Kramer Electronics Revision 6 manual

Kram er El ectron ics, Ltd . Kram er K -C onfig Guide Revision 6 Software Ve rsion 1.0.3 .x Inten ded f or Kramer Tech nical Personn el or External System Integrators. T o check th at you have t he lates t version , go to the DOW NLOADS s ectio n of our W eb site at : U http: // www.k ram erelectr onics. com/sup port/? soft=k - config[...]

Contents i 1 Introdu ction 1 Contents 1.1 Appli cable Room Contr ollers 1 1.2 Availa ble Commands f or Ro om Control Port s 2 1.3 Tr igger T ypes Avail able 3 1.4 Actions, Labels and Button Number Limits 4 1.5 How to S ave a Proj ect 4 1.6 Quic k Start 5 1.7 Initial Planning 6 1.8 Glo ssa ry 6 1.9 De fi ni n g t he S yst em 7 1.9.1 Sy st em Require[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Contents ii 6.11.3 The Button L i ght Action Type 51 6.11.4 The Button I gnore Action Type 52 6.11.5 The Set LCD L abel Action Type 52 6.11.6 The Switcher Command A ction Type 53 6.11.7 The Power Am plifier Action Type 53 6.11.8 The Panel Lock Action Type 53 6.11.9 The Time r St art/Stop Ac tion Ty pe 54 6.11.10 [...]

Contents iii Figure 22: Setting t he LCD and But t on Labe l Names 17 Fig ure 23 : Final Ap pea rance of the “DVD C ontrol” Vi rtual Dev ice Fron t Panel in K -Config 17 Fi gur e 24: The RC- 4 Remote Con troller 18 Figure 25: The Port Man ager 19 Figure 26: The Driv e rs Tree Window 20 Fig ure 27 : Selectin g a Dri ver 20 Fi gur e 28: As sign i[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Contents iv Figure 81: Move the S top Timer Action 42 Figure 82: Add the S t art Tim er Action 42 Fig ure 83 : Button 1 A ction List with Timer Trig gers 42 Figure 84: The Add GPI /O Trigger Button 43 Fi gur e 85: Se lecting GPI /O via the Po rt Manager 43 Figure 86: Selecting D i gital I nput for a Tem per ature[...]

Contents v Figure 140: Set the N ew Com mand Table Nam e 65 Figure 141: The N ew Comm and T able Nam e 66 Figure 142: The Table Details Window 66 Figure 143: Setting t he Num ber of Comm and Rows 67 Fi gur e 144: Entering a com mand 67 Figure 145: Writing the Com mands 68 Figure 146: Selecting Every 3 Rows 68 Figure 147: Logarithm ic Row Selection [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Contents vi Tables Table 1: Applicable Room Controllers 1 Table 2: Room Control l er Comm ands A vailable 2 Table 3: Available Trig gers for Room Contr ollers 3 Table 4: Room Control ler D evices Lim itation 4 Table 5: Glossary 6 Table 6: Connect Dialog Box 24 Table 7: The Dev i ce Set t ing s T ab Featu r es 25 [...]

Intro duction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the vide o, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of ou[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Intro duction 2 1.2 Available Commands for Room Control Ports Since each Room Controller includes different ports 1 , y ou will find tha t not all the available commands apply to your room controller. Table 2 defines the sections that apply to each room controll er: Table 2: Room C ontrolle r Comm ands Avai lable[...]

Intro duction 3 1.3 Trigger T y pes Available Table 3 lists the types of triggers tha t can b e used for each room controller . Sect ion 6 Table 3: Available Triggers for R oom Contr ollers d escribes K-Config triggers in detail. Unit Devi ce Star tup All O ff / All On (from Sit e - CTR L) Devi ce Inacti vit y Cust om (from W eb page o r scheduled)[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Intro duction 4 1.4 A ctions , Labels a nd Button Numbe r Limits Table 4 lists the limit to the number of actions you can add to an action list as well as the number of buttons and labels in a Virtua l Device when it is ass igned to a sp ecific M ast er RC : Table 4: Room Cont roller Devi ces Limitation Note 1: T[...]

