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uSwitch and uSwitchPro Installation and Operating Manual 

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Configurations

  

Access Control  to Electronic  Door Strike 

The following is a configuration where uSwitch is used to provide  access control. When connecting to door strikes a 
reverse-bias  diode is recommended.  In this example, a reverse-bias  diode is connected in parallel with the lock to protect 
the relay contacts from the inductive kickback that can occur when the lock is switched. A variety  of diodes is available 
and can be ordered either online or directly from us.  (For AC door access control no diode is necessary, for DC powered 
devices a 60V p/p diode is recommended). 

 

 

 

Driving multiple uSwitch Relays from a single uSwitch GPIO or Virtual Button

 

In addition to a physical push button driving  the local relay on the same uSwitch either that push button or the button 
generated on the Control Center page, or a virtual button can be created to command a relay on a remote uSwitch.  Once 
setup, pushing that button will drive  all relays in its configuration as specified by the virtual  or physical button.  Each 
uSwitch can be programmed  to drive  up to eight separate relays on the network.  Additionally, if a relay output is 
hardwired  into its own, or another uSwitch’s GPIO it can in turn be used to drive  an additional 8 relays. By daisy chaining 
uSwitches in this manner a single GPIO can drive an unlimited number of relays on other uSwitches. 

 

 

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Страница 1: ...uSwitch and uSwitchPro Installation and Operating Manual Page 1 uSwitch and uSwitchPro Installation and Operating Manual and the A Plug Adapter ...

Страница 2: ...lay1 Watchdog Mode Ping Delay phase 15 15 Control Center Relay1 Watchdog Mode pinging phase 16 Control Center Relay1 Watchdog Mode auto reboot countdown phase 17 Control Center GPIO1 with counter enabled 18 Network Configuration Page 19 Relay Configuration Page 22 Force Watchdog Reboot 24 GPIO Configuration Page uSwitchPro only 26 Watchdog Configuration Page 27 Virtual Relay Configuration Page 29 ...

Страница 3: ...ime consuming manual reboots uSwitch is the perfect solution for industrial security and personal applications Simple to use and with no programming required uSwitchautomatically builds a control web page provides multiple levels of password protected and can operate stand alone or user directed via the Internet or a local intranet uSwitchcomes with removable terminal connectors for the simplest w...

Страница 4: ...cations can control uSwitchwith standard CGI interface Multiple levels of password protection Supports fixed IP DHCP and Dynamic IP with port forwarding and virtual port addressing SelectableTCP ports for proxy server and NAT applications 10 100 Ethernet connectivity Built in automatic watchdog mode on each relay with three independent user assignable ping able URL options Watchdog Cloak mode for ...

Страница 5: ...uSwitch and uSwitchPro Installation and Operating Manual Page 5 Single Source Documentation available upon request ...

Страница 6: ...ck Start Guide 1 uSwitch can be connected to a DC power source in the range of 12 16Vdc Connect an appropriate DC power supply to the and Terminals in Figure 1 regulated power supply is recommended The power supply should be rated to meet the operating current of the uSwitch see specifications for power requirements in appendix C As shown in the photo the positive terminal is the terminal closest ...

Страница 7: ...hat has reserved the DHCP address of 192 168 1 199 a conflict can occur In this case either change the default address of the uSwitchupon connection or remove 199 from the DHCP reserved address space of the router Make sure the uSwitch s address is not blocked by any firewall you may be using 5 If this is the first time you are logging on to the uSwitchfrom your computer a password dialog box will...

Страница 8: ...nd switchthe power on and off manually Another option is to connect uSwitchdirectly into a device s reset circuit In this configuration uSwitchdoes not power down the device and initiate a cold reboot it simply forces a warm restart All reboot methods have different requirements in physical connection and setup A fourth additional option is to wire a uSwitchoutput to an external relay to control a...

Страница 9: ...regulated power supply recommended The power supply should be rated to meet the operating current of uSwitch specified in Appendix B Relay Connection When connecting to the relay contacts make sure any current or future load will not exceed the load ratings for the relays per spec in Appendix B Network Connection Connect the uSwitchEthernet port to a 10 Base T or 100 Base T switch router or cell m...

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Страница 11: ...f user operation The Control Center home screen is accessibleto anyone with the user name and password Configuration menus are only accessibleto privileged users with a senior level password default is admin Selectingthe red Click to Turn ON button on the Control Center page for a relay energizes the selected relay forcing a normally closed NC contact to open or a normally open NO contact to close...

