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digiLED ZEUS™

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Version 1.8

T.W.Mudd & I. Sherman

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Page 1 ZEUS™ User Manual Version 1.8 T.W.Mudd & I. Sherman...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Copyright and Legal....................6 Safety Considerations ....................7 Installation Warning ....................7 Electrical Safety ..................... 7 How ZEUS™ is Used ....................8 Example 1 ......................8 Example 2 ......................8 Example 3 ......................9 Components & Parts Description ................10 Internal ZEUS™...
Page 3 Adding Devices ....................22 Bluetooth vs Access Point On-Boarding ..............23 Bluetooth On-Boarding ..................23 WiFi On-Boarding ....................25 Sharing with other Users ..................25 Dashboard Environment ..................25 Rooms ........................ 25 Programming ......................25 Alterco Robotics Version ..................25 Changing the Default IP..................
Page 4 Testing Winter Operation ..................38 Scheduling Winter Cycles ..................38 Safety Considerations ..................38 Cancelling the Winter Cycle ................. 39 Reporting, Fault Finding and Diagnostics ..............40 Email Reporting ....................40 Scene Summary ....................40 Scene Creation Example ..................41 Adding a Second Scene ..................
Page 5: Introduction
ZEUS™ Cards are a small credit card sized PCB that are installed either inside the LED panel or in a small external package, local to the outside of every panel. The ZEUS™ Cards are then networked together with Cat5e cable and connected in a daisy chain to the Head End in the control rack.
Page 6: Copyright And Legal
While the author and digiLED makes every effort to ensure the details of this document are correct and up to date, they are only guaranteed to be so at the time of publication. digiLED reserves the right to make any changes it deems necessary at any given time. Please check...
Page 7: Safety Considerations
Never install a ZEUS Head End Unit with its ac power connected to an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) Electrical Safety Please note that a screen with a digiLED ZEUS™ system will have 2 types of AC power feed. The AC power to the LED screen panels. ▪...
Page 8: How Zeus™ Is Used
A screen installed at a cricket club is only required to work when matches are taking place in the stadium. In this scenario, the event staff for the match-day AV would use the ZEUS™ App on their PCs, iPADs or mobile phones to manually operate the remotely networked ZEUS™ equipment to turn on the screen well in advance of the match starting.
Page 9: Example 3
An LED billboard operator has a planning restriction placed on their screen that specifies a screen black-out between the hours of midnight and 6am. In this scenario, ZEUS™ would be schedule programmed to power-down the screen at 1 minute past midnight (the media player would have started playing black at midnight exactly).
Page 10: Components & Parts Description
Components & Parts Description Internal ZEUS™ Cards When installed inside an LED panel such as the digiTHIN HD series of LED panels, the ZEUS™ card is described as ‘internal’. In this form, the circuit is integrated into the operation of the LED panel.
Page 11: Internal Card Type Z03.01.A
Internal Card Type Z03.01.A Card type Z03.01.A is typically installed in the digiLED digiTHIN range of LED panels. Features of node are the RJ45 control IN and OUT connections and the indicator LED to show when ZEUS™...
Page 12: Internal M To F Node Type Z05.01.A
Internal M to F Node type Z05.01.A The Z05.01.A Node is a ZEUS node intended for fitting into THIN type LED panels without using the PCB form factor of the Z03. Typically, these will be cable tied or clipped into the inner structure of wall-mounted COB or SMD screens, often in a retro-fit operation.
Page 13: External Zeus
External ZEUS™ External ZEUS™ nodes are installed in close proximity to the rear of screen equipment where the architecture of the cabinet did not permit internal cards to be factory-fitted. Figure 7 – An External ZEUS™ Node w Example on Vision A Panels The nodes are daisy-chained together with both power and data connections that allows ZEUS™...
Page 14: Head End
When installed in a rack it will occupy 2u of rack heigh (88.9mm) and require a depth of 392mm. The Head End contains a web-relay that is controlled over IP or similar. The web-relay in turn activates the output feeds to the ZEUS™ circuits – a Cat5 transported high-gain variant of PoE.
Page 15: Fuses And Safety
This fuse is of a 5x20mm glass type rated at 4A. Every output channel from a digiLED ZEUS™ Head End is protected by an over-current fuse. These are a 5x20mm type glass fuse rated at 4A.
Page 16: Installation Instructions
Installation Instructions Cabling a ZEUS™ System. Typically, digiLED will provide instructions as to the cabling system of ZEUS™ on a new digiLED screen. Except in extreme circumstances, please only use the cabling plan provided by digiLED. This will have been designed to daisy-chain a suitable number of Nodes together without overloading either the Head End or the interconnectors.
