RC1xx - User Manual
9.3
General setup page
On the general setup page (shown below), you can set a password for theRC120 and send it commands. Refer to
Section 10, Configuration
commands
for the commands you can use to operate the RC120.
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Страница 2: ...ny dangerous situation or significant financial loss to occur Deliberate acts of endangerment and vandalism are not covered by this document and must be considered by the installer While care has been...
Страница 3: ...ions 8 6 Connecting the RC1xx 9 6 1 Power 9 6 2 Lighting output 9 6 3 Trigger input 10 6 4 Ethernet RC120 11 6 5 Connectors general 11 7 General description 12 7 1 Pulse and duty cycle limits 12 7 2 T...
Страница 4: ...er 27 10 2 8 Using the key lock 28 10 2 9 Viewing the trigger status 29 10 2 10 Viewing the output current 29 10 3 Ethernet commands RC120 30 10 3 1 Ethernet communication 30 10 3 2 Command structure...
Страница 5: ...ecommend that you visit www gardasoft com for application notes on this product There is also a support web page there which has information on trouble shooting problems 1 1 RC1xx features a summary T...
Страница 6: ...ure there is a free flow of air around the unit 2 2 Electrical The RC1xx produces high energy pulses Take care to connect the outputs correctly and protect the output wiring and load from any short ci...
Страница 7: ...pecific to each installation While Gardasoft Vision Ltd has taken every care in the preparation of this advice Gardasoft Vision Ltd and Gardasoft LLC accept no liability for damages of any kind except...
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Страница 10: ...ffisant pour occasionner des br lures en cas de contact Assurez vous que le personnel ne peut pas y toucher accidentellement et que l air circule autour de l unit 4 2 lectricit Le RC1xx produit de for...
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Страница 12: ...e DIN rail to allow the display to be read easily If the average output power exceeds 15W the RC1xx must be mounted vertically to allow air to pass through it Leave 25mm clear either side of the RC1xx...
Страница 13: ...ng to the RC1xx controller separately from mains electricity wiring If this is not possible make sure the low voltage wiring has an insulation rating that is appropriate or supplementary insulation is...
Страница 14: ...tra circuitry Refer to Section 7 General description for further information Note The Smart Input is not isolated it is ground referenced to the power supply negative connection In operating environme...
Страница 15: ...ors general The connectors required to mate with the RC1xx controller s connectors are as follows Connector Description Suppler Part number Power input W rth 351 series 2 way screw ter minal free sock...
Страница 16: ...ess can be set up to 1000 of its rating for short periods and low duty cycles To avoid damage to the lighting the RC1xx limits the duty cycle by ignoring triggers that are too soon after the previous...
Страница 17: ...0 Output is on when trigger is off Output is off when trigger is on Pulsed P Flag 1 Pulse is triggered on rising edge P Flag 0 Pulse is triggered on falling edge Note The P flag inverts the sense of...
Страница 18: ...set the P flag to 0 see Section 7 2 Triggering PNP signal You can connect a PNP open collector drive to the RC1xx s input Use the connections shown opposite The PNP transistor should not pull up to m...
Страница 19: ...ation on this feature see the application note APP966 SafePower Technology available from www gardasoft com Downloads 7 5 Flags You can set flags on the RC1xx controller to alter its operation They ca...
Страница 20: ...e voltage required for the lighting has decreased too much Check for ageing of the light or a failed LED Note When the output current falls below 100mA some fault detection is disabled Press SEL to ca...
Страница 21: ...ller 8 1 IP address The RC120 needs an Internet Protocol IP address to communicateover Ethernet There are two ways to get an IP address either programmed into the unit or using DHCP For DHCP mode the...
Страница 22: ...t Properties iv From the list select Internet Protocol TCP IP press Properties If Obtain an IP address automatically is set then DHCP is probably used However there may be an alternative fixed IP addr...
Страница 23: ...IP address displayed in GardasoftMaint into your web browser which will display the Main page GardasoftMaint software is available from www gardasoft com Downloads 9 1 Main page The main page shown be...
Страница 24: ...he measurements the RC120 makes during operation You can set the mode continuous pulsed or switched the light s brightness and pulse settings You must click the Submit button to effect any changes you...
Страница 25: ...l 9 3 General setup page On the general setup page shown below you can set a password for the RC120 and send it commands Refer to Section 10 Configuration commands for the commands you can use to oper...
