Upload Step

The Upload step is the step where control system programs and touch screen projects are listed, so they can be uploaded to their respective devices.

IMPORTANT: During this step Crestron Studio® will not warn you if there were errors during the Build Step or if the program's build failed. Before uploading, please make sure that the program and/or any design projects have built successfully.

To Upload:

1. From the System Designer's side bar, click on the Build & Upload section and then select the Upload step.

2. All devices in a Crestron Studio® system are verified to exist and be connected, prior to allowing any uploads. If the control system has not been previously assigned a Toolbox-style address, you will be asked to provide one:
   
   
   

3. Click on the button to select control system address from your Toolbox address book or assign new address. For more information refer to Toolbox Addresses in Crestron Studio®.

4. Crestron Studio® will attempt to connect to the control system. If the connection cannot be established you will be advised to retry connecting to the control system at the specified address or select new control system address:
   
   
   

5. After successful communication with the control system the Upload Browser pane lists all projects that can be uploaded for the selected system and information about their current status. Additionally, information about the upload state of the project as a whole is displayed below the Upload button.

   Status	Additional Message	Description
   Unexpected Error		Administrator Access Required
   		Missing Software
   		Minimum Software Required
   Control System Required	A control system is required in order to upload.
   Control System Address Needed	An address has not been assigned to the control system yet.
   Upload	Please wait while a connection to the control system is established.
   Could Not Connect to Control System		Error Connecting
   Upload	Please wait while items' connections are being verified.
   Upload	Begin uploading the selected items.
   Upload	Cancel the remaining uploads.
   Upload	Please wait while the remaining items are cancelled.
   Upload	Make any necessary adjustments in the list below and click this to start another upload.
   Refresh Needed	Some parts of the system have changed. Press the 'Refresh' button to reload the list of items to upload.

Crestron Studio® also checks if the firmware and the model name of the touch screens match the firmware and model name of the ones in the compiled project. If they don't, the status for the touch screen may display status No Device Found. The Summary field expands upon the Status >information; it lends explanation in more detail about the possible errors.


For some items more than one status messages may be displayed. For example, often the status of the control system  will be listed as Not Built, Found or Up To Date, Found.

6. If any of the touch screen designs that you wish to upload were not build, you have to go back to the Build step and build them before uploading. When you return to the Upload step, any newly build or rebuilt designs will display Needs Verification (Toolbox requires the entire program information to be reloaded to obtain the device status) status in the Status Message column:
   
   
   
   
   Click the Refresh button in the top left corner of the Upload Browser, press or press the Needs Verification hyperlink to allow Crestron Studio® to reconnect to the devices at the specified addresses and re-sync their status. Clicking on the 'Needs Verification' hyperlink will refresh and verify all devices.

7. By default Crestron Studio® is set for indirect upload of touch screen designs, using the IP address of the control system, the connection type and the corresponding IP ID of the touch screen, for example tcp 172.30.168.5:ethernet 03.
   
   If desired you can also upload the design directly to the touch screen by clicking in the Address field of the touch screen:
   
   
   
   Then select or type in the IP address of the touch screen in the Address Book Dialog that opens.

8. Make sure that the program and all touch screen designs you wish to upload display status Found or Up To Date.
   
   
   
   NOTE: A program or a touchscreen design with a status of Not Built, Mismatch or Not Found cannot be uploaded! The error must be resolved before uploading.

9. Select the Upload? check box of the appropriate upload(s) -or- click on the Select All button, if applicable and click the Upload button at the top of the Upload screen or press
   
   
   NOTE: Pressing will cancel the Upload.

10. Code is uploaded simultaneously, if possible, to multiple devices. The order of upload is determined by Crestron Studio®, through the use of Crestron Toolbox™. During the upload Status message Upload Browser will

11. The upload is finished when the program and all uploaded designs display status message Done.
    
    
    
    
    For efficiency reasons, Crestron Studio® keeps track of whether it has uploaded code to individual devices. Once Crestron Studio® uploads code, it will not do so again, unless the code has been changed and recompiled, or unless it has been specifically requested to do so (by selecting its check box in the Upload? column). For example, only modified files (where there has been change to the time/date stamp) will be uploaded to Smart Graphics™ touch screens.

Consult the table below for more information about the status messages for individual upload items displayed in the Upload Browser:

More:

Uploading Multiple Programs to 3-Series Control systems

Toolbox Addresses in Crestron Studio®