My Personal [Apartment] Audiovisual & Control
Systems: …an ongoing
passion project
*scroll down to see photos
Featuring:
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Centralized
Audiovisual Switching/Scaling Infrastructure for multi-zone content distribution
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supports A/V source
distribution to any/all of (5) audio
zones & (4) video zones
throughout the apartment!!!
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AMX automated control via
graphical user interfaces on AMX touch panels.
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System control interfaces
can also be accessed from computers and smart phones on my wifi network (via
VNC client connection to AMX touch panel servers).
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NEW AMX/Crestron
Control System Hybridization through my recent integration of a Crestron
PRO2 Control Processor.
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The PRO2 executes
advanced control operations on connected RS-232 & IR devices (via internal
SIMPL logic program) to yield functionality requested by the centralized AMX
NI-4100 Master Processor.
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This AMX/Crestron
inter-processor communication protocol is a simple custom-defined ASCII string
command structure exchanged between the two programs via TCP/IP port-23
(telnet) network connection.
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My motivation for
creating this hybrid control system is purely educational (to sharpen my skills
in BOTH Netlinx & SIMPL programming)
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BIAMP AudiaFLEX Audio DSP
Processing
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EXTRON High-Definition Video
Switching/Scaling
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Kramer High-Definition Video Scaling
(1080i)
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Standard Definition
Video Surviellence (including TANDBERG Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera Control), with recording
capability on DVD, solid-state flash memory, or PC capture.
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…and more!!!
New Photos! – March 2016
My Equipment Rack w/ Expanded Audiovisual
Infrastructure & Control System design for greater capability &
flexibility:
Further AMX
GUI development:
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Below, 12” AMX
modero touch panel next to my Home Office workstation (more GUI screenshots
coming soon!)
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Below, 7” AMX
modero touch panel in front of Kitchen LED display (more GUI screenshots coming
soon!)
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Also note the Biamp
Volume-8 for the option of direct AudiaFLEX DSP fader adjustment (bypassing AMX
control system).
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The first (5) selections
are configured for the output faders of the (5) audio zones in my apartment.
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The 8th
selection is a ganged HOUSE fader for quick attentuation or boost across all
(5) audio zones.
Summer 2015 Photos:
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You may notice what
appears to be a Crestron 2-series processor at the top of my rack below. I was so excited to receive this free Crestron
CNMSX-PRO processor from a client and was eager to create the hybrid system I
now have. HOWEVER, long story short,
this Crestron CNMSX-PRO processor pre-dates Toolbox and instead requires
the antiquated Viewport software just to load the program. Not to mention it’s extremely limited in SIMPL
programming capability. …
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Upon learning it
would not work for my purposes, I scrapped the CNMSX-PRO and spent $225 for a
PRO2 on eBay – a great deal and I’m very happy with it!!!
Older Photos: taken during or before 2014
My Equipment Rack:
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the heart my centralized audio/video system
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the brain of my integrated AMX control
system
Smart Phone Control: (screen capture from my Windows 8.1 phone; photo on right of iPhone app
control)
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I can access and
control touch panels from my phone (or laptop) via VNC client application.
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On right, a quick
volume control page I threw together for my girlfriend’s iPhone while exploring
the AMX TPControl app using my developer license.
Living Room:
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My [old] living
room display showing video from the pan/tilt/zoom TANDBERG camera above it,
zoomed/focused on the kitchen display which is also showing the camera feed creating
the “video
inside the video, inside the video… and so on” effect as a
demonstration.
NOTE:
Above is my old 32” Samsung LCD which failed in Feb 2014 following an
extended brownout caused by a fast moving windstorm that impacted power
throughout the northern VA area. I have
since upgraded.
Camera 2:
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Fixed in living
room; always recording my home office and equipment rack (via Swann DVR) for piece of mind.
Kitchen Zone:
Old Photo:
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One of my wireless
touch panels, showing an older version of my user interface, next to one of my
favorite posters.
© 2016, Devin R. Ott