Firstly, I am an AMX dealer and not a Crestron Dealer (but have all of the crestron software). I am wanting to install in our boardroom the Crestron In-Table Touchscreen but use an AMX Master instead of a Crestron Proccessor is that possible.

No

I think there's a recent post on the Crestron Yahoo group addressing this. I'll summarize what I recall:

1) Get a Crestron processor which will receive Crestron touchpanel presses etc.

2) Program an SIO (Serial Input / Output) to send out all needed commands to AMX. The output will not be actual device-specific serial commands, but anything you want. Eg. you could send the ASCII string "WatchDVD" to set the system up for DVD, or "AllPowerOff" to shut down the room or "Blinds50" to lower the shades half-way. Basically you're creating your own serial protocol. If you want to, do it all in Hex to make it more difficult (and for extra credit, figure out how to implement a checksum).

3) Connect Crestron serial port to serial port on AMX processor.

4) Create the AMX equivalent of an SIO which watches for incoming serial text and equates to desired macro / button press.

Oh, here's the thread from Crestron/Yahoo.

I agree with Peter. It's not very hard to set up. I've been running a config like this for years.

There are rumors of a way to connect a Crestron touchpanels directly to an AMX system without a Crestron processor, but I don't know if the rumors are true. So you'll need a Crestron processor to make the interface.

If the "in table touchpanel" is a C2N-FT-TPS4, then you can use Crestron's cheapest processor, the QM-RMC. If the touchpanel you want is an older one, that requires a Cresnet connection, you'll need a processor with Cresnet (Cresnet is Crestron's version of AxLink).

The easiest connection between the two systems is serial. But you can also use ethernet - just set up one side as a TCP/IP Server, and the other side as a TCP/IP Client.

Building your own protocol is easy. Since you're used to the AMX side of things, you can just send channel numbers to the AMX, and then use a "do_push" to connect them in to your existing AMX program. Like Peter said, you're just creating your own communication protocol for the systems to talk.

Crestron also has a symbol you could use instead of writing your own protocol - but then you'll have to interpret it on the AMX side. The symbol is called "Intersystem Communications", and it's the one on the "Program" side, not the "Configure" side.

In my house, I have an MLX-3 (far superior to the R4 it replaced) that controls my AMX. I also use Crestron's iPad program, as it's cheaper than AMX's. I wrote a module for the Crestron side, a couple lines and a DO_PUSH on the AMX side, and ethernet to tie the systems together. It's very stable and works great!

Thanks for that control_guy. I will give it a shot. I love AMX but the only problem is that AMX dont have any decent handheld remotes but have great touch panels.

Like I install tonnes of AMX systems with RTI T3V's because the AMX MIO-R4 don't have a decent touch screen.

More importantly, the 4" panel unsed in the fliptop has been discontinued and will phase out in the future.

You are much better off using a TS750 with a table mount. Less cost, better looking interface and more flexibility.

Maybe you can use a crestron touchpanel with an AMX processor and have RTI T3Vs for channel surfing. Use a Savant HDMI switcher and C4 lighting.