Manual-10
Applications using ActiveX
Via 10 ActiveX Controls. Each Via 10 hardware port has
an associated ActiveX control to allow programmable access
to the data entering or leaving a given port. This manual has
previously suggested many applications for these ports. They
are summarized below.
Via 10 RS-232 port Applications:
• Extend the communications distance of RaneWare RW
232 devices allowing RaneWare use over 10Base-T
Ethernet networks. Keep in mind that many stacks of RW
232 equipment can be controlled from a single location. Up
to sixteen RW 232 devices can be used with each Via 10.
And multiple Via 10 devices can exist on the same
Ethernet network.
• Use on-screen meters to indicate the real time (or at least
close to real “network” time) levels of RW 232 devices.
For example, place six multi-segment meters on the
computer screen and link them to the six output meters
found on the RPM 26v. Place an RPM 26v Master Level
Control slider next to the meters as a system level slider.
Link this same screen slider to multiple RPM 26v devices
as well as the low shelf and high shelf EQ controls of all
RPM 26v input PEQ blocks thus creating a customized
loudness compensation control.
• Transport any RS-232 data over 10Base-T Ethernet. A
variety of baud and parity settings are supported and
ActiveX controls can actively and automatically change the
RS-232 port settings allowing a wide variety of RS-232
data.
Via 10 RS-485 port Applications:
•
The RS-485 port interfaces directly with the Rane SRM 66
and the SR 1L. Link input routing screen controls to the
SRM 66 matrix mix cross-points (I/O routing), include
level controls next to each output for on-screen level
adjustments. In another Via 10 on the same network, use
up to seven SR 1L remote devices and link them to seven
different RPE 228d equalizer output level controls—one
per zone.
•
Any RS-485 data can be transported via Ethernet 10Base-
T as long as the Via 10 ports are configured with the
proper baud and parity settings.
VIP Applications
•
Connect memory recall switches, potentiometers, tempera-
ture sensors & other instrumentation and/or logic outputs
to the Versatile Input Port. Third-party software like
FrontPage, C++, Delphi or Lab View allow programming
each VIP pin independently, thus providing any combina-
tion of up to eight applications. Thus, with software scripts,
there is an unlimited number of possibilities for the VIP.
•
Use multiple hardware switches and/or logic output ports
on other system devices to recall system configurations or
specific system settings. Using scripts, when a switch is
closed, any ActiveX Control parameter(s) can be altered.
Use a logic output to change a screen indicator, turn on a
relay driven from a Via 10 VOP pin and change every
system parameter – all automatically and simultaneously!
•
Use the position of a potentiometer to recall parameter
values, adjust level settings, change an EQ curve, delay
time and display the pot’s position on a computer screen.
Link a temperature sensor’s value to adjust the delay times
of a speaker stack. Get really picky and adjust delay time
for humidity too. Use a wind sensor to actively rotate your
speaker stack to compensate for sudden wind shear at your
local hurricane music festival. (Don’t laugh, this works!)
VOP Applications
•
Connect indicators (LEDs, small lamps), relays and/or
other logic inputs to the VOP to allow computer screen
controls to correspond to the real world indicators and
relays required in computer-controlled systems. Small
lamps and/or LEDs can be used as indicators for a wide
variety of applications: indicate current memory, signal
present or clip indicators, system on indication, etc. Relays
driven from the VOP can perform a variety of jobs – power
other devices, turn on or off other components in the
system, open doors, unlock bank safes, turn on lights,
lower projector screens, close the curtains, etc. Turn on
your water sprinkler system from your Internet home page
or better yet, connect a moisture sensor to the VIP port and
automatically water your lawn according to the precipita-
tion in your ground. Link your cell phone messaging
system to heat up your hot tub before you get home from a
restaurant. Drive the logic input ports of non-networked
system devices to alter system parameters thus allowing
non-Ethernet ready devices to be integrated into networked
systems.
Find detailed applications and example HTML files on our
web site. Also on our web site will be newly published
ActiveX controls for Rane products as they become available.
Put a bookmark at www.rane.com/via10.htm.
