Create a System


A Crestron Studio® system is comprised of a control processor, devices and programming.

 

To create new system project

  1. Choose New Project from the File menu

    - or -

    Click on New in the Start Page

    -or-

    Press

  2. New Project dialog opens:



  3. Select System from the list in the left pane


  4. Select your target system type from the Target drop-down list. A Presentation system would be convenient when building a commercial project consisting of multiple rooms with advanced AV capabilities, while a Home systems would be better suited for residential settings.

    IMPORTANT: Once created, there is no way to switch the system's target type!

  5. Check the Automatically generate Touch Screen pages check box if you wish Crestron Studio® to generate pages for your touch screen projects automatically.




  6. Locate the control processor for your system and select it from the drop down list on the right.


  7. The Name field is pre-populated with a generic name System, followed by a numeral. If desired, you can click in the Name field and write a custom name for your System project.Note that the fully qualified System project name has to be less than 260 characters long (the directory name must be less than 248 characters) and cannot contain the following characters: <, >, ~, |, /, \, ?, *, :, ".

  8. To choose the location for your system, click on the Location list box's drop-down arrow and then select:

    1. one of the default Crestron library locations ( created during the Crestron Studio® installation) - Projects or Public Projects

    2. any custom locations you have added to your Crestron Library.

To add more or remove existing custom locations click .

  1. Click New.

    System Designer opens in a new designer tab of Crestron Studio®.

 

More:

Types of Systems

Adding a folder to your Crestron Library