Crestron Studio™ 1.38 Release Notes

Introduction

Crestron Studio™ is Crestron's advanced programming application with the following features:

Source Routes diagram to allow the design of the AV routing in 3-series systems

Generates fully programmed touchscreens for Presentation/Education/Commercial environments, including Crestron Fusion® integration.

Screen Designers for Smart Graphics projects and for MLX-3 type list based screens

Screen Designer/Programming Designer integration.

Ability to import Smart Graphics™ VTPro projects.

Custom Macro style programming dialog for events, keypads, touch screens. Includes global macros, variable editor, scheduler, as well as assigning device commands, conditionals, delays, etc. Visual callout programming dialog in Touch Screen Designer.

Automated page and program generation if desired, with touch screen pages completely redesigned and based on Smart Graphics

Programming Designer full functionality, with ability to import SIMPL Windows™ programs

Finish View: Build, upload, Network Setup Wizard.

Ability to combine generated programs and SIMPL programs

Full content of Device and Crestron databases is imported and available.

Faceplate Designer

The following sections are available in the release notes:

Required Firmware/Software

Toolbox version 2.38.880.00 or later.

3-Series firmware version 1.010.0060 or later.

Smart Graphics™ Controls version 2.07.02.06 or later.

The following are needed ONLY if you intend to import modules/programs/VTZ files into Crestron Studio:

SIMPL Windows™ 4.02.56 or later: You MUST use this version or later to save/compile any modules/programs.

VTPro™ 5.6.06.00 or later: You MUST use this version or later to compile Smart Graphics™ projects into a VTZ for import. Version 5.2 fixes additional bugs.

New Features

New Features for 1.38:

Compatibility changes to support Smart Graphics 1.8

New Features for 1.37:

Includes easy integration with CEC devices

The following new devices for Presentation Systems are now included:

DMPS3-4K-150-C
DM-MD8X1-4K-C
HD-MD8x1-4K

One button to both build and upload.

Includes faceplates for HTT-B10EX and CLW-SLV-P

Touchscreen Designer Smart Graphics Control Gallery scrolling is much faster now

Copy and paste touchscreen elements includes programming

New Features for 1.35.005:

Generates Presentation systems

This includes a new template for Presentation/Education/Commercial environments

Tight Crestron Fusion® integration

When Presentation systems are created, Crestron Fusion® features will automatically be applied
Sends display usage status
Sends selected source usage statistics to Crestron Fusion® for usage reporting
Automatically connects to Crestron occupancy sensors
Sends offline notification to Crestron Fusion® if a Crestron device goes offline
Help Desk Interface from touchscreens

From the Product Browser, simply add “Fusion Help Desk” and the logic and pages will be built automatically.

Navigation bar in SystemDesigner is now collapsible to save screen real-estate

New Features for 1.32.043:

Generates touchscreen layouts and programming for additional Smart Graphics UIs, including MLX-3 and Crestron App templates (both for Tablets and for Phones)

This includes a new template for Presentation/Education/Commercial environments

Basic Pyng Integration

Selection, per touch screen, for visible Rooms and Sources

Source Routes - Continued refinement and additional device support

Improved speed

Improved memory management

Touch Screen designer includes the ability to show join numbers and click assign of all join types

Language culture locked to English, to prevent issues in non-English versions of Windows.

Totally new Smart Graphics pages and custom modules for a system composed of Media Zones and Lighting Zones. Zones may only be used on 3-Series control systems.

Automatic page and program generation.

Pages can be modified manually after generation.

Visual page generation without programming can be done in manual systems

Page Generation Assistant is available to enable precise control of page generation

Page templates are for Smart Graphics touch screens and MLX-3.

Source Routing View: Specify audio/video paths through system. Switching will automatically configure the devices.

Added support for HR-100, HR-150, and TSR-302.

NOTE: As of this release HR-100 and HR-150 buttons will not have programming automatically assigned, but through the macro editor you can assign programming to each button.

Added Device Designer to allow definition of a device separately from a module.

Notes on current system limitations for automatic program generation:

Receivers and displays are limited to the following rules:

Only 1 zone/output is supported.

Breakaway of audio and video signals is not supported.

No device feedback is supported; commands will only be sent from the program to the device.

The device should be off when the program starts in order to remain synchronized.

The following triggers are available from the program to the device: Power On, Power Off, Power Off Confirmation, Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute Toggle, Input selection (10 different inputs)

"Do not disturb" has no effect.

Media module commands, feedback items, and parameters may have missing or inaccurate descriptions.

Bugs Fixed

Bugs Fixed for 1.38.007:

Addressed a potential lock-up during compile on Windows 10 machines

Bugs Fixed for 1.38.005:

Compatibility changes to support Smart Graphics 1.8

Bugs Fixed for 1.37.015:

Addressed an install issue related to SQL Express

Bugs Fixed for 1.37.014:

Addressed multiple exceptions
Cleaned up a few visual items in the templates

Bugs Fixed for 1.35.005:

Addressed multiple exceptions
Addressed issues related to connecting to SQL Express
Update templates to include all Pyng subsystems

Included Data

The included data represents data equivalent to Device Database 61.01.001 and Crestron Database 49.06.05.

All data packages, including Discontinued packages, have been updated on the default Crestron download location.

Known Issues

Crestron Studio™

Any Sonnex extender, other than the extender on slot 1, will not function at runtime.

This will be corrected in the next release.

If you are running 64-bit Windows™ 7 versions, about twice as much memory is now available to the application for use. There are warnings that will caution you when memory usage is getting too high, so that you may take precautions like closing Designers and saving your program.

You must run as administrator for now, due to some issues with the Microsoft signing dll, capicom.dll.

If you encounter an exception during program generation, close CS without saving. Then re-start CS and try again. Data about your exception will be uploaded to a Crestron server, so that we may better understand and fix bugs.

Studio cannot install on some PCs that enable the security setting "System Cryptography".

Installs under Windows™ 8.1 may not succeed the first time. Wait for .NET Framework™ and SQL to finish installing - they are initiated by our install. Then run our install again.

Devices not yet supported with modules: HD-XSP, DM-MD64x64, and DMC-VID4.

HD-XSPA known issues:

Mute feedback and volume gauge feedback do not connect automatically yet (mute and volume still function, it’s the feedback that is missing in this version)
HD-XSPA Source Routes model is missing the balanced audio input
These will be addressed in a future update for the HD-XSPA

Program Designer

SIMPL+ Editor keystrokes show a noticeable delay when Touch Screen Designer is open, and to a much lesser extent if other designers are open. For optimal performance, close Touch Screen Designer, or for even better performance, restart Crestron Studio and run only the SIMPL+™ Editor.

Theme Editor

Turn off restore points when working with the Theme Editor.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows™ 7, 32 or 64 bit platforms supported when installed and run on an account with administrative privileges and XP Compatibility mode turned OFF. We recommend 64-bit platforms because additional memory is available to the Crestron Studio application. DirectX™ 9 must be supported by the video drivers.

Windows™ 8.1.
Windows™ 10.

Has been tested running on VMWare™ virtual machines.
Has been tested running on Parallels™

Recommended PC Configuration:

i7 processor with 8GB RAM
Solid state drive

Trademarks:

SQL Express, DirectX, .NET Framework, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

VMWare is a trademark of VMWare Inc.

Parallels is a trademark of Parallels IP Holdings GmbH.

Crestron Studio, Crestron App, SIMPL Windows, VTPro, SystemBuilder, and D3 Pro are trademarks of Crestron Electronics Inc.