Kramer K-CONFIG, User Manual

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K-CONFIG – Contents i
Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Overview 1
1.2 System requirements: 2
2 Planning the Controlled Room 3
2.1 Glossary 7
3 Kramer K-CONFIG Software Installation 9
3.1 Installing the “.NET Framework” Revision 4.0 (or higher) Software 9
3.2 Installing the USB Driver 9
3.3 Installing Kramer K-CONFIG Software 13
4 Getting to Know K-CONFIG 18
4.1 The Main Window 20
4.2 The K-CONFIG Menus 25
4.3 Quick Access Icons 33
5 The Driver Manager – Getting Started 34
5.1 Getting to Know the Driver Manager 34
5.2 Selecting the Driver Manager 37
5.3 The Common Commands Tree Editor 41
5.4 Setting the Shared Commands 44
5.5 Serial Commands 46
6 Defining the Control Room via the Project Navigator 64
6.1 Adding a Master Room Controller 64
6.2 Adding Room Controllers 71
6.3 Adding a Control Gateway Device 75
6.4 The Virtual Device 84
6.5 Adding the Virtual Device Templates 93
6.6 The Room Controller Device View 95
7 Assigning the Controlled Devices to Master and Auxiliary Device Ports 97
7.1 Assigning a Controlled Device Driver to an RS-232 / RS-485 / IR Port 99
7.2 Setting the Functionality of the GPI/O Port 102
7.3 Assigning a Controlled Device Driver to an Ethernet Port 104
8 Using the Triggers 106
8.1 The Custom Events Trigger 107
8.2 Keypad Events Trigger 111
8.3 Monitor Events Triggers 115
8.4 GPI/O Events Triggers 116
8.5 Timer Events Triggers 118
8.6 Query Events 125
8.7 Sub Routines 128
9 Adding Actions to a Trigger 131
9.1 General Instructions 132
9.2 Adding a Port Command 133
9.3 Adding a Port Switch Action 136
9.4 Adding a Panels Status Action 137
9.5 Adding a Switcher Command 143
9.6 Adding an Audio Power Amplifier 144
9.7 Timer Start/Stop 144
9.8 Delay 145
9.9 Query Start/Stop 145
9.10 Adding Sub Routines 146
9.11 Site Control Message 146
10 Connecting to the Device 147
10.1 Connecting Methods 147
10.2 Set the K-NET IDs 152
10.3 Firmware Upgrade 154
10.4 Device Settings Window 157
10.5 The Ethernet Settings Tab 159
10.6 The Security Tab 159
10.7 Syncing the Configuration to the Room Controller Device 162
10.8 Reading the Configuration from the Room Controller Device 165
10.9 Clear Configuration from Room Controller Device 166
11 Using the Embedded Web Pages 168
11.1 Browsing the K-CONFIG Web Pages 168
11.2 The Room Controller Devices Web Page 169
11.3 The Macros Web Page 175
11.4 The Scheduled Tasks Web Page 175
11.5 The Device Settings Web Page 177
11.6 The Date and Time Settings Web pages 177
11.7 The About Web Page 178
12 Creating a KRAMER NETWORK Virtual Master 179
12.1 Opening a New Project 179
12.2 Syncing the Virtual Device Configuration to the Virtual Master Device 181