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    INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL ISM4 INTELLIGENT SYSTEM MANAGER[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... ........................ 3 ISM4 FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................................[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 3 INTRODUCTION Congratulations and than k you for purchasing the Xantec h ISM4 Intelligent Syste m Manager. The ISM4 is the answer to the age old problem of simp ly and inexpensively keeping Home Entertainment Syst em devices in sync. The ISM4 can sync up to four IR controlled devices when refe re nced to [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 4 ISM4 FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS Figure 1 – ISM4 Front Panel Features ISM4 FRONT PANEL FEATURES 1. IR Learning Eye. The IR Learning Eye allows teaching IR Com mands to the ISM4 for programming Sou r ce ON and OFF Macros and Comm and Structu res. 2. Source 1-4 LED’s. These LED’s are pri marily used to indi[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 5 Edit Mode • Solid Green – Program ON state Macro. • Solid Orange – Program OFF state Macro. • Solid Red – Program Error. 4. Prev Button. This button has multiple function s, depending upon I SM4 programming mode in cludi ng: Navigate Backwards through Source ON/OFF Macro s, Navigate Backwards[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 6 IR Receiver and receives IR signal s from the receiver . IR signals input on this jack ca n control the ISM4 and pass through to control the individual sour ces via the Source 1-4 IR Outputs. 12. IR Control. One 2-circuit (mono) 3.5mm mini jack connects to a norm al Emitter Output on an IR repeater syste[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 7 When Source 1 (System Reference Device) is turned ON , the Sensor Module for t hat device will show an ON state (+12V) to the Source 1 “Sense In”. The first task that the ISM4 will take is to launch the ON Macro for Source 1. Based on the discussion above, the entire macro will be execut ed with the [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 8 Figure 4 – Typical ISM4 System – AV Receiv er Triggered Home Theater/IR Rec eiver Input[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 9 Figure 5 – Typical ISM4 System – TV Trigge red Home Thea ter System/IR Receiver Input[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 10 Figure 6 – Typical ISM4 System – Multi-Zone Controller Triggered Sy stem/IR Control Input[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 11 SYSTEM APPLICATIONS The ISM4 is a versatile device with en dl ess possible application s. For the pu rpo se of this manual, two basic applications will be described. One i s a typical Home Theater application with the ISM4 mana ging sy stem sync for an A/V Receiver and three source com ponents. The othe[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 12 MULTI-ZONE A/V SYSTEM (Figure 6) The multi-zone configuration provides automatic po wer management (system sync) when used with a multi-zone system controller that does not feat ure intelligent source power ma nagement. Some multi-zone controllers come equipped with proper, reli able sy stem sync manage[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 13 INSTALLATION The ISM4 should be installed in the same gene ral locati on as the system A/V components (A/V Receiver, Multi- Zone Controller, DVD, SAT, etc). Xantech SM Series S ensor Cables are approxi mately 6 feet in length an d Xantech IR Emitter wires are approximat ely 10 feet in l ength, so plan t[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 14 2. Either plug the sensor head directly into the A/V Receiv er DVD Composite Video Input or connect a shielded female to male RCA-RCA cable with gold ends to the sensor head and then to th e AV Receiver DVD Composite Video Input . 3. Plug the SMVID01 3.5mm mini plug into the ISM4 Source 2 “Sense In”[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 15 6. Using a Xantech 10-Foot Mono Cable (Xante ch Part No 0601745 0) co nnect the Common “IR Out “ on the multi-zone controller to the IR Control Jack on the ISM4 Rear Panel . This will allow IR control of the ISM4 and pass through of IR commands from the multi-zone controller to the source d evice s.[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 16 OTHER CONNECTIONS RS232 This Port connects to the RS232 Outpu t on a system control device such as an A/V Receiver, Multi-Zone Controller, Touch Panel, etc. RS232 Command s inp ut on this port can trigger ISM4 IR output for Source 1 Power (discrete ON/OFF, toggle ON/OFF), Query Source P ower State (all [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 17 Figure 8 ISM4 Expansion Connections 1. Using a 1-Foot Mono Cable (Xantech Part No 60174 00), connect the Expansion Jack on the Primary ISM4 to the Source 1 “Sense In” on the First Expansion ISM4 . 2. If using additional ISM4s , repeat Step 1 for each additional ISM4 as shown in Figure 8 . 