Installing The Software; Cnx Gateway Requirements; Installing From The Cd-Rom; Installing The Sdk (Downloaded From The Website) - Crestron e-Control Operation Manual

Software Development Kit & CNX Gateway

Installing the Software

4 • Crestron e-control™: Software Development Kit & CNX Gateway
Depending upon where you received your e-control software, installation procedures
may vary. Currently, there are two ways to get a copy of the e-control SDK software.
1. Purchase the CNX Gateway from Crestron (you receive a CD-ROM).
2. Download the e-control Software Development Kit (SDK) from the
Crestron website.
If you have purchased the CNX Gateway from Crestron, then you should have
received a CD-ROM which contains both the CNX Gateway and the SDK software
necessary for doing custom programming. Using the SDK alone, you will be able to
develop solutions, but you will not be able to test them by connecting to a Crestron
control system. Contact Crestron for more information about licensing the CNX
Gateway.

CNX Gateway Requirements

The minimum system requirements for the CNX Gateway are as follows.
•
Pentium 200
•
32Mb RAM (for Windows 95)
64 Mb Ram (for Windows 98/NT)

Installing From the CD-ROM

To prevent installation problems, you should exit all programs prior to running the
install application. Insert the CD into your drive. From the Start menu, select Run,
then click on Browse. Locate the CD-ROM drive, select "setup.exe" and hit OK. Hit
OK again to run it. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the software. By
default, this will install both the CNX Gateway and the e-control SDK on the
computer. If you want to install only one of these packages, you can simply uncheck
the check-box next to the component you do not want to install.

Installing the SDK (Downloaded From the Website)

If you download the e-control SDK from the Crestron website, you should have a
single executable file. Simply run this file by double-click on its icon. Follow the on-
screen instructions to complete the installation. Realize that this installation does not
include the CNX Gateway.

Installing SIMPL Windows

If you will be programming Crestron control system processors (as opposed to
controlling CEN series devices), you will need to install SIMPL Windows version
1.30.01 or later (with SIMPL Windows Library Update file, v62 or higher) and the
Crestron database. They are available on the Crestron ControlCD (v6.1 or higher),
that is available free for authorized Crestron dealers, or from our FTP site. The
SIMPL Windows release notes detail how to enable Ethernet access to the CNMSX
and how to program SIMPL Windows to respond to the SDK.
Crestron e-control™
Operations Guide - DOC. 5778A