MuxLab 500816 Installation & Operation Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. MuxLab Manuals
  4. Control Panel
  5. 500816
  6. Installation & operation manual

MuxLab 500816 Installation & Operation Manual

8 button rs232/ir control panel
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
8 Button RS232/IR
Control Panel
500816
© MuxLab Inc. 2016
94-000833-A / SE-000833-A

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the 500816 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel

Related Manuals for MuxLab 500816

Summary of Contents for MuxLab 500816

  • Page 1 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel 500816 © MuxLab Inc. 2016 94-000833-A / SE-000833-A...
  • Page 2  Unpack the equipment carefully and save the original box and packing material for possible future shipment.  Please read this user manual carefully before using the product. © MuxLab Inc. 2016...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    5.2.1. Main Menu ....................13 5.2.2. Panel/Key setting ..................16 5.2.3. Action List ....................18 5.2.4. Setting Events ....................19 5.2.5. Event List ..................... 29 Panel Drawing ......................31 Troubleshooting & Maintenance ................32 Regulatory Compliance ....................33 © MuxLab Inc. 2016...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    “RS232 (2)” and “IR3” share the same port, and cannot be used at the same time. The 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel can control MuxLab products, as well as third party devices such as projectors, screens etc. It is an easy-to-use control device for presentation show rooms, classrooms and boardrooms.

  • Page 5: Package Content

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 1.3. Package Content  One (1) 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel  Four (4) captive screw Terminal Block connectors  Three (3) IR Emitter probes  One (1) Button Label sheet ...

  • Page 6: Specification

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Specification Devices Matrix, Switch, DVD, projectors, monitors, TV. Compatibility Compatible with MuxLab & Third party products Three (3) RS232 ports One (1) RS485 port Output Ports Three (3) Infrared Emitter ports Two (2) Relay ports...

  • Page 7: Panel Description

    8 button RS232/IR Control Panel (see section 5 for details on using the Control Panel PC Software, found on the MuxLab website). Each label within a button can be easily changed. Simply select the label you need and change it as...

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 3.2. Rear Panel ④ ① ③ ② Name Description Power connector: 12VDC. Please make sure the “+” and “-” are connected correctly (using the correct Power polarity), in order not to damage the unit. Low Voltage Relay.

  • Page 9: Side Panel

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Name Description RS232 (2) and IR3 share the same port, the actual use depends on the configuration set by the Control Panel PC Software.  RS232 (3): RS232(3) may be used to control devices, used for chaining (looping output), or to connect to a computer when programming the 8 button RS232/IR Control Panel.

  • Page 10: Connections

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Connections 4.1. Safety Precautions The system should be installed in a clean environment with temperature and humidity levels within the specified operating range. All devices should be connected before turning on power. 4.2.
  • Page 11 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual the customized functions of each button. The connection to the computer may be made via USB or RS232 (see Figure 4), and the Control Panel PC Software running on the computer provides the programming capability. Figure 4 Programming Connection In order to control more devices and support more command buttons, several 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel units may be chained (looped) and managed as a grouped...

  • Page 12: System Operation

    USB driver first. The USB driver for the programmable Control Panel may be found on the MuxLab Website. Use the programmable Control Panel driver file to install the USB driver on your computer.

  • Page 13: Main Menu

    2) System (orientation): Sets the screen view of the programmable Control Panel to the same orientation of the actual installed device, since the programmable Control Panel may be mounted horizontally or vertically. Set the mode to 500816-H for horizontal or 500816-V for vertical depending on the installed orientation of the actual unit.
  • Page 14 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Figure 8 System screen view depending on orientation selected NOTICE: When selecting the device orientation, you will get a pop up dialog “Output Port Selection”, allowing the user to select different RS232 and IR port combinations, depend on the uses of the two shared ports (see Figure 9).
  • Page 15 Control Panel. And there are four output types. They are shown on Table 1 (“√” means the port is available): Output port of the Panel Output mode of 500816 √ √ √ √...

