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At the heart of the PRO2 is the breakthrough
2-Series Control Engine, based on the hot new 257 MIPS,
32-bit Motorola ColdFire® processor. Onboard 36MB memory
is enhanced with a 4GB expansion slot that supports off-the-shelf
Type II compact flash memory and the IBM Microdrive®
hard disk drive, for on-board storage of program and touchpanel
files, room and equipment profiles, upgrades, databases
and schedules.
Crestron's unique Dual Bus system, with
its high-speed I/O bus architecture, provides blazing fast
throughput system wide. This Dual Bus architecture also
lets you upgrade to the new higher performance expansion
cards, while still using existing cards and software programs.
The 40Mb/s Y-Bus supports existing CNX control cards and
serves as the pipeline for IR, serial communications and
relays. The 300Mb/s Z-Bus is designed for super high speed
control card applications, such as 10/100 Ethernet, and
future USB, USBII, FireWire, disk drive arrays and more.
The PRO2 with a variety of plug-in 10/100
Ethernet cards provides true secure network communications
required by today 's corporate networks and the Internet.
Using the dual port Ethernet card, a built-in Firewall delivers
the ultimate in security, with on-board Network Address
Translator (NAT) and Router functions. It supports static
IP addressing and full duplex TCP/IP and UDP/IP, and offers
a WAN port for Internet and Corporate-wide communications,
and a LAN port for Room and AV Private Network use. The
built-in Web Server provides the ultimate in help desk functions
and uses memory storage on a compact flash card for remote
access and control.
The 2-Series real-time operating system
is compatible with existing Crestron software and programming.
A key feature is the new Crestron Compiler, which allows
any existing Crestron SIMPL™ Windows® control program
to be easily recompiled for the 2-Series. The real-time,
preemptive multitasking/multi-threaded operating system
offers a FAT32 file system with long file names for easy
and open file management. And the enhanced SIMPL+™
instruction set is also fully compatible with existing Crestron
SIMPL™ Windows® and SIMPL+™ programs.
With its blinding speed, massive memory
and revolutionary Dual Bus architecture, the PRO2 is built
from the ground up for high performance, secure Internet
communications and Dynamic Expansion Capabilities. Designed
for reliability and reinforced by Crestron's True Blue Customer
Support, it's part of the complete Crestron line of advanced
solutions for audio/video/Internet distribution and control.
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