Specifications

Crestron e-control Vote SW-VOTE
31 •• Server Configuration In Depth Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
A “signal block” is a software
construct defined in the server
which communicates with special
symbols in the SIMPL program
running in your control system.
The Signal Blocks tab (see below) displays a list of defined signal blocks. Three
types of signal blocks are available with an SW-VOTE license:
Voting Console control, monitor, adjust, display, and record votes
Request-to-Speak Console view request-to-speak queue sets and recognize
speakers.
Standard Scroller for interactive display of database tables in support
of the above.
Internally, the DBM Scroller
logic module is simply an
Intersystem Communications
symbol paired with an Interlock
symbol for touchpanel button
feedback.
The Standard Scroller signal block has a static configuration designed to interface
with the included DBM Scroller Crestron logic module, found in the SIMPL
Windows interface’s Program view, in the System Modules pane, Crestron Modules
folder, e-control Software sub-folder. (If you use a Custom Scroller, you cannot use
the logic module.)
The Standard Scroller signal block is a constrained form of the more robust
Custom Scroller signal block, only available when also licensed for e-control
Database Manager, SW-DBM. Without an SW-DBM license, Standard Scroller
signal blocks cannot be directly enabled via a signal from a control system. In that
case, they are only useful when attached to another type of signal block designed to
control scrollers.
Voting Console and Request-to-
Speak Console signal blocks
communicate with Intersystem
Communications (XSIG) symbol.
Both the Voting Console and Request-to-Speak Console signal blocks use scrollers
(either type) in support of their primary functions, as follows:
• A Voting Console signal block can use a scroller to display a list of agenda items from
which the operator can select prior to starting a vote.
• A Request-to-Speak Console signal block uses scrollers to display its queues.
When attached to a controlling signal block, a scroller is enabled automatically when
the controller is enabled. When not attached to a controlling signal block, Standard
Scrollers can only be enabled directly with an SW-DBM license. (Standard Scrollers
can, however, always be enabled manually — for testing purposes — from the
Signal Analyzer window.)
Specific differences between the two types of scroller signal blocks are summarized
in “Appendix D: ” on page 132.
The Signal Blocks tab
The signal blocks tab contains a list of the currently defined signal blocks. Refer to
the figure below.
To remove a signal block definition, select it and click the Remove button.
To duplicate an existing definition, select it and click the Duplicate button. The new
definition differs from the original in that it is given a unique name which is derived
from the name of the original, incremented by one. (If the original did not end in a
number, the name of the duplicate is the name of the original with a “1” suffixed to
it.)
New signal blocks can be added by selecting a signal block type from the New signal
block type list box and clicking the Add… button. Existing signal blocks can be
modified by highlighting the signal block in the Defined signal blocks list and
clicking the Modify… button.