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i IPL T S Series • Table of Contents PRELIMINAR Y Table of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1-1 About This Manual ..................................................................................

Table of Contents, cont’d IPL T S Series • Table of Contents ii All trademarks mentioned in this manual are the properties of their respective owners. Firmware.Upgrade............................................................................................................. 3-14 File.Management.pa...

IPL T S Series 1 Chapter One Introduction About.This.Manual About.the.IPL.T.S.Series.Interface Features

IPL T S Series • Introduction 1-2 Introduction About This Manual This manual describes the function, installation, configuration, and operation of the Extron IPL T S Series interface devices which are shown below. About the IPL T S Series Interface The Extron IPL T S Series interface devices integra...

1-3 IPL T S Series • Introduction Each IPL T S Series interface comes with the Extron IP Link ® technology including: • A built-in Web server • A set of Web pages that can be used to configure the device • Flash memory to store the Extron GlobalViewer ® application and A/V equipment device drivers •...

IPL T S Series 2 Chapter Two Installation and Operation ... Installation.Overview. Mounting.the.IPL.T.S.Interface.. Rear.Panel.Features.and.Cabling Operation

IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation 2-2 Installation and Operation Installation Overview To install and set up an IPL T S interface, follow these steps: 1 . Turn all of the equipment off. Make sure that the video sources (DSS, cable boxes, or other devices), the IPL T S unit, the output devi...

2-3 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation Mounting options All units are easily mounted in a rack, under a desk or podium, or on a projector mount. Mounting kits and IPL T S Series device compatibility are shown in the table below. Mounting Type Kit PN S1 S2 S4 S6 MBU 125 Under-desk mount 70-0...

IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation 2-4 Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T S2 1 R 100 COM TX LINK ACT 2 R X R T S C T S IPL T S2 1 R 100 COM TX LINK ACT 2 R X R T S C T S MDA SER IES DISTR IBUTI ON A MPLIFIE R ® ® Figure 2-2 — Mounting the interface on the standard shelf Furniture or p...

2-5 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation IPL T S2 1 R 100 COM TX LINK ACT 2 R X R T S C T S Furniture Mount Projector Mount IP L T S2 1 R 10 0 COM TX RX RTS CTS LINK A C T 2 2 4 Digital Projector MountingBolt ProjectorMountingBracket Figure 2-3 — Mounting the interface Rear Panel Features and...

IPL T S Series • Installation 2-6 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation 2-6 Installation and Operation, cont’d COM1 LAN POWER 12V .5A MAX COM5 TX RX TX RX COM6 COM3 TX RX TX RX COM4 COM2 00-05-A6-00-00-06 6 10 7 5 1 2 4 3 Figure 2-7 — IPL T S6 interface back panel Power a Power connection — Pl...

2-7 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation 2-7 Ethernet/LAN b LAN Activity LED — A blinking yellow LED indicates LAN activity. c LAN connector — An RJ-45 connector for a network connection. Use an Ethernet straight-through cable to connect to a switch, hub, or router, or an Ethernet crossover c...

Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T S Series • Installation 2-8 Factory default protocol for the control interface is: • RS-232 • 9600 baud • no parity • 8 data bits • 1 stop bit • pacing = 0 ms • handshaking = offCommunication to an attached device can be done through the IPL T S Series device...

2-9 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation COM ports 1 and 2 of the IPL T S2 can be wired in a similar way as the IPL T S6, as shown in figure 2-10. Both can be wired using a 3.5 mm, 5-pole or 3-pole captive screw connector. N The IPL T S2 allows for use of either the 9-pin D connector on COM1 ...

Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation 2-10 IPL T S4 R 100 LINK ACT 1 COM TX 2 RX R T S CTS 3 TX 4 RX R T S CTS 9 7 8 1 3 2 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 Figure 2-13 — IPL T S4 front panel IPL T S6 R 100 LINK ACT 1 COM TX 2 RX R T S CTS 3 COM TX 4 5 6 RX TX RX 1 3 2 4 5 6 9 7...

2-11 IPL T S Series • Installation and Operation N If the Reset button is continuosly held down, every three seconds the LED pulses (blinks) and puts the unit in a different mode. The Mode 5 LED blinks three times, the third blink indicating that it is the last mode. The following modes are separate...

IPL T S Series 3 Chapter Three Connection and Configuration Connecting.the.Hardware Setting.the.Internet.Protocol.(IP).Address Configuration.using.Global.Configurator Configuration.using.Embedded.Web.Pages Configuration.using.DataViewer

IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-2 Connection and Configuration Connecting the Hardware To connect the IPL T S interface, connect the input and output devices to the unit. Use figure 3-1, below, as a guide. COM 1 LA N UID# 093012052 PO WE R 12V .5A MA X CO M1 TX RX TX RX CO M2 COM 2 E...

