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INTEGRATED AUDIO-VIDEO SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT 

GUIDE SPECIFICATION

Specifier: The Specifier/Design Professional is responsible for the accuracy of all project specifications, including system application and coordination with related sections.  This guide specification is provided as a convenience and requires editing to match actual project requirements.  CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC. SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF ANY OF ITS GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS.  For Crestron design assistance and design review please contact Sales Support Services Department at   800.237.2041 or techsales@crestron.com.

Specifer:  Please see PART 4 for a listing of products specified in this Guide Specification.

Table of Contents
1    GENERAL	3
2    PRODUCTS	3
2.1    SYSTEM PROGRAMMING AND UI DESIGN SOFTWARE 	3
2.1.1    Basis of design Programming Software	3
2.1.2    Software Functions:	3
2.1.3    Software shall support the follwing activities:	3
2.1.4    Programming software system minimum requirements:	3
3    EXECUTION	4
4    APPENDICES	4
4.1    SPECIFIED PRODUCTS	4
4.1.1    Crestron SW-CRESTRON-STUDIO	4

1	GENERAL
NOT USED in this Guide Specification. Specifier shall Specify PART 1 administrative and procedural requirements as needed.
2	PRODUCTS

2.1	SYSTEM PROGRAMMING AND UI DESIGN SOFTWARE 
Specifier Note: The Crestron Studio software is available for download to Crestron dealers and service providers.
2.1.1	Basis of design Programming Software
Specifier Note: Please see the following link for additional UI configuration information.
http://www.crestron.com/downloads/pdf/product_misc/av-framework-dmps-ui-guide.pdf
2.1.1.1	Crestron SW-CRESTRON-STUDIO  

2.1.2	Software Functions:

2.1.2.1	The programming software shall support programming of a comlete system composed of Crestron and third party hardware.  System shall include Crestron control processor hardware, Crestron user interfaces, and compatible AV devices.
Specifier Note: Most current Crestron products are supported by Crestron Studio.
2.1.2.2	The programming Software shall include a library of themes and the ability to creat custom themes for user interfaces. 

2.1.2.3	The programming Software shall support compile and upload of projects touch screens, mobile devices, and computers simultaneously. 

2.1.2.4	The programming software shall support GUI design and deployment of a single GUI design to multiple UI devices in the system. 

2.1.2.5	The programming software shall support import of programs and drivers for backward compatibility.
Specifier Note: Studio is capable of importing 3-Series® SIMPL programs and user drivers.
2.1.2.6	The programming software shall be capable of automatically updating to the latest version.  

2.1.3	Software shall support the follwing activities:

2.1.3.1	System Programming 

2.1.3.2	GUI design

2.1.3.2.1	Touch screen programming shall not require writing programming code.
Specifier Note: Only compatible with touch screens that support Smart Graphics
2.1.3.3	Keypad engraving design 

2.1.3.4	Device setup 

2.1.3.5	System Network configuration   

2.1.4	Programming software system minimum requirements:
Specifier Note: The recommended requirements specified below should be sufficient to run Crestron Studio® either on a real machine, on Parallels™ or VMWare™ virtual machines. Note that at this time Crestron Studio® does not support Virtual Box-based virtual machines.
2.1.4.1	Memory (RAM): 8 GB 

2.1.4.2	Operating System: Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (SP1) - 64 bit version, Support for DirectX 9 

2.1.4.3	Processor CPU Speed: i7 multi-core 

2.1.4.4	System Type: 64-bit     

3	EXECUTION
NOT USED in this Guide Specification. Specifier shall Specify PART 3 On-Site work as needed.
4	APPENDICES

4.1	SPECIFIED PRODUCTS
Specifier Note: This Article includes Crestron products specified in this Guide Specification document. This Article is for reference only and should not be required in actual project manual unless included in an overall system equipment list.
4.1.1	Crestron SW-CRESTRON-STUDIO
Specifier Note: Crestron Software is available to Crestron Service Providers via download.