AMX and Crestron

[rmavro]

VBricks can be controlled by 3rd party "Room Controllers" such as AMX and Crestron.

Unfortunatly, popular 3rd party control systems are generally not yet powerful or modern enough to support web services or SNMP, and programmers tend to default to legacy RS232 interfaces.  This is usually not a good idea because the VBricks are typically located at remote locations, and because the VBricks can be completely controlled via IP.

There is a nice translater on www.videoalive.com that allows 3rd party programmers to send commands to a VBrick appliance via IP without having to parse a terminal interface. This allows 3rd party programmers to use simple telnet commands yet retain the full power of the VBrick.  There is also a software system that accepts telnet commands to record and publish VBrick video on the MCS system.

[Troyl]

I am looking at controlling a V-Brick system via Telnet using a Creston control processor. The question that I have is the telnet control available on the ethernet side of the STB and Encoders as well.

[rmavro]

I am looking at controlling a V-Brick system via Telnet using a Creston control processor. The question that I have is the telnet control available on the ethernet side of the STB and Encoders as well.

Yes, a VBrick appliance can be configured via Telnet but this may not really help you.  The IP Receiver (STB) can be configured via web services. 

[rmavro]

I am looking at controlling a V-Brick system via Telnet using a Creston control processor. The question that I have is the telnet control available on the ethernet side of the STB and Encoders as well.

Yes, Telent is available on all VBrick products except the STB/IP Receiver. Note that having Telnet does not mean it is useful for your application since you would have to parse a human interface that may change with new firmware releases.  You will find useful tools for controlling VBrick appliances and the IP Receiver on www.videoalive.com.

The Videoalive http://www.videoalive.com "Universal VBrick Controller" (listed under "control") allows you to send VBrick MIB strings to the VBrick to set or get anything.  Want to change an encoder bit rate? Want to see what a decoder is doing? Want to start a VoD from a VBrick appliance? Want to see if analog video is connected to the VBrick?  The list goes on and on.  This is the perfect tool to control any VBrick appliance using telnet, and therfore works with 3rd party control systems such as Crestron, AMX, or a tablet PC's touch-screen interface. One nice part about this soltuion is you only need one instance of it and it can control any or all VBricks in a network.  This is important because many networks have 100's of VBrick installed.

See http://www.videoalive.com/universalvbrickcontrol/VBrickUniversalControl.pdf

I should add that you can control the VBrick appliance via RS-232 too.  Of course, you would need some RS-232 control device connected to the applaince.  For some, this is the way to go.  For others that don't want the expense of an "unnecessary" extra device, IP control is better.