Intro duction 5 1.6 Quick Start To configure your Room Controller, follow these basic steps: Set the System Section 1 Install the Software Section 2 Install the Drivers Section 3 Define the Control Room Section 4 Define the Port Manager Section 5 Set t he Trig ger s Section 6 W rit e th e Conf ig u rat io n Section 7 Other Topics: Set K - NET I Ds [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Intro duction 6 1.7 Initial Plannin g Carefully plan your RC sy s tem la y out to ensure a smooth and eas y configuration and installation (refer to the sep arate u ser man uals 1 • Defining your requirements ), b y: • Listing th e perip heral device s and roo m items that will be inc luded in the sy s tem ?[...]

Kramer K- Config S oftware Installa tio n 7 1.9 Defining the S y s tem This secti on defines the minimum requ irement s for the Kram er K-Config and describes how to install y our s yste m . 1.9.1 System Requirements for the Kramer K - Co nfig The s ystem minimum requirements include: • 400MHz or faster pro ces sor • 128MB or more RAM • At le[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer K- Config S oftware Installa tio n 8 2.3 Installing Kr a mer K- Conf ig Software To download Kramer K - Config 1 1. Go to from the I nternet: http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/downloads.asp and download the file: “ Kramer K- Co nfig .zip ” fr om the DOWN LOADS section. 2. Extract the f ile “ K[...]

The Per ipheral Device Dr ivers 9 3 The Perip heral D evice Driv ers The RC system peri phera l devices have d evice dr ivers that let them com municat e with com puters . The device driver needs to be installed so that the computer can recognize it and control it. The Kramer K- Co nfig software uses driver commands to control these peripheral devi[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Per ipheral Device Dr ivers 10 Figure 7 : T he Drive r Manager W indow Prior to Installing the Drivers 4. Click I mport Driver s . The Open window appears (see Fi gure 8 ). Figure 8: Importi ng the Driver File s 5. Select t he drivers that you need and click OK. The Driver Manager window shows the selected dr[...]

Def ining the Cont rol Room 11 Figure 9 : L oading the Driver s 6. Click OK (or Apply and then OK). The drivers are no w inst alled 1 The Driver Manager features are defined in . 4 Defin ing the Control Room Section 9 You can define the control devices setup in the room via the Control Room. Depending on the Master R C, u p to four Aux K- NET devic[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Def ining the Cont rol Room 12 To define the devices via the Control Room: 1. In the Control Room 1 area, click + . The Add Device window appears: Figure 10 : Adding the Master Device 2. Select a d evice (fo r ex ample, SV -552 ) and cl ick O K. The select ed devi ce nam e appears in the Control Room area, and th[...]

Def ining the Cont rol Room 13 Figure 12 : The Auxiliary Device View 4. In the Control Room area, select 1 - SV -552 1 5. Click +. . 6. Select a d evice fro m the l ist (for exam ple, th e RC -4 remote control transmitter , see Sectio n 4.1.2 ). The RC -4 (when sel ecte d in th e Contr ol Room area) app ears in the Devic e View area of th e Front P[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Def ining the Cont rol Room 14 Note : B e sure that your control roo m setup tree is correc t before continuing with the co nf ig ura ti on. If , at a l at er st ag e , an auxiliar y K- NET device or a Master RC will be deleted from the tree, all the port assi gnments , trigge rs and action lists w ritten f or al[...]

Def ining the Cont rol Room 15 Master R C to a ser ies of control actions. Once you have cr eated a Vi rtual Device la yout, it can be shared using the Import/Export XML function under the File menu. After addi ng a Virtual Device to the room control tree 1 , the Front Panel area shows the basic Virtual Device p anel , that includes six buttons, tw[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Def ining the Cont rol Room 16 For exam ple, you can chang e the app earanc e of th e virtual front pan el as i llus trated in Fi gure 18 : Figure 18 : C ustom Vir tual Dev ice Appear ance in K - Config To chan ge the app earanc e of the v irtual device f ron t panel, as illu strated i n Figu r e 18 , do the foll[...]

