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Crestron e-control Vote SW-VOTE
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Contents
How to Use This Manual 4
A Note on Printing This Document................................................................................................... 4
Quick Start ........................................................................................................................................ 4
A word on licensing .......................................................................................................................... 4
Quick Start Guide 1: Request-to-Speak (demo1) 6
Quick Start Guide 2: Voting (demo2) 7
Introduction 8
What is Crestron e-control™ Vote? .................................................................................................. 8
Leading Specifications ...................................................................................................................... 9
Requirements..................................................................................................................................... 9
What is the Crestron Software Server?............................................................................................ 10
System Terminology and Topology ................................................................................................ 11
Feature Summary ............................................................................................................................ 13
Installation....................................................................................................................................... 17
Licensing......................................................................................................................................... 17
Basic Server Setup 20
Communications Setup.................................................................................................................... 21
Test Communications...................................................................................................................... 24
Additional Server Side Setup .......................................................................................................... 24
Server Configuration In Depth 26
Specifying a Configuration File ...................................................................................................... 26
Creating a New Configuration File.................................................................................................. 26
Transporting a Configuration .......................................................................................................... 26
Password Access ............................................................................................................................. 27
COM Settings Configuration........................................................................................................... 28
Signal Block Configuration and Definition..................................................................................... 30
Software Server Windows and Menus ............................................................................................ 45
Database 52
Database Tables............................................................................................................................... 52
The Queries table............................................................................................................................. 54
Queue scroller tables ....................................................................................................................... 55
Agenda scroller tables ..................................................................................................................... 55
Operations 57
Vote Console operations.................................................................................................................. 57
Request-to-Speak Console operations............................................................................................. 61
Demos 66
Demo 1: Voting............................................................................................................................... 66
Demo 2 Request-to-Speak............................................................................................................... 66
Appendix A: Theory of Operation 68
Server Protocol................................................................................................................................ 68
Signal Block Definition / Activation............................................................................................... 68
Signal Block Enable / Disable......................................................................................................... 68
Signal Block Error Reporting.......................................................................................................... 68
Appendix B: Intersystem Communications and Signal Space Considerations 70
System Connections ........................................................................................................................ 70