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Setup Guide

Setup Guide Checklist

 Download and install the latest version of

Global Conﬁ gurator (see chapter 1).

 Download the latest drivers to be used in the project

using the Driver Subscription feature (see chapter 3).

 Reference the "IP Link Device Interface Communication

Sheet" (click the Comm Sheet button) for any special

setup requirements (see chapter 3, “Adding a serial driver”).

 Obtain device and email IP settings from the network

administrator.

 Power the System 5 IP using the included IEC power cord

(see chapter 2).

 Connect the System 5 IP to the PC via Ethernet patch or

crossover cable (see chapter 2).

 Conﬁ gure the System 5 IP using Global Conﬁ gurator

(see chapter 3).

 Create a new Global Conﬁ gurator project.

 Select the model of the System 5 IP and set its

IP address.

 Deﬁ ne the GlobalViewer Tree location and add the

System 5 IP to the project.

 Deﬁ ne email IP settings, notiﬁ cations and contacts.

 Add serial and IR drivers.

 Conﬁ gure the front panel buttons.

 Conﬁ gure the control module buttons.

 Create a display shutdown schedule.

 Create a display lamp hours warning email.

10.

 Create a display disconnect warning email.

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 Build and upload the conﬁ guration.

12.

 Access GlobalViewer

 Cable peripheral devices to ports on the System 5 IP. Test

and troubleshoot the setup if necessary (see chapter 2).

 Mount the System 5 IP into a rack or place on furniture

(Refer to the System 5 IP Series User’s Manual, chapter 2).

System Switchers

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System 5 IP Series

Summary of content (27 pages)

