Crestron
e-control Vote SW-VOTE
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Introduction
Installation & Reference Guide — DOC. 5822
Introduction
Below, you will find introductory material on several aspects of the Crestron
e-control Software Server
product family, including the following specific sub-
sections:
Sub-section
Description
Page
What is Crestron e-
control™ Vote?
An abstract describing the Crestron
e-control Vote
component of the Crestron Software Server,
including a table of practical limitations.
follows
directly
Leading
Specifications
A table summarizing Crestron products required to
build an application using
e-control Vote
.
page 9
Requirements
A section detailing minimum system requirements.
page 9
What is the Crestron
Software Server?
Another abstract, describing the Crestron Software
Server itself.
page 10
System Terminology
and Topology
This illustrated section includes system block
diagrams.
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Feature Summary
An in-depth summary of all features of the
e-control
Vote
server component.
page 13
Installation
Brief instructions on installing the package.
page 17
Licensing
An explanation of the licensing requirements and
interface.
page 17
What is Crestron e-control™ Vote?
Crestron
e-control Vote
(SW-VOTE) uses a Crestron control system and a PC to
perform both voting and request-to-speak functions. It is licensable software which
runs on the PC and communicates with Crestron control system(s) to serve the voting
and request-to-speak needs of a legislative body.
N
OTE
:
In the following table, the term “unlimited” should be read as “practically unlimited”
meaning “limited only by system resources,” such as number of available control system signals,
number of available indirect text fields, etc.
Table of practical limitations
Specification
Range
Window sizes (pixels)
Vote Proctor window:
1024x768, 1152x870, or 1280x1024
Vote Results window:
1024x768 (only)
Voting Consoles
One (1). The present release requires the use of the Voting
Computer interface for voting, which limits operations to a
single room.
Request-to-Speak
Consoles
Unlimited; however in the present release, all utilize the same
list of seat names, again limiting operations to a single room.
Seats
Unlimited; however the
Vote Results
window will only display
the first 80 names.
Attendance*
Seat signals:
P
RESENT
, A
BSENT
Clerk control:
P
RESENT
, A
BSENT
Votes
Seat signals:
Y
ES
, N
O
, A
BSTAIN
*, E
XCUSE
* (conflict-of-
interest)
Clerk control:
Y
ES
, N
O
, A
BSTAIN
*, E
XCUSE
*, nullify a vote
Agenda item list* size
Unlimited number of items
Request-to-speak queues
Unlimited number of queues; note however that there is only