Def ining the Cont rol Room 17 Figure 21 : The “DVD C ontrol” Virtual D evi ce Fr ont Panel 3. Right clic k t he label an d buttons to name t hem (see Fi gu re 23 ): Figure 22 : Se tti ng the LCD and Butto n Label N ames Figu re 23 i llust rates th e final appearan ce of th e virt ual devi ce: Figure 23 : Final Appe arance o f the “DVD Cont r[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Def ining the Cont rol Room 18 4.1.2 The RC - 4 Remote Con troller – Compa tible w ith SL - 1, SL - 1 0, S L - 12 and SV - 552 The RC -4 remote c ontroller tra nsmitter (see Fi gur e 24 ) is used to control the RC devices i n the room 1 To activ ate a seri es of act ion s , point the tra nsmitte r at the f ront[...]

Tab Area Sett ings 19 5 Tab Area Settings The tab ar ea inclu des th e: • Mac hine front panel – sh ows the fro nt pan el of th e selected m achin e and if availab le, let s you configure a button trigger • Port M anager (s ee Section 5.1 • Device Set tin gs (see ) Section 5.2 • Web set tings (see ) Section 5.3 5.1 Defining t he Port Mana[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Tab Area Sett ings 20 Figure 26 : The Drivers Tree Wi ndow 5. Select an d double- click the relev ant man ufactu rer . 6. Select t he desired driv er and cl ick OK . Figure 27 : Selecting a D river 7. The projector driver is assigned to the RS-232 port: Figure 28 : Assigning a Driver to a P ort 8. If required, cl[...]

Tab Area Sett ings 21 Figure 29 : Wr iting a Port Description 9. In the sam e wa y add a driver to each of the other ports. 10. Click the Prop erties f ield to define the Serial settings f or the serial por ts: Figure 30 : Se rial Se ttings Win dow 11. When defining the ports of a Mast er RC which is Site -CTRL compatible, check the radio button ?[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Tab Area Sett ings 22 5.1.1 Defining the Ethernet Ports The Ethernet ports let you send serial commands via the Ethernet port to up to three IP address es located on the same subnet. To define an Ethernet port, do the following 1. Set the Ethernet port Driver and Description. 2. Click the Prop erties f ield to de[...]

Tab Area Sett ings 23 5.1.2 Setting the Volume Properties S et the volume properties f or SV -551 and SV -552 (analog or digital) , as illustrated in Figu re 36 . Figure 36 : Set Volum e Proper ties Set the volume control to:  Analog, if the volume of the integrated amplifier is controlled by an external analog audio knob (via the SV -551 / SV -[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Tab Area Sett ings 24 5.2 The Devi ce Settin gs Ta b Device setting readout is possible with standalone room controllers and K- NET Master R C or Aux K- NET devic es conn ected with a K -NET cable to their Master RC, as defined in the Room Control tree. Fi gu re 40 shows the device set tin gs tab : Figure 40 : Th[...]

Tab Area Sett ings 25 Table 7: The Device S ettings T ab Featu res Feature Function Device General Settings Area Inc ludes the devic e inform ation (master and auxiliary device ) Device ETH S ettings Area Ethernet inf ormati on (If required, yo u can change inf ormat ion) and DHCP 27F 1 Enabled Device Sec ure Se ttings : Secure Mode: OFF – the pr[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Tab Area Sett ings 26 Table 8 summarizes date and time setting options : Table 8: Setti ng t he Date an d Time Set Date and Time Procedure From a connec ted PC Clock 1. Click t he “Set Now ” button . 2. Click Read (f rom devic e) to che ck the updated values. If you want t he time and date t o be set whenever[...]

