Specifications

Crestron e-control™ Software Development Kit & CNX Gateway
Configure the CNX Gateway
The CNX Gateway is self-configuring and requires no manual adjustments. Upon
starting, it acquires the IP address and name of the host PC (the computer on which it
is running).
If you want the CNX Gateway to begin running automatically when your PC starts,
place it in the Windows StartUp menu. Click on Start, then Settings, then Taskbar.
Choose tab “Start Menu Programs”, and then click on “Add”. Browse for the CNX
Gateway. Its name is cmcipsvr.exe. Click on “next”. Choose the “Startup” folder.
Click “Next”. Choose a name, e.g. “CNX Gateway”, and click “Finish”.
Configure the Web Server
A terrific feature of e-control is that any standard Web Server works. Crestron has
tested the following Web Servers (among others).
Win 95/98: Personal Web Server 4.0
To allow web browser control through the web or a private network, you must use a
Web Server. If you don’t have one, Microsoft distributes one for free. Install from
your PC by clicking on the Start button, then Settings, then Control Panel. Double
click on Network, then Add, Service, and Microsoft. Select Personal Web Server,
then Add. You might be prompted to put your Win95/98 CD in the drive. The Web
Server will then be active whenever your PC is up and running. An icon is displayed
in the system tray. To configure the web server, double click on the icon and set the
home directory to the folder where your Web pages reside.
Win NT Server (SP 3 or higher): Internet Information Server
v4.0 (IIS)
Configuration varies due to security concerns (i.e., administrator versus user,
licensing, and when running).
Win NT Workstation: Peer Web Services
Peer Web Services is located on the NT CD at \i386\INEISRV as inetstd.exe.
Various Environments: Xitami Web Server
Xitami is a free download available from imatix (www.imatix.com).
Build the Application with ActiveCNX or Java
There are separate help files that describe how to build the application with each of
the two technologies. They are installed in the same folder as the components that
they describe. Please refer to them, and then return to this document (latest revision
of Doc. 5778).
Write the SIMPL Windows Program
1. Add Ethernet Capability to the Control System
To add Ethernet capability to a SIMPL Windows program using a CNMSX-AV or
CNMSX-PRO, select a CNXENET card from the “Plug-In DPA Modules” category
and drop it on the DPA card slot.
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