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Kramer Electronics PL-150 manual

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    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: PL -50 Power Co ntro ller - Mo nitor[...]

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    Content s i Contents 1 Intr oduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 Ter minol ogy Used in t his Use r Ma nual 4 4 Your PL - 50 Power Co ntroller - Monitor 4 5 Installing in a Rack 7 6 Connecting the PL - 50 Pow er Co ntroller - Monitor 8 6.1 Connect ing the Re lay s 9 6.2 Controlling the PL - 50 via t he Ether net Por t [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CR EATIVE TECHNOL OGY Content s ii 10.7 I nstr uction Code s 43 Figures Figure 1: PL - 50 Pow er Control le r – Monitor Fro nt Pane l 5 Figure 2: PL - 50 Pow er Control le r – Monitor (for Europe) Rear Panel 5 Figure 3: PL - 50 Pow er Control le r – Monitor (for USA) Rear Panel 5 Figur e 4: C onne cti ng the PL - 50 8 Figure 5:[...]

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    Content s iii Tables Ta ble 1: T erm inolog y Used i n thi s Us er M anual 4 Table 2 : P L - 50 Pow er Contr oll er – Monitor F eatures 6 Table 3: R elay PINO UT 9 Table 4: Th e Schedu ler Screen F eatures 16 Table 5: Th e Chann el Settin gs Screen Featu res 18 Table 6: Th e Alerts Scre en Featu res 19 Table 7: Th e Power Measu rement Screen Feat[...]

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    Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uni que, creat ive , and a ffordabl e solu tions to th e vas t rang e of probl ems that confron t th e video, audio, presen tat ion, an d broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we hav e redesigned and[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CR EATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Started 2[...]

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    Overvi ew 3 3 3 Ove rvi ew The PL - 50 P ower Controll er Monit or can control up to five power chann els at a total load of 10A. The PL - 50 , by mea suri ng and the n mon itor ing t he standby and active modes of the con nected units, can detect whether a unit i s in the standby mode, the act ive mode or is disconnected. Two ver sio ns o f the PL[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CR EATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your PL - 5 0 Pow er Contr oller - Moni tor 4 3.1 Terminology Used in this User Manual Table 1 defines som e terms that are used in this user manual: Table 1 : Ter min ology Use d in t hi s Us er M anual Term Defin ition 802.3 The standard s pecificat ion for ETHERN ET that is m aintained by the Institute of E l[...]

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    Your PL - 5 0 Pow er Contr oller - Moni tor 5 Figure 1: PL - 50 Power Controller – Moni tor Fr ont Pa nel Figure 2 : PL - 50 Powe r Cont roller – Moni tor ( for E urope ) R ear P ane l Figure 3 : PL - 50 Powe r Cont roller – Moni tor ( for U SA) Rear P anel[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Your PL - 50 Powe r Controller - Monitor 6 Table 2: PL - 50 Power Contr olle r – Monitor Features # Feat ure Funct ion 1 IR Rec eiver W indow The red LED lights when rec eiving sign als from the Kr amer Infrar ed remote cont rol transm itter 2 POWER LED The r ed LED lights when the m ain p ower is ON 3 OUT Cha [...]

