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User Guide

IPL T PC1
IPL T PC1i

IP Link

IP Link Power Control Interfaces

68-738-10 Rev.

07 19

Summary of Contents for IP Link IPL T PC1

Page 1: ...User Guide IPL T PC1 IPL T PC1i IP Link IP Link Power Control Interfaces 68 738 10 Rev C 07 19 ...

Page 2: ...oducto avisa al usuario de la presencia de importantes instrucciones de uso y mantenimiento recogidas en la documentación proporcionada con el equipo Para obtener información sobre directrices de seguridad cumplimiento de normativas compatibilidad electromagnética accesibilidad y temas relacionados consulte la Guía de cumplimiento de normativas y seguridad de Extron referencia 68 290 01 en el siti...

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Page 4: ...n accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference This interference must be corrected at the expense of the user NOTES This unit was tested with shielded I O cables on the peripheral devices Shielded cables must be used to ensure compliance with FCC emissions limits For m...

Page 5: ...d examples of computer or device responses used in this guide the character 0 is the number zero and O is the capital letter o Computer responses and directory paths that do not have variables are written in the font shown here Reply from 208 132 180 48 bytes 32 times 2ms TTL 32 C Program Files Extron Variables are written in slanted form as shown here ping xxx xxx xxx xxx t SOH R Data STX Command...

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Page 7: ... Rack Mounting Procedure 61 Under desk Mounting 62 Introduction 1 About this Guide 1 About the IPL T PC1 1 Features 1 Application Diagram 3 Installation and Rear Panel 4 Installation Overview 4 Rear Panels 5 Connecting Cables 6 RS 232 Port Cabling 6 Wiring the Local Area Network LAN Port 8 Wiring for IR Control 8 Wiring the Contact Input Port 9 Front Panel Features and Operation 10 Front Panel Fea...

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Page 9: ...erial device control IR device control and input sensing in a single device that can be mounted on a rack or behind a display device or kiosk The PC1 can be a stand alone control device or as one of many nodes in a distributed control system environment Features Remote powering a device on and off Centralized management features such as Telnet allow remote powering on and off of a plasma display c...

Page 10: ...led using the web pages Simple Instruction Set SIS commands or Global Configurator Front panel lockout executive mode can also be scheduled by these methods Easy configuration and control You can easily control the PC1 using The Internet Explorer browser V5 5 or later A web based interface DataViewer or a standard Telnet client application Extensive library of device drivers Device drivers allow E...

Page 11: ...0 24 0V 50 60H z 10 A MAX PO WER OUTP UT 10 A MAX LA N CO M TX IN S G 5 V RX INPU T IR TCP IP Network ON Ethernet DVD AC Power RS 232 Plasma Display Remote User Control and Administrator Monitoring Extron IR Emitter Kiosk Button Extron IPL T PC1i Ethernet Control Interface Figure 1 Connection Diagram for an IPL T PC1 IPL T PC1 Introduction 3 ...

Page 12: ...blish a link to the network see Wiring the Local Area Network LAN Port on page 8 5 Set up an IP address for the PC1 see HTML Configuration and Control on page 15 or SIS Programming and Control on page 47 6 Plug an output device into the output power receptacle on the PC1 rear panel 7 If desired connect the output device to the serial COM port 8 If desired connect a contact closure device to the In...

Page 13: ...tor and LEDs An Ethernet connection can be used on an ongoing basis to monitor and control the PC1 and the device connected to it see Wiring the Local Area Network LAN Port on page 8 for instructions on connecting the host to this port RJ 45 port Plug a patch cable into this RJ 45 female socket and connect the other end to a network switch hub router or computer Link LED This green LED lights to i...

Page 14: ...to the output receptacle on the PCI rear panel 4 If desired connect the output device to the RS 232 COM port 5 If desired connect an IR emitter to the IR port to control an output device 6 If desired connect a contact switch to the contact input port The following sections provide details on wiring the appropriate cables to the rear panel connectors RS 232 Port Cabling To connect an output device ...

