Using Your Universal Room Controller
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Table 4: Connection Scheme (for the example in Figure 4)
This connector:
Controls:
RELAY2
The lights
RELAY1
The screen
RS-485
Terminal Block Connector
A power amplifier (and speakers)
RS-232
(
TX1
,
RX1
) Terminal Block Connector
A projector
1
IR OUT1
PIN
2
A DVD player
IR OUT2
PIN
2
A video player
Ethernet
The RC-8IR via a remote control PC
A laptop is connected to the projector
Figure 5 shows the
RC-8IR
built into a podium that is located in a lecture
auditorium. An overhead projector and screen, speakers, lights; and a cabinet
with a VCR, a DVD and an amplifier inside, are all controlled via the
RC-8IR
. The presenter’s laptop is located on the podium, next to where the
RC-8IR
is mounted. It is also controlled by the
RC-8IR
and is used for
presentations, slide shows and so on.
VCR
DVD
Amplifier
Figure 5: Example of a Typical RC-8IR Setup in the Lecture Auditorium
1 The second RS-232 port can be used to control another A/V unit or an LCD
2 Connected via the IR emitter cable. IR OUT1 and IR OUT2 can each be connected to identical machines and still be
controlled separately
