Kramer Electronics RC-81R manual

Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: RC -8IR Universal Ro om Contro ller[...]

Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 3 Overvi ew 2 4 Your Universal Roo m Controller 3 5 Installing the RC - 8IR Universal Roo m Controller 5 5.1 Setting the L abels and Button Caps 6 5.2 Mounti ng th e Device Housing 7 5.3 Mounti ng the RC - 8I R Faceplate 7 6 Using the RC - 8IR Uni versal Room Controller 8 6.1 Operating the [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Content s ii Tab l es Table 1: R C - 8IR Front P anel Feat ures 3 Table 2: R C - 8IR Ri ght Side Panel Feat ures 4 Table 3 : RC- 8 IR and Rear P anel Feat ures 5 Ta ble 4: C onnec tio n Sche me (f or the e xam ple i n Figur e 8) 9 Ta ble 5: T he C omm ands Conf igur ation 10 Table 6: Tech nical S pecificatio ns o[...]

Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer El ectronics! Since 19 81, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of uni que, creativ e, and afforda ble soluti ons to th e vast range of pr oblems th at confront t he video, audi o, presen tation, and broadcasting profes sional on a daily basis. I n recent years, we have rede signed an d upg[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Overvi ew 2 3 Ove rvi ew Kramer’s RC - 8IR one - ga ng wall plate is a highly versatile controller interface that act s as an all - in - one exten ded rem ote c ontrol pan el f or con trol of A/V equip ment — especially projectors and associated equipment — in a n y room (such as clas srooms , boardroom s, [...]

Your Un iv ers al Room C ontrol ler 3 4 Your Universal Room Controller Figur e 1 and Table 2 define the RC - 8IR front p anel : Front Panel with Faceplat e Front Panel with out Facepl ate Figur e 1 : RC - 8IR Front Panel Table 1 : RC - 8IR F ront Pa nel Fe at ures # Feat ure Funct ion 1 Facepl ate Attac hment Holes Use t o att ach the fac epl ate t[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your Un iv ers al Room C ontrol ler 4 Figur e 2 and Table 2 define the RC - 8IR right side p anel: Front Panel Buttons Figure 2 : RC -8IR Ri ght Si de P an el Table 2 : RC - 8IR R ig ht Si de P anel Featur es # Feat ure Funct ion 1 Housing an d Face p la t e S uppor t Device housin g sup ports t he fac eplate 2 R[...]

Installing the RC - 8IR Univer sa l Room Contr olle r 5 Figur e 3 and Table 3 define the RC - 8IR rear panel: Figure 3 : RC - 8IR Rear Pa nel Table 3 : RC - 8IR an d Rear Pa nel Featur es # Feat ure Funct ion 1 N.U Swit ch Not used 2 PROGRAM S wit ch Switch t o OFF fo r normal oper ation; Switch t o ON fo r firm ware upg rade 3 RS - 485 TERM. S wi [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Installing the RC - 8IR U niv ers al Room Cont rol ler 6 5.1 Setting the Labels and B utton Caps To install the lab els and button ca p s: 1 . Remove the required labels from the supplied button label sheet. 2 . Hold the but ton cap s o that it is ori ented as shown in Figur e 4 w ith the “wi ngs” o n t he l [...]

Installing the RC - 8IR Unive rsal Room Controll er 7 5.2 Mounting the Device Housing The devic e housi ng i s mou nte d to the wall via t he t wo hou sing mounti ng screws holes, as illustrated in Figur e 6 : Figure 6 : Mounti ng the De vice Hous ing 5.3 Mounting the RC- 8IR Faceplate 1 . Place the faceplate on th e RC - 8IR so that the t wo scre [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY U sing the RC - 8IR Univers al Room Controller 8 6 Using t he RC - 8IR Universal Room Con t roller Con necti ng the inp uts and the disp lay Co nfig urati on vi a the Wind ows® - based configuration sof tware and/or the IR learner 1 is described in the RC Con figura tio n guid e. T he ca ble ins tal lation pro c[...]

Using the RC - 8 IR Universa l Room Controller 9 Table 4 : Connec tion Schem e (for the exampl e i n Figure 8 ) This con nector: Controls: RELAY2 The lights RELAY1 The scree n RS -4 85 Te rminal Bl ock C onnect or A pow er ampli fier (an d speak ers) RS - 232 ( TX1 , RX1 ) Ter minal Bloc k Conn ector A proj ect or 1 IR OUT1 P IN 2 A DVD player IR O[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Using the RC - 8 IR Universa l Room Controller 10 6.1 Operating the RC- 8IR In the follo wing example 1 Fig ure 10 that is illustrated in , the RC - 8 IR is labeled with specific functio n s and eac h butto n is p rogr amm ed 2 to perform several tasks 3 T able 5 as defined in . Each bu tton may be as signed with[...]

Using the RC - 8 IR Universa l Room Controller 11 6.2 An Example of Operating the RC- 8IR Figur e 11 shows an operating example: Figure 11 : RC- 8IR Operati on Example[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Using the RC - 8 IR Universa l Room Controller 12 6.3 Using the Macro Buttons Pressing any button initiates a macro sequence 1 If d uring the m a cro sequence the button blinks faster than usu al , dur ing whi ch the butto n blink s (as pro gra mmed b y the s yste m inte grato r). 2 , this in dicates that a malfu[...]

Flas h Mem ory Upgr ade 13 1. Type t he un it’s IP num ber 1 Fig ure 12 in th e Address bar of you r browser (or ty pe any li nk de fined b y the s ystem integr ator ). The RC - 8IR front panel is display ed on your screen (see ). 2 . Pre ss t he o n - scre en buttons to control the unit. Figure 12 : Inter nal Web P age Front Panel 7 Flash Memory[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Flas h Mem ory Upgr ade 14 7.2 Connecting th e PC to the RS- 232 Po rt Before installi ng the latest Kra mer Ethernet fir mware versio n on the RC - 8IR , d o the following: 1 . Connect the RS - 232 port (C OM 1) on th e RC - 8IR to a Null - modem adapter and connect the Null - m ode m adapter with a 9 - wire fla[...]

Technical S pecificatio ns 15 7.4 Install ing the Web A pplet Follow these steps to install t he Web Applet 1 1 . Connect RC -8 IR to your PC thr ough computer networking. : 2 . Start the RC Configuration Software and connect to th e RC device (see the R C Confi gur atio n and Inst allat ion G uid e 2 3 . I n the Device menu select Upgrade Applet o[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 16 LIM ITED W A RRANT Y WHO IS P ROTECTED? WHA T IS CO VERED AND WHA T I S NO T COVERED WHA T WE WILL PA Y FOR AND W HA T W E WILL NOT P A Y FO R HOW Y O U CAN GET W ARRANTY SER VI CE LIMIT A TION OF IMP LIE D W ARRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION! Kramer Electronics (her eaf ter ) warrants this pr o duct fre[...]

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