Crestron
MediaManager™
Applications
Guide
Crestron RoomView™ Remote Management Software
All 2-Series and MediaManager controllers allow any RS-232 or IR-controlled
device to be added to a campus or corporate-wide network. Once connected, you
can control any function and actively monitor that room system via the network
or Internet using a standard Web browser. Crestron RoomView™ is the first and
only universal room scheduling, monitoring and diagnostics software package.
Combining MediaManager hardware with Crestron RoomView software
provides you with 24-hour maintenance, monitoring and control.
Crestron RoomView provides a central monitoring station for 250+ control
systems on a single Ethernet network (additional systems are possible, each
system must have a unique combination of IP ID and IP address). This
centralization of information is convenient in corporate or educational
applications, where each room has dedicated hardware and an associated
Ethernet-enabled control system. A system may also control hardware for more
than one room.
Rooms are organized in a standard, logical hierarchy and RoomView can
provide a simultaneous top-level view of all rooms, with the ability to “drill
down” into a specific room if needed. Room and device control is easily
available through a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, on any PC or PDA
with a wired or wireless Ethernet network connection. Because RoomView is
based on traditional networking standards and runs on the Microsoft Windows
®
operating system, installation is a simple and familiar process for any IT
administrator–no complicated Web server is required!
Room attributes define a monitored signal for a room, such as room lights,
system power, etc. An attribute can be a digital, analog, or serial signal and is
assigned a join number. The join number must have a corresponding signal
mapped to the RoomView symbol in the SIMPL Windows program. Custom
attributes require changes to the RoomView symbol and to the SIMPL Windows
program to function. An attribute must be assigned to a room. RoomView
supplies ten default attributes that are applied to all rooms. You can keep or
disable any of these, and you can add attributes, for any purpose, of your own
design.
RoomView features include:
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Monitors each room, including online status, system power, lamp life
and hardware faults, and notifies the Administrator or operator when an
error or help request is received.
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The operator can respond directly to a help request by sending a text
message to the control system.
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The Administrator can run diagnostics with Crestron Viewport™
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The Administrator schedules events, which are logged automatically by
the software for all Users.
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The Administrator adds, deletes, or edits room information, contact
information and e-mail addresses.
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The Administrator can configure Crestron RoomView to automatically
send e-mail notification of errors to room contacts.
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The functions and columns of the RoomView screen are customizable.
The RoomView display can be configured to monitor
any
available
function and/or signal from the SIMPL Windows program running on
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