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    Installing in a Rack 7 5 Installing i n a Rack Thi s section describes wh at to do before installing in a rack and how to rack mo u nt . Before Instal ling in a R ack How to Rack Mount Before instal ling in a rack, be s ure that the enviro nment is within the recommended rang e: T o rack-mount a ma chine: 1 . At tac h both ea r brac ke ts to th e m[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 8 6 Connecting the PL - 50 Power Controller - Mon itor To connec t the PL - 50 , as illustrate d in the e xample in Figur e 4 , do t he fo llo wi ng 1 1. Connect up t o f ive : 2  OUT 1 to a DVD player out lets (from 1 to 5 ). For example, connec t:  OUT 2[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 9 6.1 Connecting th e Relays Figur e 5 sho ws ho w to co nnec t the r ela y. To A l a r m Figure 5 : Relay Wiring On each 3 - pole termin al block connector, connect either: C to NC , or C to NO . T abl e 3 define s the Relay P INOUT: Table 3 : Relay PINOUT REL AY PIN OUT C Comm on NO Normal ly Op[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 10 5. Selec t the I nter net P rotoco l (T CP/IP ) and c lick the Pro perties but to n (see Fig ure 6 ). Figure 6 : L ocal Area Conne ctio n Propert ies W indow 6. Sele ct Use th e follow ing IP a dd ress , and f ill in th e details as show n in Fig ure 7 . 7. C[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 11 6.2.3 Configuring th e Ethernet Port Ini tially To initiall y configu re the Etherne t port, dow nload the K- UPLOAD Et herne t confi gur atio n soft ware 1 Follo w these steps to configu re the port : . Extract the file t o a folder and create a shortcu t on your desktop to the file. 1. Double[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 12 Figure 9 : Connect Screen 3. Connect a USB cable from a USB port on the PC to the USB port on the PL - 50 (you can al so con nect to the P C via t he Ether net or a seri al connecto r) . 4. Che ck U SB as the co nne cti on method a nd select the co m port fro[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 13 6.3 Controlli ng via the E mbedded Web Pages The embedded Web page can be used to rem otely operate the PL- 50 via the Ether net (see section 6.2 ). 6.3.1 Setting the Embedded Web Page Before you use the em b edded Web pages to control the PL- 50 via the Ether net, check that t he J ava ™ sof[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Po wer Controller - Monitor 14 Che ck t ha t Ja va and Ja vaS cri pt is enab le d i n yo ur b ro ws er. T he follo wing window appears: Figure 13 : Ru nning the A pplic ati on 3. Clic k R un. The PL - 50 f ront panel is di splayed on y our screen (see Fig ure 14 ). The Web embedded screens[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 15 6.3.2 The Panel Scree n The Panel screen lets y ou select one or more channels in order to read the Stand by or Acti ve val ues a nd t urn the po w er outlet ON/O FF : Figure 14 : HOME Em bedde d Web Page The conne ctio n ico n on the to p ri ght scre en ind icat es wheth er t he mac hine i s c[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 16 6.3.3 The Scheduler Screen The Scheduler screen l ets you schedule the operation of the outlets on a weekl y basis. F ig ure 16 and Table 4 define t he Sc hedule r s creen : Figure 16 : The Sch eduler S creen Table 4 : The Scheduler Sc ree n Featur es Feat ur[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 17 After scheduling th e outlets, the Scheduler screen appears as follo ws: Figure 17 : Sc hed uling t he Outl ets In Fig ure 17 , the chann els are scheduled at different times . F or ex a mp le : • On Mo nd ay , Cha nnel 2 will be ON fro m 12 :00 to 13 : 00 and Cha nnel 5 will be ON fro m 1 2:[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 18 6.3.4 The Channel S etting s Scree n Figur e 18 and T able 5 define the Channel Set ting s screen: Figure 18 : The Cha nnel Set tin gs Scr een Table 5 : The Channel Se tt ings Scr ee n Featur es Feat ure Fu ncti on Power C ontrol: Set, f or each c hannel whet[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Moni t or 19 6.3.5 The Alert s Screen Figur e 19 and T able 6 define the Alerts screen: Figure 19 : The A lerts Screen Table 6 : The Alert s Screen Feat ures Feat ure Funct ion Alert T riggers : Select the ev ent th at will trigge r an alar m : C heck th e Enabl e box to e nable t he ev ent and ac tio n t[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 20 Afte r setting the alarms, the Alerts screen appears as f ollows : Figure 20 : Setti ng the Al arms In thi s exa mple, Channe l 2 and Ch annel 3 are enabled , and t he eve nt s (TO ACTIVE and TO ON, respectively ) trigge r t he ALARM The dura tion o f the ala[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 21 6.3.6 The Power M easurement Sc reen Figur e 21 and T able 7 define the Power Measu rement screen: Figure 21 : The Power Measu rement Scr een Table 7 : The Power Meas urement S creen Fea tures Feat ure Funct ion Power S tatus S tatus indi cator per ch annel: Meas ured – if the s tandb y and a[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec t ing the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 22 6.3.7 The Power ON/ OFF Order Screen The Power ON/OFF Order screen lets you determine the power ON and OFF order for ch annels tha t are sc heduled to switch ON/OFF si multaneous ly. This is ver y co nvenie nt for s yste ms that requi re a s peci fic po wer [...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 23 In the example ill ustrated in F igure 23 , the P o we r O FF Order is set fro m 5 to 1 wit h a 1 0 second delay tim e before each channel in the sequence is switched O FF : Figure 23 : Power ON Order Example The syste m swit che s ON according to the P o we r ON O rder, wit h a 1 second delay [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 24 6.3.8 The Configur ations Screen The Confi gura tions pa ge lets you vi ew and c han ge some Ethernet settings 1 Figur e 25 (see ) and also set the security level. To c hange Confi gurat io n definitions: 1. Clic k Configurations . T he Configurations W eb pa[...]

