Installation
Overview
The ICC-STA architecture provides a common link for 2-way RS-232 control with an ICA-FT6 panel, and 2-way
system control over RF coax to a control system. To simplify system programming, the STA and FT6 manage
volume up/down, channel up/down and text display by themselves. The control system handles special and
system-wide functions such as audio paging, attendant/concierge call, light on/off or other custom applications.
In typical installations, the flow of communication is as follows:
1.
Pressing Volume or Channel buttons on the ICA-FT6 send an RS-232 command to the ICC-STA.
2.
The ICC-STA responds, sending a channel label to the ICA-FT6 LED display when a channel changes.
3.
Pressing a special button, such as LIGHT, sends a command (KK) to the ICC-STA, and the ICC-STA
passes the command (K response) to the ICC-HE Head End.
4.
The ICC-HE passes the command to the control system, which will turn on the light and send a UX
command back through the ICC-HE/ICC-STA/ICA-FT6 data path that changes the status of the LIGHT
button LED.
5.
Note that each ICA-FT6 control button is constantly backlit by two dual-color LEDs, usually yellow/green
or red/green. The on and off state is indicated by the LED color.
Panel Connection and Power
1.
Install ICC-STA into surface.
2.
Connect the ICC-STA to the ICC-STA. In most cases, you’ll simply connect the custom DB-9 female-to-
DB-25 male cable between the panel’s DB-9 and the ICC-STA’s DB-25 connector.
3.
Connect DC power to ICC-STA.
4.
Connect Video Out to display device
5.
The Net LED should turn on and stay lit (indicates power on, no network communication)
6.
At this point, if units have been pre-programmed, you should be able to operate channel and volume
functions, with channel text displaying on ICA-FT6 display, and the COM light will flash to indicate data
activity.
RF Coax and iCC-Net Operation
1.
Connect the RF Coax cable into the RF In input on the STA.
2.
If the iCC-Net signal is operating, the Net LED will blink once per second.
3.
Now you can use iC Toolkit software at the iCC-HE Head End Controller to check and change device
numbers, and to display the current ICC-STA firmware or device number on the ICA-FT6 panel. You can
also load in tuning rings and channel labels using the same tool.
Control System Update
The best practice for this type of installation is to include a list of initialization commands within the system
programming. These commands will “teach” the controllers and panels all the tuning rings, channel labels, RS-232
strings, and any other parameters needed for operation, then forcing the panels to show the ICC-STA device
number. The commands can be programmed to be sent when the Reset button on the ICC-HE Head End
Controller is pressed for 5 seconds. Since a single command can be sent to a group or all devices, this process
usually takes less than a minute.
Contemporary
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