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RTxxx LED lighting controllers - User Manual

Issue v013 - July 2019

Gardasoft Vision Ltd

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Gardasoft LLC
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Page 1: ...RTxxx LED Lighting Controllers Issue 013 User manual www gardasoft com WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM...

Page 2: ...quipment 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 instal...

Page 3: ...19 6 1 Power supply 19 6 2 Lighting output 19 6 3 Trigger inputs 22 6 4 12V Power output 23 6 5 Ethernet connection 23 6 6 Serial connection 23 6 7 Connectors 23 7 General description 25 7 1 Output mo...

Page 4: ...ation RT220 RT420 RT820F 52 11 1 Main page 52 11 2 Configuration page 53 11 3 General setup page 54 12 Command configuration 55 12 1 Ethernet configuration RT220 RT420 RT820F 55 12 2 RS232 configurati...

Page 5: ...ing of the lights and then connect the lights Set up the RTxxx for the desired operation as described in the configuration sections Section 9 Front panel configuration RT200 Section 11 Webpage configu...

Page 6: ...ton setup Ethernet setup RS232 setup Fast pulsing RT200 2 Yes No No No RT220 2 No Yes No No RT260 2 No No Yes No RT200F 2 Yes No Yes Yes RT220F 2 No Yes No Yes RT260F 2 No No Yes Yes RT420 4 No Yes No...

Page 7: ...f air around the unit 2 2 Electrical The RTxxx produces high energy pulses Take care to connect the outputs correctly and protect the output wiring and load from any short circuits When switched off e...

Page 8: ...maximum channel output current If the controller is set up incorrectly or in the event of failure the energy provided by the power supply to the controller may become directly connected to any or all...

Page 9: ...sessment specific to each installation While Gardasoft Vision Ltd has taken every care in the preparation of this advice Gardasoft Vision Ltd accept no liability for damages of any kind except those r...

Page 10: ...rennungen zu f hren Positionieren Sie das Ger t so dass eine versehentliche Ber hrung durch das Personal ausgeschlossen ist und stellen Sie sicher dass Luft frei um das Ger t zirkulieren kann 3 2 Elek...

Page 11: ...uerung oder deren K hlk rper sofern angebracht gesch tzt sein Die Verkabelung der Stromversorgung zur Steuerung muss f r mindestens 5A oder 10A f r RT8xxF bemessen sein Die Verkabelung vom Kanalausgan...

Page 12: ...beeintr chtigt werden 3 4 Installationsanleitung Haftungsausschluss Diese Informationen dienen nur zur Orientierung Installationstechniker m ssen ihre eigene spezifische Risikobewertung f r die jeweil...

Page 13: ...uer des br lures en cas de contact Placez l appareil un endroit o le personnel ne risque pas de le toucher par accident et veillez ce que l air circule librement autour de l unit 4 2 lectricit Le RTxx...

Page 14: ...r leur ou son dissipateur thermique s il est install Le c blage d alimentation vers le contr leur doit avoir une capacit minimale de 5A ou 10A pour RT8xxF Le c blage reliant la sortie de la cha ne la...

Page 15: ...ide d installation clause de non responsabilit Ces informations sont seulement titre indicatif Les installateurs doivent effectuer leur propre valuation des risques pour chaque installation M me si Ga...

Page 16: ...available for mounting the RTxxx on a DIN rail 5 1 Environmental considerations The RTxxx enclosure is a fire enclosure as long as it is mounted so that none of the connectors are facing downwards If...

Page 17: ...RTxxx LED lighting controllers User Manual The illustration below shows the dimensions of an RT4xx controller 17 WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM...

Page 18: ...rostatic discharge Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage equipment and impair the electrical circuitry inside your RTxxx ESD damage occurs when electronic components are improperly handled and can re...

Page 19: ...perature The external power supply must be capable of supplying at least the average output power for all active channels We recommend you use a regulated power supply with 100 short circuit protectio...

Page 20: ...ow Ensure you set the current or voltage rating of your light before you connect it see Section 8 Lighting setup The connectors fitted to an RT2xx RT4xx and an RT8xx series controller are shown in the...

Page 21: ...RTxxx LED lighting controllers User Manual RT4xx 21 WWW STEMMER IMAGING COM...

