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e-control Vote SW-VOTE
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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.