3. Connect[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 18 PROGRAMMING Programming the ISM4 is similar to manually program m ing a learning rem ote. All IR commands are programmed (learned) directly to the ISM4 usin g the original equi pment remotes. There is no PC or progra mming software requirement. If the ISM4 is going to be set up to automat ically ‘mana[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 19 PROGRAMMING MACROS The first step in programming the ISM4 is to fill out the Macro Programming Table. Th is will help keep track of what device is being programmed for which command with how much d elay in whi ch Command Structure within the Source ON or OFF Macro being pro gramm ed. Fill out the Table [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 20 With the ISM4 powered up and with the IR Emitters attache d to the devices to be controlled, program the ISM4 as follows: NOTE: Unless instru cted to pre ss a button for a specific duration a button pre s s sho uld be at most one full second. IMPORTANT NOTE: If programming the ISM4 so the System Referen[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 21 Delay – with additional Command Structures in the Macro 13. To add a delay after the IR Command in Command Structure 1 , after Step 5 , press the Delay Butto n . The ISM4 will respond by entering DELAY Learn Mode and the Program LED will flash once . 14. Press the Next Button once for each seco nd of [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 22 PROGRAMMING RC68 ON/O FF TRIGGER C OMM ANDS As noted at the beginning of the Programming Section, one of the ISM4 cont rol option s has the ISM4 react to Xantech RC68 IR Commands for Discrete Power ON/OFF or Toggle Power ON/OFF control of Source 1. When using the RC68 Commands, when the ON Button on the[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 23 with the RC68 Toggle Command . The System Refe rence Device (Source 1) and Sources 2 -4 should all turn ON. Test OFF 6. With all sources turned ON, test the system by pointing the System Remote toward the ISM4 or connected IR Receiver and press the button with the RC68 Toggle Co mmand . The System Refer[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 24 RS232 CONTROL AND PROGRAMMING The ISM4 can be controlled via RS232 to allow powe r manage ment of the devices controlled b y the ISM4 from a PC or appropriately capabl e system controller. It is im portant to note that the RS232 capability only allows for Discrete ON/OFF , Toggle ON/OFF as well as Statu[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 25 system upon detection of a change of state on any Source Sen se Input . This feature can be enabled/disa bled via the Enable/Disable Automatic Source Po wer Notification Commands exp lained in the I SM4 RS232 Command Strings Table above. The Source Power Notification Data String co ntains Power Status i[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 26 {0/1} = Either 0 (zero) or 1 (one); 0 = OF F, 1 =ON CLONING THE ISM4 When necessary, the Macro Table (All Source O N a nd OFF Ma cr os and their contents) can be cloned from a programmed ISM4 to another ISM4. The cloni ng process require s a Xantech Null Stereo 3.5mm Mini Cable , (Xantech Part No 060281[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 27 OPERATING THE ISM4 Once setup, there is typically no direct interactio n with the ISM4. It will automatically respond t o system conditions, IR and RS232 Command s. System ON Mode When the System Reference Dev ice (Source 1) is turned ON, via a power button on the de vice, an IR remote control, a RS232 [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 28 RS232 Triggered Commands Externally, the ISM4 will behave in exactly the same manner as described in the Section s: System ON Mode and System OFF Mode , when triggere d by RS232 Trigger Commands . Internally if the ISM4 ‘sees’ the RS232 Source 1 ON Command it will look at the state of Source 1 . If [...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 29 APPENDIX NAVIGATING AND EDITING M AC RO S The six Front Panel Buttons each have multiple f unctions, dependi ng upon the ISM4 Mode. The following sections detail those functions within the different mo des. An unde rstandi ng of the button presses will hel p make the programming process easier. For t he[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 30 Edit Mode - Navigate Macros Press the Front Panel Prev or Next Buttons and observe the LED’s to nav igate Source ON and OFF Macros a s follows: Figure 10 Front Panel Navigation – Edit Mode (Nav igating Macros) SEQUENCE In Normal Operating Mode , press for 2 seconds (Indicated by the first blink of t[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 31 DELAY In EDIT MODE a press of the DELAY button will cause the ISM4 to enter into DELAY Learn Mode. This will allow the programmer to program a delay within a particular IR Command Structure, even if there is no associated IR command in that Command Stru cture. SEQUENCE In Edit Mode , with a Source ON or[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 32 NEXT Not used in this IR Learn Mode. PREV If not sav e of any learned IR is desired, p ress to return to Edit Mode . Delay Program Mode Press the Front Panel Buttons and observe the LED’s to program Delays in Com mand Structures as follows: NOTE: Upon entering Delay Edit Mode, the Delay Value is reset[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 33 SPECIFICATIONS Dimensions 5.25 W x 2.875 D x 1.6525 H (133.35 x 73.025 x 42mm) Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg) Power 2.1mm coaxial jack 12V DC @ 0.5A IR Learning Bandwidth 30KHz-100KHz Macros ON Macros 4 OFF Macros 4 Sensor Jacks 4 – Stereo 3.5mm mini jacks Emitter Jacks 4 – 3.5mm mini jacks IR Receiver J[...]

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    ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 36 Xantech Corporation 13100 Telfair Avenue, 2/F Sylmar, CA 91342 818.362.0353 Tech Support ext. 353 www.xantech.com Installation and Programming Manual, ISM4 Intellige nt System Manage r © 2008 Xantech Corporation, Document # 0890513 6B This document is copy righ t protecte d. No part of this manual may [...]