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REMOTE CONTROL SILVER USER MANUAL Version 1.1.x Date: 2008/03/31 Silver ® is a registered trademark of the Audemat Group. Audemat – Audemat I WEB: - E-MAIL: WWW.AUDEMAT.COM CONTACT@AUDEMAT.COM...
1.1.1. About Audemat 25 years of experience in the field have enabled the Audemat Group to come up with a complete range of devices, both for monitoring and for measuring AM, FM, TV and DVB. The range consists of embedded dynamic measurements, broadcast quality and continuity monitoring (managing complex sensors, communication, centralization and interactivity), RDS data encoding and FM and TV signal broadcasting/re-broadcasting.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 2. PRODUCT PRESENTATION 2.1. List of included accessories In your package, you should have received: 1 power supply cable 1 straight RJ45 cable (A letter) 1 crossed RJ45 cable (B letter) 1 folder including a CD-ROM, a quick start, a control quality and a customer survey 2.2.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 2.3. 2.3. Front panel Front panel RUN AND HDD LED RESET POWER LED LEDs on the front panel: RUN: Normal operation Off: the Remote Control Silver is turned off HDD: hard drive activity...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 2.4. 2.4. Rear panel Rear panel Straight RJ45 Ethernet cable: for network Crossed RJ45 Ethernet cable: for direct connection to PC Relay output Secondary interface Primary interface Analog input Digital input...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 2.5. 2.5. System System 12 available slots 12 available slots Interface type Interface type Analog Analog Digital Digital Relay Relay Port RS232 Port RS232 Number of boards Number of I/O per board 2.6.
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Internal power supply mode: Two jumpers shall be installed on the selected pins. In this configuration, each input’s COM signal is connected to internal ground and the external common is connected to internal 12V power supply.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 2.6.2. 2.6.2. Relay outputs module Relay outputs module This module provides 8 relay closures on a SUB-D 25 male. For each output, common, normally opened This module provides 8 relay closures on a SUB-D 25 male. For each output, common, normally opened and normally closed contacts are provided.
Connect the equipment to the power using the power supply cable. Connect the Ethernet cable on the rear panel (crossed for direct connection) of the Remote Control Silver by connecting it on the secondary interface of the equipment; use a straight cable for a switched connection.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 3.2. Configuration From now on, the configuration can be done using the embedded website over Ethernet and Internet networks. Open a web browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla…) and enter the address 172.17.2.172.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4. THE EMBEDDED WEB SITE 4. THE EMBEDDED WEB SITE The quick links on the left side of the page will enable easy navigation to the areas you want to change or analyze.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.2. 4.2. Date / Time Date / Time “Set system date”: date and time update. The user may enter the date (year/month/day) as well as the time (hour/minute/second). “Set system time zone”: updates the geographical time zone The user selects the geographical zone from the list.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.3. 4.3. Users Users Web accounts: there are 2 user levels on the equipment: Administrator and Guest. “Administrator”: any user with the Administrator level has the possibility of changing any of the parameters.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.4. 4.4. Network Network Ethernet configuration mode The interface can be configured for dynamic or static IP. Static Ethernet configuration If the IP address is a static address, enter the parameters in this window.
Dialout accounts: the user can add a new customer account. For this, click on “account” and enter parameters for the new customer account (name, number, login, password…) and then click on “add”. The Remote Control Silver can manage several accounts. Page 16 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong –...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.6. 4.6. PPP dialin PPP dialin To configure calls coming from the server: Dialin configuration: installation of “incoming calls" functions. Account: the user configures account information. Modem configuration: the user selects the modem (if necessary) and its features.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.7. Phone Alerts (OPTION) Activation of the option 1/ First contact the sales department to activate this option. Before calling, prepare the MAC ADDRESS of the equipment (from the “Network” page). They will need it to send you the “.lic”...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 3/ Configuration 3/ Configuration Go in the “I/O Layout” page and select “modem” from the COM1 pull-down menu: Go in the “PPP Dialin” page and select ”COM1” from the Modem pull-down menu: Page 19 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong –...
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Insert your IP Address, the user and password, select port “21” and click on “quick connect” connect” Select the file “.lic” (previously delivered by Audemat) and put it in the “etc.” directory Select the file “.lic” (previously delivered by Audemat) and put it in the “etc.” directory Page 20 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong –...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 5/ Reboot the equipment from the “support” page of the embedded website. 5/ Reboot the equipment from the “support” page of the embedded website. 6/ The “Phone alert availability” status is now “TRUE”.