Tab Area Sett ings 27 Set Date and Time Procedure From the Ethernet 1 . In the Sync Date and Time area, check “From Server Add ress”. 2. Type the I P address. For example, 64.90.182.55 3. Enter t he Gateway 1 in the Device ET H Settings area . For example, 192.168.0.254 4. Set the t ime zone accordi ng to UTC. For example, the time i n Athens i[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 28 6 The Triggers A trigger com prises a series of action s that can be act ivated b y an even t, a p ress of a bu tton or a preset s chedul e. In addition to the four built- in tri ggers (se e Section 6.1 6.1 The Built - in Triggers ), t he Kram er K- Conf ig also lets you create ot her custom tri[...]

The Tr ig gers 29 6.2 A dding Actions to a Trigger To add actions to a trigger (for example, to the built- in All On trigge r), do the following: 1. In the Tri gger are a, sele ct t he All On trigger. 2. Select t he Actio n T ype 1 (for example, Port Com mand). Figure 45 : Selectin g the A ction Type (Por t Command i n this ex ample ) 3. Select t h[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 30 Figure 47 : Selecting the Comm and The Description area specifies the action to be added to the action list F igure 48 : Action Description 5. Click the Add to List button. The actio n is added to the A ction L ist area (the na me of th e active tri gger appears at the top of the list) : Figure [...]

The Tr ig gers 31 You can: Delete an ac tion Copy an action Move actions up or down Once a Tri gger is assigned with ac tions, its font is bold and no longer italic: Figure 51 : The All On Trigger ( wit h actio ns assigned) If the assigned driver has a table linked to it via the Driver Manager , it will a ppear in the Port Command area (see F igu r[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 32 To replac e the Fast Blink actio n: 1. Select t he action you w ant t o replace (for ex ample, Fast Bli nk). The Add to List button changes to OK. Figure 53 : Selectin g the Action to be rep laced from the Action Lis t 2. Select a new action from the drop-down list (for exam ple, Slow Blink ) , [...]

The Tr ig gers 33 6.4 A dding a Cus tom Trigger A custom trigg er , when a dded to the Available Triggers list, can be included in the s chedule (see Sectio n 6.5 To add a Custom Trigger: ) or activated from the Web pages (in Site- CTRL -c ompatible room controllers). 1. Click the Add Custom Trigger button (in the T rig gers area) . The fo llowing [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 34 6.5 Set the S chedu le For devices with internal clocks, t he schedul e lets y ou activate All Off, A ll On and Custom trigge r actions accordi ng to a pr eset s chedule. T he devi ce's i ntern al clock will synchronize with the host PC clock when uploading the configuration file to the dev[...]

The Tr ig gers 35 6.6 The Monitor Event Trigger The mon itor event is a tri gger t hat activ ates a s equen ce of acti ons when a cert ain sele cted dri ver message , us ually a reply of some sort, is detected coming from the connected peripheral on the relevant serial port (fo r ex ample, the projector Power: Off command ). Note that serial ports [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 36 6.7 The Add Timer Trigger The Add Timer trig ger lets the control system wait for a defined time or event to occur and then act accordin gl y. 6.7.1 Power ON Example In the following e xampl e, button 3 on the RC - 63DL is used to turn the projector ON. If aft er sending the power ON comm and no[...]

The Tr ig gers 37 Figure 65 : The Timer Trigger in the Triggers Li st 3. Set th e timer timeou t to 5 seconds 1 : Figure 66 : Set the Timeout 4. Add the following a ctions 2 repr esentin g a visible error m essage (se e Secti on 6.2 ): Figure 67 : Timer Trigger Action List Step I I: Defi ne the Bu tton T rigger 5. Define a Button tri gger, Button 3[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 38 Figure 68 : P rojec tor Power ON Comm and i n the Button Trigger Ac tion List 7. From the Action Ty pe list select T imer Start/Stop and sele ct the relevant Timer Tr igger (in this examp le, Tim er - PR J ON: Figure 69 : Selectin g the Timer Start/Stop Action 8. S elect Ti mer Tri gger State St[...]