Page 22: ...nput drawing a minimum of 3mA The table overleaf describes the pin allocations for the RTxxx controllers trigger connectors Note All RTxxx controllers are fitted with Connector ET12 Connector ET34 is...

Page 23: ...shown opposite 6 5 Ethernet connection Ethernet connectivity is standard on RT220 RT420 and RT820F controllers The RJ45 Ethernet connector requires a straight through cable to connect into a network...

Page 24: ...l com or Newark www newark com See the table overleaf for further information Connector Description W rth part number Farnell Newark part number Power input 2W screw terminal free socket 691 351 500 0...

Page 25: ...r The delay from trigger to pulse the pulse duration and the brightness can be set Switched In switched mode a trigger input is used to switch the output current on and off The output is only enabled...

Page 26: ...nput The output current can be varied from 0 to 100 of full brightness 7 2 Pulsed output The output is off by default When the RTxx is triggered it waits for a delay and then pulses the output The del...

Page 27: ...er dissipation is too high Output turned off 35 43 Output current to lighting is too low The light is open cir cuit or there is not enough supply voltage for the reques ted output current 36 If the ou...

Page 28: ...rent for the voltage rating E3 Err 23 Current output is not what was expected The controller might need calibrating E6 Err 23 The power rating of the light exceeds the maximum power rating 7 5 Cold st...

Page 29: ...e rating is given use the voltage rating Otherwise use the current rating For homemade lights using single LEDs or arrays of LEDs use the current rating from the LED datasheet You can set the current...

Page 30: ...version for example 039 The controller is then ready for operation When the RT200 is not being configured the display indicates the status of both channels as shown below The RT200 displays an error...

Page 31: ...Error checking can be enabled or disabled using the E flag 9 2 Setting the light rating Press and hold SEL for one second CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to scroll to rAt and follow the keys...

Page 32: ...e SEL button Or For voltage rated lights use the p and q but tons to set the rating in volts and press the SEL button The light s rating is set up and the RT200 is ready to use 9 3 Setting up continuo...

Page 33: ...s intensity Use the p and q buttons to set the intensity from 1 to 99 9 The default setting is 50 Press the SEL button To set the error detection press the SEL button with F E displayed Or If you wis...

Page 34: ...and q buttons to select the channel you want to set up and follow the keystrokes below The channel you want to set up is displayed Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to select SOn and press...

Page 35: ...he SEL button with F P displayed Or If you wish to set the trigger polarity so that it is active low use the p and q buttons to select F P and press the SEL button To set the error detection press the...

Page 36: ...u want to set up and follow the keystrokes below The channel you want to set up is displayed Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to select SSE and press the SEL button b1 is displayed Press t...

Page 37: ...ed Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to select the trigger IP1 or IP2 you want to set up and press the SEL button To set the trigger polarity so that it is active high press the SEL button...

Page 38: ...9 6 Setting up pulsed operation Pulsed operation allows you to set up the characteristics of the lighting pulse irrespective of the trigger pulse duration Press and hold SEL for one second CH1 is dis...

Page 39: ...Press the SEL button to set up the delay time as described in Section 9 7 Setting time periods Press the SEL button PUL is displayed Press the SEL button to set up the pulse width as described in Sec...

Page 40: ...t up and press the SEL button To set the trigger polarity so that it is active high press the SEL button with F P displayed Or If you wish to set the trigger polarity so that it is active low use the...

Page 41: ...llows Exponent value Multiplier Number format Range of values E 2 0 01 9 99 Values are displayed in seconds from 10ms to 5s in steps of 10ms E 3 0 001 999 Values are displayed in milliseconds from 1ms...

Page 42: ...alues from 10ms to 5s Use the p and q buttons to select the required value in steps of 10ms Press the SEL button E 3 is displayed Press the SEL button to enter time values from 1ms to 999ms Use the p...

Page 43: ...s the SEL button E 6 is displayed Press the SEL button to enter time values from 1 s to 999 s Use the p and q buttons to select the required value in steps of 1 s Press the SEL button 9 8 Setting the...

Page 44: ...quence Or Use the p and q buttons to select On and press the SEL button The internal trigger is running with the parameters set up in Section 9 6 Setting up pulsed operation 9 9 Using the key lock You...

