MaryleboneTouchpanel Layouts (Crestron 6x)

I've been working on some touchpanel layouts for Marylebone, every project I customise the touchpanel pages. Here's a example of the home page I've been working on:

Marylebone project London.

We started work about a week ago on quite a big Crestron installation in Marylebone, London. It's a contemporary townhouse where we're going to be installing the new Crestron Digital Media system. This was my first time programming the Digital Media stuff and found it surprisingly a lot more straight forward than other Crestron systems, i.e. the adagio! The core of the project will be based around Kaleidescape music and video servers, distributing music and video to 8 rooms, including a Home Cinema. I think the Kaleidescape system is a fantastic piece of kit, the user interfaces are second to none and they definitely have that special wow factor. You may be interested in an Ipod/Iphone interface I wrote as a Crestron Module. It allows you on-screen control of a kaleidescape player and scrollable lists for selecting music. Here's a link to the video example we have on you-tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD-nmsxKlYw . I might post a more detailed breakdown on the module at a later date and talk about the challenges of using the Kaleidescape control protocol.

Over the next couple of weeks, I'll try and post some updates/photos of how the project is coming along.

Dave.

First Post

Hi there!
My first post, so apologies if this makes no sense! I've decided to start this blog mainly to give an insight into my work at custom controls - hopefully one day it may prove useful for someone in the home automation industry, or at least finally explain to my friends and family what I actually do!

A bit about myself..........

I've been working for Custom Controls for about a year, we mainly supply and install Crestron Home Automation systems. Over the past year I've worked on some pretty cool projects, including the Beetham Tower Penthouse, Europe's highest residential property. It's my job to program these systems, integrate existing hardware and design the user interfaces.

Before that, I studied for a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University in Image Processing. My project was involved in recognising threat objects in airport x-ray images. My first degree was in Media Technology, studying the technology behind the audio and video industry.

From time to time I hope to post blogs here of the current projects we're working on, Hope you find it of intrest!

Dave.

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My First Blog!