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NetLinx Central Controllers and Cards

NetLinx CardFrame,

Control Cards, and

NetModules

NXC, NXF, and NXM Series

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Page 1: ...instruction manual NetLinx Central Controllers and Cards NetLinx CardFrame Control Cards and NetModules NXC NXF and NXM Series...

Page 2: ...RMA is cancelled will be refused AMX is not responsible for products returned without a valid RMA number AMX Corporation is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its...

Page 3: ...SOFTWARE including without limitation any if any service packs or hot fixes provided to Licensee after the expiration of the ninety 90 day Limited Warranty period are not covered by any warranty or c...

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Page 5: ...5 NXC COM2 Dual COM Port Control Card 7 Specifications 7 Pinouts and Wiring Configuration 8 NXC COM2 Channel Assignment 8 NXC COM2 Programming Information 9 NXC COM2 Send_Commands 9 NXC COM2 Send_Stri...

Page 6: ...s 30 Channel Assignments 31 NXC VAI4 Output Level Assignments 33 NXC VAI4 Input Level Assignments 34 Programming Information 34 NXC VOL4 Volume Control Card 41 Specifications 41 Pinouts Signals and Fu...

Page 7: ...rol Card NXC REL10 Relay Control Card NXC VAI4 Analog Voltage Control Card NXC VOL4 Volume Control Card FIG 1 NXF CardFrame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 15 16 19 20 17 18 4...

Page 8: ...18 cm x 24 38 cm Weight 9 1 lbs 4 1 kg Front Panel Components Master Hub Card slot Houses the Master or Hub Card Refer to the NetLinx Master Cards and Modules or NetLinx Hub Cards and Modules instruc...

Page 9: ...mponent that can be connected to an AXlink or ICSNet bus Each device must be assigned a unique number to locate that device on the bus The NetLinx programming language allows numbers in the range 0 32...

Page 10: ...tLinx NetModule shell NXS NMS NetModules Specifications Dimensions HWD 1 50 x 5 55 x 9 25 3 81 cm x 14 10 cm x 23 50 cm ID button Generates an event from the NetModule to allow you to assign new Devic...

Page 11: ...off all wires 2 Insert each wire into the appropriate opening on the connector according to the wiring diagrams and connector types described in this section 3 Tighten the screws to secure the wires i...

Page 12: ...NXF CardFrame and NetModules 6 NXF CardFrame NetLinx Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 13: ...rol card NXC COM2 Specifications Power Requirements 140 mA 12 VDC Operation Data 1 2 Two RS 232 422 485 control ports supports XON XOFF CTS RTS 300 230 400 baud Status LEDs 2 per channel Red LED shows...

Page 14: ...smit data X X strap to pin 9 8 RX1 Receive data X X strap to pin 6 9 RX1 Receive data X X strap to pin 7 10 12 VDC Power Optional Optional 11 GND Signal ground X X 12 RXD2 Receive data X 13 TXD2 Trans...

Page 15: ...sured in 100 microsecond increments Example SEND_COMMAND RS232_1 CHARD10 Sets a 1 millisecond delay between all transmitted characters CHARDM Set the delay time between all transmitted characters to t...

Page 16: ...D RS232_1 HSON Enables hardware handshaking on the RS232_1 device RXCLR Clear all characters in the receive buffer waiting to be sent to the Master Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV RXCLR Example SEND_COMMAND R...

Page 17: ...2 485 port s communication parameters for a device TSET BAUD works the same as SET BAUD except that the changes are not permanent and the previous values will be restored if the power is cycled on the...

Page 18: ...SEND_STRING RS232_1 27 17 10 Sends a break character of 1 millisecond to the RS232_1 device 27 18 0 Clear the ninth data bit by setting it to 0 on all character transmissions Used in conjunction with...

Page 19: ...ware handshake s output to high 3V Syntax SEND_STRING DEV 27 20 0 Example SEND_STRING RS232_1 27 20 0 Sets the RTS hardware handshake s output to high on the RS232_1 device 27 20 1 Set the RTS hardwar...

Page 20: ...NXC COM2 Dual COM Port Control Card 14 NXF CardFrame NetLinx Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 21: ...that float at 5V when Off Therefore they should not be expected to work in situations that require true dry contact or dry closure FIG 4 NXC I O10 Control card NXC I O10 Specifications Power Requireme...

Page 22: ...t 2 Input 2 5 Common Signal ground Common 3 6 I O 3 Input 3 Input 3 7 Common Signal ground Common 4 8 I O 4 Input 4 Input 4 9 Common Signal ground Common 5 10 I O 5 Input 5 Input 5 11 Common Signal gr...

Page 23: ...ct closures or provides a logic level output The 3 pin jumpers for each input should be set to SW before wiring inputs to the Card An On condition is triggered by contact closures or a logic low of 0...

Page 24: ...NXC I O10 Input Output Control Card 18 NXF CardFrame NetLinx Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 25: ...for sensors Operation IR 1 4 4 IR Serial control ports Input 1 4 4 input ports for closure or 0 5 VDC sensing 200 mA Memory 32K of IR memory shared between four ports IR Frequency range Support of hi...

Page 26: ...4 IR data 17 no connection 9 GND Signal ground 18 no connection 19 no connection 20 no connection NXC IRS4 Channel Assignments Channel Description 1 255 Generate the IR or serial command assigned to...

