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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 M PDP-ES • Quick Start Guide QS-1 T o install and set up the IPL M PDP-ES interface card, follow these steps: Step 1 T urn all of the equipment off and disconnect it from the power source. Step 2 Remove the preinstalled Pioneer communication ES card fr om the Pioneer plasma. Refer to Removing the Pioneer communication ES card in chapter 2 for[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide — IPL M PDP-ES, cont’d i IPL M PDP-ES • Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction .......................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ................................................................ 1-2 About the IPL M PDP-ES Interface Card ..................[...]
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ii IPL M PDP-ES • Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the IPL M PDP-ES Interface Card Features 68-1021-01 Rev A 11 04 All trademarks mentioned in this manual are the properties of their r espective owners. Programmer’ s Guide for the T elnet and W eb Browser ...........[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Introduction Intr oduction IPL M PDP-ES • Introduction • Email Alerts — Email reminders can be sent to a specified mailbox automatically when certain conditions are tr ue. When a scheduled or monitored event occurs (such as the number of usage hours on the plasma) maintenance personnel can be notified via an email message. Bu[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Introduction Introduction, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Operation Installation Overview Installation of the IPL M PDP-ES Interface Card Panel Features and Cabling Operation 1-4[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation 2-3 T o remove the Pioneer communication ES card, do the following: 1 . Ensure that the Pioneer plasma is turned off and disconnected from the power sour ce. 2 . If the plasma display is laid with its screen side facing down, ensure th[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-5 Panel Features and Cabling See figure 2-6 below for detailed information about connections, LEDs, and power . IPL M PDP-E S ACT LINK RE S ET LAN R S -2 3 2 4 6 5 2 1 3 Figure 2-6 — IPL M PDP-ES interface card Ether net/[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-7 Resetting the unit There are five reset modes available by using the Reset button ( 5 ) on the front panel. The Reset button is r ecessed, so use of a pointed stylus, ballpoint pen, or Extron T weeker is suggested. CA UTI[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES 3 Chapter Thr ee Connection and Configuration Connecting the Hardware Configuring the Hardware 2-8 • If events are curr ently running following the momentary (<1 second) press, the Power LED flashes thr ee times, indicating the stopping of events. Eac[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration 3-3 3. Ensure that your PC is connected to the network switch, hub, or router . RS-232 port The IPL M PDP-ES can be connected to a controller device or a local PC through its RS-232 port. PC connection 1. Connect one end of a str[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-5 Enter the desired new IP address and the MAC addr ess (located on the face panel) for the interface card. For example: arp –s 10.13.170.15 00-05-A6-00-0A-90 Figure 3-3 — Executing the ARP command 5. Execute a pi[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-7 IP addr ess: 192.168.254.253 Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0 8. Save the changes and exit the Network setup. Reboot the PC, if required, for the changes to become effective. 9. Launch your W eb browser (Internet Explorer),[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES 4 Chapter Four Communication and Contro l Communication with the Interface Card Programmer’s Guide for the Telnet and Web Browser Pioneer Plasma A/V Device Control Troubleshooting 3-8 Firmwar e upgrades Firmware upgrades become available periodically[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol Communication with the Interface Card The on-board W eb server has a set of built in, default W eb pages, which can be accessed via a W eb browser . These pages ar e used to control the IPL M PDP-ES interface card within the Pioneer plas[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Gateway IP address The Gateway IP Address field identifies the address of the gateway to the mail server to be used if the interface card and the mail server are not on the same subnet. T o use Email Alert functions, the Gateway IP must [...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Figure 4-4 — Web server Passwords screen After you press the Submit button, the passwor d window should appear (figure 4-5). Figure 4-5 — Web server password window 5. Enter your administrator or user password. A User Name e[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d notification indicating the number of operation hours remaining). The scheduled notification is sent to the appr opriate mailbox. T o edit notification email addresses from the Email Alerts page: 1. Click Email Alerts on the men[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Update the firmware as follows: 1 . V isit the Extron web site at www .extron.com. 2 . Select the IPL product category fr om the “Product Shortcut” drop-down box, and select the latest firmware file for download. 3 . Note th[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d If you wish to delete all files, click the Delete All button from the root directory . The file count reverts to 0, and all subsequent pages will be deleted. If the last file in a directory is deleted, the empty directory is aut[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Control for Input 3 , Input 4 , and Input 5 is available only with use of the Expansion Solution video slots for the PDA-5003 or PDA-5004 interface card. See the Pioneer Operating Instructions for additional information. V iewin[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Energy Save When an energy save function is selected, power consumption is reduced compared to the normal operating mode. When set to Auto, this sensor measur es the level of light inside the viewing room. See the Pioneer Operat[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control example of each command in ASCII (T elnet) and URL Encoded (W eb). Upper and lower case text can be used interchangeably except where noted. Symbol definitions are shown below . An ASCII to HEX conversion table is also provided [...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol There is a 7 character limit for full file names. It is advised that you use numeric titles (e.g., 1.eml, 24.eml). Numeric titles reduce the characters of the file name, and assist in keeping the alert files organized. However , alphabet[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol command contains invalid parameters, it returns an erro r response to the host. E12 — Invalid port number E13 — Invalid parameter E14 — Not valid for this configuration E17 — System timed out E22 — Busy E24 — Privilege violat[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-25 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 V iew Unit name Esc CN WCN| X12 Set tim[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-27 4-26 Command ASCII ( T elnet URL Encoded (Web) Response Directories Change / Create directory Esc path/directory/CJ W path/directory/CJ| Dir•path/directory/ Back to root directory Esc / CJ W%2F CJ| Dir•/ Up one director[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-29 4-28 Command ASCII ( T elnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response Ethernet Data Port Set current conn port timeout Esc 0* X69 TC W0 %2A X69 TC| Pti 0* X69 V iew current conn port timeout Esc 0TC W0TC| X69 Set global IP port timeout [...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-31 . 4-30 3. At the < to > prompt, enter the IP address of the IPL M PDP-ES. (The default IP address is 192.168.254.254, but it may have been changed in the setup or configuration process. If it was changed, use the new [...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES A Appendix A Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories Specifications Parts 4-32 3. If contact is established with the unit, but the unit’s W e b pages cannot be accessed by your W eb browser , verify (in the Options or Preferences menu) that your W eb[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories IPL M PDP-ES • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories Parts Included parts Included parts Replacement part number IPL M PDP-ES 60-725-01 IPL M PDP-ES User’s Manual 68-1021-01 IPL M PDP-ES Quick Start Car d 68-1021-10 Connector Label (Appl[...]
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IPL T S Series • Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d IPL M PDP-ES B Appendix B Glossary A-4[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Glossary IPL M PDP-ES • Glossary Glossary B-3 devices you have and your current list of IP addresses. W ith this information, GVC creates a GV for your specific devices. The GVC also compiles the event scripts and loads the GV and event scripts onto the box. When using the GVC, the user must specify the port number for each devic[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Glossary IPL M PDP-ES • Glossary Glossary , cont’d B-5 B-4 Port number is a preassigned address within a server that pr ovides a direct route fr om the application to the T ransport layer , or from the T ransport layer to the application, of a TCP/IP system. Static IP r efers to an IP addr ess that has been specifically (instea[...]
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IPL M PDP-ES • Glossary Glossary , cont’d B-6[...]