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    Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA 714.491.1500 F ax 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, Europe Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort The Netherlands +31.33.453.4040 F ax +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng R oad, #04-01 PM Industrial Building Singapore 368363 +65.6383.4400 F ax +65.6383.4664 Extron [...]

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    Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read In[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Quick Start Guide T o install and set up an IPL T SF24 or SFI244 interface, follow these steps: Step 1 T urn all of the equipment off and disconnect it from the power source. Step 2 Mount the IPL T interface , on a device, under a desktop, or on a rack shelf, as illustrated below . Step 3 Attach the network (LAN) cab[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide — IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction .......................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ................................................................ 1-2 About the IPL T [...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d Appendix A • Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories ............................................................................. A-1 Specifications ...............................................................[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and SFI244 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the IPL T SF24 and SFI244 Interfaces Features[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction Introduction IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction (Extron part # 60-190-01 ). They can also be mounted under a desk or podium top, or on a projector mount. The IPL T interfaces ship with an external, desktop, 12VDC, 1A power supply (Extron part # 28-071-01 ), that accepts 100-240V AC input. Featu[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction Introduction, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Operation Installation Overview Mounting the IPL T Interface Rear Panel Features and Cabling Operation Easily configured and controlled — • Using a standard W eb browser (Internet Explor er V5.5, Netscape V6.0 or higher) and[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation 2-3 Figure 2-1 — Rack mounting the interface on the VersaTools shelf (SFI244 model shown) Only products in the IPT ools ™ or V ersaT ools lines can be mounted to a V ersaT ools shelf. Any 1U rack-mount[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-5 Rear Panel Features and Cabling All connections, including power , input and output, and control, ar e on the rear panel of the IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244. See figures 2-4 and 2-5. Figure 2-[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-7 Serial communication 3 Flex I/O ports — Four I/O ports permit connection of switches and sensors to provide input to the system, and contact closure activation of r elays for power , screen[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation 2-9 Information flows both ways through the IPL T SF24 and SFI244 interfaces, but control only goes fr om the LAN connection to the serial ports. See figure 2-10. Figure 2-10 — Control / Inform[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d If the Reset button is continuously held down, every 3 seconds the LED will pulse (blink) and put the unit in a different mode, corr esponding to the underscored notes in Modes 3 through 5. The M[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 3 Chapter Thr ee Connection and Configuration Connecting the Hardware Configuring the Hardware 2-12 • If the events are currently stopped following the momentary (<1 second) press, the Power LED will flash twice indicating the [...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-3 Serial connection The IPL T interface can be connected to any existing A/ V product that has a serial contr ol port. Figure 3-2 — Typical IPL T SFI244 Serial connection 1 . Connect on[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-5 Configuring the Hardwar e T o function together properly , both the controlling PC and the IPL T interfaces must be configured corr ectly: the PC must be network-capable, with the prope[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d After issuing this command, the unit will change to the new address and start r esponding to the ping requests, as shown below . The IPL T unit’s IP address should now be updated to the n[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 4 Chapter Four Communication and Control Ports Overview Communication with the Interface Programmer’s Guide for the Telnet and Web Browser Customization A/V Device Control Troubleshooting 3-8 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/I[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Digital input When a Flex I/O port is configured as a digital input, the port is set to measure two states: 1 or 0; On or Off; high or low . A closed circuit = a logic 1 and an open cir cuit = a log[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-5 Analog input When a Flex I/O port is configured as an analog input, the port can measure 0 to 25.3VDC with 12bit accuracy . A DC level will be indicated by a count from 0-4096 ( 6mv/count). Figu[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d will not happen the first time you access the interface, as no password is set at the factory). Figure 4-8 — Web server Password window 3. The System Status page (figure 4-9) is displayed, showing[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Controlling IR devices or sending IR commands (SFI244 only) In order to send IR commands to IR devices via the default W eb pages, do the following: 1. Select the File Management tab and the File Ma[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-11 T o clear a password, enter a single space, repeat the entry , and press ‘Submit’. If there is no administrator password, your user password will not be saved. Editing and adding e-mail ale[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-13 4-12 c. Click Save to keep changes to recipient e-mail addresses and file names. CA UTION File names must end with an .eml extension. Due to the 7 character limit for full file names, it’ s a[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-14 IP L T S F I2 44 1 R 100 COM T X IR LINK ACT 2 R X R T S C T S 2 4 1 3 2 4 I/O IR 2-12" 15 deg. (typ) 2. Click the Browse button to locate the file you want to upload. 