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    Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 25 If the security s ystem is disabled , the embedded Web pages can be access ed , and the par amete rs c hange d by a nyone . Chec k the S ecuri ty b ox to e nab le the secur ity s yste m . The foll owin g wind o w appears: Figure 26 : Enable Secu rity S ystem Click OK to enable the sec urit y sy[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Connec ting the PL - 50 Pow er Controller - Monitor 26 6.3.8.1 The Security S y stem Set the user pas sword an d Adm in passw ord 1 The s ecurity system includes three levels of security: (b y de faul t, th e passw ords fo r bot h User and Admin are e mpty fields ). • Pre - aut horiz ed m ode (the securit y box[...]

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    Opera ting Your PL - 50 Power Co ntro ller – Mo nitor 27 6.4 DIP - switch Settin gs Figur e 29 and T able 9 define the DIP - switches : 1 2 Table 9: DIP - switch Definitio ns DIP Function: 1 PROGRA M, for f actor y use o nly 2 ON for RS - 48 5 Line Termina tion with 120 Ω ; OFF for no RS - 4 85 Lin e Termin ation Figure 29 : SE TUP DIP - switch[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Opera ting Your PL - 50 Pow er Control ler – Monitor 28 To se t the St and by mod e 1 1. Press one or more OUT buttons to select the channels for which you want to meas ur e the sta ndb y or a cti ve mo de s. The select ed butto ns illumina te. , do th e following: 2. Set th e co nnected units to the Standby mo[...]

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    Flash M emory Upgr ade 29 8 Flash Memory Upgrade The PL- 50 uses a microcontroller that runs firmware located in FLASH memory. The latest version of firmware can be downloaded from the Kram er Web site at www.kramerelect ronics.com and upda ted i n min utes us ing t he K- UP LO AD and the fol lowing proc edures . Before firmware upgrade : Close the[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Flash M emory Upgr ade 30 8.1.3 Updat e the F irmw are To up date the firm ware, perfor m the following step s: 1. Ope n t he K - UPLOAD so ftware 1 by doubl e - clicking the desktop icon K- UP LOAD . T he K - UP LOAD screen app ears 2 : Figure 30 : K- UPLOAD Screen 2. Clic k t he Conn ect bu tton. The Connect W [...]

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    Flash M emory Upgr ade 31 3. If y ou are upgrading u sing an Ethernet con nection, ch eck Et hernet . To reset the device address to the factory default address, click Default and the address 192.168.1.39 appears. If y ou are upgrading u sing:  RS - 232 check Serial , and sel ect the COM port to conn ect  USB, check USB and select the USB dev[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Flash M emory Upgr ade 32 Figure 33 : K- UPLOAD Connected Note : In the Device Properties secti on, you can update any of the activ e fields that have a white background. Aft er making any changes, click Save . 5. Clic k t he B ro ws e b utto n, sele ct the file fro m the Ope n wi ndo w and t hen c lic k Ope n. F[...]

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    Flash M emory Upgr ade 33 6. Clic k t he UPLO AD button to b egin th e file tran sfer. The Warning w i ndow appears: Figure 35 : W ar ning W indow 7. Clic k OK to co nt in ue. The upload progress appears in the Progress box: Figure 36 : Upl oad Prog ress Afte r loading the firmware f ile , wait f or completion o f the fir mw are up gra de :[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Flash M emory Upgr ade 34 8 . Whe n t he up d a te is finished, the re star t message ap pear s: Figure 37 : Restart Message 9. Clic k Restart now to c lose K- UPLOAD and remo ve the cab le that co nnects the PL - 50 to t he P C.[...]

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    Technical S pecificatio ns 35 8.2 Changing the Devi ce Par ameters To change the device param eters do the following: 1. Connect a PC to the PL - 50 (see sectio n 8.1.2 ). 2. Ope n K- UP LOAD (see Fi gure 30 ). 3. Clic k t he Conn ect bu tto n to op e n the Connec t wind o w (s ee Fig ure 31 ). 4. Choose the appropriate type of connection: Ethernet[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 36 10 Kramer Protocol 3000 Th e Ethernet/USB/ RS - 232/RS - 485 1 communic ation protocol 2 10 .1 Protocol 3000 Syn tax lets you contro l the machine from any s tandard terminal software (for example, Windows® HyperT erminal Application) . Host message fo rmat : Star t Address (optional) Bod[...]