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1) On the Remote Control Silver configuration page, activate the dial-out function in alarm and enter the number to be called. Leave the other parameters on their default settings. 2) Launch ScriptEasy Software (provided on the CD-Rom), create a script and send it to equipment (see ScriptEasy user manual).
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Quick start with the Creator module : create a new script In order to use following pages, JAVA runtime environment is necessary. You will find it on the CDROM. Launch “Scripteasy”: •...
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(ON), or at the end (OFF) or both at the beginning and end (ON/OFF). Finally, set the same severity as in the Remote Control Silver dans le FM monitoring Silver (‘Severity threshold’ menu in the ‘Phone Alert Parameters’ section of the “Phone Alert” page).
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You can associate a wav file to the alarm. Listen to check Launch ScriptEasy play mode and activate the alarm. 6) The Remote Control Silver should dial the configured number and give the hour and the content of the associated wave file. Deactivate the alarm in ScriptEasy.
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 DTMF menu diagram: DTMF menu process steps Check that an invalid value for the ScriptEasy action object sends a non validity message. Check that the equipment sends a non reception message after waiting or proposes choices again (if no answer after 3 times, the equipment disconnects automatically).
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 "InvalidOutputSlot.wav" That is not an output slot "InvalidScriptEasyID.wav" That is not a valid ScriptEasy object ID "IsOff.wav" Is off "IsOn.wav" Is on "MainMenu1.wav" To go to the report status menu, press 1 "MainMenu2.wav"...
4.8. Webcam Webcam The webcam support is only compatible with webcams sold by Audemat. The webcam is detected on start up. Click on the “Recheck” button to force a re-detection after connection. The different options are available: Webcam enabled: activate or deactivate the webcam support.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.9. 4.9. Support Support System software update: To update the equipment with the latest software versions. The user will put the name of the patch file in the window: by clicking on “apply”, the update is automatic.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.10. 4.10. SMTP Mail client SMTP Mail client Email configuration: Set email account and addresses (sender and recipient). Set how often messages are sent in the “Send mail every” zone: messages will be sent every “X”...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.11. 4.11. SNMP agent SNMP agent SNMP parameters: The user has the possibility to download the Digiplexer’s “MIB”. 1. Configure SNMP Traps that the user chooses to send. Traps can be sent to 4 addressees (Main Manager and optional mirrors).
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.11.2. Notification modes To ensure that the traps reach their destination via the protocol, the Digiplexer offers two methods based on the principle of notification retransmission until acknowledgement is received by the addressee manager.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.12. 4.12. Notifications Notifications Enables each configuration type to be configured individually (see chapter SNMP agent, 4.7.2) “Do not send”: Useful if some alerts have to be temporarily suspended. “Send and Forget”: standard SNMP mode, no acknowledgement expected, notifications are destroyed immediately after being sent.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.12.2. Events leading to SNMP notification sending ColdStart: this is the very first message sent via the stand alone Digiplexer following its starting up. This trap is part of the SNMP protocol, it cannot be acknowledged, and is never re-transmitted.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.13. 4.13. Event log Event log Review of events. The user can sort: By checking “System” to view the system alarms, and / or “ScriptEasy” for application alarms, and / or “I/O” for inputs-outputs. The number of lines per page can also be set.
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4.14. 4.14. ScriptEasy Alarms ScriptEasy Alarms Green indicates that the alarms are over or not active. Yellow indicates the beginning of an alarm. The error condition stays active. This table shows the current state of the script alarm objects while operating the equipment...
Support: support port. Reserved for Audemat. o Tunelling: configuration of serial port by tunelling. Caution: if you disable the console port, you will no longer have access to the Remote Control Silver terminal mode. USB Serial ports: Enables dynamic addition of serial ports. Contact Audemat to check for compatibilities.
The ScriptEasy portal: it will give you access to the Creator module and Viewer module Please see the ScriptEasy manual available on the Silver CD and on www.audemat.com. Note: The Viewer module is only available if the Viewer option is activated.
The Scriptlets are small JavaScript programs written by the user, which enable control of equipment linked to the Remote Control Silver by RS232 or RS485 port. These scripts enable the user to define objects in ScriptEasy like “software inputs” similar to the logic inputs.
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 MySerialInput1 = new serialInput(“nom”,“info”); MySerialInput2 = new serialInput(“autre_nom”,“autreinfo”); Then, to change the state object throughout the program: If( condition == 1) { MySerialInput1.value = TRUE ; } else { MySerialInput2.value = FALSE;...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 And you can include them in your script: Page 41 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
03/2008 6. API XMLRPC To enable access to the equipment data from programs or external web pages, the Remote Control Silver exposes an ‘API’ under the format XMLRPC (cf http://www.xmlrpc.org). The advantage of this format is to be simple, platform independent and well supported by a variety of standard tools (php, etc…).
