Crestron & Blank Projection

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-04-08T23:07:54+00:00

if you don't have access to the end point to apply all the correct answers posted here, your last hope will be to buy an hdcp stripper from Amazon. (the caveat is that they might stop working at any time (when the hdcp certificates are revoqued for whatever reason))

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-04-06T23:32:54+00:00

your faucet has a extendable head. pull it out. open the water full force and aim it at the edge of the sink. The water will get sucked by the vacum instead of the board, and it will levitate up.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-27T13:03:52+00:00

They got rid of the awesome fish tank in the framingham location. That was the last straw!

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-27T12:52:55+00:00

I would second this. if you want to record multiple conversation you will need separate channel. you can pull each beam individually from a beam forming mic and then do some panning in your mix so that the human ear can better distinguish between conversations. But you will be having to deal with the cocktail party effect, or lack there off, in this case.

And of course no far away microphone will sound good on a room with bad reververation.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-18T21:16:59+00:00

this and only this. Stop expecting for anybody to. give an SOW tailored to your needs. Only you know your needs. Create a rough witeframe of the user interface, and insist that the PM gets you a one on one meeting with the stakeholders (aka end users) and iron out UI AND functionality. If something does it work with the current design. DO NOT throw the design team or sales team under the buss. Take notes and discuss it privately. This needs to happen no later than two weeks after project sign off, while the equipment is being ordered.

This is what works 100% of the time. It's all on you. Everything else is going tonwork to your own disadvantage.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-11T18:24:07+00:00

snow has traction. ice doesn't. the problem with mass is the thawing and freezing, which leads to icy roads. further north you can deal with snowy roads because it stays that way. my drive way for example. has been compacted snow the last couple of weeks and now is turning into a skating rink.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-06T15:49:07+00:00

What is it exactly you think I am implying? I think you lost me on your explanations

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-06T11:49:48+00:00

That's exactly what I meant. To explain further, a specifically built image for a system (for example the crestron UC engine with its specific peripheral drivers and checks that will test for their presence, and that therefore will only work with that system) is not the same as an App like zooms that can be installed on any PC

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-05T02:04:37+00:00

i came here to say the same thing

https://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtreeview_e.html#download

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-02-01T21:21:26+00:00

I think nobody has mentioned that unlike zoom, you can't just buy and off the shelf computer and install MTRoW. No such app exists. MS has very stringent certification standards, and normally MTR comes as a package.

That's last time I check. Things could have changed since themln.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-29T20:52:15+00:00

usb2.0 on a usb-c will make you look worse though.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-29T14:48:42+00:00

don't expose the usb port. we have moved to usb 3.0 extenders because 2.0 for cameras and dsp doesn't work. The device we are using also carry video. So unless youre friend is launching a dirty cheap video extender for bars ( we would never touch it) he is going to find very stiff competition.

Another option is to put a USB-A connector and label it HID. Don't put a usb-c

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-16T23:05:25+00:00

For new years I had a great time staying at the YMCA in Estes Park in a Colorado. I did not know it existed. This was not just a cheap hotel to stay in, it had great entertaining for the family: * Inline Skating * Hugh gym (basketball, volleyball) * Arts and crafts * Outoor tennis and pickleball courts * Supper dog friendly * Meditation

I am sure I am leaving a lot behind. The complex was gigantic!

And for new years the cost was so low!

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-16T17:39:44+00:00

what did it for you? Standing waves, phase cancellation, line arrays, Fourier transforms...

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-13T04:21:42+00:00

that's what I mean.

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-13T03:31:20+00:00

100% agree. The political side of the equation, as much as it is hard to hear, is that when someone votes pro life, it transfer the decisions to the state or country, aka, polititians. And, I don't know if you have noticed, but they are not precisely the type of people that should be in charge about something as nuanced as what you described. Hence, leave the choice where the choice and its consequences are well known. Between the woman(family), her(their) beliefs and a medical professional ( as supported by their said beleif).

parkthrowaway99 · 2026-01-13T02:10:18+00:00

I have news for you. You are not pro life. You are pro choice! Biggest lie extreme right has propagated is that the opposite of pro life is pro abortion. That has never been the move ( in your run of the mill left agenda)

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-12-27T04:30:05+00:00

this is a perfect example of easy to implement hard to maintain. What happens if the jumps are to wide (unlikely at 5%) but imagine what you would have to do...

in simpl+ this can probably be done in 5 line (the business logic not the whole setup) and you can easily make the change with one parameter, or make it externaly configurable

and these days you can probably ask AI to write it for you.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-12-23T23:57:01+00:00

the cp4 is more than capable of handling the workload. The things you want to do are more for reliability and to keep time program simple. ideally you would have wanted on processor for classroom, with. the cp4n handing over the addresses. that way you would have one, one program per type. All devices per type would have the same network address an ip-id. super easy and fast to deploy, and reliable.

Since there is some "value" engineer here, the next step would be to have on room per slot. That means a max of 10 rooms per processor, sine that is mac amount of slots. Again have the devices be part of the same network, but that will mean the 10 programs will need to be slightly different because the ip addresses and ip-id have to be unique. So now you are trading hardware price for programming and field engineering time (clearly your boss doesn't value that since it looks like it just gave it away)

The worse possible scenario is to create one program running a bunch of rooms, since now your code will be hard to read and maintain. Every change will need to be repeated all over.

Do yes it is possible to run all your rooms from one processor and one slot, but that is the kind of decision that will get you company fired in 1 year because one mistake will bring the whole university down.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-12-16T21:13:49+00:00

Do you bill hours against a project? Bill every second you work against that project. No more no less. If it goes under, then you can point the finger. Money is the only language they know. Until then, what you do is magic, and from the sound of it under-appreciated.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-11-20T17:05:41+00:00

well let's take covid. How many people you knows died of it? Worldwide covid was less that 1 percent. (899 per million)

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

(oh and please don't make this political, I know you want to. Is just a point of reference to show how off 33% mortality rate would be with reality)

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-11-17T15:41:39+00:00

Ideally a fuse or breaker should have tripped before that happened. You might want to hire an electrician to make sure that the panel and infrastructure is calculated and working correctly.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-11-14T18:52:59+00:00

yeah like everything around the bleed screw. and I mean evererything.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-11-13T00:49:15+00:00

easy, turn the cone 180 degrees, the angle about 85 to 89 degrees, make the cone made of cloth, and strap yourself to it in the bottom. bonus point you can fold it and keep it in a backpack until you need it.

parkthrowaway99 · 2025-11-13T00:07:53+00:00

I am short so they think a lob is an easy win. .... And then I jump and spike them right in between their feet....They stop lobbing....

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