  • Page 16: Panel/Key Setting

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 1：Com, connect by serial port. 2：USB, connect by mini USB. 3：Disconnect, disconnect the connection. 4：Upload: upload the programmed data to the programmable control panel. This will clear all old data in the programmable control panel.
  • Page 17 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual panel. Clicking a key will pop-up a dialog as shown in Figure 12 below. Key Action Type： Press: Execute events when pressing button. Release: Execute events when releasing button. Page: Allows a key to be assigned up to four actions, but only one action is enabled at a time.

  • Page 18: Action List

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual looped actions. When the class is 2, there are two actions in the toggle, and so on. 2. Blue Keys: Keys 9-32, are virtual keys, used in the loop function. When using the loop function, the ID must be set.

  • Page 19: Setting Events

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Delete all actions. Delete a Refresh: Deletes all actions selected action. without an event. Figure 15 Action list 5.2.4. Setting Events Events may be set for RS232, IR, I/O, Relay, Delay, Compare, LED, Page, Loop and Toggle.
  • Page 20 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 1) First select the action to be assigned this event. The RS232 data for the event can be entered directly or selected from a library. Click “Change Lib” to select a library file and open it.
  • Page 21 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 3) The send port number must be set to the same port as was previously set to be consistent, otherwise the event cannot be added. 4) The user can set the event name, but this is optional. ...
  • Page 22 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Create/open a library Create/delete/rename the function name of the IR data Select a function, and then click “learn”, press the IR remote control button to send the IR code to the infrared sensor port, it will refresh the IR data. Follow the same steps to learn other functions from the remote control unit.
  • Page 23 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual consistent, otherwise the event cannot be added. The IR carrier on/off, can be used to turn On (enable) or turn Off (disable) IR transmission.  Setting I/O Events The I/O port is not supported by the programmable Control Panel, disregard this tab setting.
  • Page 24 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Figure 23 Setting a Delay Time Set the delay time and press “Add”.  Setting Compare Events for RS232 Replies This setting is used to compare the reply from RS232 commands. When the programmable Control Panel sends an RS232 command to the end device being controlled, the end device will send back a reply string or an acknowledgement.
  • Page 25 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Note that port 1 cannot be used for comparing the reply since there is no receive pin in this port. 2) The user can set the event name, but this is optional. 3) Events in an event list are executed from top to bottom.
  • Page 26 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual simply click on one of these actions in the action list and then assign events. Next we will assign four additional keys to be able to enable the four different actions, but only one at any given time. Let’s assign keys5 through 8 for this purpose.
  • Page 27 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Figure 27 Once the above is complete the page function will operate as follows: a) When you press Key5, then Num1 action will be enabled for Key1. Each time Key1 is pressed then Num1 action will be executed along with the assigned events for Num1.
  • Page 28 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual and keys5 to 8 select which of the 4 actions are enabled.  Setting a Looped (Chained) Event The user can create actions using virtual blue Keys, and assign events to these virtual keys, just as was explained earlier for the white keys.

  • Page 29: Event List

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Figure 29 The steps for setting Toggle events are similar to the Page event case. Follow the same example steps as in the page event section above but replace the page settings by the Toggle settings.
  • Page 30 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Figure 30 Event List...

  • Page 31: Panel Drawing

    8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual Panel Drawing Figure 31 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Dimensions © MuxLab Inc. 2016...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting & Maintenance

    Queue not working Loop function not working Reboot the programmable control panel. If you still cannot diagnose the problem, please call MuxLab Customer Technical Support at 877-689-5228 (toll-free in North America) or at (+1) 514-905-0588 (International). © MuxLab Inc. 2016...

  • Page 33: Regulatory Compliance

    All brand names and product names used in this document are trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders. © MuxLab Inc. 2016...
  • Page 34 8 Button RS232/IR Control Panel Installation & Operation Manual 8495 Dalton Road, Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada. H4T 1V5 Tel: (514) 905-0588 Fax: (514) 905-0589 Toll Free (North America): (877) 689-5228 E-mail: videoease@muxlab.com URL: www.muxlab.com © MuxLab Inc. 2016...

Table of Contents