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Setup Guide Checklist Download and install the latest version of Global Configurator (see chapter 1). Download the latest drivers to be used in the project Setup Guide using the Driver Subscription feature (see chapter 3). Reference the "IP Link Device Interface Communication Sheet" (click the Comm Sheet button) for any special setup requirements (see chapter 3, “Adding a serial driver”). Obtain device and email IP settings from the network administrator.
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Precautions Safety Instructions • English I D 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 Instructions • Read and understand all safety and operating instructions before using the equipment.
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安全须知 • 中文 I D 警告这个符号提示用户该设备用户手册中有重要的操作和维护说明。电源 • 该设备只能使用产品上标明的电源。设备必须使用有地线的供电系统供电。第三条线（地线）是安全设施，不能不用或跳过。这个符号警告用户该设备机壳内有暴拔掉电源 • 为安全地从设备拔掉电源，请拔掉所有设备后或桌面电源的电源线，或任何接到市电系统的电源线。露的危险电压，有触电危险。电源线保护 • 妥善布线，避免被踩踏，或重物挤压。注意阅读说明书 • 用户使用该设备前必须阅读并理解所有安全和使用说明。保存说明书 • 用户应保存安全说明书以备将来使用。遵守警告 • 用户应遵守产品和用户指南上的所有安全和操作说明。避免追加 • 不要使用该产品厂商没有推荐的工具或追加设备，以避免危险。维护 • 所有维修必须由认证的维修人员进行。设备内部没有用户可以更换的零件。为避免出现触电危险不要自己试图打开设备盖子维修该设备。通风孔 • 有些设备机壳上有通风槽或孔，它们是用来防止机内敏感元件过热。不要用任何东西挡
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Table of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ..................................................................... 1-2 About the System 5 IP Series Switchers ............................. 1-2 About Global Configurator ..................................................... 1-3 System Requirements ............................................................... 1-4 Installing the Software .................................................
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Table of Contents, cont’d Step Step Step Step 8: Create a Display Shutdown Schedule . .............. 3-19 9: Create a Display Lamp Hour Warning E-mail 3-21 10: Create a Display Disconnection E-mail .......... 3-22 11: Build and Upload a Configuration ................... 3-23 Building a configuration ...................................................... 3-23 Uploading a configuration ................................................... 3-24 Step 12: Access GlobalViewer® .................................
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Introduction About this Manual System Control Panel Extron IR 402 Tx ROL CONT & VCR DVD DVD VCR TUNER MENU STOP ENTER TITLE AUX VIDEO DVD AUTO IMAGE AY DISPL OFF ME VOLU 2 5 VCR 1 4 N SCREE UP ON EW D PAUSE L SIGNA NEXT/FW PLAY PREV/R 3 6 SCP 226 Ext PC Extron IR Link ron DOC CAM P LAPTO N IR SCREE DOWN Remote Control RS-232 Control Extron IRCM DV+ Laptop 4 ohm Speakers or 8 ohm Speakers R S-232 FIG/R _ CON _ RNET LEFT + T ETHE RIGH C YS RELA B A /SCP 2
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Introduction, cont’d System Requirements • Intel Pentium III processor or later with at least a 1 GHz clock speed • One of the following Microsoft® Windows operating systems: ® ® u Windows NT, service pack 4 u Windows 2000, service pack 2 u Windows XP, service pack 2 • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, with Active X enabled N If Active X is not enabled, a prompt may appear in your browser, or a “Please wait while the files are loading” message may appear on the GV control page.
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Introduction, cont’d +System 5 IP Switchers 2 Chapter Two System 5 IP Hardware Setup Rear Panels and Cabling Front Panel Features and Basic Operation 1-6 System 5 IP Switchers • Introduction
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup This chapter describes rear and front panel features and basic front panel operation of the System 5 IP switcher. It shows you how to connect the cables to audio, video, and control connectors. d Rear Panels and Cabling H V INPUT 2 C R/VID G/Y H B/C V VID VID Y/C Y/C R G B H V VID IR/SERIAL OUT PROJ CONT Y C C B A RS-232 AUDIO B/C Y captive screw connector. Tinned wires are not as secure in the captive screw connectors and could pull out.
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup, cont’d Lineout and preamp outputs can both be wired as unbalanced or balanced (see diagrams below). Only the preamp output has the -10 dBV/+4 dBu options. C Do not bridge the outputs. Bridging could damage the amplifier. Control connections Balanced, +4 dBu (+6 dBV, 1.
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup, cont’d A B C D E For infrared (IR) output, wire an IR Emitter (2 emitters, maximum, per port) as shown below for a modulated signal and ground. +V G CM IRSCP System 5 IP Switcher Rear Panel IR/SERIAL OUT A B C S G S G S G D S G DISPLAY E SCP Communication 100' (30.5 m) ON C IRCM, ACM, RCM B Ground ( ) & Drain Wire A +12 VDC PIC MUTE OFF AUTO IMAGE 200' (61 m) max.
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Configure the settings for this port via either SIS commands, an embedded Web page, or Global Configurator. All relays are normally open. LAN port defaults are as follows: • IP address: 192.168.254.254 • gateway IP address: 0.0.0.0 • subnet mask: 255.255.0.
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup, cont’d The pin assignments of this connector are as follows: Pin RS-232 function 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 – Tx Rx – Gnd – – – – Reset LED R ON No connection Transmit data Receive data No connection Signal ground No connection No connection No connection No connection Reset button and LED — Pressing this recessed button causes various IP functions and Ethernet connection settings to be reset to the factory defaults.
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup, cont’d d e f Function/room control buttons — These buttons can be set up to control the switcher’s relays, and they can also be set up to execute IR or RS-232 commands of your choice. Input selection buttons — Press one of these buttons to select the desired audio and video input. The button lights brighter and remains lit while an audio-video input is selected. Menu and Next buttons — Press these buttons to access and navigate through the switcher’s LCD menus and options.