Page 17: Maximum Cable Lengths
Maximum Cable Lengths The longest cables in a ZEUS™ system are likely to be the “feeder cables” which connect from the Head End to Node 1 in the screen. While these can be up to 120m in length, a derating is applied to the maximum number of nodes that can be daisy-chained on long feeder cables.
Page 18: Single Feed Verification
Now plug in the first feed cable leaving all others unplugged. Switch on the AC power to the Head End and ask an observer to check that all the ZEUS™ nodes in that particular section of screen energise correctly. This is normally indicated by a green or white LED on the ZEUS™...
Page 19: Operation And Programming
Operation and Programming Manual Operation / Local ON The simplest way to operate digiLED ZEUS™ is with manual user input. To do this ensure that the Head End is switched on. Now move the selector switch to the LOCAL ON position. This will transmit the command to all the ZEUS™...
Page 20: Pre-Registered
Pre-Registered? For some screens & sites, digiLED may have already registered a customer account on Shelly Cloud. Please check with your digiLED technical representative if an account has been pre- registered on your behalf. Registering To start using the Shelly Cloud environment you first have to register for a new account. This is done by opening a web browser (on laptop or phone) and going to https://control.shelly.cloud...
Page 21 At the time of writing, a know bug is that verification emails may be delayed for up to 24 hours. While this halts features such as email reporting, it does not stop the onboarding of the ZEUS Head End as the SKIP button can be clicked and email verification postponed for a day.
Page 22: Adding Devices
Adding Devices The onboarding of new devices to the Shelly Cloud must be done using a mobile phone. Please use the following link to install the Shelly app. for both Android and iPhone. Figure 13 - https://www.shelly.com/app_download/ Once installed, the app has a blue plus icon at the bottom right-hand corner for adding new devices to the Shelly Cloud.
Page 23: Bluetooth Vs Access Point On-Boarding
Figure 14 - Blue PLUS Icon at Bottom Right of App Bluetooth vs Access Point On-Boarding Initial on-boarding / pairing of a ZEUS Head End (Alterco Robotics Shelly type) is done by either a mobile phone Bluetooth pairing operation or via the mobile phone locking on to a WiFi access point created by the Head End.
Page 24 Figure 15 - Add Device via Bluetooth After a short scan of the local Bluetooth devices, if the ZEUS Head End is in range, it will return the following prompt. Figure 16 – Radio Button Clicked (blue) Click the left-hand radio button by the discovered device and click NEXT.
Page 25: Wifi On-Boarding
Rooms Programming Inside every ZEUS™ Head End is a switching device that responds to IP / LAN / WiFi commands to activate or deactivate the ZEUS™ system. digiLED manufacture a number of variants of the Head End system so please ensure you are reading the instructions appropriate to the variant installed.
Page 26 To program the device when first delivered, a Windows, Linux or mac Laptop must be used with a static IP address on a wired point-to-point network. The factory default IP address of the Head End is 192.168.1.30 To communicate with this address, set a static IP on the laptop that is in the same subnet/range i.e.
Page 27: Changing The Default Ip
Changing the Default IP While 192.168.1.30 is the default address of the ZEUS Head End, it is likely that users will want to program their own IP address. To do this, browse to the landing page of the Alterco Robotics Shelly as described in the previous chapter.
Page 28 A new preferred static IP address can now be typed into the entry box at the bottom of the screen. CAUTION - digiLED strongly recommends that the new IP address is both written down AND photographed before proceeding. Lost address devices need to be hard reset – a process which is best avoided by recording the new IP address NOW.
Page 29: Disabling Unused Networks
Disabling Unused Networks Changing the Device Name In locations where multiple Head Ends are installed, users may wish to change the name of the Alterco Robotics Shelly Device. To do this, first use as browser (as above) to navigate to the Landing Page. Scroll down until the Device icon can be seen.
Page 30: Interface Security
Figure 23 - Entering a new Device Name Click the Apply button to save the changes. Interface Security Connection to the Alterco Robotics Shelly user interface can be protected with a user programmed PIN or password. It is critical that the person setting the PIN writes down and stores the PIN.
Page 31 Toggle the switch to enable Authentication, then enter a password or PIN of choice. Figure 24 - New PIN entered...
Page 32: Day To Day Operation
ZEUS remains in the ON setting. Always re-power the screen via breakers / fuses with the ZEUS Head End in the OFF setting and flip ZEUS to ON after the Power Box feeds have been made live.
Page 33: Ip Command Strings
IP Command Strings If using a 3 party control system such as Crestron or AMX, programmers may wish to switch the head end via an ascii string send. To enable this feature, the Alterco Robotics Shelly controller must first have this feature activated.
Page 34 Figure 27 - RPC over UDP Settings The Listening Port can be any legitimate IP Port on the Local Area Network (2222 in the above example) The Destination Address is the (optional) IP address for any computer that (optionally) may be used to receive confirmation that the command was successful (not necessarily required for basic remote operation) Once the data has been entered, click the SAVE SETTINGS button.