Page 45: ...and q buttons to select Lc Press the SEL button 0 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to set a lock code value from 0 to 255 and press the SEL button The RT200 keypad is locked To unlock the keypad...

Page 46: ...ual Un is displayed Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to enter the lock code and press the SEL button CH1 is displayed and the RT200 keypad is unlocked If the code entered is incorrect LOC...

Page 47: ...and press SEL The display shown below appears 9 11 Viewing the output current You can view an approximate measure of the output current from the RT200 front panel The current measurement is updated ro...

Page 48: ...s displayed Use the p and q buttons to select CH2 if you wish to view the output current from channel 2 Press the SEL button The measured output current is displayed Press the SEL button Continue to u...

Page 49: ...connected to a network switch hub or router but you can connect it directly into the network port on a PC using a crossover cable 10 2 IP Address The RTxxx needs an IP address to communicate over Eth...

Page 50: ...native 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...

Page 51: ...ort 30311 destination port 30310 It is formatted as Gardasoft RT220 20 000000 111111111111 22222222 8 bit ASCII 44 characters where 000000 The serial number of the unit 111111111111 The MAC address in...

Page 52: ...parameters for each output channel Pressing the Submit button updates the RTxxx configuration and saves the changes to non volatile memory On this page you can Change the current rating for the light...

Page 53: ...parameters for each output channel Pressing the Submit button updates the RTxxx configuration and saves the changes to non volatile memory On this page you can Change the current rating for the light...

Page 54: ...al 11 3 General setup page The General Setup page 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 12 Command c...

Page 55: ...ands sent by the host controlling PC All output generated by the command is returned in reply UDP or TCP IP packets The last character sent is greater than symbol Once this is received the host knows...

Page 56: ...d permanently until you send the AW command Report the version of firmware running in the RTxxx This command returns the firmware version For example VR returns RT420 20 HW02 V031 Set Internal Trigger...

Page 57: ...on ST This command shows the operational parameters for all channels in the controller A typical output for an RT220 controller is CH1 MD0 S50 0 0 0 DL1 000ms PU1 000ms RT0 0us IP1 FL0 CS0 000A RA0 00...

Page 58: ...t messages or m 1 to enable Ethernet messages When Ethernet messages are enabled any error reports are sent to the most recent UDP or TCP address from which a command has been received Messages are of...

Page 59: ...is command is restored after a power cycle 12 3 2 Lighting channel commands Set the rating of a light This command sets the current or voltage rating for a light If a current rating is being set then...

Page 60: ...rent greater than 20A or if the combination of pulse width and setting is not allowed RTc p d s RTc p d s r Where c output channel 1 to 2 4 or 8 depending on model p pulse width in milliseconds 0 02 t...

Page 61: ...password to AB VR VR Read the firmware version VL VL1 0 0 5 Set the rating of channel 1 to 0 5A RS RS2 65 Set channel 2 to 65 brightness continuous RW RW1 50 Set channel 1 to 50 switch mode RU RU1 75...

Page 62: ...power Lighting rating 12V to 36V in steps of 1V 100mA to 3A in steps of 5mA 12V to 36V in steps of 1V 100mA to 2A in steps of 1mA Operating modes Continuous strobe switch and selected Trigger input Op...

Page 63: ...the following limits apply Pulse current Pulse length limit 20A 100 s 12A 400 s 10A 1ms 5A 3ms Pulses of 2A or more for pulse widths longer than 2ms may cause an error or have a lower current towards...

Page 64: ...nfiguration has been cleared Err 9 20 Could not save settings to EEPROM Err 21 22 23 Sensing error See Section 6 2 Light auto sensing Err 27 Can t read Ethernet settings from EEPROM so these may be in...

Page 65: ...curs The format of these is Evt channel event code These event messages are only sent after the GT1 command has been sent Event number Reason 1 to 127 An error has occurred The error code is given by...

Page 66: ...2019 Copyright 2019 Gardasoft Vision Ltd Gardasoft Vision Ltd Trinity Court Buckingway Business Park Cambridge CB24 4UQ UK tel 44 1954 234970 fax 44 1954 231567 Gardasoft LLC Oak Ridge Road Weare New...

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