Kramer Electronics Software Version 1.9. 2902 manual

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    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Site- CTRL and Web Ac ce ss Online User Guide (Documentatio n Revision 2 ) Softw are Versio n 1.9. 29 02 To check that you have the latest version, go to the DOWNLOADS section of our Web site at: http://www.kramerelectr onics.com/support/downloads.asp[...]

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    Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Site - CTRL 1 2.1 Loading the S oftw are 2 2.2 The Roo m Lis t Tab 3 2.3 The Setti ngs Tab 5 2.3.1 The Event Log Tab 7 2.4 The Si te - CT RL M e n u 8 3 W eb Access 9 3.1 The Main Page 10 3.1.1 The Mast er Room Cont rolle r Pag e 11 3.1.2 The Auxiliary Controller Page 12 3.1.3 The Devices Tab 13 3.1.4 The Mac[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Content s ii Tables Table 1: The Room Lis t Features 4 Table 2: The Settings Tab Featu r es 6 Table 3: The Eve nt Log Features 7 Table 4: S ite - CTRL Me n u 8 Tab le 5: User and A dm inistr ator A vai lable Opera tions us ing We b Acc ess 9[...]

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    Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uniqu e, creati ve, an d aff ordable sol uti ons to t he vast rang e of probl ems that conf ront the video, au dio, pres enta tion, an d broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we hav e redesigned and u [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Site -CTRL 2 The easy - to - use Kramer Site - CTR L consists of three main tabs: Roo m List, Settings 1 The Room List tab di splays the status of the Kr a mer room controlle r s in a summa rized lay out , and let s you iden tify the room by its IP num ber, n ame (f or ex a mpl e , Science Lab 1 ), or descriptio[...]

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    Site -CTRL 3 2.2 The Room List Tab The Room List tab lists the sta tus o f the rooms co ntro lled by the Site - CTRL s yst e m. Figur e 1 and Table 1 define the Room List tab features and fun ctions . Figur e 2 sho ws the Ro o m List tab for the us er. Figure 1 : The Roo m List T ab – for the Admi nistr ator Figure 2 : T he Ro om Lis t Ta b – f[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Site -CTRL 4 Table 1: The R oom Li st Features Featu res Function IP L et s yo u obs erve o nl y a room w ith a c erta in IP numb er Filter Area Nam e Lets you o bserve de fined roo m na mes on ly 1 Room Stat us Select the r oom st atu s types to be disp lay ed (OK , War ning and/ or Er ror) Room list area Ena b[...]

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    Site -CTRL 5 2.3 The Settings Tab The settings tab is mainly inte nde d for t he ad minis tr ator . T he user c a n onl y s e t the la n guage (E ngl is h o r Rus sian) and c he ck the Wri t e Mi nor Lo g E vents b ox . The Settings tab le ts you set an e - mail notification in case of a defined event for a certain room or certain type of problem, [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Site -CTRL 6 Table 2: The Set tin gs Tab Featur es Featu res Function Ge neral Area Langu age: s elec t Engl is h or Rus sia n (av aila ble al so for the us er) Check to Write Mino r Log Events (av ailable also for the user) Handsha ke Int erv al [min] : set the c omm unic atio n tes t rate (ava ila ble al so fo[...]

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    Site -CTRL 7 2.3.1 The Event Log Tab The Event Log tab lists the contro lled roo m event s. T he Filter area lets you filter the infor mation displa yed . Figure 9 and Table 3 define the E vent Log tab : Figure 9 : The Event Lo g T ab Table 3: The Event Log Features Featu res Function Fil ter a rea: Date f ro m/Date to: s et the ti me fr a me for t[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Site -CTRL 8 2.4 The Site- CTRL Menu The Site - CTRL menu is availab le only for the Admi nis trator 1 Tab le 4 . define s the S ite - CTR L me nu . Table 4: Site - CTR L M e nu Menu Item Function New Clears the r oo m list a nd the se ttin gs Open Opens an exi sting Site - CTRL configura tion Save Save configur[...]

