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NetLinx

®

 Cardframe,

Control Cards, and

NetModules

NXC, NXF, and NXM Series

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Summary of Contents for NetLinx NXC-COM2

Page 1: ...Operation Reference Guide Central Controllers NetLinx Cardframe Control Cards and NetModules NXC NXF and NXM Series Last Revised 8 25 2011...

Page 2: ...ked on the outside of each box The RMA is valid for a 30 day period After the 30 day period the RMA will be cancelled Any shipments received not consistent with the RMA or after the RMA is cancelled w...

Page 3: ...PLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THE AMX SOFTWARE THIS LIM ITED WARRANTY GIVES LICENSEE SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS Any supplements or updates to the A...

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Page 5: ...nt rack 4 Installing Control Cards into an NXF CardFrame 4 Preparing connecting captive wires 5 Using the ID button 5 NXC COM2 Dual COM Port Control Card 7 Specifications 7 Pinouts and Wiring Configur...

Page 6: ...Channel Assignments 18 Programming Information 18 CAROFF 18 CARON 18 CH 19 CP 19 CTOF 19 CTON 19 GET MODE 20 IROFF 20 POD 20 POF 20 PON 21 PTOF 21 PTON 21 SET INPUT LINK 21 SET IO LINK 22 SET MODE 22...

Page 7: ...33 LEVOFF 33 LEVON 33 PC 33 PE 34 PL 34 PN 34 PR 35 PU 35 PX 35 PZ 36 NXC VOL4 Volume Control Card 37 Specifications 37 Pinouts Signals and Functions 38 NXC VOL4 Connections Wiring 38 NXC VOL4 Channe...

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Page 9: ...l 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 1...

Page 10: ...IP switch address x 12 Card slot Number 1 12 Card address NXF Cardframe Specifications Power Requirement 12 VDC varies with installed Control Cards Dimensions HWD 3 5 x 17 0 x 9 6 8 89 cm x 43 18 cm x...

Page 11: ...stem D P S specification This D P S triplet can be expressed as a series of constants variables separated by colons or a DEV structure For example STRUCTURE DEV INTEGER Number Device number INTEGER Po...

Page 12: ...ame and press until you feel the Card seat in the backplane connector 3 Put the magnetic faceplate back on the CardFrame Secure with mounting screws if necessary FIG 2 NXS NMS NetLinx NetModule shell...

Page 13: ...e connector Using the ID button The ID Button on the rear panel of the NetModules see FIG 2 is used in conjunction with the NetLinx Studio software program to allow you to assign new Device and System...

Page 14: ...NXF CardFrame and NetModules 6 NetLinx Cardframe Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 15: ...l 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 T...

Page 16: ...it 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 Transmi...

Page 17: ...CHARDM Set the delay time between all transmitted characters to the value specified in 1 millisecond increments Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV CHARDM time Variable time 0 255 Measured in 1 millisecond increm...

Page 18: ...g received characters to the Master default RXON Start transmitting received characters to the Master default Enables sending incoming received characters to the Master This command is automatically s...

Page 19: ...its 1 stop bit and enables RS 485 mode TXCLR Stop and clear all characters waiting in the transmit out buffer and stops transmission Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV TXCLR Example SEND_COMMAND RS232_1 TXCLR Cl...

Page 20: ...before transmitting the next character Syntax SEND_STRING DEV 27 19 time Variable time 1 255 Measured in 1 millisecond increments Example SEND_STRING RS232_1 27 19 10 Inserts a 10 millisecond delay be...

Page 21: ...hat 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 Requiremen...

Page 22: ...mmon 8 16 I O 8 Input 8 Input 8 17 Common Signal ground Common 9 18 I O 9 Input 9 Input 9 19 Common Signal ground Common 10 20 I O 10 Input 10 Input 10 NXC I O Channel Assignment Channel Description 1...

Page 23: ...responsibility to clamp the external source relay anytime the voltage exceeds 12 V The source relay should always be clamped if the voltage exceeds 12 V Contact the relay manufacturer to determine th...

Page 24: ...NXC I O10 Input Output Control Card 16 NetLinx Cardframe Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 25: ...or 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 high...

Page 26: ...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 th...

Page 27: ...F 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 c...

Page 28: ...ON 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 d...

Page 29: ...command before a new IR function can be generated This gives the device time to power up and get ready for future IR commands It also sets the delay required after a power ON command before a new IR f...

Page 30: ...for older programs only The Input port is not an I O No output functions are available SET IO LINK applies the same configuration as the SET INPUT LINK command SET MODE Set the IR Serial ports for IR...

Page 31: ...CH 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_C...

Page 32: ...NXC IRS4 4 Port IR S Control Card 24 NetLinx Cardframe Control Cards and NetModules...

Page 33: ...Relay 10 Control card NXC REL10 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 Wiri...

Page 34: ...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 allow you to select N...

Page 35: ...or 10 bit user selectable via the ADMODE SEND_COMMAND see theProgramming Information section on page 31 for details Available input voltages 0 V to 12 V Available output voltages 12 V to 12 V The outp...

Page 36: ...nput 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 h...

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

Page 38: ...1 to the value commanded The range is 0 255 Conflicts with channels 1 5 10 14 18 22 2 8 bit field sets voltage on Output 2 to the value commanded The range is 0 255 Conflicts with channels 2 6 11 15...

Page 39: ...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 AD...

Page 40: ...e 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 Numb...

Page 41: ...ny 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 l...

Page 42: ...input reading to input reading PL Ramps the specified output from its current level value to the specified level value or specified percentage of maximum at the rate specified by CURRENT OUTPUT x RAM...

Page 43: ...OUTPUT 2 RAMP DOWN TIME to 5 seconds for full range travel CURRENT OUTPUT 2 RAMP UP TIME remains unchanged PU Sets the level to which this Output is set immediately after power up and before any Outpu...

Page 44: ...value Syntax SEND_COMMAND DEV P I O Z VOLTAGE H L Variables I O Any input or output 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 plus 0 for EREF VOLTAGE The current actual measured voltage at the I O Examples SEND_COMMAND DEV P1...

Page 45: ...s 1 4 3 LEDs per channel Yellow LED shows level up down activity Red LED shows mute mode LED 1 Channel 1 RAISE yellow LED 2 Channel 1 LOWER yellow LED 3 Channel 1 MUTE red LED 4 Channel 2 RAISE yellow...

Page 46: ...GND Audio GND 2 Input 1 Audio IN Audio IN 3 Input 1 Audio IN Audio GND 4 Output 1 Audio OUT Audio OUT 5 Output 1 Audio OUT no connection Channel 2 6 GND Audio GND Audio GND 7 Input 2 Audio IN Audio I...

Page 47: ...The device from which to read the level Level The level of the device to read Value Variable in which to store the level value DevLev A DEVLEV structure Value Variable in which to store the level valu...

Page 48: ...1 and 2 Level Target level 0 255 or 0 100 Level 0 is lowest volume same as mute and 255 or 100 is maximum volume Time Specifies the amount of time in 10 second increments that it takes to ramp the sp...

Page 49: ...NXC VOL4 Volume Control Card 41 Enter the Document Name Here...

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