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Quick Start Guide 2: Voting (demo2)
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
Quick Start Guide 2: Voting (demo2)
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 touchpanel)
Connect a programming cable (CNSP or equivalent) from any
COM
port on your
PC to the
COMPUTER
port on the front or back of the CNMSX-PRO control
system. Connect a touchpanel 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 Vote 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
demovote.hex
to the touchpanel at ID 03. Use the
FileTransfer | Send Program…
command to upload the compiled SIMPL windows
file
demo2COM.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 CNSP-532 null-modem cable from
COM1
on the PC to
COM A
on the
CNMSX-PRO. (The programming cable may now be removed.)
5
Run the “server” application
The installer sets the server to
use config file
demovote.ini
.
Select shortcut
e-control Vote Server
from the Crestron folder in the Windows
Start
Menu. If the title bar of the window does not read “e-control Vote (SW-VOTE)
Demos,” use the
File | Configuration file…
command to navigate to the
demos
folder and select the file
demovote.ini
.
6
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.)
7
Start the demo
Do one of the following to enable the the Voting Console:
(1)
From the touchpanel, touch the
Start Demo
button. You will see a PLEASE
WAIT screen until the signal block becomes fully enabled.
(2)
From the Voting Computer, open the
Vote Proctor
window by selecting the
Voting | Start Voting
command
from the main window.
8
Set Agenda
Select an item to vote on by touching
Set Agenda
on touchpanel, or by selecting an
item from the combo-box in the
Vote Proctor
window.
9
Take a vote!
Select
*
Start Vote
. Go to the Simulated Voting Stations Page and enter a few votes.
10
Close the floor; make a change; display results
Select
End Vote
. Select seat icons to adjust their votes. Select
Display Results.
Etc.
*
Touch button on touchpanel or click button in
Vote Proctor
window.