3. Click the Upload [...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-17 4-16 At this point the driver is populated with unlearned functions. T o learn driver functions: 1. Select those functions that are to be learned (see figure 4-20). Then begin a learning sessio[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-19 X18 = Hardware (MAC) addr ess (xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx). X19 = Subnet mask (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx); leading zer os in each of four fields are optional in setting values, and ar e suppressed in returned val[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-21 4-20 X38 = Event data size: b = bit; B = byte (8 bit); S = short (16 bit); L = long (32 bit) This parameter is case sensitive. X39 = Event data to write. X40 = I/O mode: 0 = input; 1 = output; [...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-23 4-22 Command/response table for Simple Instruction Set (SIS) commands Command ASCII (T elnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response Bidirectional Serial Data port Send data string Esc X1 * X17 * X20 * X21[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-25 4-24 Command ASCII ( T elnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response IP Setup Commands Set Unit name 24 Esc X12 CN W X12 CN| Ipn• X12 Set Unit name to factory default 24 Esc •CN W%20CN| Ipn• X49 Read[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-27 4-26 Command ASCII ( T elnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response IP Setup Commands, continued Clear user password 24 Esc •CU W%20 CU | Ipu• Read user password 24 Esc CU WCU| X33 Set verbose mode Es[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Customization In the IPL T interface family , varying degrees of customization are possible. Server side includes make it possible to obtain information from the unit and display the information on [...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Figure 4-23 — Example of SSI “remote” command In figure 4-23 above, a “r emote” serial command sends the word “hello” and will wait up to 50ms for a r esponse (until three characters a[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d <html> <head><title>Example 2</title></head> <h2><b>HTML Example 2</b></h2> <body> The follo wing lines demonstrate how to send commands t[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Example 3 The next example shows how the flex I/O outputs can be controlled using a query string and the SIS commands. Figure 4-28a — HTML source code using a query string Figure 4-28b — Browser[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Example 5 This example demonstrates how to send out an IR string from the IPL T SFI244. The line below shows an HTML hyperlink with an Extron IR command encoded into the URL. <a href=”index.htm[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Figure 4-31b — Browser view URL encoding URL encoding is the method of using ASCII hexadecimal characters to display specific characters in a URL. URL encoding is used for several reasons. On some[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4. If passwords wer e set up for the connected system, you will be prompted to log in as Administrator or User . Otherwise the system will respond with a <cr/lf>. Figure 4-33 — Connecting to[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-43 4-42 4. Send serial commands directly through the selected COM port to the attached A/V device. 5. Close the T elnet session to end the direct access session. Y ou can force the direct access s[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specs, Part Numbers, Accessories A Appendix A Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories Specifications Parts 4-44[...]

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    IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d Digital inputs Input voltage range ......... 0-24VDC, clamped at +30VDC Input impedance .............. 28 kohms Programmable pullup ..... 2 kohms to +5VDC Threshold l[...]

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    IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary B Appendix B Glossary or or A-4 or or Parts Included parts Included parts Replacement part number IPL T SFI244 60-544-06 IPL T SF24 60-544-02 12VDC, 1A external power supply (U.S., Can) 70-05[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary Glossary B-3 Global V iewer (GV) is a set of W eb pages (HTML, XML, JS) and graphics that are loaded into the memory of an IPL. These pages provide an interface for controlling devices attached to the IPL. They communicate with the event scripts running on the IPL, an[...]

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    IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary Glossary , cont’d B-5 B-4 Pass-through allows control systems to work with the IPL and provides a link between two ports. Ping is a utility that tests network connections. It is used to determine if the host has an operating connection and is able to exchange inform[...]