Back in 2020, I did a live workshop as a series of Zoom sessions teaching about 30 people the basics of the Crestron environment and how SIMPL Windows and Vision Tools Pro-e work to create projects. I just decided to re-release this as a pre-recorded course at a great price ($99) that will be helpful...Read More
If you are an Installation Technician in the AV Industry and work with Crestron, we just released a new course that might be a good fit. Not intended for programmers…but focused on technicians who need to load compiled code and get it running onsite. If you are managing Installation Technicians, sending them off to programmer...Read More
The Bootcamp is a Creston programming course, designed for beginner and intermediate level programmers. 7+hrs of video content giving you “behind the scenes” training as Dustin walks through a complete project from start to finish. The official Crestron courses provide great in-depth knowledge but can leave you with a bunch of gaps in your understanding...Read More
Having worked in the AV industry for quite some time, I’ve seen people “stuck” in the role that they have started in and never have the opportunity to advance or really explore new opportunities. Programming AV systems is something that is greatly assisted by knowing what connects where and how it is supposed to function,...Read More
Crestron’s Smart Graphics are very powerful, but a bit abstract to use if you have never worked with them. I created this tutorial video on using a Dynamic Button List, which can be populated on the fly from your code. It is useful if you want to show information that is not static, such as...Read More
Today I want to talk about some of the challenges programming control systems. I’m going to pick on Crestron since that is what I spend most of my time with. In traditional programming, over the years things have moved very heavily towards an object-oriented paradigm. To understand how far we’ve come let’s go back to...Read More
Creating a control system program for an AV system is a lot like any kind of software development. Although the techniques may be slightly different, there are a lot of things that our industry shares in common with computer programming in general. Or should share in common. You see, a lot of times as AV...Read More
If you sit back and define a mission statement for the Pro AV Industry, you will come across what I feel is the key objective that ultimately drives everything we do on a daily basis. The main goal of this industry is to provide technology that enables people to have more effective communication. No matter...Read More
If you’ve ever needed to do some Crestron programming offsite, all you need is a processor – the panel can be simulated using an XPanel. Here is a quick video showing how to set this up.Read More
