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PP420 LED lighting controllers - User Manual

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Getting started

This user manual describes the setting up and operation of the PP420
lighting controllers.

The PP420 is a four channel lighting controller that provides 2 Amps
continuously or 10 Amps pulsed. The controller is also available in a fast
pulsing variant that is identified by the 'F' suffix (refer to

Section 12,

Reference information

).

Read

Section 2, Safety

(or

Section 3, Sicherheit

, or

Section 4, Sécurité

)

and

Section 12, Reference information

and check the PP420 fulfils your

requirements.

Mount the PP420 as described in

Section 6, Mechanical fixing

using a

DIN rail or the mounting holes. In particular, read the notes on heatsinking
in

Section 7, PP420 heat output

.

Connect the PP420 up to a supply and an LED lighting unit as described in

Section 8, Connections

.

Refer to xxx to set the PP420 up from its web pages. The commands that
may be used with the Ethernet connection are described in

Section 11,

Command configuration

.

For additional information on the use of the PP420. Visit

www.gardasoft.com

to download a range of Application Notes.

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Summary of Contents for PP420

Page 1: ...PP420 LED Lighting Controllers Issue 007 User manual www gardasoft com ...

Page 2: ...is equipment cannot cause any dangerous situation or significant financial loss to occur Deliberate acts of endangerment and vandalism are not covered by this document and must be considered by the installer While care has been taken in the preparation of this document Gardasoft Vision Ltd will not accept any liability for consequential loss of any kind except those required by law All trademarks ...

Page 3: ...iption 14 5 1 Output modes 14 5 1 1 Continuous 14 5 1 2 Pulsed 14 5 1 3 Switched 15 5 2 Triggers 15 5 3 Flags 15 5 4 Automatic light sensing 15 6 Mechanical fixing 16 7 PP420 heat output 18 7 1 Heat output per channel 18 7 2 Total heat output 19 8 Connections 20 8 1 Triggers 21 8 2 Ethernet 21 8 3 Wiring 21 8 4 Power supply 22 9 Ethernet communication 23 9 1 Connection 23 9 2 IP address 23 9 2 1 D...

Page 4: ...PP420 LED lighting controllers User Manual 11 3 Command summary 33 12 Reference information 34 12 1 Timings 34 12 2 Specifications 34 12 3 Error codes 35 ...

Page 5: ...n 4 Sécurité and Section 12 Reference information and check the PP420 fulfils your requirements Mount the PP420 as described in Section 6 Mechanical fixing using a DIN rail or the mounting holes In particular read the notes on heatsinking in Section 7 PP420 heat output Connect the PP420 up to a supply and an LED lighting unit as described in Section 8 Connections Refer to xxx to set the PP420 up f...

Page 6: ... connect the outputs correctly and protect the output wiring and load from any short circuits When switched off energy remains stored in the PP420 for about 15 seconds The PP420 does not have complete tracking isolation of inputs and outputs therefore please observe the following guidance Computer equipment that is connected to the communication or trigger ports must be internally powered or separ...

Page 7: ...oller must be externally fused to 4A using a slow blow fuse T4AH 50V The installer must provide a clearly marked nearby and easily accessible switch as part of the installation to allow the controller to be disconnected from its energy source on both power conductors Transients caused by inductive loads must be suppressed externally to the PP420 Warning This is a Class A product Its use in residen...

Page 8: ...entliche Berührung durch das Personal ausgeschlossen ist und stellen Sie sicher dass Luft frei um das Gerät zirkulieren kann 3 2 Elektrik Das PP420 erzeugt Impulse mit hoher Energie Achten Sie darauf die Ausgänge korrekt anzuschließen und schützen Sie die Ausgangsverkabelung und Last gegen Kurzschlüsse Beim Ausschalten bleibt Energie für etwa 15 Sekunden im PP420 gespeichert Das PP420 verfügt über...

Page 9: ... sofern angebracht geschützt sein Die Verkabelung der Stromversorgung zur Steuerung muss für min destens 4A bemessen sein Die Verkabelung vom Kanalausgang zur Last muss höher als der maxi male Kanalausgangsstrom dimensioniert sein Wenn die Steuerung falsch eingerichtet ist oder im Fall eines Fehlers kann es vorkommen dass die von der Stromversorgung an die Steuerung abge gebene Energie direkt mit ...

Page 10: ...beeinträchtigt werden 3 4 Installationsanleitung Haftungsausschluss Diese Informationen dienen nur zur Orientierung Installationstechniker müssen ihre eigene spezifische Risikobewertung für die jeweilige Installation durchführen Auch wenn Gardasoft Vision Ltd diese Empfehlung mit größter Sorgfalt erstellt hat übernimmt Gardasoft Vision Ltd keine Haftung für Schäden jeglicher Art außer in dem geset...