3-3 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration COM 3 LA N UID# 09301205 2 PO WER 12V .5A MA X COM 2 COM 1 COM 2 Lighting Control Ethernet RS-232 RS-232 RS-232 DVD Laptop VCR Remote UserControl andAdministratorMonitoring Projector ExtronMAV 62 Matrix Switcher TCP/IP Network ExtronIPL T S4 Ethernet...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-4 IPL T S4 R 100 LINK ACT 1 COM TX 2 RX R T S CTS 3 TX 4 RX R T S CTS 1 2 Figure 3-3 — IPL T S unit’s front panel a Power LED — A green LED lights to indicate that the interface is receiving power. Blinks four times...

3-5 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration Figure 3-4 — Setting the IP address in Global Configurator Setting the IP address using embedded Web pages Each IPL T S unit contains an on-board Web server with interactive pages that can be used to configure the device. The IPL T S unit must be at ...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-6 5 . Click OK . Figure 3-5 — Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box 6 . Open a Web browser on the local PC. 7 . Enter 192.168.254.254 in the browser ’s Address field and press the Enter key. The IPL T S u...

3-7 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration Figure 3-6 — Web server System Settings screen To return the local PC to its original TCP/IP settings: 1 . Close the Web browser. 2 . Disconnect the Ethernet crossover cable from the PC and the device. 3 . Return to the TCP/IP Properties dialog box o...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-8 Figure 3-7 — Executing the ARP command 3 . To confirm the new IP address is active, perform a ping command to the new IP address. example: C:\> ping 10.13.197.64 If the IP address setting was successful, the de...

3-9 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration Figure 3-8 — Global Configurator Once installed on your local PC, Global Configurator can be used to configure your IPL T S Series device and the A/V devices that are attached to the S Series’ serial control ports. See the Global Configurator help fi...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-10 Connecting via the Web server pages To connect to an IPL T S Series device via its Web server pages: 1 . Open a Web browser on a local PC. 2 . Enter the device’s IP address in the browser ’s Address field and pre...

3-11 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration System Status page The System Status page is a read-only page that provides the following status information: • System Description — Model, Description, Part Number, Firmware, Date, and Time • IP Settings — Unit Name, DHCP setting, IP Address, Gatew...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-12 Figure 3-12 — System Settings screen Port Settings The Port Settings page grants access to view or change the Serial Port Settings: • Serial port number — use a radio button to select the desired port • Port type...

3-13 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration Passwords The Passwords page fields include: • Administrator Password — provides complete configuration control • User Password — allows view of configuration only Figure 3-14 — Passwords screen To clear a password, enter a single space, repeat the ...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-14 Figure 3-15 — Email Alerts screen Firmware Upgrade The Firmware Upgrade page reports the current firmware level, and provides the capability to browse to and upload a new firmware file. Figure 3-16 — Firmware Upg...

3-15 IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration Configuration using DataViewer DataViewer is an enhanced terminal emulation program that facilitates analysis of RS-232 and TCP/IP communication with Extron devices. The software allows users to send commands to a device and view the device’s respon...

Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T S Series • Connection and Configuration 3-16 3 . Enter the device’s IP address in the Hostname/IP Address field. 4 . Click OK . Figure 3-19 — Communication Setup dialog box The DataViewer application opens (see figure 3-18). See the DataViewer help file for...

IPL T S Series 4 Chapter Four Communication and Control Programmer’s.Guide.for.Telnet.and.Web.Browsers Customization Advanced.Serial.Port.Control Troubleshooting

IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-2 Communication and Control Programmer’s Guide for Telnet and Web Browsers Using the command/response table The following are either Telnet (port 23) or Web browser (port 80) commands. There are some minor differences when you are implementing these comma...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-4 X3$ = Daylight saving time (DST) is a region-specific 1-hour offset that begins in spring and ends in fall. 0 = off/ignore; 1 = USA on - Starting in 2007, DST begins on the second Sunday of March at 2 AM and ends at 2 A...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-6 Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Bidir ectional serial data port Send data string E X! * X1& * X2) * X2! RS }X@ W X! %2A X1&...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-8 Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description V iew pass-thr u mode 24 E X! CD } W X! CD | X5) , X5# , X2!] Ether net data port Set curr ent conn...

4-9 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Firmwar e version, part number and information r equests N In a query r esponse, an asterisk ( * ) after the version number indicates...

