll develop a basic module for controlling Cisco Room Kit devices. It can be used in SIMPL Windows or SIMPL# Pro programs. It won’t be as exhaustive as the official module available from the Application Market, but it will be enough to handle most video conferencing tasks.

Debugging SIMPL# Pro (3-series)

I’ve run into a problem in my Standard UI program: a button that used to work like a toggle is now toggling on and off immediately. Is it getting called twice? How am I going to track this error down?

Short Take: Button Presses

I’ve been working on rewriting our Standard UI in SIMPL# Pro and have tried a couple different approaches to map button presses to program logic. I figured a short post about what I’ve been exploring might be helpful.

SIMPL# Pro Primer: Smart Graphics

In this part, we’re going to explore how to interact with Smart Objects from SIMPL# Pro. You’ll need to have an XPanel layout to follow along. You can download my project from GitHub. It looks something like this:

Soup-to-Nuts: Phonebook Module (Part 4)

Here is the final part to this module: wrapping it up and making it easy to use. SIMPL Windows is a powerful tool because it easily abstracts away a lot of details about how things happen. The way our phonebook works under the hood will be a detail we needn’t worry about, it will just plug into our larger programs.