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Crestron e-control Mail SW-MAIL
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Contents
How to Use This Manual 4
A Note on Printing This Document................................................................................................... 4
Quick Start ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Section Summary .............................................................................................................................. 4
Quick Start Guide 1: Sending e-Mail (demo3) 6
Quick Start Guide 2: Receiving e-Mail (demo4) 7
Introduction 8
What is Crestron e-control Mail? ...................................................................................................... 8
System Terminology and Topology .................................................................................................. 8
Leading Specifications .................................................................................................................... 11
Requirements................................................................................................................................... 11
Installation....................................................................................................................................... 12
Licensing......................................................................................................................................... 12
Basic Server Setup 14
Communications Setup.................................................................................................................... 15
Test Communications...................................................................................................................... 19
Additional Server Side Setup .......................................................................................................... 19
Server Configuration In Depth 20
Specifying a Configuration File ...................................................................................................... 20
Password Access ............................................................................................................................. 21
e-Mail Options................................................................................................................................. 22
COM Settings Definition................................................................................................................. 24
Signal Block Definition................................................................................................................... 26
Server Windows and Menus............................................................................................................ 37
The e-Mail Database Tables 42
Table design .................................................................................................................................... 42
Editing the Existing Database.......................................................................................................... 46
Composing e-Mail 46
Recipient Lookup............................................................................................................................ 47
Message Lookup ............................................................................................................................. 47
Implicit Recipient Name & Address................................................................................................ 47
Manual Selection of Recipient and/or Message............................................................................... 48
Text Substitution and File Inclusion 48
Text Substitution Directives............................................................................................................ 48
Text File Inclusion .......................................................................................................................... 49
Rescanning ...................................................................................................................................... 49
Control Messages 49
Identification ................................................................................................................................... 50
Message types ................................................................................................................................. 50
Syntax.............................................................................................................................................. 50
Example........................................................................................................................................... 51
Demos 52
Demo 1: The Shortcut Signals......................................................................................................... 52
Demo 2: The LookupMsg and LookupRcpt Signals ....................................................................... 53
Demo 3: Interactive Scrollers.......................................................................................................... 55
Demo 4: Receiving e-Mail .............................................................................................................. 56