Page 35: Example On Command
Example ON Command To turn on the ZEUS Head End, open a new browser window in Chrome, Firefox or similar. (Ensure the Browser is running on the same network as the Head End). Copy paste the following text into the address bar: http://192.168.2.190/rpc/Switch.Set?id=0&on=true...
Page 36: Common Features - Web Interface Direct
Common Features – Web Interface Direct Using the Alterco Robotics Shelly a number of options exist for the automatic operation of ZEUS. Time Triggers The Shelly device can be triggered to execute a power up at any given time of the day. This is done by XXXXXXXXX Similarly, Power-down triggers can be set to run at a given time.
Page 37: Safety And Operational Do's And Don'ts
Do take the time to program the Head End and its functions to gain the maximum power saving for your screen. ZEUS™ is a tool that offers both financial and environmental benefits to screen owners. The gains can only be realised however if all relevant users of the screen have an understanding of how to operate and manage the ZEUS™...
Page 38: Advanced Operation - Overwintering Screens
Advanced Operation – Overwintering Screens The Scheduling feature of the ZEUS™ Head End enables the periodic turning on and “wake up” of screens that may be out of use during the winter period. When combined with Novastar’s built in bitmap feature for Receiving Cards...
Page 39: Cancelling The Winter Cycle
The screen can now be returned to normal operation. digiLED strongly recommends however that the brightness is not raised too quickly from the 10% value to 100%. digiLED recommends the brightness is ramped up over a period of 24 hours so as to not shock the SMD LEDs.
Page 40: Reporting, Fault Finding And Diagnostics
Using the Shelly Cloud environment, email reporting can be activated using the SCENES menu of the main Cloud webpage. In the example above, two scenes are created, one to email a “Zeus has been switched ON” message and one for an equivalent “OFF” email.
Page 41: Scene Creation Example
An ADD SCENE Wizard pops up. Figure 29 - Add Scene Wizard Window Give your new scene a relevant name such as East Screen ZEUS On and if desired, select a suitable picture icon to help make scene operation clear to all users.
Page 42 Figure 30 - "Room" Selection in Wizard Click NEXT to move to the WHEN option. Now click ADD CONDITION Figure 31 - Add Condition In the following window, the CONDITION is programmed:...
Page 43 Figure 32 - Condition parameters in Scene In the above example, a Device Based condition has been created, namely: • In the room “Headingley” • The device East Screen ZEUS, • Has its output state monitored, • For a change to an ON state.
Page 44 Figure 33 - Lower Window of Conditions In the above window, the WATCH THE PROPERTY AS… selection has been set as TRIGGER, ON ANY CHANGE. Click SAVE to continue. As this is the only CONDITION to program, click the NEXT button to continue Figure 34 - Click NEXT to complete WHEN programming The wizard now guides you through the DO section with the following window:...
Page 45 Click ADD ACTION to setup the email alert. The Action type selected should be NOTIFY ACTION and the SELECT NOTIFICATION TYPE should be set to EMAIL NOTIFICATION. Figure 35 - Setting Email as Notification In the box displaying the text “My Scene Triggered” edit the text to create your own unique message that will be embedded in your email alert.
Page 46 Click the SAVE button to confirm the email programming. The DO section of the wizard is now complete. Figure 37 - Wizard DO programming complete. Click the NEXT button to move to the ACTIVE TIME section of the programming. Figure 38 - Active Time Options By default the wizard sets the active time to “all days of the week”...
Page 47: Adding A Second Scene
Figure 39 – Finalising the wizard process. In this final step, leave both options ticked. As the boxes suggest this will both enable the scene in the Shelly Cloud and send a test email to verify it works. Click SAVE to complete the process. An email will then be sent from noreplyX@shelly.cloud to the email address used to register...
Page 48: Fault Finding
Any suspect Cat cables should be replaced as and when they are found. A second useful diagnosis tool is to use a spare ZEUS™ PCB from the supplied spares kit with the screen. In this limited case, it IS acceptable to fault-find with the Head End powered up.
Page 49: Appendix
Scenario Imagine a screen and its equipment has a power cut. When the power returns, so long as there is no UPS installed, ZEUS will hold the screen in a powered-off state. This will ensure that no huge power spikes or inrush occurs at the moment when the power returns.
Page 50: Glossary
The digiLED supplied rack mount device that controls and sends the signal Head End to the network of ZEUS™ cards to power ON or power OFF depending on programming. Internet Protocol. A generic name for information that is sent over Ethernet connections.
Page 51 When viewing the front of a screen, Z Axis refers to the axis where THINs Z Axis / Z Plane / Panels become more recessed or proud than the neighbouring screen surface i.e. perpendicular to the screen surface. ZEUS Zero Energy Use System. See this document.