USP3 User Manual
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Overview
When you need to push a button, but it
doesn’t
have
any!
Tactile
–
Fast
–
Easy
–
Dependable
CONTROL
The
Universal Switch Panel (USP3)
makes it easy to add tactile push buttons where and
when you need them:
✓
8 and 16 Push Buttons
✓
Tabletop & Rackmount
✓
RS232/RS422 serial port
✓
Fast Ethernet (100 BASE-T Full Duplex)
Use the USP3 when you need to
:
•
Control a GPI Output and status a GPI Input
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Transmit Ethernet TCP / UDP/ SNMP / HTTP messages and status responses.
•
Receive Serial or Ethernet data to turn on/off a GPI Output.
•
Transmit Serial messages and status responses. Receive specific Serial data
and then transmit an Ethernet or SNMP notification
•
Trigger a simple or complex sequence of actions from a Keypress or Source
event: GPI Outputs, Serial & Ethernet messages
•
Periodically send a heartbeat message:
“I’m alive!”
•
Use a Watchdog timer to transmit an SNMP notification after
a time period of no heartbeats.
•
Monitor SNMP Traps and turn on GPI Outputs (GPO)
•
Control Flex Control Network devices, Tally them and more...
The Universal Switch Panel (USP3) is a panel of generic switches designed to emulate the
operation of mechanical switches. The mechanical switch feel is provided by the USP3’s
front panel switch. The me
chanical switch’s contact closure is provided by the USP3’s
general purpose outputs (GPO). The mechanical switch’s inte
rnal tally indicator is provided
by the USP3 switch’s backlight.
