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OmniCtrl
Power and Control Interface System
IC-124 / OC-112 / OC-124 / OSC-112
USER'S MANUAL
DOC-334
Rev. 1.0
Med Associates recommends reading this manual prior to operating these products
Copyright ©2024
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Phone: 802.527.2343
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Fax: 802.524.2110
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Med Associates Inc.
P.O. Box 319
St. Albans, VT 05478
www.med-associates.com

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  • Page 1 Power and Control Interface System IC-124 / OC-112 / OC-124 / OSC-112 USER’S MANUAL DOC-334 Rev. 1.0 Med Associates recommends reading this manual prior to operating these products Copyright ©2024 Med Associates Inc. All Rights Reserved P.O. Box 319 St. Albans, VT 05478 Phone: 802.527.2343...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The OmniCtrl System .........................4 MedState Notation™ and Med-PC ® ....................4 System Power (28 Volt Direct-Current)....................4 System Control (data) .........................4 OC- Omni Connection Panel ......................4 Figure 1.1 The Anatomy of the OmniCtrl System ................5 Table 1.1– Comparing SmartCtrl and OmniCtrl ................6 Table 1.2 –...
  • Page 3 Example 4.1 IC-124 manually addressed as Card# 2 and inserted in slot 3 ........20 Table 4.1 Offset Jumper Settings (check card listings for values) ............21 Table 4.2 Omni Control and SuperPort I/O PORT and Offset Values ..........21 Table 4.3 Omni Control and SmartCTRL I/O PORT and Offset Values ..........22 Toggle verses Level Input, and Normal versus Inverted Polarity ..............22 Adding TTL outputs to existing systems ....................23 CHAPTER 5 SOFTWARE...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction

    MedState Notation community. Med Associates is happy to help troubleshoot and assist with new protocols. Med Associates also sells more than thirty popular common protocols and can be hired for custom code. Call Med Associates Support for assistance (see Contact Information p.28).
  • Page 5 INTRODUCTION| 5 FIGURE 1.1 THE ANATOMY OF THE OMNICTRL SYSTEM System Power and System Control operate on separate line channels throughout the system. Your experimental protocols are the environments that the Omni Control system attempts to navigate. MedState Notation is how the system interprets the procedure into intentions and foci. Med-PC is the software that translates the set intention into action and coordinates receipt of data from foci.
  • Page 6 6 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS TABLE 1.1– COMPARING SMARTCTRL AND OMNICTRL SUPERPORT/SMARTCTRL OMNICTRL (PREVIOUS SYSTEMS) Experimental Design your protocol according to your The same as always, a versatile system for Protocol experimental needs versatile applications or older or newer Med-PC Med-PC 6...
  • Page 7 INTRODUCTION| 7 SUPERPORT/SMARTCTRL OMNICTRL (PREVIOUS SYSTEMS) or older or newer Interface SG-7000 series SG-7000 series Cabinet Power M12 to 2-pin Molex cable (M/F) & 5-pin M12 to 5-pin M12 cable (M/M) Connection 2-pin Molex to 2-pin Molex cables (M/M) & Power Daisy Variable based on connected items 3 to 4 Two max (1 direct, 1 chain) not dependent...
  • Page 8 8 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS TABLE 1.3 – CABLES FROM CONNECTION PANELS TO COMPONENTS PART NUMBER CONNECTOR A LENGTH CONNECTOR B 3-pin Molex 1.5’/45.7cm 3-pin Molex MedConnect MedConnect (F) SG-216A 3-pin Molex 2’/61cm 3-pin Molex MedConnect MedConnect (F) SG-216A-2 3-pin Molex 3’/91.4cm...
  • Page 9 INTRODUCTION| 9 TABLE 1.4 – CABLES FROM POWER AND CONTROL CABINETS TO CONNECTION PANEL PART NUMBER CONNECTOR A LENGTH CONNECTOR B HDMI 9‘/3m HDMI CAB-HDMI-10 HDMI 30’/9m HDMI CAB-HDMI-30 9’/3m CAB-M12-4F/M-3M 30’/10m CAB-M12-4F/M-10M 2-pin Molex 1’/0.3m SG-210CP-M12-4F 1’/0.3m 2-pin Molex (F) SG-210CP-M12-4M 2-pin Molex 25’/8m...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Getting Set-Up

    USB-A to USB-B cable (CAB-USB-AM-BM-10). To maintain the short latency expected of Med Associates interfaces, it is recommended to connect the USB cable directly to a high-speed serial port (USB 2.0 or better) on the computer and not rely on cable extensions or USB “hub”...
  • Page 11 GETTING SET-UP| 11 FIGURE 2.1 – OVERALL SYSTEM CONNECTIONS AND COMPONENTS...

  • Page 12: Card Insertion Or Removal

    12 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS Card Insertion or Removal To avoid damaging equipment, be sure to turn off the interface cabinet power before inserting or removing any cards in the CIC or connecting and or unplugging peripheral devices. To lower risk of electric shock, it is best to unplug cabinets when inserting or removing cards.
  • Page 13 GETTING SET-UP| 13 FIGURE 2.3– OMNI CONNECTION PANEL TYPES AND DIAGRAM 28V Out Status Light Audio Output Channel 1 (1/4”) AUX connects with next 28V In Audio Output Channel 2 (1/4”) connection panel COM connects with computer Connection panel 1 Audio Line Out (1/8”) or previous panel Fan Output...

