Crestron
e-control Vote SW-VOTE
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Introduction
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
In queue and recognized (button feedback is hot; mic is hot):
•
Yield remaining time
feedback goes dark; mic goes dead; seat remains in queue, marked as
DONE
If the signal block is configured to allow seats to speak more than once, the
following functions are also available to each seat. (In this case, the queue status
symbols shown above,
WAITING
and
DONE
, would instead appear as
WAITING
-1 and
DONE
-1.)
Done speaking (button feedback is dark; mic is dead; still in queue, marked as
FINSIHED
-1):
•
Request to speak again
Feedback re-asserted;
seat remains in queue, now marked as
WAITING
–2.
In queue but not yet recognized (button feedback is hot; mic is dead):
•
Cancel request to speak again
Seat remains in queue, marked again as
FINSIHED
-1.
In queue and recognized again (button feedback is hot; mic is hot):
•
Yield remaining time
Feedback goes dark;
mic goes dead;
seat remains in queue, now marked as
DONE
-2.
The specific function implied by a particular button press depends on the state of the
seat
vis-à-vis
the queue. This state can be inferred from the following two pieces of
information:
•
Button feedback
Button feedbacks come from the Voting Computer;
Feedbacks indicate whether or not a seat is currently in the queue.
•
Has the floor
(is recognized to speak)
Reflected in mic status.
Therefore, either the mic status should have a tally light of its own (at each seat), or
some other display plainly visible to all seats can be used to indicate who has the
floor. (Such as a large seat number display, or a public video display of the
Operator’s Request-to-Speak Console screen.)
Installation
As of this writing, the Crestron
Downloads
page can be found at:
http://ftp.crestron.com/library/
To install the Software Server, first download the installer package from the
Crestron FTP site. To do this, first go to the Crestron website and select the
Downloads
page. New users must register. Proceed to the
ECONTROL
Library.
Simply click on
SW-VOTE.EXE
to start the download.
Once the install package arrives on your PC, double-click the icon to initiate the
install. Directions for the install are provided. The package is typically installed in
C:\Crestron\econtrol. During the install, the package reminds the user that a CNX
Gateway is required. (This is actually only true for TCP/IP connections. Direct
RS-232 connections do not require the CNX Gateway.)
Licensing
A 15-day free trial follows initial
installation. If you are still within
the 15-day period, you have the
option to postpone licensing and
skip to the next section.
Both the Software Server and the CNX Gateway are a licensed products, which
means that although both software packages may be freely downloaded from the
Crestron FTP site, use of the software requires purchase of licenses from Crestron.
Each server running the Software Server must be individually licensed. In addition,
to use Ethernet, you must acquire a CNX Gateway license with sufficient
connections to accommodate all servers and control systems on your network.