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 eventType : 0: system 1: i/o 2: ScriptEasy eventDateTime : event’s date of effect severity : event’s severity qualifier sysEventDescription : if eventType = 0 : subsystem name ; else empty sysEventType : if eventType = 0 : description of system event ;...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 - alarmId (<int>) : (as fetched with ScriptEasy.getAlarms, it's also the little number displayed in the upper left corner inside square brackets on ScriptEasy application's Alarms objects) reply : <struct> <member>...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 - actionId (<int>) : (as fetched with ScriptEasy.getActions, it's also the little number displayed in the upper left corner inside square brackets on ScriptEasy application's Actions objects) reply : <struct> <member>...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 $scriptRpc = 'scriptEasy.getActions'; //script name that xml_rpc must get by default $param = array(); //parameter to transmit when xml_rpc object is created $actionId = ''; //action button id $actionName = ''; // action button name $actionState = '';...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 $actionState $struct->structmem("actionState");//state extraction (bool, 0 or 1) $actionState = $actionState->scalarVal(); if($actionState == 0) $buttonName = " Off "; else $buttonName = " On "; $htmlTabResult .= "<tr>\n" . " <td>$actionId</td>\n" .
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 APPENDIX 1: OBJECT DEFINITIONS AND APPLICATION EXAMPLES => see all the script examples on the website www.audemat.com (“download” page of the Remote Control Silver product) 1) Equipment used : =>IP2CHOICE: -Slot 0: Relay...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 4)XOr : Xor.sio Page 49 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 5) Reverser : Inverseur.sio 6) Nor : NOr.sio Page 50 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 7) Nand : Nand.sio 8)XNor : XNor.sio Page 51 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 9)Timer : 9)Timer : 9-1) Single Timer: TimerSimple.sio For T=5s 9-2) Pulse Timer: TimerPulse.sio For T=5s Page 52 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 9-3) Hystérésis : 9-3) Hystérésis : hysteresis.sio The ‘Delay’ object can manage a hysteresis (guard interval), ie. the output will be triggered only if the input remains TRUE during the specified minimum duration (5 seconds on the example).
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 10)Counter : 10)Counter : Counter.sio For 3 impulsions in 5s (T) Page 54 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Reset 11) Diagram Tests: 11) Diagram Tests: 11-1) Test1.sio A = 0 Pulse B = 1 Page 55 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Pulse 12) RS Rocker: 12) RS Rocker: 12-1) Test3.sio Qn+1 Page 56 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 – Fax +33 (0)5 57 928 929 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 12-2) 12-2) Test4.sio Test4.sio Reset Normally: Q /Q=0 Normally: Q /Q=1 14) Rocker D: Test6.sio D on rising front: This type of logic diagram keeps a state in "memory”. Page 57 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 15) Priority of the relay: Test9.sio If Input0 is TRUE, the Relay2 is the only one to commute because its priority is greater than the priority of the other relays. 16) Diagram test: 17-1)- Test10.sio...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 17) Alarm priority: Test11b.sio When E is TRUE, Alarms 14 and 17 are the only ones to be sent because their priority level is the greatest. Page 60 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Relay 1 Relay 2 Relay 3 Relay 4 Relay 5 Blink Alarm Large Alarm Page 62 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 20) Example with 2 IP2CHOICE (crossed cable): Equipment specifications: Equipment 1: (IP2CHOICE) Slot 0: Dig Slot 1: Dig Slot 2: Dig Slot 3: Dig Slot 4: Dig Slot 5: Dig Slot 6: Dig...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Script Equipment 2: Script Equipment 2: Test_2ip_mach2.sio Equipment state1: Equipment state 2: Résultat obtenu : (Viewer) A partir du moment où Bt Init passe à 0 : Page 64 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
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Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 Relay 1 (Machine 2) Relay 2 (Machine 1) Relay 3 (Machine 2) Relay 4 (Machine 1) Alarm 16 s Niv Haut (Machine 2) Cligno (Machine 1) Giro (Machine Page 65 Head Office : Parc d’activites Kennedy - 20, avenue Neil Armstrong – F-33700 Bordeaux-Merignac (France) Tel +33 (0)5 57 928 928 –...
Remote Control Silver User manual – English version 03/2008 APPENDIX 2: FOR MORE INFORMATION Please contact The Audemat Group 20, avenue Neil Armstrong - Parc d'Activités J.F. Kennedy 33700 BORDEAUX – MERIGNAC FRANCE Tel : +33 (5)57 928 928 | Fax: +33 (5)57 928 929 Hotline: services@audemat.com...
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