Extron electronics PowerCage 401, User Manual

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SIS Configuration
and Control
The PowerCage 401 can be configured and controlled with Extron Simple Instruction Set
(SIS) commands. This section describes the communication between a connected host
computer or other control device (such as a control system) and the device. Topics include:
• Connection Methods
• Host and PowerCage 401 Communication
• SIS Overview
•
Command and Response Tables for SIS Commands
Connection Methods
Attach the host device to the one of the following connectors:
•
Remote RS-232 port
on page 5 (see
figure 2
,
H
on page 5)
• LAN port on page 5 (
G
)
• USB configuration port page 7 (see figure 4 ,
F
on page 8)
Commands can be entered from a host computer running the Extron DataViewer utility, or
the HyperTerminal utility, or other control system. The DataViewer utility is available at
www.extron.com (see the DataViewer Help file for more details).
Host and PowerCage 401 Communication
SIS commands consist of one or more characters per field. No special characters are
required to begin or end a command sequence. Commands can be entered
back-to-back in a string with no spaces. When the PowerCage 401 determines that a
command is valid, it executes the command and sends a response to the host device. All
responses from the PowerCage 401 to the host end with a carriage return and a line feed
(CR/LF =
]
), indicating the end of the response character string (one or more characters).
Copyright Information
The copyright message is displayed upon connecting to the PowerCage 401 via TCP/IP or
after a power cycle via RS-232.
]
(c) Copyright
YYYY
, Extron Electronics,
PowerCage 401
, V
x.xx
, 60-1492-01
]
Ddd
,
DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS
]
(day, date, and time as in Mon, 18 May 2015 11:27:33)
V
x.xx
is the firmware version number.
YYYY
is the year.
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