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    Web Access 9 3 Web A ccess Web Access lets you mo nitor and c ontro l the r oo m and is a utomatically generated by Kramer K - Config . You c a n logi n to Web Access either via the Site - C TRL Room List tab (se e Section 2 .2 ) or via y our Internet browser. To enter W eb Access via yo ur I nterne t bro wser , make sure t hat your P C is connecte[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Web Access 10 3.1 The M ain Page After l oggi ng in, the Web Acc ess mai n page appears: Figure 12 : Web Access Main P age (User) The main page lists the devices that are set up in the controlled room , su ch as the: • Master room cont roller (for example, the SV - 551 ) • Auxiliary controller (for example, [...]

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    Web Access 11 3.1.1 The Master Roo m Controll er Page The Master room controller page shows the options available f or the Master room controller in use. For example, when using a master room controller whic h incl udes a n audi o a mpl ifier (suc h as t he SV - 551 / SV - 552 ) you will be able to s w itch the inp uts as well as adj ust the audio [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Web Access 12 In thi s exa mple, t he User c an: • Pre ss the fro nt pa nel b utto ns to switch i nput s • Adjust the master vol u me Other tasks are unavailable for the user . The Administrator can: • Pre ss the fro nt pa nel b utto ns to switch i nput s • Adjust the master v olume. • Perform advanced[...]

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    Web Access 13 3.1.3 The Devices Tab The Devices ta b lets y ou access the driver commands of a device that is on the list . The device a t the to p of the list is define d to appear first vi a the Kramer K- Confi g softw are. Figure 16 : Web Access Main P age ( Admin ) The main pa ge list s the M a s ter ro om controller (for exa mple, the SV - 551[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Web Access 14 To car ry out a dri ver com mand, do th e f ollow ing: 1. Click a device button to a ccess its dr iver c omma nds . T he following screen appears: Figure 18 : We b Ac c e s s Prot oc ol C om m an ds 2. Click a protocol com man d button . The serial commands are arrang ed according to groups that ar[...]

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    Web Access 15 3.1.5 The Schedul ed Tas ks Tab Th e S cheduled Tasks tab lets you set a weekly schedule. The schedul e can be configured either vi a the K - Co nf ig so ft war e 1 If the schedule was written to the device via K - Config , it will auto matically sho w i n the Sc hedu led T asks ta b: or dire c tly via Web Access . Figure 20 : Sc he d[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Web Access 16 Figure 21 : Sc he d ul e d Tas k s Tab 2. Select the cust om trigger (macro) for scheduling, the day of the week and the ti me, a nd the n c lic k Add: Figure 22 : Addin g a M acro t o t he Sche dule The macro is added to the schedul e: Figure 23 : M acro Adde d to t he S chedul e[...]

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    Web Access 17 To mod ify t he sc he dule: 1. C lick appropr iate area: Figure 24 : Select a Macro to M odify The follo wing windo w app e ars: Figure 25 : Sc he d ul e Changes Window You can disable the macro, chang e the time or delete the macro and then click OK.[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL O GY Web Access 18 3.1.6 The Settings T ab The Settings tab list s the configuration data of the Master and Auxiliary devices . The User cann ot change any data in this table: Figure 26 : Web Access Setti n gs Tab (User) So me o f the Admini stra tion c onfi gura tion se t tin gs ca n b e ch anged, as shown in Figure[...]

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    Web Access 19 Warning! Changing th e IP proper ties of the dev ice (IP A ddress , DHCP ON/OFF, Gatew ay or Subnet M ask) thr ough t he Web A ccess Setti ng page will ma ke it unavailabl e on Site - CTRL until the r oom w ill be added to the room list (s ee Section 2.2 ) with it s update d IP propert ies Cl i ck Save to acce pt cha nge s. T he fol l[...]