Essentials architecture

Summary

PepperDash Essentials is an open-source framework for control systems, built on Crestron's Simpl# Pro framework. It can be configured as a standalone program capable of running a wide variety of system designs and can also be used to augment other Crestron programs.

Essentials is a collection of C# libraries that can be used in many ways. It is a 100% configuration-driven framework that can be extended to add different workflows and behaviors, either through the addition of new device-types and classes, or via a plug-in mechanism. The framework is a collection of things that are all related and interconnected, but in general do not have strong dependencies on each other.

Framework Libraries

The table below is a guide to understand the basic organization of code concepts within the various libraries that make up the architecture.

The diagram below shows the reference dependencies that exist between the different component libraries that make up the Essentials Framework.

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