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    Kramer Protocol 3000 37 10 .2 Command Terms Command: Sequence of ASCII letters ('A' - 'Z', 'a ' - 'z ' and ' - '). Command will separate from parameters with at least single space. Parameters: Sequence of Alfa -Numeric ASCII chars ('0'- '9 ',' A' - 'Z ', &apos[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 38 10 .3 Common Commands # Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Protocol handsh aking Comm on - mandatory End User Usage: S ynt a x Response # CR ~OK CRLF BUILD - D ATE? Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Read device bu ild date Comm on - mandatory End User Usage: S ynt a [...]

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    Kramer Protocol 3000 39 FACTORY Cmd Short Description Command Ty pe Permission Res et to f act ory de faul t co nfig Comm on Admi ni strat or Usage: S ynt a x Response NAM E Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Set m achi ne (D NS) nam e Com mo n Adm ini str ator Usage: S ynt a x Response NA ME MACHI NE_N AME NAME MACHI NE_N AME RESULT NAM[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 40 UPGRADE Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Exec ute fi rmware upgr ade Comm on Admi nis trat or Usage: S ynt a x Response UPGRA DE UPGRADE OK Firmware usually uploads to a de vice via a co mmand li ke LDF W . The devi ce may nee d to be reset to co mplete the proces s. 10 .4 Res[...]

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    Kramer Protocol 3000 41 P ASS Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Set pa ssword Sec urity Admini str ato r Usage: S ynt a x Response PASS ID , P ASS PASS ID , P ASS RES ULT PA SS? Cmd Short Description Command Type Per mission Query pa s sword Sec urity Adm ini str ator Usage: S ynt a x Response PASS? ID PASS ID , P ASS RES ULT SECUR Cmd [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 42 NET - DHCP Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission NTDH Set DHCP mode Et hern et A dmini st rato r Usage: S ynt a x Response NET - DHCP DHCP _MODE NET - DHCP DHCP _MODE R ESULT DHCP_MOD E = ‘0’ – Don't use DHCP (Use I P set by f ac tory or IP set command) . ‘1’ – Try[...]

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    Kramer Protocol 3000 43 NET - MAC? Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission NT MC? Read MAC addres s Ethe rnet End User Usage: S ynt a x Response NET - MAC ? NET - MAC MAC_ADD RESS NET - MASK Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission NT MSK Set subnet mask Et hern et A dmini st rato r Usage: S ynt a x Response NET - M ASK SUBNET _MASK Ex: [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 44 ALARM - OFF Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Set a larm OFF PL - 50 User Usage: S ynt a x Response ALARM - OFF ALARM - OFF RESULT ALARM - ON Cmd Short Description Command Type Pe rmission Set al arm ON PL - 50 User Usage: S ynt a x Response ALARM - ON AL ARM - ON RE SU LT ALAR[...]

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    Kramer Protocol 3000 45 ALERT - REG? Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Query Alert Registrat ion PL - 50 User Usage: S ynt a x Response ALERT - REG? CHNL ALER T - REG? CHNL , EVENT , A CTIO N CHNL = (1 - 5) EVENT = (TO_ OFF,T O_ON ,TO _FUL L,TO_S TBY,T O_NO NE,A NY_ CHAN GE) ACTION = ( NO_ ALERT, ALARM, ALL_ALERTS) ME AS UR E Cmd Short [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREAT IVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 3000 46 SWITCH ? Cmd Short Description Command Type Permission Query c hannel sw itch PL - 50 Use r Usage: S ynt a x Response SWITCH ? CHNL SWITCH ? CHNL , STATUS CHNL = (1 - 5) STATUS = ( 0=OF F,1 =ON,2 =ON - SCHE DULER, 3=OFF - SCHEDU LER ,4=A CTIVE - M EASURE,5 =STANDBY - MEASURE) SWITCH - ORDE[...]

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    47 LIM ITED W A RRANT Y WHO IS P ROTECTED? WHA T IS COV E RED AND WHA T IS NO T COVERED WHA T W E WILL PA Y F OR AND WHA T WE WILL NOT P A Y FOR HOW Y O U CAN GET W ARRANTY SERVICE LIMIT A TIO N OF IMPLIED W A RRA NTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION! Kramer Electronics (her eafter ) warrants this product free f rom defects in material and workmansh[...]

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    Kramer E lectron ics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E- mail: info@ kramerel.co m P/N: 2900 - 00057 6 RE V 4 For the latest infor mation on our produ c ts and a list of Krame r distribu tors, vi sit our Web sit e: ww w.krame relectr onics.com , where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcome you r questions, comments and feed b[...]