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Redback 6500 Software Programming Manual

Programmable touchscreen wallplate control system
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Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide
Programmable Touchscreen
Wallplate Control System
Software Programming Guide
A 6500
Programmable Touchscreen Wallplate Control System
Redback® Proudly Made In Australia
Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd.
Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au
User manual revision number: 1.1 01/11/2017

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  • Page 1 Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide Programmable Touchscreen Wallplate Control System Software Programming Guide A 6500 Programmable Touchscreen Wallplate Control System Redback® Proudly Made In Australia Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd. Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    10.0 ADDING RELAY COMMANDS TO BUTTONS 11.0 SIMULATING BUTTON PRESSES 12.0 SETTING RELAY COMMANDS WHEN USING THE A 6500 WITH THE A 6510/ A 6515 13.0 SETTING COMMANDS FOR EXPANDED RELAY SYSTEMS USING THE A 6505 and A6510 or A 6515 13.1 Serial Commands To Control A 6510 Relays...

  • Page 3: A 6500 Wall Plate Software

    SD slot is not available then the Altronics D 0371A USB Memory Card Reader or similar would be suitable (not supplied). You will first need to remove the Micro SD card from the side of the A 6500 wall plate (see section 1.4 in the Operating Manual for the location).

  • Page 4: First Time Use Recommendation

    1) Download the Zip file from the website. 2) Remove the SD card from the A 6500 and insert it into your PC. (Follow the steps on page 3 to open the SD card). 3) Extract the contents of the Zip file to the root folder of the SD Card.

  • Page 5: Default Configuration

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide Fig 1.4 Fig 1.5 The “File” tab provides the standard Windows operating system functions of New, Open, Save and Save As. It is recommended that the configuration is saved to the Micro SD card by using the “Save” option. But the “Save As”...

  • Page 6: Create A New Configuration

    The default configuration should load and display as shown in figure 2.2. Fig 2.2 Notice that the simulation of the screen (under the text “Your Plate”) displays exactly what is displayed when the A 6500 is powered up. As this configuration is only used for testing we won’t go into more detail.

  • Page 7: Adding Button Icons

    The default “Smiley face” button Icon will appear in the centre of the wall plate simulator as shown in figure 4.1. The simulator section displays exactly what will appear on the A 6500 wall plate once operational.

  • Page 8: Changing Button Icons

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 5.0 CHANGING BUTTON ICONS Changing the button Icons is simply a matter of selecting the Icon from the screen simulator and then clicking on the Icon under the button label as highlighted in figure 5.2.

  • Page 9: Copying The Configuration For Use Across Multiple Jobs

    Sometimes the same setup is required for different jobs, an example might be setting up a school where multiple classrooms have the same equipment setup. Since the A 6500 configuration is saved to the Micro SD card, simply by copying the con- tents of the SD card to another SD card for the next job, removes the need to program the wall plate with the same config- uration again.

  • Page 10: Swapping Buttons

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 7.0 SWAPPING BUTTONS The position of the buttons can be moved around the screen by using the “Swap with” command located in the Button/Swap with tab as shown in figure 7.1. Simply select the button to swap and the buttons will swap accordingly.

  • Page 11: Adding Serial Commands To Buttons

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 9.0 ADDING SERIAL COMMANDS TO BUTTONS To configure a serial command to a button, select the button from the Wall Plate Screen Simulator and then press the “Add” button as shown in figure 9.1. Fig 9.1 The “Add New Command”...
  • Page 12 Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide The Delay refers to the amount of time the system will wait after the command is exectued. This has the option of 10,100 or 1000 milliseconds via the drop down box or any time period can be entered manually.

  • Page 13: Adding Relay Commands To Buttons

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 10.0 ADDING RELAY COMMANDS TO BUTTONS To configure a relay command to a button, select the button from the Wall Plate Screen Simulator and then press the “Add” button as shown in figure 9.1. The “Add New Command” window should appear as shown in figure 9.2 and will default to the Serial command type.

  • Page 14: Simulating Button Presses

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide In the example shown in figure 10.2, we have set the output to relay 1, and set the action to a timed output which will activate the relay for 10 milliseconds. We have also set a delay of 10 milliseconds and labelled the command “Turn Relay 1 ON”.

  • Page 15: Setting Relay Commands When Using The A 6500 With The A 6510/ A 6515

    In order to use the relay outputs of the Redback® A6510 or A 6515 when using the CAT5 direct connection from the A 6500 wall plate (see fig 12.2 and 12.3), specific serial commands have to be sent. These external relays cannot be acti- vated using the standard relay commands.

  • Page 16: Setting Commands For Expanded Relay Systems Using The A 6505 And A6510 Or A 6515

    A6510 or A 6515 In order to make use of the expanded relay outputs of the Redback® A6510 or A 6515 when using the A 6505 serial hub (see fig 13.2 and 13.3), specific wiring is required and certain serial commands have to be sent. This is to avoid clashes with the relay outputs of the A 6505 serial hub which makes use of the standard relay commands.

  • Page 17: Serial Commands To Control A 6515 Relays

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 13.2 SERIAL COMMANDS TO CONTROL A 6515 RELAYS Follow the same steps as outlined in section 9.0 to create a new serial command for a button through the Add New Com- mand window. There are three options for the state of the external relays, ON, OFF or Toggle.

  • Page 18: Serial Commands For Third Party Control Of The A6510 And A 6515

    14.0 SERIAL COMMANDS FOR THIRD PARTY CONTROL OF THE A6510 AND A 6515 The Redback® A6510 and 6515 relay boxes can both operate without the need for the Redback® A 6500 wall plate or the Redback® A 6505 serial hub.

  • Page 19: Adding Ir Commands To Buttons

    This can be set to 10,100 or 1000 milliseconds. 15.1 Learning IR Codes Insert a USB keyboard into the side of the A 6500 wall plate (you will have to remove the cover) refer to figure 2.1b in the operating manual.

  • Page 20: Add Ir File

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide 15.2 Add IR File IR codes can be added to a button by pressing the “Add IR File”button on the Add New Command window as shown in figure 15.2. Once pressed the file navigator will open, then simply navigate to the location of IR files. They may be in the supplied IR LIBRARY folder on the SD card, or any saved IR codes created by using the IR learning facility on the wall plate (see section 15.1 for details) which will be saved to the SD card in the IRFORCED or IRNORMAL folders.

  • Page 21: Add Pronto Hex File

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide Fig 15.5 15.3 Add Pronto HEX File Pronto HEX format IR codes are readily available and remove the need to learn IR codes. These codes are easily accessible on the internet, but be warned that not everything available will work.
  • Page 22 Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide Once pressed the “Create Pronto HEX Command” window will appear (refer to figure 15.7). Fig 15.7 From here it is simply a matter of copying the HEX codes from a webpage or other document and pasting them into the window.

  • Page 23: Double Action Buttons

    Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide Fig 15.10 16.0 DOUBLE ACTION BUTTONS Previous sections have covered buttons with a single action but it is also possible to give a button two actions for situa- tions like turning a device on/off, pressing play/pause etc.
  • Page 24 Redback® A 6500 Programming Guide The second action for our example is to stop the DVD playing. We click on the lower Play icon and change this to the Stop icon. We then double click on the command line and change the command to the IR Pronto HEX command used in sec- tion 15.3 to stop playing the DVD.

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