Page 27: ...TOF command elapses CP Halt and Clear all active or buffered IR commands and then send a single IR pulse You can set the Pulse and Wait times with the CTON and CTOF commands Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV CP...

Page 28: ...PON and POF command settings on the IR_1 device POF Turn OFF a device connected to an IR port based on the status of the corresponding I O Link input If at any time the IR sensor input reads that the...

Page 29: ...or 9 to the IR_1 port PTOF Set the time duration between power pulses in 10 second increments This time increment is stored in permanent memory This command also sets the delay between pulses generat...

Page 30: ...DEV SET IO LINK I O number Variable I O number 1 4 Setting the I O channel to 0 disables the I O link Example SEND_COMMAND IR_1 SET INPUT LINK 1 Sets the IR_1 port link to I O channel 1 The IR port us...

Page 31: ...XCH 343 Transmits the IR code as 3 4 3 enter Mode 1 Example x x x enter SEND_COMMAND IR_1 XCH 3 Transmits the IR code as 0 0 3 enter SEND_COMMAND IR_1 XCH 34 Transmits the IR code as 0 3 4 enter SEND...

Page 32: ...NXC IRS4 4 Port IR S Control Card 26 NXF CardFrame NetLinx Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 33: ...0 Specifications Power Requirements 260 mA 12 VDC Operation Relay 1 10 ten relays 1A 24 VAC 28 VDC LEDs Ten red LEDs light to show ON status activity for each relay Wiring Two 10 pin 3 5 mm captive sc...

Page 34: ...0 Control Card has 10 relays that are independently controlled and electrically isolated The relay contacts are rated for a maximum of 1 A 0 24 VAC or 0 28 VDC resistive Jumpers located on the Card al...

Page 35: ...trol 8 or 10 bit user selectable via the ADMODE Send_Command see the Programming Information section on page 34 for details Available input voltages 0 V to 12 V Available output voltages 12 V to 12 V...

Page 36: ...put 4 yellow The card is shipped in factory default mode i e the levels have not been configured for each channel The Output red LEDs blink in sequence to indicate that the power up or limit levels ha...

Page 37: ...RAMP DOWN TIME rate The voltage ramp stops if the minimum is reached OFF Stops voltage ramping on Output 1 at current value Channel 6 ON While channel 6 is ON the voltage on Output 2 will ramp down at...

Page 38: ...e voltage on Output 2 is set to 75 OFF Sets Output 2 voltage to 50 Channel 20 ON While channel 20 is ON the voltage on Output 3 is set to 75 OFF Sets Output 3 voltage to 50 Channel 21 ON While channel...

Page 39: ...mmands that Output 1 be set to CURRENT OUTPUT 1 SPEED of the appropriate polarity until the voltage read at Input 1 is within INPUT 1 MAXIMUM DEVIATION of this value Conflicts with channels 1 5 10 14...

Page 40: ...0 to 255 or 0 65535 depending on the ADMODE setting See the AD MODE Send Command for details 8 8 16 bit field returns the current input voltage for Input 4 range 0 to 255 or 0 65535 depending on the...

Page 41: ...the position as read at corresponding input I O x 4 can be within 2 from the specified position Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV G I O D DEVIATION Variables I O Any input or output 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DEVIATION Nu...

Page 42: ...Any Output 1 2 3 4 SPEED A fixed output value in the range of 0 slowest 127 fastest default Example SEND_COMMAND DEV G1S64 Sets Output 1 servo speed to 64 50 LEVOFF The NXC VAI4 will not transmit any...

Page 43: ...nce voltage Examples SEND_COMMAND DEV P1EN Sets Output 1 to use no reference MIN MAX limits are used instead SEND_COMMAND DEV P3EEU Sets Output 3 to use the External Reference input for scaling The ou...

Page 44: ...T x RAMP UP TIME and or CURRENT OUTPUT x RAMP DOWN TIME of the specified Output where TIME is the time to ramp the full range It can be set to ramp both down to up and up to down or just down to up or...

Page 45: ...Sets the maximum of the expected input range for Input 7 to 5 023V PZ Sets one of the two set point variables I O x SET POINT H L high or low These variables are used to calculate calibration paramet...

Page 46: ...NXC VAI4 Analog Voltage Control Card 40 NXF CardFrame NetLinx Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 47: ...u to Consumer level 10dBu conversion or Consumer level to Pro level on each channel FIG 8 shows the VOL4 card Specifications FIG 8 NXC VOL4 Volume Control card NXC VOL4 Specifications Power Requiremen...

Page 48: ...less than 80 dB Logarithmic attenuation range of 95 dB NXC VOL4 Pinouts Signals and Functions Pin Signal Balanced Function Unbalanced Function Channel 1 1 GND Audio GND Audio GND 2 Input 1 Audio IN Au...

Page 49: ...nnel is on will not automatically turn off the mute channel but the ramping will still occur the volume change will be noticed when the mute channel is turned off For setting ramp rates and presets re...

Page 50: ...riable in which to store the level value DevLev A DEVLEV structure Value Variable in which to store the level value CREATE_LEVEL DevLev Value During execution of the program NetLinx continuously updat...

Page 51: ...MAND MYDEVICE P0L50 Ramps both audio channels on MYDEVICE to 50 volume at the current ramp rate PR Sets the ramp rate of the specified channel s where Time is the time to ramp the full range both down...

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