Страница 12: ...nter with relay one configured as a twenty 20 second momentary or pulsed relay a relay is configured into momentary mode from the Relay Configuration page In this case each time relay1 button is clicked the relay changes its state counts down to zero currently 5 and then changes back to its starting state To change the relays initial state temporarily disable momentary mode by setting the momentar...

Страница 13: ...manual control is disabled when watchdog mode has been turned on Whenever a relay is in watchdog mode it cannot be manually controlled by a push button The screen below shows relay1 in Watchdog mode On the screen below thewatchdog feature has started the initial startup countdown specified by the startup delay entry before testing for connectivity currently 261 seconds remain before watchdog mode ...

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Страница 15: ...shows the Control Center with relay1 configured in Watchdog Mode during the Ping Delay phase This is the time interval between successive pings to the same URL A recommended time of 90 seconds for the ping delay setting is suggested Note During Watchdog Mode manual relay control is not allowed so the relay control button is grayed out ...

Страница 16: ...age below shows the Control Center with Relay1 configured in Watchdog Mode In this instancethe uSwitchis attempting to ping the URL yahoo com assigned for relay1 to determine if relay1 needs to be cycled Alsonote this is the third consecutive attempt to communicate with the URL indicating the previous two attempts failed ...

Страница 17: ...ses from the URLs specified in the WatchdogConfiguration page for Relay1 The screen shot below shows the reboot countdown time remaining and will turn power back on to device when the count reaches 0 The amount of time for the relay to be cycledis as specified in the Relay Cycle Time field on the Watchdog Configuration page After a reboot of the device the Watchdog will again initiate a startup de...

Страница 18: ...IO1 configured with the Enable Counting field checked if counting is not enabled the running count field and counter reset are not present on this screen The value 119 in the Running Count field means sincethe counter starting counting or was last reset by the Clear Counter button directly below 119 full input statetransitions have occurred on GPIO1 Clickingthe Reset button clears the counter ...

Страница 19: ...wer on the new uSwitchbefore the network settings will take effect You can use a proxy server to connect multiple uSwitch devices to an outside network or the internet by using a single static or dynamic IP resolved address This can be done using most consumer or industrial grade routers If a proxy server environment is to be set up each uSwitchwill not be accessiblefrom the internet until the pro...

Страница 20: ...e on the local subnet In the subnet mask 255 255 255 0 the first three IP byte address fields are fixed and the last byte field may vary from 1 to 255 a value of 255 is equivalent to 11111111 in binary HTTP Port This specifies the HTTP port for typical WEB access used for outside communications to the uSwitch By default this port is set to 80 standard access port for HTTP devices A unique port is ...

Страница 21: ...d to which uSwitchby executing either an arp a command from a windows computer or when running the uSwitchdiscovery utility To access a uSwitchremotely from an outside network WAN or the internet you will need to set up port forwarding also called NAT or Virtual Port addressing on your router or gateway You can set this up from your router s configuration page as follows 1 Assigna specific and uni...

Страница 22: ... because the Watchdogis in control of the Relay By placing access to this option it prevents users without access to the Relay Configuration from bypassingWatchdog Control Relay Configuration Page for uSwitchPro Relay Configuration Page for uSwitch User Assigned Names These two configurable fields represent user assigned names for each relay Once modified all text identifying Relay1 or Relay2 from...

Страница 23: ...n Ping Auto Reboot Mode the Power on State Must be Programmed to OFF Allows Master Control applies to uSwitch and uSwitchPro When Allows Master Control is checked the selectedrelay forfeits local control and only a remote uSwitch s GPIO or virtual input can control the relay When a remote uSwitchProis programmed to control this relay on remote uSwitchPro s GPIO Configuration page the state of the ...

Страница 24: ...itial states they can both transition to the same state or opposite states If timer mode is specified along with linking both buttons use Relay1 s timing options Force Watchdog Reboot This Page is accessibleonly from the menu on the Relay Configuration page It enables a user to force a Relay in Ping Auto Reboot Mode to reboot Only users with privileges to access the Relay Configuration page will b...

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Страница 26: ...he GPIO when it is in the high state GPIO Low State Text This field specifies the text assigned to the GPIO when it is in the low state User Assigned Colors This field indicates the text displayed on the Control Center when the GPIO is in either high state or low state The choices from the selectionbox are ON OFF OPEN CLOSED LOCK UNLOCK START STOP Enable Counting When checked the internal logging ...