Page 11: ...de le toucher par accident et veillez à ce que l air circule librement autour de l unité 4 2 Électricité Le PP420produit des impulsions d énergie élevées Veillez à bien raccorder les sorties et à ce que les câbles de sortie et la charge soient à l abri de tout court circuit Lorsque le PP420 est éteint de l énergie résiduelle reste dans l appareil pendant environ 15 secondes Le PP420 ne possède pas...

Page 12: ...a chaîne à la charge doit avoir une capacité supérieure au courant de sortie maximal de la chaîne Si le contrôleur est mal réglé ou en cas de panne l énergie fournie par l alimentation au contrôleur peut devenir directement connectée à n importe quelle chaîne de sortie ou à toutes les chaînes de sortie Vous devez prendre en compte ce paramètre durant l installation et si nécessaire fournir une pro...

Page 13: ...nt à titre indicatif Les installateurs doivent effectuer leur propre évaluation des risques pour chaque installation Même si Gardasoft Vision Ltd a préparé minutieusement ces conseils Gardasoft Vision Ltd décline toute responsabilité pour tout dommage quel qu il soit à l exception de ceux requis par la loi La mise en péril volontaire ainsi que les actes de vandalisme ne sont pas couverts par le pr...

Page 14: ...ions are saved in non volatile memory so that the PP420 will resume operation after a power cycle 5 1 Output modes Three modes of operation are provided separately for each channel 5 1 1 Continuous In continuous mode the output is a fixed and continuous current The brightness can be set from 0 to 100 5 1 2 Pulsed In this mode output is pulsed once per trigger One trigger input is used to trigger t...

Page 15: ...enses a light connected to it for the first time and will wait for the current rating to be set If the flag is not set the PP420 will revert to the last current rating set E flag This flag enables or disables error checking If the flag is not set the PP420will not detect lighting errors Pflag This flag inverts the trigger sense In pulse mode with the P flag set the PP420 triggered on the rising ed...

Page 16: ...from the sides of plastic enclosures Likewise leave a similar space between the PP420 and any parts which could be affected by high temperatures The enclosure of the PP420 is used to dissipate power in the form of heat For this reason the material to which the unit is attached must be suitable preferably metallic with ability to dissipate the produced heat This is particularly important if the pow...

Page 17: ... output voltages to the minimum value required by the LED light and the PP420 together Chose a PSU that limits its output current by design by setting the current limit on the supply if this feature exists or use fuses Remember to de rate the fuse if mounted in an enclosure as the temperature will be higher than ambient An enclosure may also be required for other parts of the system such as power ...

Page 18: ... Voltage across the light LD1 and LD1 for output 1 This is usually easy to calculate as the voltage across the light is normally the voltage rating of the light as declared in its specification Alternatively you can measure it using a voltmeter For a pulsed output the heat output is given by Heat output IO x duty cycle x VS VL Where IO Output current set by the user VS Supply voltage VL Voltage ac...

Page 19: ...SUs have some adjustment in their out put voltage Connect lights in series instead of parallel If you have an array of lights or LEDs in parallel then changing the arrangement to serial will increase the voltage across them but reduce the overall current Use two PP420s and use one channel from each For high power applic ations this may be the easiest solution Even with one light it is possible to ...

Page 20: ... of the case and the triggers on screw terminals at the other end of the case see below The power and load connections are as follows Screw terminal ID Function LED1 Channel 1 lighting output LED1 LED2 Channel 2 lighting output LED2 PSU Power supply PSU Power supply LED3 Channel 3 lighting output LED3 LED4 Channel 4 lighting output LED4 20 ...

Page 21: ...et The RJ45 connector fitted to the PP420 requires a straight through cable to connect to a network switch hub or router It runs at 10Mbits per second 8 3 Wiring Refer to Section 2 2 Electrical or Section 3 2 Elektrik or Section 4 2 Électricité for important guidance on wiring up your PP420 Ensure that the wire gauge used for these connections is appropriate for the current to be drawn Ideally wir...

Page 22: ...tion 4 2 Électricité for important guidance on selecting a power supply for your PP420 Power supplies should be regulated with SELV compliant outputs fault tolerant Consideration should be given to fusing The fuse value can be based on the average current output Note In Europe fuses are designed to pass at their rated current while in the USA fuses are designed to blow at their rated current 22 ...

