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IQCSPI

SECTION 33c

IQCSPOPS

100305

www.snellwilcox.com

Version 1 Issue 8

33c.1

IQCSPI Serial Port Interface

Module Description

The IQCSPI is a serial port interface for external
devices and all

 

RollCall compatible products.

The SPI card consists of 4 serial interfaces, 3 x
RS442, and 1 x RS232/RS422.

The IQCSPI can control many types of devices that
have serial ports, including tape machines, routers
and disk stores.

In addition the IQCSPI may receive commands
from an intelligent control panel with a serial port,
thus producing a quick customised user interface.

Each button could activate pre-defined commands
such as router switching (e.g. IQDMX8) or frame
freezing (e.g. IQDMSDA).  Multiple actions from
one input can be generated, producing many pre-
defined commands via RollTrack.
The IQCSPI can communicate with other IQCSPI
and GPI (General Purpose Interface) products.
Thus pre-defined commands can be generated
from external devices to other external devices via
the RollCall network.
A set-up program is provided for downloading
configuration information to the IQCSPI card

REAR PANEL VIEWS

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SERIAL PORTS

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Summary of Contents for IQCSPI-1

Page 1: ...ligent control panel with a serial port thus producing a quick customised user interface Each button could activate pre defined commands such as router switching e g IQDMX8 or frame freezing e g IQDMS...

Page 2: ...osures However the cards may be fitted into any style of enclosure A Style Enclosure Rear panels with the suffix A may only be fitted into the A style enclosure shown below IQ Enclosure order codes IQ...

Page 3: ...sages Windows software program for function set up Note Contact sales office for a list of currently available interfaces to 3rd party equipment TECHNICAL PROFILE Features Serial Ports Up to 3 x RS422...

Page 4: ...3 and 4 and one configurable RS422 RS232 interface port 1 All interfaces are bi directional A 9 way D type connector interface is implemented Confirgure Serial Port 1 Serial port 1 may be configured...

Page 5: ...a B TxDB Tx ve 3 5 Transmitted Data B TxDB Tx ve Received Data B RxDB Rx ve 8 6 Transmitted Data A TxDA Tx ve Received Data A RxDA Rx ve 4 7 Not Used 9 8 Not Used 5 9 Not used For reference the A sign...

Page 6: ...red to be RS232 by using the on card links D8 This indicates that data is being received via NET 1 D9 This indicates that data is being transmitted via NET 1 D10 This indicates that data is being rece...

Page 7: ...IQCSPI SECTION 33c IQCSPOPS 100305 www snellwilcox com Version 1 Issue 8 33c 7...

Page 8: ...that a further sub menu may be selected Whenever a menu item is selected the parameters of that selection will be displayed in the Information window of the front panel Where the selection is purely a...

Page 9: ...ing this item sets all adjustment functions that include a preset facility to their preset values Note that this is a momentary action and the text will not become reversed Software_Version Selecting...

Page 10: ...t View A graphical treeview representation of how the menus will look if viewed on a IQ Modular control panel Track Parameters Constructs a RollTrack of a selected command from a device via RollCall R...

Page 11: ...elected SPI card Upload file to Drive Transfers configuration file from an SPI card to a selected file path name cfg File Menu Many of these are included in the toolbar and described within Toolbar fu...

Page 12: ...rming Cut Paste of commands within a treeview Help Menu The Help menu has two items Snell Wilcox Website If the computer is connected to a modem then the Snell Wilcox Website will be loaded About SPI...

Page 13: ...t a new file with default contents as below Note this new file is held only within the IQCSPI Configuration Editor application so it will need to be saved TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN DRIVE AND SPI CARD...

Page 14: ...wing steps are to be undertaken Select File Upload from SPI or the respective toolbar icon A window appears showing the RollCall network use this to select the SPI card you wish to read from Another w...

