Page 2 - Precautions; Safety Instructions • English; FCC Class A Notice; Extron’s Warranty
Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of importantoperating and maintenance (servicing) instructionsin the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of thepresence of uninsulated dangerous voltage withinthe product's enclosure that may present ...
Page 3 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Quick Start Guide; Turn all of the equipment off; and disconnect it from the power; Mount the IPL T interface; to the IPL T unit and to a host PC,; Quick Start Guide — IPL T SF24 and SFI244; IP
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Quick Start Guide To install and set up an IPL T SF24 or SFI244 interface, followthese steps: Step 1 Turn all of the equipment off and disconnect it from the power source. Step 2 Mount the IPL T interface , on a device, under a desktop, or on a rack shelf, as illustrate...
Page 4 - Quick Start Guide — IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244,; IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents; Chapter 1 • Introduction; Configuring the IPL T interface using the ARP command .; Chapter 4 • Communication and Control; Table of Contents; iii; Attach the serial communication cables; IPL T interface configuration; Communicate with the IPL T interface; Communication with the interface
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide — IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction .......................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ................................................
Page 5 - Table of Contents, cont’d; Specifications; Appendix B • Glossary; Communication with the Interface; Controlling IR devices or sending IR commands (SFI244 only); Customization; iv
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Table of Contents Table of Contents, cont’d Appendix A • Specifications, Part Numbers,and Accessories ............................................................................. A-1 Specifications ..........................
Page 6 - Chapter One; Introduction; About this Manual
IPL T SF24 and SFI244 1 Chapter One Introduction About this Manual About the IPL T SF24 and SFI244 Interfaces Features
Page 7 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction; Features
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction Introduction IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction (Extron part # 60-190-01 ). They can also be mounted under a desk or podium top, or on a projector mount. The IPL T interfaces ship with an external, desktop, 12VDC, 1Apower supply (Extron part # 28-07...
Page 8 - Chapter Two; Installation and Operation; Installation Overview; Easily configured and controlled —; Using a standard Telnet client application.; Choice of mounting options; — Can be mounted under a; Remote management; — Allows you to remotely manage; Multiple protocols supported
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Introduction Introduction, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 2 Chapter Two Installation and Operation Installation Overview Mounting the IPL T Interface Rear Panel Features and Cabling Operation Easily configured and controlled — • Using a standard Web browser (Internet Expl...
Page 9 - Only products in the IPTools; Mount the IPL T unit. See; Attach the cables. See; Mounting the IPL T Interface; Rack mounting
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation 2-3 Figure 2-1 — Rack mounting the interface on theVersaTools shelf (SFI244 model shown) Only products in the IPTools ™ or VersaTools lines can be mounted to a...
Page 10 - Installation and Operation, cont’d; Figure 2-4 — IPL T SF24 rear panel; Power; Power connection; Plug the external 12V power supply; CAUTION; Furniture or projector mounting; , hold the interface with the; Figure 2-3 — Mounting the IPL T SFI244; IN
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-5 Rear Panel Features and Cabling All connections, including power, input and output, andcontrol, are on the rear panel of the IPL T SF24 and IPL T S...
Page 11 - Serial communication; Four I/O ports permit connection of; COM ports; connector into this socket for serial ports 1 and 2.; COM1 and COM2—; Plug a serial cable into this 9-pin D; IR/Serial out ports —; ) or the graphical control program for Windows; Figure 2-6 — Power connector wiring; A blinking yellow LED indicates; LAN connector; Plug an RJ-45 jack into this socket to; Link LED; The green LED lights to indicate a good LAN; SECTION A–A
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-7 Serial communication 3 Flex I/O ports — Four I/O ports permit connection of switches and sensors to provide input to the system, andcontact closure...
Page 12 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation; Front panel indicators; Figure 2-11 — IPL T SF24 front panel; Identification; Figure 2-9 — Example application using I/O ports; Operation; Connection and
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation 2-9 Information flows both ways through the IPL T SF24 and SFI244interfaces, but control only goes from the LAN connection to theserial ports. See figu...
Page 13 - — Holding the Reset button while applying power will; IR pickup sensor —; Resetting the unit
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d If the Reset button is continuously held down, every 3seconds the LED will pulse (blink) and put the unit in adifferent mode, corresponding to the unde...