Page 15: ...onnect the wire from the Receive port of the display to the first pin on the left of the connector which plugs into the PC1 Tx Transmit port b Connect the wire from the Transmit port of the display to the second pin of the connector which plugs into the PC1 Rx Receive port c Connect the ground wire from the display to the third pin of the connector which plugs into the PC1 ground _ port RS 232 IPL...

Page 16: ... Green White brown Brown Figure 6 RJ 45 Connector Wiring Wiring for IR Control If you intend to control the display device via infrared IR commands from the PC1 wire an Extron IR emitter to a 3 5 mm 2 pole captive screw connector provided and plug the 2 pole connector into the IR Signal and Ground pins pins 3 and 4 of the shared captive screw connector on the rear panel Alternatively you can wire ...

Page 17: ...aptive screw connector provided and plug the connector into the two Input pins In and _ of the shared Input IR port connector on the rear panel Alternatively you can wire the contact closure device to pins 1 and 2 from the left of the provided 4 pole captive screw plug and if desired also wire an IR emitter to pins 3 and 4 of the same 4 pole connector see Wiring for IR Control on the previous page...

Page 18: ...reen LED lights when the Input contact closure port is activated shorted D LAN status LEDs These three LEDs show the status of the Ethernet connection as follows 100 When lit indicates a 100 Mbs connection speed Otherwise the connection speed is 10 Mbs Link Lights steadily while the interface has an active network connection Act Activity Blinks while data is being sent or received E IR LED This gr...

Page 19: ...e green receptacle Power LED at the right of the button lights and remains lit while the receptacle is powered on It turns off when the receptacle is powered off 2 Power on the device using its own power switch If power is removed from the PC1 the power state of the output receptacle is preserved in blinks memory for example if the receptacle was powered on when the PC1 was disconnected it is powe...

Page 20: ...t a progression from mode 1 to mode 5 The factory configured passwords for all accounts on this device have been set to the device serial number In the event of a complete reset to factory defaults the passwords convert to the default which is no password see Assigning Passwords on page 29 to change a password Mode 1 Activation Hold in the Reset button while applying power to the unit Result Retur...

Page 21: ...ight 2011 Extron Electronics IPL T PC1 Vn nn 60 544 nn c Copyright 2011 Extron Electronics IPL T PC1i Vn nn 60 544 nn Purpose and notes By default the RS 232 port is a device control port In mode 2 the serial port is able to receive SIS commands NOTE If you do not enter the three plus signs within 2 seconds of the momentary press of the Reset button the RS 232 port reverts to a device control port...

Page 22: ...ing ARP and the MAC address Mode 5 Activation Hold in the Reset button until the Power LED blinks three times approximately 9 seconds Release it then immediately press it again momentarily for less than 1 second The power LED blinks four times in quick succession confirming a mode 5 reset NOTE Nothing happens if the momentary press does not occur within 1 second Result Performs a complete reset to...

Page 23: ...he IPL T PC1 Setup Guide provided with your PC1 for information on setting up using GC 3 3 Configuring the Hardware for Ethernet Control To enable Ethernet control both the computer and the PC1 must be configured correctly The PC must be network capable with the proper protocols and the PC1 must be set up so it can be connected to a LAN local area network Please note that some settings can be conf...

Page 24: ...nter arp s followed by the desired new IP address for the PC1 a space and finally the PC1 MAC address taken from the small label on the rear panel see Rear Panels on page 5 For example arp s 10 13 197 57 00 05 A6 01 33 0D A space must separate arp and the hyphen Figure 10 ARP S Command Screen 6 Execute a ping command by entering ping followed by the new IP address at the command prompt For example...

Page 25: ...IP address subnet mask and optionally administrator name and password in order to use the unit on an intranet LAN or on the Internet WAN After you have set up the PC1 for network communication you can reset the computer to its original network configuration IPL T PC1 LAN port defaults PC1 IP address 192 168 254 254 Gateway IP address 0 0 0 0 Subnet mask 255 255 0 0 DHCP Off Link speed and duplex l...

