Riedel Smartpanel on Raw Panel Protocol

The SKAARHOJ Smartpanel application, also known as xpanel-riedelsmartpanel, allows you to integrate one or more Riedel Smartpanels with Reactor™ and any Raw Panel™ compliant system. Riedel Smartpanels can operate in a special mode where you can activate various applications, particularly the Control Panel Application (CPA). The CPA transforms sections or the entire panel into a control panel instead of an intercom system. The SKAARHOJ Smartpanel application takes advantage of this feature.

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With SKAARHOJ's Smartpanel integration, Riedel Smartpanels can control various functions, similar to other SKAARHOJ devices. Essentially, the Smartpanel becomes a versatile control surface that can be customized according to your needs. The Smartpanel application is available for purchase from SKAARHOJ and can be installed on any Blue Pill platform-enabled SKAARHOJ device, which includes most devices sold today.

Some benefits and applications:

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In the above picture, two Riedel Smartpanels, the RSP-1216HL and RSP-1232HL, are controlling a video router via SKAARHOJ Reactor. Input and output names are shown as labels in the displays.

Inside of Reactor you can assign configurations easily:

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You can also verify the configuration via the Simulator:

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The features mentioned are standard for any panel managed by Reactor, and this applies equally to Riedel Smartpanels. 

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Getting Started

On your Riedel Smartpanel:

On your SKAARHOJ device:

Device Support

This is the Smartpanel models supported:

Stream Deck Model Support
RSP-1216HL

Yes, 16 lever buttons, encoders, displays and LED feedback

RSP-1232HL

Yes, 32 lever buttons, encoders, displays and LED feedback

Notice: The CPA on Riedel Smartpanels requires a license that must be purchased from Riedel.

Notes on Keyblocks

The panels topologies will reflect a configuration with CPA KeyBlocks set as by default (1,2,3,4...) which is Upper Left, Lower Left, Upper Right, Lower Right.

If you swap the KeyBlocks around you will have to restart xpanel-riedelsmartpanel to pick up the changes.

Raw Panel implementation notes and limitations

The Raw Panel implementation is limited by constraints of the Riedel Smartpanel:

Licensing

A license for unlimited number of Smartpanels with unlimited Raw Panel clients connecting on a Blue Pill device currently costs 299 EUR / 365 USD (March 2024). Please contact support@skaarhoj.com or sales@skaarhoj.com to place your order and get a license assigned. Remember to include your Blue Pill serial number in the request.

The xpanel-riedelsmartpanel application will always give you about 10 minutes of free and unlimited Raw Panel usage since 30 seconds after application (re-)start. After 10 minutes an unlicensed Smartpanel won't send triggers or reactor to feedback anymore, but rather show a "License Required" message in the displays. Re-starting the xpanel-riedelsmartpanel package in the Blue Pill Web UI will reset the period.

Configuration

The xpanel-riedelsmartpanel application needs you to manually set up any panels. You must know the IP and port of a panel and enter into the configuration:

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The Server Port should be changed if you have other applications running on the same Blue Pill trying to use this port. There is not clear indication if this is the case, but if something doesn't work, please check the logs if there are errors related to binding to the port.

The protocol mode can mostly stay as it is since most SKAARHOJ applications at least will detect whether ASCII or Binary mode can/should be used. Max Clients and Lock to IP is to help you guard your Raw Panel enabled Smartpanel against too many connected clients or connections from unauthorized IP addresses. It's still a fairly low-tech type of security that still assumes a friendly network environment, just keep that in mind.

Please write to innovationlab@skaarhoj.com for any comments or questions. We would love to hear (positive and constructive) remarks from you.

- kasper





Revision #11
Created 15 November 2023 12:48:51 by Kasper
Updated 28 February 2024 16:49:07 by Kasper