Specifications
Crestron e-control Mail SW-MAIL
7 •• Quick Start Guide 2: Receiving e-Mail (demo4) Installation & Reference Guide — Doc. 5798
Quick Start Guide 2: Receiving e-Mail (demo4)
1 Install this package on your PC
Presumably, since you are reading this PDF file, you have already done this.
2 Connect a CNMSX-PRO (with touchscreen)
Connect a programming cable (a standard modem cable) from any COM port on
your PC to the COMPUTER port on the front or back of the CNMSX-PRO control
system. Connect a touchscreen to the control system set up for CRESNET ID 03.
3 Upload all control system software
The demo files can be found in the
demos folder (also accessible
through the Start Menu shortcut
e-control Mail Demos)
Open the Crestron Viewport and establish communications with your control system.
If you have not already done so, use the FileTransfer | Send Touchpanel…
command to upload demomail.hex to the touchscreen at ID 03. Use the
FileTransfer | Send Program… command to upload the compiled SIMPL windows
file demo4COM.bin to the CNMSX-PRO. You may now close the Viewport.
4 Connect the null modem cable
Make sure pins 4, 5, and 6
are not connected.
Connect a null-modem cable from COM1 on the PC to COM A on the
CNMSX-PRO.
5 Run the “server”
The installer sets the server to
use the Configuration Settings
file demomail.ini.
Select shortcut e-control Mail Server from the Crestron folder in the Windows Start
Menu. If the title bar of the window does not read “e-control Mail Demos,” use the
File | Configuration file… command to select the file demomail.ini.
6 Specify a POP3 (incoming mail) server address
The initial configuration
password is: crestron2
Give command Server | Configure…. In the resulting Configuration Options
window, select the e-Mail tab and enter a POP3 server’s IP address or domain name.
7 Enter your e-mail address
Select the Signal Blocks tab. Select the signal block called “DEMO4” and click the
Modify… button. In the resulting e-Mailbox Signal Block Definition Window,
provide an e-mail account name and password. In each window, click OK to close.
8 Start the “server protocol”
Give the command Server | Start Server w/Signal Analyzer. (The Signal Analyzer
is good for demos because it shows you the various signals going back and forth.)
9 Start the demo
On the touchscreen, navigate through the setup instructions to the demo screen. This
final page-flip to the demo screen starts the demo.
10 Download new mail
Touch the button Touch here to check manually for NEW MAIL. The button
feedback stays active while the server contacts the e-mail host. All new messages are
displayed. Scroll the listing to see all the messages.
11 Read a message!
Touch the listing to select a message to read.