๐ฉ Rแดแด Fสแดษข Aสแดสแด – Iแดโ๊ฑ Bแดแดแดแดษชษดษข Vษช๊ฑษชสสแด Tแด Eแด แดสสแดษดแด
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ audiovisual ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ ฑ๐๐,
with the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT and advanced data indexing, clients donโt have to rely on word of mouth anymore.
They can spot patterns in โsecondsโ.
Not just reviews.
But timelines, delays, inconsistencies, and repeated issues across projects.
Telling teams โdonโt post about unfinished jobsโ doesnโt solve the problem.
Because todayโs Technology doesnโt rely on one sourceโit connects the dots across many: CommercialIntegrator – AVNetwork – GmbH – Magazine.
The same complaints keep surfacing:
โช๏ธCommunication drops off mid-project.
โช๏ธSloppy cabling.
โช๏ธNo labeling.
โช๏ธSkip full testing.
โช๏ธBroken UX or panel design.
โช๏ธSystems handed over before theyโre fully ready.
โช๏ธโWeโll fix it laterโ becomes the plan.
The Tech can even unmask companiesโ names that consistently fail to complete projects.
And in a world where information is easier to connect than ever and patterns are getting harder to hide.
This is exactly why I take pride in every project I touch.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ 100%.
Because in todayโs world, itโs not just people evaluating your workโ GenerativeAI , OpenAI – AIProduct – can evaluate your work too.
If you have two buttons on a touch panel, and each can be either on or off, that creates 16 possible combinations to test.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ฎ^๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐.
Imagine multi state buttons where there are 100 possible states – 100^n.
Fortunately, with code validation, testing every possible state can be executed much faster than one at a time.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ: ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐.
Thatโs the level of engineering most projects never reach.
Because โalmost doneโ doesnโt hold upโ not with clients, and definitely not with ArtificialIntelligence
Also, this is an actual circuit diagram that I designed ( Crestron ๐ ) from start to finish and polished that with some AITech
Hereโs a quick visual example from a Crestron XPanel I did in 2015.
Thatโs when I started using test utilities for AV code.
It shows how testing buttons on a panel can simulate an incoming video conference callโwithout a VTC or ATC equipment
Decoupling the code from the actual serial/ IP port, which is what makes the test utility possible.
Innovation isnโt just in the installโitโs in how you verify it works before anyone even touches the system.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐โespecially when it comes to real-world AVTech programming and โ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ.
If Audiovisual programming code cannot adapt and recover from those glitches, then it will have a negative impact on the user experience.
So, how does code fix communication glitches?
Well, the honest answer is, Iโve been doing it for 25 years, day one since I stumbled into the AVIndustry.
But I did not invent the technique. The process came from an old coding style based on the A86 assembler language. ( โ ๐ทโฏ๐๐พโฏ๐โฏ ๐๐ฝโฏ๐ ๐๐โฏ๐น ๐พ๐ ๐ปโด๐ ๐ซโ๐.)
For this example, Iโll use abstract numbers that arenโt typically used in programming and keep it general.
Imagine a counter were counting from 0 to 10.
The steps: Counter (token) is set to zero.
1๏ธโฃ Customer presses the on button for the video conference touch panel.
2๏ธโฃ Send a command to the touch panel to start a timer.
3๏ธโฃ #Crestron send a command to the NXC display to turn it on.
4๏ธโฃ The control system sends a command to the Lutron to dim the lights.
5๏ธโฃ The programming checks for display feedback to confirm itโs on.
6๏ธโฃ If the system receives feedback from the display, the token moves to the next step. If not, the token is set to 3, and the command is resent.
Notice – there is only โoneโ command in the code for the display. The programming is resending that original command you do not have duplicate commands, which would cause problems with decoupling errors.
If this happens three times in a row, a pop-up on the touch panel informs you of a communication error. This approach provides a better user experience because the ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐.
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