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Chapter 2. Hardware Setup and Panel Oper
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Control Box Connections
Installation of the Control Box is a matter of connecting the appropriate wires.
Refer to the installation diagrams on the pages that follow to setup each device
and use the instructions below as a guide (each step provides a corresponding
page with diagram for the VK2100 and VK1100), and do the following:
Connect the hardware devices to the Control Box using these instructions:
1. Use a grounding wire to ground the unit by connecting one end of the wire
to the grounding terminal, and the other end of the wire to a suitable
grounded object.
Note: Do not omit this step. Proper grounding helps prevent damage to the
unit from surges or static electricity.
2. Use a Cat 5e/6 cable to connect the Control Box’s Ethernet port to the
network.
3. Use the Controller ID Switch to assign an ID to this unit.
Note: It is possible to install more than 16 controllers under the same
subnet. In which case, the 17th controller and the ones added after
that will each be sharing its ID with another controller. If you have
any ATEN Expansion Box and/or Keypad connected to controllers
using shared IDs, reconfigure the connection mode. For details, see
Controller Properties , page 95.
4. Use the DC Output terminals to wire 12VDC power connections using the
instructions on page 25.
5. Use the Relay terminals to wire relay device connections using the
instructions on page 27.
6. Use the IR/Serial (TX) terminals to wire IR or serial device connections
using the instructions on page 28.
7. Use the Digital I/O terminals to wire digital Input/Output device
connections using the instructions on page 30.
8. Use the RS-232 terminals to wire RS-232 serial device connections using
the instructions on page 32.
9. Use the DB-9 ports to wire RS-232/422/485 serial device connections
using the instructions on page 33.