Page 26: ...ws a From the Start menu select My Network Places b From the Network Tasks side bar menu select View Network connections 2 Right click Local Area Connection then select Properties Figure 12 Network Connections Window 3 On the Local Area Connection Properties window see figure 13 on the next page select Internet Protocol TCP IP then click the Properties button If Internet Protocol TCP IP is not on ...

Page 27: ...ge your computer IP address temporarily so that it can communicate with the PC1 a Select the Use the following IP address radio button b Enter the following values as shown below IP address 192 168 254 253 Subnet mask 255 255 0 0 Default gateway Blank or 0 0 0 0 The temporary IP address differs from the PC1 factory default by 1 digit Figure 14 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Window for Windows...

Page 28: ...d to the same LAN Configuring the IPL T PC1 Using a Web Browser The default web pages that are preloaded on the PC1 are compatible with popular web browsers such as Internet Explorer version 5 5 or higher NOTE The following instructions assume that you have configured the Windows based computer connected it to the PC1 LAN port and powered on the interface 1 Obtain a valid IP address subnet mask an...

Page 29: ...ce The PC1 can takes up to 2 minutes to store the new settings When the PC1 IP address is changed your computer loses communication with it and a screen appears indicating that the page cannot be displayed 5 Close the browser 6 After changing the IP settings of the PC1 restore the original TCP IP settings to your computer and reboot it if necessary see the addresses you wrote down in step 4 of the...

Page 30: ... with your PC1 for information on using Global Configurator NOTE The factory configured passwords for all accounts on this device have been set to the device serial number In the event of a complete reset to factory defaults the passwords convert to the default which is no password see Assigning Passwords on page 29 to change a password If a password remains the Enter Network Password dialog box o...

Page 31: ...ent settings Changes must be made via the Configuration web pages or SIS programming commands see SIS Programming and Control on page 47 Personnel who have user access can view this page but cannot access the Configuration or File Management pages Figure 17 System Status Screen IPL T PC1 HTML Configuration and Control 23 ...

Page 32: ... pages select the Configuration tab There are seven web pages that can be accessed from the Configuration page They are listed in the sidebar menu at the left of the page These pages are described in the following sections Specifying system settings On the System Settings page you can set the date and time change the IP address information for the PC1 and enable or disable lock mode Figure 18 Syst...

Page 33: ... field into a field for subnets You can enter a new subnet mask address using the same format that is used for the IP address To change the IP address settings 1 In the IP Settings section make entries or selections in the available fields as desired 2 When finished making entries in this section click Submit to implement them If you want to discard your entries without submitting them click Cance...

Page 34: ...ired changes in the Date Time Settings section click the Submit button at the bottom of the section The new date and time settings are displayed in the fields in which you entered them If you want to discard your new entries without submitting them and restore the previous settings click Cancel do not click Submit Executive Mode Settings When the PC1 is in front panel lock mode executive mode it d...

Page 35: ... Off is selected the contact is open not connected to ground NOTE You cannot make changes in this field it only reflects the condition of the port AC receptacle In the AC Receptacle Settings section you can do the following Enter a name for the receptacle which could reflect the output device connected to it the room in which the device is located and so forth The name can be 1 to 12 characters Th...

Page 36: ...e 1 eir 2 eir and so forth before uploading it via File Management When the driver is displayed on the IR Drivers page its device name also is displayed Figure 20 IR Drivers Page Performing a command To play a command on the connected device 1 Click on the driver file in the Driver first column to display a list of commands within the selected driver The example below shows part of a driver comman...

Page 37: ...ministrator password in the Administrator Password field Passwords must contain 4 to 12 alphanumeric characters Spaces and non alphanumeric symbols are not allowed and the passwords are case sensitive 3 In the Re enter Admin Password field enter the same password again to confirm it Figure 22 Passwords Page with Administrator and User Passwords Entered 4 If you want to assign a user password enter...

Page 38: ...erts with a message corresponding to an event or task for example a timer notification indicating that it is time to replace a projector light bulb The E mail Alerts page allows you to conveniently make changes to your alerted e mail addresses and to change your message file NOTE Initial setup and settings changes must be made in the Global Configurator software The e mail alert can notify up to 4...