Page 15: ...rs showing the RollCall network use this to select the SPI card you wish to write to The currently opened file is then transferred to the SPI card After a wait a message will appear indicating if the...

Page 16: ...1 Issue 8 33c 16 Editing in Output File mode The files content appears within a text editor Editing Ports Selecting Edit Ports or the respective toolbar icon will produce the following display There a...

Page 17: ...cards commands from a front panel would show By clicking on a tab labelled Port1 Port2 Port3 or Port4 the respective port s menu is shown Control Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Input Config Split Screen Digita...

Page 18: ...ted item has children The user may select No if they decided not to delete this item and its children Substitution Strings The IQCSPI can insert a string corresponding to the commands numeric value Cl...

Page 19: ...ow this level The default style for new commands is Tiled Number This represents the RollCall command number of this command Value Offset If a menu item has for example Rollcall values of min 20 to ma...

Page 20: ...on clicking on the required button When setting something on the device that the SPI card is connected a Command is sent from the SPI card from the device The Reply is then sent from the device to the...

Page 21: ...he decimal ASCII value of N Byte Value This button inserts vb The byte value of the commands numeric value is sent e g Command s numeric value 2B 71 FF A3 Payload vb Sends 163 which is the decimal val...

Page 22: ...ommunication Protocol upon everything which appears to its left within the payload Wildcard This button inserts This applies to incoming payloads only For example x0D within a payload will match any f...

Page 23: ...PI card in response to the Request A Tally is initiated by the device and sent to the SPI card If for example the device is a VCR and the play button is pressed on it then the device will send a Tally...

Page 24: ...ear represent the order in which they will be executed To amend the order select a Track Action and then click on either the Move Track Action Up button or the Move Track Action Down button these will...

Page 25: ...mmand from within the treeview representation of the menu loads the command s parameters Upon selecting OK a RollTrack is created and placed in the respective area on the Tracks Tab Upon clicking the...

Page 26: ...This contains the LogMessage There are a number of default messages which can be selected and then edited File Versions These can be edited by selecting the File Versions button or the Edit Versions...

Page 27: ...ports Cut Copy Paste When using the tree structure representation of each port cut copy and paste work as follows Cut Copy will place a copy of the selected command and its sub menu in the clipboard...

Page 28: ...IQCSPI SECTION 33c IQCSPOPS 100305 www snellwilcox com Version 1 Issue 8 33c 28 Example of Output File Below is shown a section of a configuration file from within Edit Output File mode...

Page 29: ...t Name This is positioned by itself on the following line to the port number This consists of Name PortName An example is Name VTR BETACAM SetUp statement This consists of SetUP Speed Baud Data Bits P...

Page 30: ...R Required N NotUsed Style Dir Style RCCmd Min MAx Step Div Txt ParamStg Tiled R R R N N R N R R List R R R N N R N R R Display R R R N N N N R R Button R R R R N N N R R CheckBox R R R R N N N R R N...

Page 31: ...ely Always Communication between SPI and device Example of an SPI card connected to a VCR Command and Reply If a button is pressed on the SPI card to control the VCR a Command is sent from the SPI car...

Page 32: ...e g physical slot number in an IQ frame Command Number c c RollCall command number for the particular function device Unit ID ii ii RollCall unit ID found in the product manual or from RollCall About...

Page 33: ...gMessageHeader and the LogMessageValue However there is standard list of LogMessages INPUT OK INPUT LOST STD 625 STD 525 STD PAL STD NTSC STD PAL M STD AUTO STD STDERR STD UNKNOWN EXTREF OK EXTREF N A...

Page 34: ...scii String a representing the minimum number of printed characters Hex Ascii String h representing the minimum number of printed characters Literal Character up to three characters Pro Bel Checksum P...

Page 35: ...sed 020999 1 3 EMC performance data added New manual issued 300501 1 4 Many changes to Configuration File Editor User Guide New manual issued 120402 1 5 Now includes information for the 3A enclosure m...

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