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    This document was prepared an d written by the Tech nical Documentation dep artment at: Crestron Electronics, Inc. 15 Volvo D rive Rockleigh, NJ 076 47 1-888-CRESTRON[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Contents 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel: STX-1550C 1 Description.................................................................................................................... ............. 1 Functional Desc ription .........................................................................[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel: STX-1550C Description Functional Description The STX-1550C is a 2-way radio frequency (RF) compact color SmarTouch ™ touchpanel that provides a user interface to a Crestron remote control system (herein referred to as t he Cresnet system ). The to uchpanel is [...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Physical Description The touch-sensitive viewing screen is locat ed on the top of each touchpanel. The electronic hardware is house d in a high imp act, black m olded plastic enclosure, shown below. Connec tors to upl oad touchscreen projects via a personal com puter (PC) and t o power the unit u[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Leading Specifications The table bel ow provides a summa ry of leading s pecifications f or the STX- 1550C. Dimensions a nd weight are rounde d to the ne arest hundre dth unit. Leading Specifications of the STX-1550C Touchpanel SPECIFICATION DETAILS Power Source Options ST-BTP Rechargeable NiCad [...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C 1 The location of the STRFGWX and the or ientation of the anten na are important factors in the RF performance. Locate th e unit outs ide of any met al enclosures an d position the antenna horizontally, pointing st ra ight out of the unit . Adjust the antenna to achi eve the best r ange. The ra n[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel General Use and Safety WARNING: To a void shock hazard a nd possible dam age to the unit, do not use touchpanel in rain or e xpose it t o unnecessary moisture. Recommended Touchpanel Cleaning Keep the surface of the touchscreen free of dirt, d ust, or other material s that could degrade optical p[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C RF CHANNEL Each STX-1550C touchpanel communicat ing to the STRF GWX transceiver must have a RF CHAN NEL that mat ches the RF CHANNEL of the STRFGWX . There are 16 possibl e RF CHANNE LS ranging fr om 0 to F (hexadecim al number). T he RF CHANNEL of the touchpanel must match the RF CHANNEL assigne[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel If you proceed to calibrate the touc hpanel, the screen prom pts you with the message “Touch Screen Cal ibration Me nu” nearly ce ntered on the display. An other message, “Touch Upp er Left Cor ner”, ap pears in the upper left corn er. Touch th e corner o f the screen to initiate calibrat[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C BACKLIGHT TIMEOUT is displayed on the Timeout screen. This setting turns the backlight off when the touchp anel is inactive for the specified time (shown in minutes). When the touchpanel is activ ated, the last screen to be displayed reapp ears. A two mi nute BACKLIGHT TIMEOUT is show n in the di[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel RF Settings Screen NOTE: Do not set the RF ID to “0”; it is not supported in SIMPL Windows. The RF SETTINGS button opens the RF SETTINGS sc re en, shown to the left. T he RF ID is displayed in the RF SETTINGS scr een. The RF ID m ust match the identity code in the S IMPL Windo ws program and [...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Typical Connection Diagram when Loading a Program from an MSX Generation Control System CRESTRON PC TOUCHP ANEL EXTERNAL POWER P ACK (CRESTRON MODEL OR EQUIV ALENT) NOTE: UNITS IN THIS ILLUSTRA TION ARE NOT DRAWN TO SCALE. ST-CBL (SOLD SEP ARA TEL Y) NET G 24 Z Y CONTROL SYSTEM COMPUT ER SERIAL P[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Programming Cable Specifications 1. Before ma king any connecti ons to the t ouchpanel, ve rify that cont rol system is properly connected to the PC (using cable 15717 and adapter) and powered on. 2. Attach the stereo co nnector e nd of the prog ramming cabl e, part num ber 15710, to the touchpan[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Accessing the Port Settings Dialog Box 8. Select the appropriate connection type. Verify that an available COM port (COM 1 is shown below) is select ed. Set the baud rate to 38400 , the parity to None , the data bits to Eight , and th e stop bits to One . Refer to the dialog box shown for the rem[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Uploading a VT Pro-e Project VT Pro-e is a Windows compatible so f tware package fo r creating Crestron touchpanel sc reen designs. Refer to “So ftware” on pa ge 2 for addi tional deta ils. To upload a VT Pro-e project to t he STX- 1550C, complete the following steps. 