The Tr ig gers 39 Figure 71 : Active Butt on Trig ger Action Lis t Step I II: Defi ne the Mo nitor E vent 9. Add a monitor event trigger and select the ON reply from ON command: Figure 72 : Add the Mo nitor Eve nt Once the projector power is ON, the ON reply from ON activates the monitor event action(s): 10. Add the required action to the trigger ([...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 40 6.7.2 System Inactiv i ty Exampl e In this example, the Timer trigger is used to perform a sequence of actions if no signals are fed into the AV room system for a predefined time period (for example, 20 minutes , see Fi gur e 74 ). A switch er (for ex ample – t he Kramer VP -411DS ) wil l send[...]

The Tr ig gers 41 Figure 76 : The Time r Trigge r in the Tr iggers List 3. Set the timeou t to 20 minute s 1 : Figure 77 : Set the Timeout 4. Add the following actions 2 (s ee Section 6.2 ): Figure 78 : Timer Trigger Action List Step I I: Define the but ton (or other) Tri g ger 5. Select a trigger from the Trigger s list (for e x ample, B utt on 1)[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 42 6. Add the Stop Timer trigg er : Figure 80 : Ad d the St op Timer Action 7. Move the Stop Timer trigger before the sequence of actions for this trigger: Figure 81 : Move the St op Timer Action 8. Add the Star t Timer trigger: Figure 82 : Ad d the St a rt Timer Ac tion 9. Figu re 83 shows the But[...]

The Tr ig gers 43 6.8 The GP I/ O Trigger The GPI/O (General Purpose Input/Output) port can be confi gured vi a the K - C onfig so ftwar e. Using GP I/O, you can se lect a wid e ran ge of stat es th at can tri gger a seri es of act ions, for ex ample, when an al arm is set or if the roo m temperat ure ex ceeds a certain value. Only GPI/O ports on t[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Triggers 44 6.8.1 Digita l I nput The digital input reads the digital input of an external sensor device that is connected to the GP I /O port , and can b e defin ed : • With Pullup: the sy stem can detect e ither a short circuit ( ac tivating the Hi to L o t rigger – closed ci rcuit) o r no short ( activ[...]

The Tr ig gers 45 4. Select t he condition for act ivating the tri gger: Level moved from High to Low Closing the circuit 1 or the voltage ex ceeding it s maximum defined value 2 Level M oved from Low to Hi gh activates the trigger imm ediatel y Opening the circuit 1 or the voltage dec reasing belo w its m inimum defined valu e 2 activates the trig[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 46 6.8.2 Digita l Out put The digital output function is defined by the pull-up setup: • Without Pullup: The po rt will act as a solid state rela y (open/clos e functions) The GPI / O maximum volta ge is 30V DC and the maximum cur rent is 50m A • With Pullup: the por t can be used as a TTL posi[...]

The Tr ig gers 47 Figure 94 : Se lec t the Behav ior of the Digit al Inp ut Trigger You can now add actions to this trigger (see Section 6.2 6.9 The Button Trigger ). A button trigger is crea ted when a selected button is pressed. To creat e a button trigger, do the following: 1. In the Control Room tree, select the machine to which you want to ass[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 48 Figure 97 : The Butt on Tri gger Propertie s Window 3. Select t he type o f behavi or (s ee Section 6.9.1 ): Figure 98 : Select the Button B ehavior 4. Add actions to the trigger (see Section 6.2 6.9.1 Button Behavior ). You can select one of four button behavior options: • Activate on Release[...]

The Tr ig gers 49 Figure 100 : Button Tr igge r Pr opertie s Window ( Toggle 1 -2-3- 4) When selecting the Toggle option, a sequence of actions is written for each toggle, as appears in the Action L ist: Figure 101 : The Toggl e Numbe r in the Action List • States : select the number of sta tes from 2 to 4 Figure 102 : Button Tri gger Pr operties[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 50 6. 10 The Knob Turning Trigger A Knob Turning tri gge r i s created when clicking a dig ital volume button (f or exam ple, th e SL -14RC volume knob) + (clockw ise rotation) and/or – (counterclockw ise rota tion) : Figure 104 : Kn o b - Turni ng Trig ger This trigg er (aft er addi ng act ions)[...]