Page 39: ... saved on the PC1 and the Save button becomes Edit again 9 Repeat steps 5 through 8 for each e mail recipient address that you want to add or edit Setting up SMTP authentication On the Email Alerts page you can also specify that SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol authentication is needed for the PC1 to send mail to the e mail server To set the PC1 to require SMTP authentication before the server a...

Page 40: ...ck the Firmware link in the center of the page 4 On the Archives line at the top of the Firmware page click the letter I 5 On the next page that appears click the Download link at the right end of the IPL T PC1 or IPL T PC1i line 6 Fill in the required information on the next Download Center page and click the Download IPLTPC1 button 7 Click Run on the File Download window 8 Follow the instruction...

Page 41: ... Firmware Upgrade screen 4 Click Upload When the firmware upgrade is complete the Power LED on the unit blinks three times NOTES If you attempt to upload a file with an extension other than S19 the PC1 recognizes it as invalid and ignores it reverting to the last successfully uploaded firmware version The new firmware version number does not immediately appear on the Firmware Upgrade screen To ver...

Page 42: ...dule on the sidebar menu on the Configuration page Figure 26 Schedule Page On the Schedule page When you click on a day On Off or the contents of any cell in the Current Schedule table a time or a dash a Set Schedule For section displays above the Scheduling section In this field you enter your settings for power or executive mode To close the Set Schedule For section without saving your entries i...

Page 43: ...edule For section with Power On scheduled for 6 00 am Monday through Friday Figure 27 Set Schedule For Section Displayed for Receptacle 1 2 From the drop down menus select the time hour minutes and am or pm at which you want power turned on or off 3 Select the check boxes for the days of the week you want the receptacle to be turned on or off at the time you specified 4 When finished click Set to ...

Page 44: ...front panel lockout has been scheduled to start at 7 30 pm Monday through Friday Figure 28 Set Schedule For Field for Executive Mode 2 From the drop down menus select the time hour minutes and am or pm at which you want executive mode enabled or disabled 3 Select the checkboxes for the days of the week you want lock mode to be turned on or off at the time you specified 4 When finished click Set to...

Page 45: ...mode In figure 29 Sunday has been selected for scheduling Figure 29 Schedule Screen Showing Fields for Daily Receptacle Scheduling 2 In either the Power ON or Power OFF section select the hours minutes and am or pm from the menus and select the check boxes for the items you want to schedule 3 In the section in which you made your selections click Set to enter your choices The section closes 4 If d...

Page 46: ...heduling table Managing Files The File Management screen allows you to upload and delete files including IR drivers from your computer or server File names must contain valid alphanumeric characters or underscores spaces and special characters symbols are not allowed Only personnel with administrator access can view the File Management page and make changes Uploading files to the web page The IPL ...

Page 47: ...ry name displayed perform Uploading files to the web page on page 38 to add a file to the directory The directory name appears at the top of the Files column preceded by a slash NOTE If no files are added to the new directory it is deleted when you open another directory To add more files to the directory click the directory name to open it then use the Uploading files procedure To exit the direct...

Page 48: ...e Include Using the Host SIS command type with no spaces SIS command to be processed by the IP Link N Figure 32 Example of the SSI Command In the figure above the N command is used to request the PC1 part number Query Strings A query string is the portion of a URL that appears after the question mark The query string contains parameters or instructions for the web server to execute The basic forma...

Page 49: ...part number of an IP Link device The figure below shows the HTML code that results from the SSIs shown in the above example html head title Example 1 title head h2 b HTML Example 1 h2 b body The following lines demonstrate how to read status from the IPLink Product IPLink Product Name b IPL T PC1 b br IPLink Product Description b One Switched 110v AC Receptacle with Serial and IR communication b b...

Page 50: ... require encoding within a URL Reserved characters Reserved characters should not be encoded when they appear in their conventional meaning in a URL For example do not encode the slash when using it as part of the URL syntax Only encode unsafe characters defined in the table in the next section in your URLs The following table lists reserved characters Character Hexadecimal Decimal Dollar 24 36 Am...