Страница 26: ...A for the RC100 and 0 01A to 2 0A for the RC120 in steps of 0 01A The voltage rating can be set from 12V to 24V in steps of 1V When a voltage rated light is connected the RC1xx automatically senses th...
Страница 27: ...rating specified To configure the RC1xx from the front panel press and hold SEL for 1 second CH1 is displayed You can then use the p and q keys to scroll through the menu pressing the SEL button to ac...
Страница 28: ...n Amps or the voltage in volts Press the SEL button The light s rating is set up 10 2 3 Setting up continuous output Press and hold SEL for 1 second and follow the keystrokes below CH1 is displayed Pr...
Страница 29: ...p and q buttons to set the Trigger flag F P is enabled F P is disabled Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to set the Error Detect flag F E is enabled F E is disabled Press the SEL button Swi...
Страница 30: ...ss to more than 100 the pulse width is limited to a safe value as described in Section 7 1 Pulse and duty cycle limits 10 2 6 Setting time periods When the RC1xx requires you to enter a numeric value...
Страница 31: ...7 Setting the internal trigger timer You can set an internal trigger timer when the RC1xx is in pulse mode When set the RC1xx triggers with the same delay and pulse width already set up as described i...
Страница 32: ...ock code use the p and q buttons to scroll to Lc Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons to set a lock code value from 0 to 255 and press the SEL button The RC1xxC keypad is locked Note Setting a...
Страница 33: ...ewing the output current You can view an approximate measure of the output current from the RC1xx front panel The current measurement is updated roughly once per second but this can be slower when the...
Страница 34: ...te the command line in case multiple TCP packets become joined 10 3 2 Command structure Commands are sent by the host a PC connected to the network The command is returned by the RC120 together with a...
Страница 35: ...default but you can add s ms or us to the parameter to specify seconds milliseconds or microseconds Current is specified in amps by default but you can add A or mA to the parameter to specify amps or...
Страница 36: ...ating to 0 Set continuous mode This command sets the output to continuous mode and allows the brightness to be set RS1 s Where s brightness as a percentage 0 to 100 Set pulse mode This command sets th...
Страница 37: ...Set the internal trigger These commands control the internal trigger When set the output is triggered using an internal trigger signal Type in TT0 to disable the internal trigger TT1 to enable the int...
Страница 38: ...000A Where see overleaf CH Channel number this is always 1 MD Mode 0 continuous 1 pulsed 2 switched S Percentage brightness 50 0 50 the second part is always 0 0 DL Pulse delay PU Pulse width RT Retr...
Страница 39: ...Event codes Clear any errors Use this command to read the last event or error code when Ethernet messaging has been disabled GR Any error displayed on the RC120 is cleared If this was a lighting erro...
Страница 40: ...s settings using Ethernet commands and through its web page The settings of this command are restored after a power cycle 10 4 Command summary Command Example Effect AW AW Save changes CL CL Clear co...
Страница 41: ...1xx User Manual Command Example Effect KB KB1 23 Disable the keypad buttons on the front panel Set the unlock code to 23 TR TR1 Generate one trigger pulse ST ST Show the unit s configuration details 3...
Страница 42: ...sed Output voltage 0V to 32V Pulsed output average power Max 25W Trigger input Smart input compatible with 3V 24V TTL NPN and PNP Input Impedance nom 8kohms Pulse timing From 100 s to 100ms in steps o...
Страница 43: ...RC120 11 2 3 Pulse mode The maximum pulsed output current is 1A for the RC100 and 2A for the RC120 When you set a delay of 0 s there is a delay of approximately 4 s For pulse widths of 100 s the outp...
Страница 44: ...RC1xx User Manual Pulse output current TR RC120 TR RC122 7A Not applicable 0 5ms max pulse width 3 5 max duty cycle 40...
Страница 45: ...o 127 An error has occurred See Section 11 4 Error codes 128 A light has been connected and is working 129 A light has been connected but does not have a current or voltage rating 130 FAT An over temp...
Страница 46: ...The configuration has been cleared Err 9 20 Settings could not be saved to EEPROM Err 19 A light has been connected but no rating has been set Err 21 22 23 A sensing error has occurred see Section 7 6...
Страница 47: ...The requested output current requires too high a voltage Err 44 FAt Fatal error The RC1xx is too hot The unit has a thermal cut out which operates at approximately 65 C to 70 C depending on conditions...
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