Ultamation Unlocks Multi-View with Crestron NVX384 in Crestron Home

Ultamation is proud to announce that SIMPL Home now brings the power of Crestron’s NVX384 multi-view feature into the Crestron Home platform—delivering a seamless, user-friendly way to enjoy multiple sources on a single display.

By combining Crestron Home’s multi-display capability with Ultamation's SIMPL Home and a touch of custom logic running on a compact secondary Crestron processor, Ultamation has created a sophisticated yet intuitive multi-view experience.

Here’s how it works:

• The homeowner selects sources for “virtual” displays using the familiar Crestron Home interface.
• SIMPL Home then relays this information to Ultamation’s custom processor.
• A simple logic layer determines the optimal multi-view layout and automatically configures the NVX384—without requiring any complex setup from the user.

The result: a system that feels effortless to the homeowner while giving integrators powerful flexibility to extend what Crestron Home can do. With SIMPL Home in the mix, opportunities for advanced integrations and bespoke enhancements are virtually limitless.

With Ultamation’s inventive approach, the NVX384 multi-view feature is no longer just powerful—it’s practical, elegant, and fully at home in Crestron Home.

Intelligent design. Effortless control. Powered by Ultamation.

Ultamation Streamlines Apple TV IP Driver Licensing for Crestron

Ultamation is excited to announce a significant update to our Apple TV licencing for both Crestron Custom and Crestron Home, designed to make life easier for integrators while maintaining the same seamless end-user experience.

Previously, each licence needed to be tied to both a specific Apple TV name and the host processor. Thanks to our new licensing platform, that’s no longer the case. While the Apple TV name remains a key part of the pairing process, licensing is now managed in a far more integrator-friendly way:

• No difficult-to-enter licence keys required for commissioning (licencing is still required per Apple TV).
• There's no need to specify the Apple TV names at the time of purchase.
• If clients require Apple TV name changes, there's no need to request new licence keys from Ultamation support - just update the pairing file.
• Existing licences remain fully valid and will continue to operate as before, so there’s no disruption for existing projects.

This update also unlocks benefits across our growing range of drivers:

• Licence status at a glance – no need to dig through processor logs
• Easier licence moves – simply provide the old and new MAC addresses, and licences can be swiftly transferred to a replacement or upgraded processor

This change reflects our commitment to improving the integrator experience—removing friction, simplifying deployment, and ensuring that Ultamation drivers remain the most reliable and user-friendly choice for Crestron systems.

Ultamation: driving simplicity, reliability, and innovation for Crestron integrators worldwide.

How confident are you in your third-party Crestron Home Drivers?

Writing drivers for Crestron Home can be quite a challenging task. Lots of things can throw up problems - from the platform itself, to the proficiency of the driver developers, to the hardware that you’re writing the driver for  - all of these things can impact on driver reliability for your customers and for your callout charges.

Ultamation can never guarantee that we make all our drivers to perfection, but we do go to some lengths to ensure that the drivers that we produce - and that you then deploy in your customer systems - are as reliable as they can be.

We use software engineering techniques such as testing development, build pipelines and functional requirements analysis all as part of driver development ... even for something as simple as a notifications tile.

Next time you’re buying a third-party driver ask yourself "has it been through that process and am I confident that I won’t be getting a call on Friday night from a frustrated customer to say his system? Their system isn’t working?".

Browse our extensive Creston Home Driver catalogue here. 

Ultamation will be gradually rolling out a new licensing system applying to all modules.

Since we started selling modules the licenses have been issued as licence keys that you must enter into the driver. However with the recent explosion of drivers that we are developing, we recognised the need for a better way to manage licences benefitting both integrators and improving support. It also provides us with an opportunity to create driver packs and bundles.

Because of that, we have implemented a new licensing scheme which means:

• No need to manage or enter licence keys
• Integrators can quickly see the status of all Ultamation modules for a particular job
• Unlimited cloud licence transfers

For projects that are unable to access the Internet, we are still able to offer "offline keys" when requested for special cases. NB: All licence keys already issued are now considered as such.

For Crestron Home the upgrade path is as easy as… well... an upgrade!

For Crestron Custom with wrappers be aware that user attributes may move so please pay attention!

How it works

Cloud licensing is currently only available for drivers that have been migrated - so if you don't receive a licence key, it's validated via the cloud.

View your licence status at the Ultamation Integration Portal: https://portal.ultamation.com/

• From the home page, click the "Cloud Licence Status" button to navigate to the status page.
• Enter the MAC address for the processor you'd like to inspect the licences for.
• Enter any order number that has been historically associated with a licence purchased from the shop for that processor.
• Once successful, you may view all the licences attached to this processor's MAC with a status from the following:
  
  • Connected: The driver has made connection with the server, and has received the licence status.
  • No Contact: The product does support cloud licensing, but the driver hasn't contacted the server yet.
  • Cloud Unsupported: The product doesn't yet support cloud licensing and will require entering the legacy licence key.
  • Not Active: The licence is not active due to the reason provided.

Troubleshooting

If you have a driver unexpectedly showing 'No Contact' within the cloud licence status page please ensure you have first updated to the latest version and rebooted the processor to ensure an attempt has been made to reach the server.

As always, if you have any questions please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The new licensing system will be rolled out as modules and drivers are updated, so watch this space.

Wildcard Recipe: Nexus21 Apex Motorized TV Wall Mount

Problem

Your Crestron Home project includes one or more Nexus21 Apex Motorized TV mounts. The API requires HTTP POST commands.

Solution

<>The Ultamation HTTP POST Wildcard module can be used to send commands to the device, via manual button presses or by integrating the commands into actions and sequences in Crestron Home.

1. Add the Ultamation HTTP POST Wildcard driver to Crestron Home

2. Configure your chosen commands for buttons or discrete commands (under Actions/Sequences) using the information in the table, and examples below.

3. You’re in the 1-hour trial period window - give your new integration a test drive!

4. Once you’re happy everything is working, purchase a licence key for your processor from HTTP/S POST "Wildcard" for Crestron Home

5. Add the licence key to your Crestron Home configuration (under “Installer Settings”)

Command Table

Examples

The following examples show you how format the the commands in the Installer Settings of the module.

Send the TV Mount to the Home position

Send the TV Mount to Memory Position 1

Send the TV Mount back in

Kudos

Kudos to Nu Home Tech NuHome Tech New Site for suggesting this integration, providing API information and on-site testing.