Crestron
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Basic Server Setup
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
Basic Server Setup
This product requires a proper physical connection between both “sides” of the
system — the server and the control system. Furthermore, the software on both sides
must be properly configured. As previously discussed, the connection can be either
serial via RS-232 cable or Ethernet via Local Area Network (LAN). Choose your
mode of communication and refer to the following sections to make the proper
physical connections and to configure the software.
The following sections include specific notes
in italics
for setting up the server and
the control system to run the two included demo programs. Although the focus is
therefore on the demos, the same basic procedures would be followed to ready the
system for any other programming as well.
The files for both demos are in a folder called
demos
which can be located
through the following
Start
Menu shortcut:
Start Menu
| Programs
| Crestron
| e-control Vote
|
e-control Vote Demos
Inside this folder there are two individual demo folders and support files:
demo1
Request-to-Speak demo
demo2
Voting demo
demovote.vtp
VisionTools touchpanel project file
demovote.hex
compiled VisionTools file
demovote.ini
Server’s Configuration Settings file which accommodates both demos
demovote.mdb
Sample database file for use with all three demos
The installer registers
demovote.ini
as the currently selected Configuration
Settings file. (If the server’s title bar does not read “e-control Vote (
SW-VOTE
)
Demos,” use the
File | Configuration file…
command to reset it.) This file
configures the server for both demos.
Each demo folder contains the following files:
Demo?COM.smw
SIMPL Windows project file (RS-232 version)
Demo?TCP.smw
SIMPL Windows project file (TCP/IP version)
demo?COM.bin
compiled SIMPL program code (RS-232 version)
demo?TCP.bin
compiled SIMPL program code (TCP/IP version)
RS-232 is featured in the Quick
Setup Guide because it is easy to
set up. Because we anticipate
strong interest in TCP/IP, we have
pre-built both versions for your
convenience.
In the above,
?
stands for the demo number. The two versions of the SIMPL
program for each demo, (
COM
and
TCP
) are almost identical, both being
configured for a CNMSX-PRO, using the front panel device and a touchpanel with
CRESNET ID = 03. Both versions have ports defined for both serial (RS-232)
communications via the CNMSX-PRO’s built-in
COM A
port (slot 4, port A), and
EtherNet (TCP/IP) communications via the
LAN
port on a CNXENET card installed
in the CNMSX-PRO’s DPA slot. In the
COM
versions, the TCP/IP port is
commented off while in the
TCP
versions, the RS-232 port is commented off.
This
is the only difference between the two versions.
The following sections separately describe the setup procedures for connecting
multiple control systems via either RS-232 or TCP/IP connections. Actually, a
mixture of connections is permitted. For example, two control system might be
connected via RS-232 (using the
COM1
and
COM2
ports) while two more might be
simultaneously connected via the TCP/IP network connection.