Page 14 - Chapter Three; Connection and Configuration; Connecting the Hardware; flash twice; or; flash three times; Mode 4; blink four times in quick succession,
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 3 Chapter Three Connection and Configuration Connecting the Hardware Configuring the Hardware 2-12 • If the events are currently stopped following the momentary (<1 second) press, the...
Page 15 - Connection and Configuration, cont’d; Serial connection; Figure 3-1 — IPL T interface connections; Ethernet connection
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-3 Serial connection The IPL T interface can be connected to any existing A/Vproduct that has a serial control port. Figure 3-2 — Typical IPL T ...
Page 16 - Configuring the Hardware; PC configuration; Initial start up; Communication; Configuring the IPL T using the ARP command; IR Learning
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d 3-5 Configuring the Hardware To function together properly, both the controlling PC and theIPL T interfaces must be configured correctly: the PC ...
Page 17 - Figure 3-6 — Unit response to a ping request; arp –d; table; Configuring the IPL T using direct PC connection; Use ARP to configure the IP address as follows:; Figure 3-5 — Executing the ARP command
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d After issuing this command, the unit will change to thenew address and start responding to the ping requests, asshown below. The IPL T unit’s IP ...
Page 18 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration; Chapter Four; Communication and Control; Ports Overview; IPL T interface configuration,; Firmware upgrades; Upgrading the firmware
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Connection and Configuration Connection and Configuration, cont’d IPL T SF24 and SFI244 4 Chapter Four Communication and Control Ports Overview Communication with the Interface Programmer’s Guide for the Telnet and Web Browser Customization A/V Device Control Troublesho...
Page 19 - Communication and Control, cont’d; Digital input; Figure 4-3 — equivalent digital input circuit; Establishing
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Digital input When a Flex I/O port is configured as a digital input, the port isset to measure two states: 1 or 0; On or Off; high or low. Aclosed circuit...
Page 20 - Analog input; Bidirectional serial control interface ports; — On some IPL T units, serial control is; Captive Screw Connectors; — On other IPL T units, several of; Digital output
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-5 Analog input When a Flex I/O port is configured as an analog input, the portcan measure 0 to 25.3VDC with 12bit accuracy. A DC level willbe indicated ...
Page 21 - Figure 4-8 — Web server Password window; Establishing or changing system or port settings; Web server; Accessing and using the Web server
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d will not happen the first time you access the interface, asno password is set at the factory). Figure 4-8 — Web server Password window 3. The System Statu...
Page 22 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control; Select the Configuration tab.
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Controlling IR devices or sending IR commands(SFI244 only) In order to send IR commands to IR devices via the default Webpages, do the following: 1. Selec...
Page 23 - Editing and adding e-mail alerts; Click the Edit button to go into edit mode.; Setting and changing your passwords; To set or change the passwords:
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-11 To clear a password, enter a single space, repeat theentry, and press ‘Submit’. If there is no administrator password, your userpassword will not be ...
Page 24 - Sending an e-mail alert through Telnet; Managing files
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-13 4-12 c. Click Save to keep changes to recipient e-mailaddresses and file names. CAUTION File names must end with an .eml extension. Due to the 7 char...
Page 25 - Click the Upload File button to upload the file.; Creating a driver with the IR Learner software; Figure 4-19 — Creating a new driver
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-14 IP L T S FI2 44 1 R 100 COM TX IR LINK AC T 2 RX RT S CT S 2 4 1 3 2 4 I/O IR 2-12" 15 deg. (typ) 2. Click the Browse button to locate the file y...
Page 26 - Figure 4-20 — Selecting driver functions; Using the command/response table; For Web browsers; not; URL; must; ASCII to HEX Conversion Table
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-17 4-16 At this point the driver is populated with unlearned functions.To learn driver functions: 1. Select those functions that are to be learned (seef...
Page 27 - User password cannot be assigned if no administrator; Symbol definitions; For Web encoding only; be a minus
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-19 X18 = Hardware (MAC) address (xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx). X19 = Subnet mask (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx); leading zeros in each of four fields are optional in setting v...
Page 28 - This parameter is case sensitive.; Copyright information
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-21 4-20 X38 = Event data size: b = bit; B = byte (8 bit); S = short (16 bit); L = long (32 bit) This parameter is case sensitive. X39 = Event data to wr...