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System 5 IP Hardware Setup +System 5 IP Switchers 3 Chapter Three System 5 IP Software Setup Online Training Step 1: Download Device Drivers Step 2: Create a New Project Step 3: Add a System 5 IP Switcher and Define its Location Step 4: Define E-mail Settings Step 5: Add a Serial and an IR Device Step 6: Configure the Front Panel Buttons Step 7: Configure the Control Modules Using the Auto Fill Feature Step 8: Create a Display Shutdown Schedule Step 9: Create a Display Lamp Hour Warning E-mail Step
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System 5 IP Software Setup This chapter provides the steps for setting up your System 5 IP switcher using the Global Configurator (GC) software. C By means of example, you will learn how to • Add drivers that allow control of A/V devices. • Configure the switcher's power buttons and input selection buttons to control a video projector. • Configure an IRCM-DV+ control module to control the functions of a DVD/VCR player.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 3a. From the Available Manufacturers/Device Types box, choose the required manufacturer(s) from the left window by clicking its name. For the following exercises, choose Epson. 3b. From the Available Manufacturers/Device Types box, choose the required device(s) from the right window by clicking its icon. For the following exercises, choose video projector. 4. Click the Subscribe button between the two columns.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d Step 3: Add a System 5 IP Switcher and Define its Location The most essential step in creating a configuration in a GC project is to add an IP Link device. The following steps instruct on how to add a System 5 IP into Global Configurator.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d If not, use the Change Device Setting feature to set up these elements. 1. From the Tools menu, choose Change Device Settings.... The Device Settings page appears and displays every device in the current project. 2. Select the System 5 IP from the list. 3. From the Settings menu, choose Set Mail Server.... 4. Complete each of the fields with your mail server IP address, mail server domain, and, if necessary, your user name and password. 5. Click the OK button. 6.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d Adding e-mail contacts To add e-mail contacts, do the following: 1. From the Edit menu, choose Contact Manager. A dialog box appears. 2. Fill in the name, e-mail address, and company areas of the Contact Manager dialog box. Email Manager dialog box 2. Select one of the choices under the Name field. This action automatically populates the Name, Subject, and Body fields for the action, but these fields can be altered, if needed.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d Step 5: Add a Serial and an IR Device Adding an A/V device (projector displays, VCRs, DVDs, etc.) for the System 5 IP to control requires that you first add the device’s driver to the GC configuration. Downloading additional drivers If you have not downloaded or need additional device drivers for your open project, select Driver Subscriptions from the Edit menu, then follow the steps under “Step 1: Download Device Drivers”. GC automatically rebuilds the driver cache.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 3. Click the Add Driver button. The Hitachi DVD/VCR appears within the Selected Driver(s) field. Notice that this action also populates the IR Driver Function(s) field with predefined functions. To view these IR driver functions as buttons on your GlobalViewer Web page, do the following: 4. Under the IR Port A Group field, click the Add Group button to add a folder (i.e., group) to the GlobalViewer Web Group(s) field. 5.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 6. Drag the Video icon (under Input Control) over to either of the right-side window fields labeled Press or Release. The field you choose determines whether the command will activate on the press of the button or on the release of it. Notice that the Epson PowerLite 7700p projector now appears under your chosen Press or Release field, and the DVD button is marked with a red triangle. This indicates that the DVD button is now configured.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 5. In the upper left corner drop-down menu (under DVD & VCR Control), select Input 4, as illustrated below. This assigns the input button (Input 4) to activate the IRCM-DV+ [DVD] control panel. All commands that match a button on the module are assigned to that button. Red triangles on the buttons of the control module indicate that all the matching buttons have been auto-filled. 10.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 3. Enter a name (Shutdown) in the Enter Scheduled Action Name field. 4. Indicate the time for the desired action and uncheck inactive times (weekend hours when staff are away, for example). For events that occur at the same time daily, change the time alongside the Set All button. Click the Set All button to automatically change all the days of the week. 5. Click Next. This takes you to the actions page, where you can specify the action.
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System 5 IP Software Setup, cont’d 6. Set the lamp hour limit by doing the following: 4. Click Next to specify a condition. a. Choose Lamp Usage Time (hours): Value under the Available Options window. 5. Select the desired equipment (for our purposes, choose the Epson PowerLite 7700p) from the Subject Port window and Connection Status is Disconnected from Available Options. 6. Click Apply Condition, then click Next. d. Click Next. 7. Click Next again to add an e-mail notification.
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System 5 IP Software Setup Uploading a configuration The process of uploading your project is essential to successfully configuring the System 5 IP and creating a GlobalViewer Web page. You can upload the project to one switcher or controller at a time or several at once.