Page 51: ...ay for you to connect to a computer or server in this case the PC1 interface on a network Once connected via Telnet you can send ASCII serial commands see the Command and Response Table for SIS Commands on page 53 to configure and monitor the PC1 settings 1 From your desktop Start menu select Run then enter Telnet then click OK The Telnet program starts see the figure below Figure 37 Telnet Comman...

Page 52: ... for all accounts on this device have been set to the device serial number In the event of a complete reset to factory defaults the passwords convert to the default which is no password see Assigning Passwords on page 29 to change a password Figure 39 Connection Response 5 Once you are connected you can enter SIS commands as desired for example 1 1PC power on or 1 0PC power off see SIS Programming...

Page 53: ...C1 and switched on if applicable Network Connections 1 Check the network connections and make adjustments as needed The green Link LED lights steadily while a network connection is detected The yellow ACT LED blinks if there is activity on the network If these LEDs are not lit either the cable is faulty or not plugged in or the wrong type of cable is being used see Connecting Cables on page 6 2 At...

Page 54: ...agement for A V systems Using Global Configurator software administrators can view the immediate status and power level of an output device schedule actions such as powering on and off monitor specified conditions and configure its ports To download the latest version of Global Configurator 3 from the Extron website 1 Select the Download tab on the Extron website home page 2 Select Software in the...

Page 55: ...r more characters per field No special characters are required to begin or end a command sequence When the PC1 determines that a command is valid it executes the command and sends a response to the host device All responses from the interface to the host end with a carriage return and a line feed CR LF which signals the end of the response character string A string is one or more characters Messag...

Page 56: ...ains invalid parameters it returns an error response to the host The error response codes and their descriptions are as follows E12 Invalid port number E13 Invalid value the number is out of range too large E14 Not valid for this configuration E17 System timed out E22 Busy E24 Privilege violation E25 Device is not present E26 Maximum number of connections has been exceeded E27 Invalid event number...

Page 57: ...g on whether you are using Telnet or a web browser When using these commands through a web browser you can use the URL reference to shorten the examples URL refers to the full address of the control interface and web page reference including all path information that is http 192 168 100 10 myform htm To send any of the commands using a web browser you must prefix them with the full URL followed by...

Page 58: ...ce characters are permitted as part of a name No distinction is made between upper and lower case NOTE The first character must be a letter The last character must not be a minus sign or hyphen X1 Local date and time format Set format MM DD YY HH MM SS Example 11 18 03 10 54 00 Read format day of week day month year HH MM SS Example Tue 18 Nov 2011 18 19 33 X1 IP address nnn nnn nnn nnn Leading ze...

Page 59: ...nia is GMT 8 00 from March to November and GMT 7 00 from November to March DST should be turned off in Hawaii American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands the eastern time zone portion of the state of Indiana and the state of Arizona excluding the Navajo Nation 0 off or ignore 1 U S 2 Europe 3 Brazil X3 Event number range 0 99 X3 Event buffer 0 receive 1 user absolute 2 User relative 3 NVRAM...

Page 60: ...ceived during the timeout period the Ethernet connection is closed Each step is 10 seconds The response is returned with leading zeros X7 The number as an optional parameter that is inserted into the e mail message if the eml file has an embedded command with no parameters X7 Hardware MAC address the four most significant hex nibbles converted into a single 16 bit decimal number X7 Hardware MAC ad...

Page 61: ...xecutive Mode Set scheduling24 E 2 X71 X X71 SS W 2 2A X71 2A X 2A X71 SS Set2 X71 X X71 View scheduling E 2 X71 X SS W 2 2A X71 2A X SS X71 KEY X On or Off status 0 off or disable 1 on or enable X71 Days of the week 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday X71 Time in minutes 0 1440 0 12 am midnight 1440 clear schedule Example 1439 11 59 Ethernet Data Port Commands S...