The Tr ig gers 51 Figu re 105 shows the port command actions 1 : Figure 105 : Port Comm ands 6. 11 .2 The Relay Command (Port S w itch) Action Type Figu re 106 shows the available relay port actions (also applicable for GPI/O ports configured as Digita l Out) : Figure 106 : The Relay Actions ( Po rt Sw itch ) 6. 11 .3 The Button Light A ction Type [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 52 Select the button light from the Color Selection Window 1 : Figure 108 : Button C olor Selection Some machin es buttons a ccep t a limited se lection of co lors or are preset to one color (for ex ample, the RC -53D or th e RC - 2C . 6. 11 .4 The Button Ignore A ct ion Type Figu re 109 shows the [...]

The Tr ig gers 53 6. 11 .6 The Switcher Command A cti on Type The switcher commands let you switch any of the inputs to the output , s ee Figu re 111 : Figure 111 : Swi tcher Comm ands 6. 11 .7 The Pow e r A mplifier A cti on Ty pe The volume amplifie r commands let y ou mute the audio, turn the volume up or down or set the volume level. For exampl[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 54 If you try to unlock the panel by one of its buttons, the following message appears: Figure 114 : Unlock M essage Figu re 115 shows the unlock PIN code: Figure 115 : U nlock PIN Code 6. 11 .9 The Timer Start/Stop Action Ty pe Once the Timer triggers are defined, t he Timer Start/Stop states will[...]

The Tr ig gers 55 Figure 118 : Select LEDs to Light 6. 11 . 11 The States A cti on Type The States action type appears in the action type list only after the button behavior is de fined as States (see Secti on 6.9.1 The States action type lets you select the state of a button, and by that determine the action list (writt en for each s tat e) that w[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Tr ig gers 56 Figure 120 : The State s Action T ype 2. Set th e command list fo r each stat e: Figure 121 : Setting t he State Acti on List 3. Set th e next state nu mber and define the action list fo r that state . Figure 122 : Setting t he State Acti on List Once the s tate act ion li sts are de fined, you [...]

The Tr ig gers 57 Figure 123 : Us ing States i n an Action List 6. 11 . 12 The Delay Action Type The Dela y action t ype let s you set a dela y time of up to 60 seconds between actions (see F igu re 117 ). Figure 124 : T he Dela y Action Typ e[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Write the Conf iguration 58 7 Write the Configuration Once the configuration is read y, you can write it to the device, via the “Write Configuration” button. Note that: • In Master - Auxiliar ies configurations, the configuratio n file is alw a ys wr itten to the Maste r • When using a standalone room con[...]

Set K - NET IDs 59 8 Set K - NET I Ds In a room setup, the auxi liar y devices co nnect ed to t he Mast er RC are d aisy chai ned via K - NET and need to b e assi gned a K - NET ID b y K -Config 1 To set t he K - NET ID to an aux ili ary device: . 1. R igh t cli ck the r equired a uxi liary device i n the C ontro l room ar ea and sel ect Set K - NE[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 60 9 The Dri ver Manager This s ection d efines th e Driver M ana ger windo w and d escrib es its feat ures. Figu re 130 and Table 9 d efine t he Driv er Mana ger wind ow: Figure 130 : T he Driver Manager W indow Table 9: Driver Manage r Window Featu res # Feature Function 1 Vendors Area List [...]

The Driver Man ager 61 # Feature Function 5 Command A rea Displays t he command t ype and command stri ng 6 IR Commands Area (see Sect ion 9.1.2 Lists t he IR command nam es for a specif ic device Ne w: click to enter a new command nam e manually Rename: click to rename the Command edit ing tab Delete: click to erase the s elected comm and D uplica[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 62 Write the s erial c ommand 1 , as illustrate d in Fi gu re 132 . Figure 132 : W riting a Ser ial Comm and W he n writing a serial co m mand: - Enclose the strings in quotation marks (for example, "M UTE OFF") - Pr ef ix t he hex characters with 0x or "$" (for example, 0x[...]

