GUI designer AMX improvements

[joshj]

I spent some time with the software last night and noticed that in
order for the AMX stuff to integrate smoothly, we need:

optional port settings for digital,serial, and analog joins.
the ability to change pages by sending "PAGE-" command followed by the
page name in ascii to the device. For instace if a page is named
"Home" in your project, sending the command "PAGE-Home" would make
the iphone flip to the Home page.

[Jarrod Bell]

Is there not a way it can simply send the digital high pulse to
generate a page flip?

Join channel ports are more a "would be nice to have" than a "must
have" right? Surely if AMX can handle digital joins on a single port,
then it could just use the same port for all join communications from
iViewer?

I would prefer not to adjust guiDesigner to be specific for a
particular hardware platform. Sure, its based on Crestron standards at
the moment, but that was just because it was a methodology we are very
familiar with, and one that can work for any system given the backend
code is created to handle our protocol.

Jarrod

[digimenet]

In the next rev of the AMX Beta Module, I am planning to add AMX Page
and Pop-Up commands to the module. My idea is to have the iViewer
*.gui loaded on to the AMX master in which the module will parse out
all the data within that gui file.

My hope is that you will be able to send a PAGE-Home command to the
module, the module will parse the command, look for the page name of
"Home", look for the digital join associated to it, and then do a
press to the that join to do the page flip.

The idea I have behind this module is to make it as transparent as
possible to fellow AMX programmers so that they can use the same
syntax's they are already familiar with.

I will try to have this done by the end of the week (week of Sept
8th.)

Jairo Martinez
AMX ACE Programmer
ESC !Software Programmer

[joshj]

excellent idea about parsing the *.gui file ...

One other thing that is key is getting the port mapping. Perhaps the
digital join can just be port *1000 and channels codes to 1-999. so
port 2, btn 24 push command would be "d2024=1,$03". Parsing would
just be:
buffer= "digital join channel code data from iphone"
AMXbuttonPressChannel = atoi(buffer)%100
integer AMXbuttonPressPort= atoi(buffer)/1000

[Vincèn]

Hi Jairo,

Is it possible to get a copy of the beta AMX module to test it with my
iPhone ?

Thanks a lot in advance

Vincèn

[Vincèn]

No-one is able to send me a copy of the beta AMX Module please ? so I
can test it ? and give feedback on it ?

Thanks for all

Vincèn

[joshj]

It would be nice if page names could be longer than 15 characters :)

[Urs Landis]

I'am a AMX programmer, can i help something with this project?

Can i have a copy to test?

Thanks in advance

[Trofix .]

Offcaurse you can have that but Crestron program doesn't work with AMX. You cannot test it.

 

 

Greetings,

 

Ayser

 

2008/9/22, Urs Landis <u...@landis.me>:

[digimenet]

Ayser,

.........what are you talking about? Did you not read this thread? A
few have been developing an AMX Module to work in conjunction with CF
iViewer and it works fine. We haven't had it posted yet cause we
haven't come up with a final version with documentation and run it by
Jarrod yet. Hopefully soon. In the mean time, those who want the
module we can send it to him or her, with the agreement that they will
provide us feedback on any issues or needed improvements.

Jairo Martinez
AMX ACE Programmer

ESC, LLC
Aspen, Colorado

[dmurray14]

I would love to get a hold of the AMX beta module. Would you mind
passing it on to me? I'd be happy to share feedback or requests!

Thanks,
Dan

[digimenet]

Update:

Well, the module is near completion. I have finish writing the code to
parse a CommandFusion GUI file for all the page names and their
associate join numbers so that an AMX programmer can use the PAGE
command instead of having to do a push to a channel to cause a page
flip.

I am still in the testing portion of it and hope to have it finalize
by Friday evening. Stay tune....

Jairo Martinez
AMX ACE Programmer

ESC LLC
Aspen Colorado

(skype: martinez.jairo)

[dmurray14]

Will I be able to get a hold of it then? Very anxious to test.

Thanks,
Dan

[Urs Landis]

Hi Jairo

Any News of the new version?

best regards


Urs