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How to Use This Manual
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
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How to Use This Manual
A Note on Printing This Document
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trademarks of Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
This Portable Document File (PDF) can be printed with Adobe
Acrobat
Reader.
Printing from a Windows 95 platform, version 4.0 or later, is strongly recommended
because the figures print poorly with earlier versions. The latest version is freely
available from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/acrobat/.
Quick Start
To see an “out-of-the-box” demonstration of Crestron e-control™ Vote as quickly as
possible, turn to one of the Quick Start Guides on the next page.
You will need:
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A PC running Windows 95/98/NT
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A Crestron CNMSX-PRO control system
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A touchpanel (LC-3000, CT-3000, CT-3500, or VT-3500); and
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A programming cable (CNSP-? or equivalent)
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A null-modem cable with hardware handshaking (CNSP-532)
Follow the instructions in the guide precisely in the order given and you should be up
and running in a matter of minutes.
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The demos included with this package are all compiled to two versions, a
COM
version for
use with an RS-232 serial connection, and a
TCP
version for use with an Ethernet connection (the
latter case requiring the CNX Gateway). The Quick Start Guides refer only to the
COM
versions of
these programs because setting up a serial connection is far simpler. We strongly recommend getting
at least one demo to work first using a serial connection. Once that works, try the
TCP
versions.
Instructions for setting up TCP/IP communications are provided below (see “Communications
Setup, Control System Side, TCP/IP,” page 22).
A word on licensing
This is a licensed software product. A license “key,” obtainable from Crestron, is
required to run it. However, built into the licensing mechanism is a 15-day free trial.