The Driver Man ager 63 9.1.2 Creating an IR Command To create IR commands for a sele cted devi ce , con nect th e FC -29 o r RC dev ice (with IR learn ing capabili ty) di rectl y 1 to y our PC via the USB connector and use the remote control tran smitter 2 When an RC -6x (in the auxiliary configuration) is connected, although it is directly connect[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 64 To create a n ew IR command for t he RC dev ice : 1. Click the New button in the IR commands area to type the new command name. The following window appears: Figure 136 : New IR C ommand W indow 2. In the Command a rea , click the Connect to IR Capture Device button , sel ect t he port and [...]

The Driver Man ager 65 9.1.3 Creating Ser i al Range Commands It is use ful to write serial command s to a tab le if th ey incl ude an ad justm ent ran ge (for ex ample, t he volume level data ranges from 0 to 64). The table command ta ble include s a list of inde xed serial commands in sequence (the line numbe r) that the controller should send ou[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 66 3. Click OK. Figure 141 : The New C ommand Table Name 4. Click the Ta ble Details button: Figure 142 : The Table Deta ils Window The Driver Table windo w lets y ou : • Select t he numb er of com mands (rows ) in the table (up to 300) • Write and disp lay th e command string in Hex, Deci[...]

The Driver Man ager 67 Figure 143 : Setting the N u mber of Comma nd Rows You can ch ange the n umb er of rows at an y time. 2. Enter the command data according to the protocol: For example, a cer ta in LCD Display command format is: [Command1][Command2][ ][Set ID] [ ] [Data][ CR] Dat a r ang es fr om 0 t o 64. T he specific command for the Volum e[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 68 4. Add the following commands. If the data range in this example is from 0 to 64, you can gradually change the da ta in steps 1 (for example, 0, 5, 10, 15 and so on): Figure 1 45 : Wr itin g the Comma nds You can now enable o r di sable speci fic co mmand s , as needed (for ex ample t o set[...]

The Driver Man ager 69 You can also do this logarithmica lly , for exampl e , to increas e the v olume at a fast rat e in the lower range and s lower i n the h igher ran ge . Select the approx imate number of steps you need (the table calcula tes the optimal numb er ): Figure 147 : Logarithmic R o w Selec tion 5. Set the LED Level: Figure 148 : Set[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 70 6. When t he table i s compl ete, click OK. You can create several sets of t ables for different commands. Once the t able i s read y , you can u se t he comm ands table to set the v olume t o an exact value in a trigger . You can add actions to a trigger via the command table: 1. Select t [...]

The Driver Man ager 71 4. Add the Command tab le to the list Figure 152 : Adding t he C ommands Ta ble t o the List You can create several other tables for different commands, or combine different command levels in the same table . 9.1.4 Kramer Machines Serial Commands Kramer m achine dri vers are aut omatic all y set to c reate s erial comm and ta[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 72 You can select a group of commands 1 , for example, from 0 to 4 in t he Auto Select Rows are a and click the Set button: Figure 155 : Selectin g comman ds 0 to 4 You can add a second group of commands by checking the Keep current selection box and cl ick Apply or OK to save settings: Figure[...]

The Driver Man ager 73 The selected list of commands will appear when setting commands in the port command area: Figure 157 : Th e Sel ect ing c omma nds in the Port C ommand Area 9.2 Defining Queries Queries a re used t o defi ne the S ite -CTR L monitored opera tion parameters (such as the projector lamp hours and the power status of the main dis[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 74 Figure 159 : Query Command Details Windows (for La mp Hours and Power, resp ectively) 3. Type the Query comma nd that will be se nt to the projec tor. 4. In the Quer y Format t ab set the p aramet ers to dec ode the projector response. 5. In the Al erts tab, enabl e the al erts. The Query f[...]

The Driver Man ager 75 9.2.1 Setting the Query D etails (for Lamp Hours) The protocol of the main display determines the format in which the numerical value response to the Lamp hours query is received. This response can appear in one of three formats, as defined in Table 11 : Table 11 : Lam p Hour Query Respons e Format s Mai n Display Response fo[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 76 Figure 162 : Writing t he Query Command ( Lamp Hours ) The Query Format is set to encode the projector response, as defined in Tabl e 12 : Table 12 : Projector Query Resp onse (Lamp Hou rs) The projector res ponse i s: 23H 8CH 01H xxH 10H DATA 01 ... DA TA16 The lam p hours (in sec onds) ap[...]