Page 29 - Communication and Contr; Command/response table for Simple Instruction Set (SIS) commands; Command ASCII (Telnet); Bidirectional Serial Data port
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol, cont’d 4-23 4-22 Command/response table for Simple Instruction Set (SIS) commands Command ASCII (Telnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response Bidirectional Serial Data po...
Page 30 - IP Setup Commands; Command
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol, cont’d 4-25 4-24 Command ASCII (Telnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response IP Setup Commands Set Unit name 24 Esc X12 CN W X12 CN| Ipn• X12 Set Unit name to factory def...
Page 31 - IP Setup Commands, continued; Re-map port designations
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Contr ol, cont’d 4-27 4-26 Command ASCII (Telnet) URL Encoded (Web) Response IP Setup Commands, continued Clear user password 24 Esc •CU W%20CU| Ipu• Read user password 2...
Page 32 - Server side includes; Where x is the SIS command to be executed.; Host; Figure 4-22 — Example of SSI “host” command; SIS Command; Server Side Include Using; Event Contr
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Customization In the IPL T interface family, varying degrees of customizationare possible. Server side includes make it possible to obtain information fro...
Page 33 - Figure 4-23 — Example of SSI “remote” command; Query string; The basic format for a query string within a link is:; URL with a Query String using a Remote SIS command; Server Side Include Using a Remote SIS command; RS; URL with a Query String using a Host SIS command; DHCP off; Code examples; Example 1
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Figure 4-23 — Example of SSI “remote” command In figure 4-23 above, a “remote” serial command sends theword “hello” and will wait up to 50ms for a respons...
Page 34 - Figure 4-26c — Browser view; Example 2; Figure 4-27b — Browser view
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d <html><head><title>Example 2</title></head><h2><b>HTML Example 2</b></h2><body>The following l...
Page 35 - Example 3; Figure 4-28b — Browser view; Example 4; Figure 4-29b — Browser view
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Example 3 The next example shows how the flex I/O outputs can becontrolled using a query string and the SIS commands. Figure 4-28a — HTML source code usin...
Page 36 - Example 5; The; Example 6
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Example 5 This example demonstrates how to send out an IR string fromthe IPL T SFI244. The line below shows an HTML hyperlinkwith an Extron IR command enc...
Page 37 - Figure 4-31b — Browser view; URL encoding; Characters; Reserved characters; possibility
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d Figure 4-31b — Browser view URL encoding URL encoding is the method of using ASCII hexadecimal characters to display specific characters in a URL. URLenco...
Page 38 - Figure 4-33 — Connecting to the IP address; Using direct access; Command/response table; Custom Web pages; Accessing and using Telnet; At the command prompt, type “open” and press Enter.
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4. If passwords were set up for the connected system, youwill be prompted to log in as Administrator or User.Otherwise the system will respond with a <...
Page 39 - Close the Telnet session to end the direct access session.; Port redirect; Serial Link Software User’s Guide; Troubleshooting; Power connections; Ensure that all devices are plugged in.; Data connections; Connecting the Hardware,; MA
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d 4-43 4-42 4. Send serial commands directly through the selected COMport to the attached A/V device. 5. Close the Telnet session to end the direct access s...
Page 40 - Appendix A; and Accessories
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Communication and Control Communication and Control, cont’d IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specs, Part Numbers, Accessories A Appendix A Specifications, Part Numbers, and Accessories Specifications Parts 4-44
Page 41 - Digital inputs; General; Ethernet control interface; autodetect; Serial control interface; serial; Flex I/O control interface
IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d Digital inputs Input voltage range ......... 0-24VDC, clamped at +30VDCInput impedance .............. 28 kohmsProgrammable...
Page 42 - IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary; Appendix B; Glossary; Parts; Included parts; Optional accessories; Accessories
IPL T SF24, IPL T SFI244 • Specifications, Part #s, Accessories Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary B Appendix B Glossary or or A-4 or or Parts Included parts Included parts Replacement part number IPL T SFI244 60-544-06 IPL T SF24 60-544-02 12VDC...
Page 44 - Ping
IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary IPL T SF24 and IPL T SFI244 • Glossary Glossary, cont’d B-5 B-4 Pass-through allows control systems to work with the IPL and provides a link between two ports. Ping is a utility that tests network connections. It is used to determine if the host has an operatin...