4-11 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Send e-mail (using dif fer ent file) 24 E X4% , X7) , X4& SM } W X4% %2C X7) %2C X4& SM | Eml X4% ] X7) = The number to inse...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-12 Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description W eb br owser -specific Read r esponse fr om last URL command E UB } WUB | response fr om command ...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-14 Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description V iew br oadcast port and MAC E PB } WPB | {port}* X1*] N {port#} = UDP outgoing port, X7! * X7@ =...

4-15 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Remap port designations For security r easons the network administrator may wish to assign new/dif fer ent port numbers to the contr...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-16 Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Dir ectories Change/cr eate a dir ectory E path/dir ectory/CJ } Wpath/dir ectory/CJ | Dir•path/dir...

4-17 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to unit) URL Encoded (W eb) (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Erase curr ent dir ectory and subdir ectories 24 28 E //EF } W//EF | Ddl ] List files fr om curr ent dir ectory E DF } WDF | Get con...

4-19 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Customization In the IPL T S interface series of products, varying degrees of customization are possible. Custom Web pages allow you to create customized Web pages to control your A/V devices. Server Side Includes (SSI) makes it possible to obtain info...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-20 <!--#echo var=" "--> W Delimiter Delimiter SIS Command Server Side Include Using a Remote SIS command *Type with no spaces. Port Number 1 * * * Time to wait for first character of response 50 Time between...

4-21 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Code examples This section shows practical uses for both SSIs and query strings. Example 1 In the figure below, both host SSI and remote SSI commands are used within the same Web page. You will notice six SSIs: three host commands and three remote comm...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-22 Figure 4-6b — Browser view of previous HTML source code Example 2 The example below shows how a simple hyperlink and a remote query string can be used to build a Web page that can control a device. <html><head...

4-23 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control Figure 4-7b — Browser view of previous HTML source code N Before attempting to develop new Web pages, the user should have a working knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, and SSI. URL encoding URL encoding is the method of using ASCII hexadecimal characters t...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-24 Characters $ & + , / : ; = ? @ Dollar Ampersand Plus Comma Forward slash / virgule Colon Semi-colon Equal Question mark “At” symbol 24 26 2B 2C 2F 3A 3B 3D 3F 40 36 38 43 44 47 58 59 61 63 64 Hex Dec Unsafe charact...

4-25 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control CO M 1 LA N UID # 0 930 120 52 PO WE R 12V .5A MA X CO M1 TX RX TX RX CO M2 CO M 2 Ethernet RS-232 RS-232 Remote User Control & Administrator Monitoring Projector TCP/IP Network Extron IPL T S2 Ethernet ControlInterface Ext ron Me dia Lin k C on tr...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-26 Figure 4-9 — DataViewer Communication Setup dialog box 5. Click OK . The DataViewer commands window opens. 6. Send serial commands directly through the selected COM port to the attached A/V device. 7. To end the direct...

4-27 IPL T S Series • Communication and Control CO M 1 LA N 12V .5A MA X COM 3 LA N UID# 093012052 PO WER 12V .5A MA X COM 2 COM 1 COM 2 RS-232 Plasma Display Box 1 Box 2 PC running serial control software or a serial controller. Extron IPL T S4 Ethernet ControlInterface RS-232 Ethernet Extron IPL T...

Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T S Series • Communication and Control 4-28 Figure 4-11 — The Port Settings page on unit 2 5. In the Remote IP Address field, enter the direct access IP address of unit 1. 6. In the Remote TCP Port field, enter the port number (2001-2006) that is serially attach...

IPL T S Series A Appendix A Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Specifications Part.Numbers.and.Accessories

IPL T S Series • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories A-2 Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Specifications Ethernet control interface Connectors ..................................... 1 female RJ-45 connectorData rate ......................................... 10/100Base-T, half/full dupl...

A-3 IPL T S Series • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Rack mount ........................ Yes, with optional 1U rack shelfFurniture mount ................ Under-furniture mountable with optional kitPole mount ......................... Yes, with optional pole mount kit Enclosure type ..........

Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d IPL T S Series • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories A-4 Part Numbers and Accessories Included parts Included parts Replacement part number IPL T S1 60-801-81 IPL T S2 60-544-81 IPL T S4 60-544-83 IPL T S6 60-544-84 Power supply; external 12 VD...

IPL T S Series • Glossary B-2 Glossary Glossary 10/100Base-T is Ethernet that uses Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP - CAT 5, and so on.) cable, on which the amount of data transmitted between two points in a given amount of time is equal to either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) i...

Extron’s Warranty Extron Electronics warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of purchase. In the event of malfunction during the warranty period attributable directly to faulty workmanship and/or materials, Extron Electronics will,...