The Driver Man ager 77 Table 13 shows the query format deta ils: Table 13 : Lamp H our Query Format Details Feature Function Lamp Hour Example Begin S et t he byt e f rom which t he respo nse s tart s T he l amp ho ur dat a st arts wit h th e byt e i n pos iti on 5 , that is, the fir st four char acters are igno red Terminated END_OF _RES : the dat[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver M an ager 78 9.2.2 Setting the Power Query The protocol of the main display determines the format in which the numerical value response to the Power query is received. This response can appear in one of three formats, as defined in Tab le 14 : Table 14 : Po wer Query Response Format s Mai n Display Res[...]

The Driver Man ager 79 The Query Format is set to encode the projector response, as defined in Tabl e 15 : Table 15 : Project or Query Resp onse (Power) The projector res ponse i s: 20H 85H 01H xxH 10H DATA 01 ... DA TA16 The projector s tatus of operation ap pears in DATA 06: DATA06: 00H 04H 05H 06H Idli ng Powe r On Cooling I dling (error occurre[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Driver Man ager 80 Figure 167 : Expected Result Table (Power) 6. In the Al erts tab, check Alert En abled , to let the room controller continuou sly monitor the power status. Figure 168 : Alerts Window (Power)[...]

The Kramer K - Config Me nus 81 10 The Kramer K- Config Menus This s ection d escribes t he Krame r K- Conf ig menus. 10 .1 The File Menu Figu re 16 illustrate s the File men u and 9 Tabl e 1 define s it: 6 Figure 169 : T he Fil e Menu Table 16 : File Men u Features Menu Command Function New Project 1 Click to create a new setup, see Secti on 10. 1[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Kramer K - Config Me nus 82 10 .1.2 Saving a Project When saving, writing or opening a new project, follow these important rules: • In order to make uploading the project as stable as possible, projects are saved automatically before writing a configuration to a device. This behavior may overwrite the exist[...]

The Kramer K - Config Me nus 83 2. Click Open. If the de vice already exists on you r list, y ou will get the fo llowing me ss age: Otherw ise the devic e will be adde d to the list. To ex port a devi ce: 1. Select Export Devices… in the File menu, and select the device (or devices) you want to export. The following window appears: Figure 173 : S[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY The Kramer K - Config Me nus 84 Figure 175 : Export Device xml 10 .2 The Device M enu Figu re 17 illus trates t he Devi ce menu and 6 Table 1 define s it: 7 Figure 176 : T he Device Men u Table 17 : Device Menu Featu res Menu Command Function Connect… Cli ck to connec t to a devic e via an IP number, a USB conn[...]

The Kramer K - Config Me nus 85 Figure 177 : Load Firm ware Upg rade Wind ow ( SV - 551) 3. Click the Connect button. The Connect Window appears: Figure 178 : Connect W indow 4. Choose the connection method according to the cable connection you have made between the PC and your product. 5. Click OK. 6. Select t he device to up grade from the list b[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the RC - 6X Series Room Con troll er as a Standalo ne Device 86 Figure 179 : Load Firm ware Upg rade Wind ow 8. Click Start Upgrad e. 9. Upon completion, open the Device Setting s Tab to make sure t he fir mware was up graded 1 10 .3 The Help Menu . Figu re 18 illustrate s the Help menu and 0 Tabl e 1[...]

Connec ting via the E TH ERNET 87 12 Connecting via the ETHERNET You can connect the device (fo r exam ple, th e SV -551) via the Et hernet using a cr ossove r cabl e (see Sectio n 12.1 ) for direct connection to the PC, or a straig ht through cable (see 12.2 Sectio n 12 .1 Conne cting the ETHERNET Port direc tly to a PC (Crossover Cable) ) for con[...]