Page 62: ...or 60 544 20 Pno 60 544 10 or Pno 60 544 20 Request model name 1I Verbose modes 2 and 3 1I IPL T PC1 or IPL T PC1i inf01 IPL T PC1 Request model description 2I 2I Brief product description Example 2I Verbose modes 2 and 3 2I One 220 VAC Switched AC Receptacle One Bi Directional Serial Port RS 232 One IR Port One Contact Input Port inf02 brief product description Mail Server Setup Commands Set mail...

Page 63: ... be a letter The last character must not be a minus sign or hyphen KEY X1 Unit name The name of the PC1 is a text string of up to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet A Z digits 0 9 and minus sign or hyphen No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a name No distinction is made between upper and lower case Set verbose mode24 NOTE The IPL T PC1 can send out unsolicited information such...

Page 64: ...sk24 E X1 CS W X1 CS Ips X1 View subnet mask E CS W CS X1 Set gateway IP address24 E X1 CG W X1 CG Ipg X1 View gateway IP address E CG W CG X1 KEY X1 IP address nnn nnn nnn nnn Leading zeros in each of four fields are optional in setting values and they are suppressed in returned values X1 Hardware MAC address xx xx xx xx xx xx X1 Subnet mask nnn nnn nnn nnn Leading zeros are optional in setting v...

Page 65: ... W CA X4 Set user password14 24 E X3 CU W X3 CU Ipu X4 Clear user password24 E CU W 20 CU Ipu View user password24 E CU W CU X4 Query session security level E CK Verbose modes 2 and 3 W CK X5 Pvl X5 NOTES The Password prompt requires a password administrator level or user level followed by a carriage return The password prompt appears only if there is a password defined on the unit The copyright i...

Page 66: ...X3 2C X3 2C X3 2C X3 X3 E Evt X3 X3 X3 X3 NOTE The response to the Write Event command is padded with leading zeros for X3 and X3 X3 is 5 digits and X3 is 10 digits Read string from event buffer memory27 E X3 X3 X3 X4 FE W X3 2C X3 2C X3 2C X4 FE string Write string to event buffer memory24 27 E string X3 X3 X3 FE W X3 2A X3 2C X3 2C X3 FE Evt X3 X3 X3 string NOTES F must be capitalized in order f...

Page 67: ...th directory filename x date time length space_remaining Bytes Left web responses HTML sample code Var file new Array File 1 filename1 date1 filesize1 File 2 filename2 date2 filesize2 File n filename n date n filesize n File n 1 space remaining Bytes left NOTE The response to this command is the same as for the List files from current directory command DF except that path directory precedes filena...

Page 68: ...retain IP address E ZY W ZY Zpy NOTE This reset is the same as ZQQQ below except that it excludes IP settings such as IP address subnet mask gateway IP address unit name DHCP and port mapping Telnet web and Direct Access in order to preserve communication with the device It also erases the user file system This reset is recommended to be used after a firmware update Absolute system reset24 E ZQQQ ...

Page 69: ...perature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient temperature Therefore consider installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature TMA specified by the manufacturer Reduced air flow Install the equipment in the rack so that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised Mechanical loading Mount the equ...

Page 70: ... the rack aligning the holes in the shelf with those in the rack 5 Secure the shelf to the rack using the supplied machine screws This shelf can be mounted in the front or in the rear of the rack Under desk Mounting The PC1 can also be mounted under furniture such as a table or podium surface using the optional under desk mounting kit MBU 125 see figure 44 1 If rubber feet were previously installe...

Page 71: ...5 Slide the unit slightly forward or back then tighten all four screws to secure it in place Figure 44 Mounting the IPL T PC1 Under Furniture IPL T PC1 Reference Material Mounting the IPL T PC1 63 ...

Page 72: ...on South Africa South Tower 160 Jan Smuts Avenue Rosebank 2196 South Africa This Limited Warranty does not apply if the fault has been caused by misuse improper handling care electrical or mechanical abuse abnormal operating conditions or if modifications were made to the product that were not authorized by Extron NOTE If a product is defective please call Extron and ask for an Application Enginee...

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