Страница 27: ...ermines a communication problem exists between any or all of the specified devices the selectedrelay will automatically cycle switchingpower on and off to reboot a device or devices whose power has been wired across the relay The Watchdog feature has been successfullydeployed with IP cameras kiosks websigns cellular routers Servers DSL and cable modems RTUs control sensors a variety of Smart Grid ...

Страница 28: ...oot Attempts After Max Reboot Attempts without a successful communicationthe uSwitch exits Auto Reboot normal mode and enters Fault mode During Fault mode the uSwitch stops cyclingthe relay to the attached device for the specified Fault Mode Time The Fault Mode cycleprevents continuous power cyclingon a device after detecting that a normal power cycleis not working to bring the device s back onlin...

Страница 29: ...itch s Relays If Button1 is selected a virtual button is created on the Relay Control Center and this button controls all remote uSwitches as specified If Relay1 is selected than the stateof Relay1 on this uSwitchdrives all other uSwitches specified If GPIO is specified than the state of the GPIO specified will be used to drive the stateof all remote uSwitchRelays User Assigned Names These two con...

Страница 30: ... relays are driven by the virtual relay Button GPIO or Relay specified in the Source of Control field on this page If the IP address specified is not routable from this uSwitch s network because of a firewall or addressing limitation this feature will not drive the relay specified in the Slave Relay Start IP field Consecutive Relays This box allows the entry of the single IP address in the Slave R...

Страница 31: ...ssword provides access to all uSwitchconfiguration options and should be given out discriminately Security Notes uSwitchis an extremely secure networking control device It does not support terminal or file transfer programs TFTP FTP This means it is not possible for someone to break in to it and access other devices on your local network uSwitchdoes not support remote firmware updates so it is not...

Страница 32: ...uSwitch and uSwitchPro Installation and Operating Manual Page 32 uSwitch uSwitchPro Board Schematic The GPIO contacts are only on the uSwitchPro ...

Страница 33: ...ices a 60V p p diode is recommended Driving multiple uSwitch Relays from a single uSwitch GPIO or Virtual Button In addition to a physical push button driving the local relay on the same uSwitcheither that push button or the button generated on the Control Center page or a virtual button can be created to command a relay on a remote uSwitch Once setup pushing that button will drive all relays in i...

Страница 34: ... such as motors transformers relays etc electricity will arc across the internal relay contacts each time the contacts open Over time this causes wear on the relay contacts whichcan shorten their life span When switchinga high inductive load it is recommended that simplerelay contact protection devices be used To be economically feasible uSwitchcannot provide relay protection for all possible load...

Страница 35: ...dard Ethernet cabling connect uSwitch s Ethernet port to a 10 BaseT or 10 100 Base T Ethernet connection such as a network switch router or cellular mode To connect directly to a computer use a crossover Null Modem cable For connection to a router or switch a standard straight through cable is recommended ...

Страница 36: ... bridge The wireless bridge in turn connects to the wireless network The wireless Ethernet Bridge or router must be properly set up for the wireless network first This information is contained in the End User documentation for the wireless networking device A variety of wireless repeaters is available and can be ordered either online or from VideogeniX Wired Network Connection Wireless Network Con...

Страница 37: ...verting its two relay outputs into two 110VAC outlets There is no need for wiring or splicingwith A Plug The A Plugpowers the uSwitch and receives its power directly from any wall outlet to which it is plugged in Troubleshooting Before returning a device test the power input transformer to uSwitch This can easily be done by swapping out with a known working power transformer ...

Страница 38: ...nfiguration User Assigned Name Relay1 Relay2 User Assigned Text On Off User Assigned Colors Red Green Power Up State Last sets relay to return to previous state after each uSwitch power cycle Momentary sec 0 non momentary Ping Auto Reboot unchecked Allows Master Control unchecked Sync to Local GPIO unchecked Sync Inverts GPIO unchecked Timed Reboot hours Off Link Buttons Together unchecked GPIO Co...

Страница 39: ...ed load 10 000 000 ops Electrical life rated load 100 000 ops Networking Network 10 100 Base T IPv4 Network Setup static IP address assignment DHCP HTTP port selectable Network Connector 8 pin RJ 45 socket Connectors Power Input 2 position removable terminal strip 3 81mm terminal spacing Relays 3 position Normally Closed Normally Open Common removable terminal 3 81mm terminal spacing Ethernet 8 pi...

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