1. Make sure that “Hoo[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C 4. As shown below, select the VT Pro-e (HEX) file and click Open . The transfer will complete automatically. Select HEX File 5. Disconnect the pr ogramming cable and the external power pack from the touchpan el. 6. Close the View port, exit SIMPL Windows or VT Pr o-e, and disconn ect the programm[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel 3. As shown below, select the NET ID of the STX-1550C and then click OK . “Select Network ID” Dialog Box NOTE: Firmware upgrades for t ouchpanel s contain two files, xc[ve rsion] a file and xc[version] b file. When selecting a fi rm ware file, select the a file which will automatically execut[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Programming with SIMPL™ Windows® SIMPL (Sym bol Intensive M aster Program ming Langua ge) is an easy -to-use programming language th at is completely integrated and compatib le with all Crestron system hardware. The objects that are used in SIMPL are called symbols. SIMPL Windows offers drag a[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Example Program The STX-1550C or STX-1550CW touchp anel (sold separately) communicates to a STRFGWX that resides on the Cresnet syst em . The program is available from the Downloads page (EXAMPLES Library) of Crestron’s website ( www.crestr on.com) . Search for ST X1550C.SM W. New users a re re[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C System View of STRFGWX NET ID Assignmen t in SIMPL Windows’ Configuration Manager When the STX-1550 C is dropped onto th e STRFGWX, the fir s t available RF ID default addr ess (01 as show n below) is aut omaticall y assigned. Verify or drag t o reassign the address in the Detail System View. ?[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Detail View of STX-1550C Digital Signals in S IMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Detail View of STX-1550C Analog Signals in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Manager Detail View of STX-1550C Serial Signals in SIM PL Windows’ Programming Manager From the expande d Network Mod ules folder, double -cl[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Expand the Lo gic folder to display a num ber of symbol s integrated i nto this program. View each of the four sym bols in detail view (alternatively CTRL+D or drag and drop into Detail View). Assign signals as shown below. Detail View of an Analog Ramp ( S -1) in SIMPL Windows’ Programming Man[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Reserve Join Numbers for STX-1550C JOIN NUMBER FUNCTION VALUE 1015 Power Off 1016 Stand by On 1017 Brightness Low 1018 Brightness Medium 1019 Brightness High 1023 Contrast Up 1024 Contrast Down 1035 Reboots the System N/A 1036 Discharges ST-BTP N/A 1120 - 1123 Digital Battery Gauge Bottom (1120) [...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C STX-1550C Troubleshooting (continued) TROUBLE POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) Touchpanel exhibits slow operation. Compressed graphics take time to decompress. No power to the touchpanel. 1. Remove power (battery and/or power pack). 2. Reapply power while holding finger to the touchscreen for a pp roximatel y 1[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Further Inquiries If after reviewing this Operations Guide, yo u cannot locate specific inf ormation or have questions, please take advant age of Crestr on's award wi nning custom er service team by calling: • In the US and Canada, call C restr on’s corpo rate headquart ers at 1-888-CRES[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C Appendix The purpose of this Ap pendix is to pr ovide a programmi ng solution for tho se that prefer the last screen to be displayed when the touchpanel turns on after encounteri ng a POWER DOWN TIMEOUT. Stated simply, an INTERLOCK symbol needs to be incorporated so th at the control system flips[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Button Assignment In this system, the buttons labeled Press Here for VC R Control on the TV and PROJECTOR page s are assigned a page flip to the VCR page a nd command t he projector to switch to its first video input. The butto ns labeled Press Here for TV Control on the VCR a nd PROJECTOR pages [...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C These three signal names should drive an INTERLOCK sym bol so that the system can “remem ber” which pa ge was shown la st on the to uchpanel. The o utputs of the INTERLOCK are assi gned unique nam es: TV-FLIP-F , VCR-FLIP-F , and PROJ-FLIP-F . Finally, the cor responding fee dback signals fro[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Software License Agreement This License Agreement (“Agree ment”) is a legal contract betw een you (either an individual or a single business entity) and Crestron Electronics, Inc. (“Crestron”) for so ftware referenced in this guide, which in cludes co mputer softwa re and, as applica ble,[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C If You are a business or organization, You agree that upon request from Crestron or its authorized agent, You will within thirty (30) days fully document and certify that use of any and all Software at the time of the request is in conformity with Your valid licenses from Cres tron of its authori[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Return and Warranty Policies Merchandise Returns / Repair Service 1. No merchandi se may be returned for credit, exchange, or s ervice without prior auth orization from CR ESTRON. To obtai n warranty se rvice for CRESTRON products, contact the factory and request an RMA (Retur n Merchandise Autho[...]

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    2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel Crestron STX-1550C This page intentionally left blank . 30 • 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel: STX-1550C Operations Guide - DOC. 5812A[...]

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    Crestron STX-1550C 2-Way RF Compact Color Touchpanel This page intentionally left blank . Operations Guide - DOC. 5812 A 2-Way RF Compact Color Touch panel: STX-1550C • 31[...]

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    Crestron Electronics, Inc. Operations Guide – DOC. 5812A 15 Volvo Drive Rockleigh, NJ 07647 04.01 Tel: 888.CRESTRON Fax: 201.767.7576 Specif ications subject to www.crestron.com change without notice.[...]