  • Page 14: Hdmi Connector

    LED, such as three seconds on to one second off, or other patterns. If a connection panel is flashing in an irregular pattern or a pattern other than an even one second on / one second off, contact Med Associates support as the panel will not communicate normally till this is resolved.
  • Page 15 It is supplied with Med-PC and other software applications from Med Associates. With the Interface Cabinet “On” and components connected to the PC, the Med Test Utility can be opened at the address listed below, if installed using default settings, or by searching Med-Test in the Windows Search bar.

  • Page 16: Med Control Connector

    16 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS Med Control connector Med Associates Connection panels are connected to devices in the chamber by the Med Operate ports (usually) using SG-224A cables. Instead of Med Inputs or Med Outputs as seen on earlier generation SmartCtrl and Superport Connection panels, the Omni Connection Panels introduce Med Operate I/Os (Input/Outputs).

  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Getting Started

    CHAPTER 3 GETTING STARTED If the computer was purchased from Med Associates as part of a system, much of the hardware configuration has already been completed. The hardware summary may be viewed or printed to review the current settings. The end user will not need to change the number of boxes or specific input and output definitions unless additional CICs (racks) or new Interface Cards (IC) are added on to the system.

  • Page 18: I/O Configuration

    18 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS Upon opening the HCU, the screen presents a view of the interface cabinet (see Figure 3.1 Hardware Configuration Utility). An important feature of this utility that is different from other versions of Med-PC configuration utilities users may be familiar with is the “Auto Map”...

  • Page 19: Med-Pc

    GETTING STARTED| 19 The “Configure I/O Channels” window (see Figure 3.2) presents the I/O configurations in their P-groups to match the connection panel layout (see Figure 2.3 – Omni Connection Panel types and Diagram). Bits 1-4 make up the first connection panel and Bits 5-8 make up the second panel. Choose which inputs to set to outputs and toggle the radio buttons at those coordinates.

  • Page 20: Chapter 4 Special Instructions

    Manually addressing an IC-124 card is designed to be a rare application. If the user finds their application requires it, a call to Med Associates support (see p. 28) may lead to more efficient solutions. It can be done. In Example 4.1 below, to manually set an IC-124 in slot 3 with the DIP-switches set to card two, set the address to...
  • Page 21 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS| 21 TABLE 4.1 OFFSET JUMPER SETTINGS (CHECK CARD LISTINGS FOR VALUES) OFFSET OFFSET JUMPERS/ DIP BINARY VALUE SWITCH SETTINGS COUNTING NONE 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0010 A1 + A2 0000 0011 0000 0100 A1 + A3 0000 0101 A2 + A3 0000 0011 A1 + A2 + A3...

  • Page 22: Toggle Verses Level Input, And Normal Versus Inverted Polarity

    22 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS TABLE 4.3 OMNI CONTROL AND SMARTCTRL I/O PORT AND OFFSET VALUES OmniCard SmartCtrl INPUT SmartCtrl OUTPUT CARD # I/O PORT* I/O OFFSET INPUT PORT INPUT OFFSET OUTPUT OUTPUT PORT*** OFFSET 794 & 795 794 &...

  • Page 23: Adding Ttl Outputs To Existing Systems

    Currently available options for multiple TTL connections vary greatly by application. We encourage the user who is looking to solve specific TTL challenges to contact Med Associates Sales or Support team. We will be happy to help you find solutions.

  • Page 24: Chapter 5 Software

    24 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS CHAPTER 5 SOFTWARE Omni Control components require Med-PC 6 version or newer to run. The biggest user experience differences are in the Med-PC Configuration utility, without which there are several key instructions missing for the component operation.

  • Page 25: Sample Med-Pc Programs

    SOFTWARE| 25 When the file is open in Trans comment code is Green, state sets are indicated in Blue, and standard code is in Black. Translate and Compile - use the “Translation” menu to choose “Make” singly as needed, or “Batch Translate!”...
  • Page 26 26 | OMNI POWER AND CONTROL INTERFACE SYSTEMS INPUTSTOINVERT COMMAND INPUT: INPUTSTOINVERT P1, P2, ..., Pn ---> NEXT Usage Description When MED-PC is started or when a program is finished running in a Box, all inputs that were assigned to that Box with the Hardware Configuration Utility are set back to the default setting of Normal Mode.

  • Page 27: Chapter 6 Safety, Fail-Safes, And Repair

    If the system is not damaged, usually this sort of issue can be easily rectified by restarting the PCIC. Sometimes it is also necessary to restart Med-PC or MedTest. In short, the fastest, safest and Med Associates supported method is to turn off the PCIC before removing or adding cards.

  • Page 28: Contact Information

    Please contact Med Associates, Inc. for information regarding any of our products. Med Associates Support is available to answer technical questions weekdays between 8:00am and 4:30pm ET by phone at 1-802-527-2343, or email at support@med-associates.com. We look forward to collaborating with you.
  • Page 29 SAFETY, FAIL-SAFES, AND REPAIR| 29 DOCUMENTS REFERENCED OR RELATED TEXTS Med Associates Manuals DOC-011 R4.7 ANL-926 Programmable Audio Generator Manual DOC-013 R1.4 SmartCtrl Interface Modules DOC-029 R2.5 SOF-732-2 Wave File Player DOC-114 R1.7 DIG-703A DIG-703B USB Interface System DOC-149 R1.1 SOF-732-3 Control of Med Input and Output Modules from other languages.
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  • Page 32 This manual was prepared by: Med Associates Staff With special thanks to the contributions of Seth Truran Sr. Application Scientist Kevin Deutermann Graphic Designer Christophe Stoelinga Electrical Engineer Andy Lebeis Software Engineer Gary Bamberger Software Engineer Connor Harrigan Mechanical Engineer...

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