Page 23: ...rectly into the network port on a PC using a crossover cable 9 2 IP address The PP420 needs an IP address to communicate over Ethernet There are two ways to get an IP address either programmed into the unit or using DHCP For DHCP mode the PP420 acquires its IP address subnet mask and gateway address from a DHCP server Otherwise the PP420 has a fixed IP address subnet mask and gateway address DHCP ...

Page 24: ... IP press Properties If Obtain an IP address automatically is set then DHCP is probably used However there may be an alternative fixed IP address on the Alternative Configuration tab You can find out what IP address is being used by a PC at any time by following the steps below i Go to the Control Panel ii Select Network Connections iii Right click on Local Area Connection Select Status iv Select ...

Page 25: ...e controller s IP address displayed in GardasoftMaint into your web browser which will display the Main screen GardasoftMaint software is available from www gardasoft com 10 1 Main page The main page shown below is the first to open when you access the PP420 s webpages This gives the controller s hardware and firmware revision levels and the serial number It also tells you the power being dissipat...

Page 26: ...ll the parameters for each output channel Pressing the Submit button updates the PP420 configuration and saves the changes to non volatile memory On this page you can Change the current rating and brightness of the light View some measured voltages and the actual output current Set the output mode continuous pulsed or switched Set the pulse parameters 26 ...

Page 27: ...er Manual 10 3 General setup page The general setup page shown below allows you to set up or clear the webpage s password and set up the internal trigger You can also enter any Ethernet command from Section 11 Command configuration 27 ...

Page 28: ...r an error occurs Several commands can be put into one command line by separating them by a semi colon The PP420 sends any replies to the commands followed by a character to show that the command line has completed All commands comprise a code of two letters followed by any optional parameters All spaces in the commands are ignored Numeric parameters are separated by a comma For a parameter which ...

Page 29: ... DL 2 0us PU 300 0us RT 500 0us FL 1 CH 2 MD 0 IP 2 CS 0 100A SE 25 8 DL 1 000ms PU 1 000ms RT 0 0us FL 0 CH 3 MD 0 IP 1 CS 0 100A SE 50 0 DL 1 000ms PU 1 000ms RT 6 000ms FL 4 CH 4 MD 1 IP 4 CS 0 100A SE 100 0 DL 100 0us PU 1 000ms RT 0 0us FL 5 Where CH Channel number MD Mode 0 continuous 1 pulse 2 switched IP Trigger input 1 2 3 4 CS Current rating of the light SE Brightness percentage setting ...

Page 30: ...er can be read by this command Any error displayed on the unit is cleared so if there was a lighting error the PP420 resumes auto sensing on that channel The reply is in he same form as the GT command above If there are no outstanding events or errors only the prompt is returned Clear settings CL Clears the output channel configuration This excludes the Ethernet settings If the auto sense flag is ...

Page 31: ...ent rating disabled 0 E flag set error detection enabled 1 E flag cleared error detection disabled 0 P flag set positive triggers 1 P flag cleared negative triggers Set the output current rating This command changes the current rating for a light RRv c Where c output channel 1 to 4 v rated current 10mA to 2A Set continuous mode The output is set to continuous mode at a percentage of full brightnes...

Page 32: ...9 d delay from trigger to pulse in milliseconds 0 02 to 999 s brightness setting in percent 0 to 999 Set the trigger input This command sets which input is used for pulse and switched output modes RPc p Where c output channel 1 to 4 p trigger input 1 to 4 Simulate an input trigger This command simulates a trigger pulse If the channel is in pulse mode it will pulse and show PUL in the display TRc W...

Page 33: ...t messages GR GR Get any error codes CL CL Clear all settings except Ethernet EY EY 65 66 Set webpage password to PW VR VR Read the firmware version RE RE1 3 Set channel 1 to ignore lighting errors and not prompt for the current rating of a light when it is connected RR RR1 0 2 Set the rating of channel 1 to 0 2A RS RS2 65 Set channel 2 to 65 brightness continuous RW RW1 50 Set channel 1 to 50 swi...

Page 34: ...scent current 120mA This is when using a 12V supply the current is lower at 24V Input enable level From 3V to 24V This is the voltage applied between and of each input Input disable level 1V See above Typical trigger input current 3mA at 3V to 24V Max output current per channel 2A continuous 10A pulsed Ambient temperature during operation 5 C to 40 C The ambient temperature may need to be lower if...

Page 35: ...ernet settings from EEPROM they may be incorrect Err 34 Internal power dissipation is too high Output turned off Err 35 Output current to lighting is too low Err 39 There is not enough supply voltage for the requested output current Err 36 The output is short circuit Err 42 The output current is too high Err 37 The voltage required for the lighting has increased too much Check for ageing of the li...

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