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- Page 1 ELAN AUDIO SENTINEL / RCU-01 Remote Control System Owners Manual RCU01R02 ELAN Audio 2 STEEL COURT SOUTH GUILDFORD WA 6055 PHONE (08) 9277 3500 (08) 9478 2266 www.elan.com.au techsupport@elan.com.au...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
I/O Considerations 8.11 Internal addressing of I/O cards ANALOG Input Pinouts Digital Input Pinouts 9. Warranty Information 10. Appendix RCU-01 Front / Rear Panel Schematic SENTINEL UHF / PSTN / Landline Examples ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 1/49... -
Page 3: Sentinel / Rcu-01 Product Overview
SENTINEL / RCU-01 Product Overview The SENTINEL Remote Control System is designed and built in Western Australia by ELAN Audio. At its most basic, a system consists of an RCU-01 at the 'Remote Site' and a PC at the 'Control Site' running SENTINEL software. - Page 4 The 12V 7AH Gel Cell is a common Re-chargeable battery, and available off the shelf from most electronics component suppliers. ELAN Audio is unable to supply and ship these batteries by air with the RCU-01, as they are prohibited as general Air Cargo.
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Page 5: Packing List
With no modem, 130mA With modem idle, 230mA With modem active, 500mA With no modem and all Output relays on, 800mA Battery Charger; Charging Current; 700mA max Battery float voltage, 14V ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 4/49... -
Page 6: Initial Setup
4.7 Configure a modem for use with the RCU. (if PSTN or mobile mode only) ELAN Audio suggests that you make a test box for the RCU-01with some switches, lamps or LEDs and potentiometers to gain familiarity with the unit before installing at the site. Refer to the wiring examples in this manual. -
Page 7: Connect The Rcu To The Pc
Ensure you select the port the modem being used to dial out for paging is set. Do not tick the 'Paging Enabled' box yet. Exit from this window when you have completed your entries. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02... - Page 8 Each front panel LED can be assigned to follow any of the 24 inputs directly or inverted or not at all. Use the scroll bars to select each of the 16 LED’s . ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02...
- Page 9 The only thing left to consider is the cabling requirements to radios etc. Refer to the Appendix. The Maestro "Woomera" modem must be configured for use with the RCU-01. This only needs to be done once. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 8/49...
- Page 10 Configure a modem for use with the RCU (If PSTN or mobile mode) If you have purchased the modem from ELAN Audio, it should be already configured. If you are not sure, then power the modem up and if the 'AA' (Auto Answer) LED is on, then that would indicate it has been configured.
- Page 11 Set the Connection type to Mobile and apply it. Make sure the RCU-01 is set to PSTN Connection type when configuration is complete. Note: Direct cable connection will still work if PSTN connection type is set. Configuration complete. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 10/49...
- Page 12 Loop pins 1 to 10. Loop pins 18, 11 and 12. Grounds are pins 18 to 25. Outputs are pins 2 to 9, alarm1 to alarm 8 respectively. TTL outputs active high. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 11/49...
- Page 13 Check or Uncheck the tick box in 'Config', 'Paging'. To Clear Outstanding Paging Messages - Go to the Config Paging screen Note: The number of Outstanding Paging messages is always shown at the base of the SENTINEL window. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 12/49...
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Page 14: Rcu-01 Operation
The 'AC POWER' LED shows that mains power is available to this unit. The 'ON LINE' will show if a valid connection is in progress. The 'RS-232 RX' LED shows data is being received. The 'RS-232 TX' LED shows data is being transmitted. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 13/49... -
Page 15: Sentinel Technical Reference
Loop pins 1 to 10. Loop pins 18, 11 and 12. Grounds are pins 18 to 25. Outputs are pins 2 to 9, alarm1 to alarm 8 respectively. TTL outputs active high. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 14/49... -
Page 16: Host / Rcu Communications
This can be done for modems that are used with the RCU-01 also (if they are V90 especially). The string to configure it becomes; (as before) at&f (as before) ats0=2&c1&d2e0m1&w0 (there are 6 commas) at+ms=11,,,,,, at&w0 Do this with HyperTerminal at 9600 baud. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 15/49... -
Page 17: Connect To Site
( Only applicable when using a PSTN connection ) This is the phone number that SENTINEL will use when it dials the modem to communicate with the RCU. Prefix the number with 'T' if tone dialing is available. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 16/49... -
Page 18: Site Status
Miscellaneous This shows various Site Specific and RCU-01 firmware information, such as; Name of Site Status of Mains RCU-01 Date RCU-01 Time System LOCK status (Local or Remote) ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 17/49... -
Page 19: Site Configuration
This command is password protected. Set Time/Date This will update the time and date on the RCU using the current time and date from SENTINEL. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 18/49... -
Page 20: Alarms
When this option is set SENTINEL warns the user the first time the alarm database size limit is exceeded, but avoids multiple warnings. Enable local alarms When this option is set SENTINEL will generate an ‘external local alarm’ to the configured alarm port. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 19/49... -
Page 21: Hardware Configuration
Some modems will reject the &b1, fixed serial port data rate, command. This can be omitted for the host modem. It is essential for the RCU modem. The MAESTRO Woomera modem automatically supports fixed serial port data rate and therefore doesn’t require and doesn't support the &b1 command. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 20/49... -
Page 22: Site General Configuration
Note: Any changes applied cannot be undone unless the individually parameter is edited then applied back to the database. This function does not update the RCU, only the configuration database. ( see Site Configuration ) Report Site Configuration Generate a report that details the configuration of the RCU. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 21/49... -
Page 23: Site Analog Input Configuration
Note: Any changes applied cannot be undone unless the individually parameter is edited then applied back to the database. This function does not update the RCU, only the configuration database. ( see Site Configuration ) Report Site Configuration Generate a report that details the configuration of the RCU ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 22/49... -
Page 24: Site Status Input Configuration
NOTE: Any changes applied cannot be undone unless the individually parameter is edited then applied back to the database. This function does not update the RCU, only the configuration database. (See Site Configuration ) Report Site Configuration Generate a report that details the configuration of the RCU ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 23/49... - Page 25 This value can be set from 0 to 255. NOTE: Currently the RCU has storage for 99 events so if the threshold is set to > 99 then no alarm will be generated. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02...
- Page 26 Select the 'local alarm' bits required for this RCU. When any alarm is received with local alarms enabled the selected bits are bitwise OR'd together and output to the local alarm port. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 25/49...
- Page 27 The Event display can be filtered by selecting an RCU site name, selecting the '*ALL*' entry will select all events for all sites. Use the scroll bar to scroll through the event database. The latest entry is at the end of the event display. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 26/49...
- Page 28 These can be accessed and used at will if you have Microsoft Access. Be warned that altering these files could cause operational problems for SENTINEL. It is best if they are copied before using Access. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02...
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Page 29: Rcu-01 Description
LOCAL position so the person in charge of the site can prevent the unit being set back to REMOTE inadvertently. For Firmware V2.2 onward, no alarms are generated while in LOCAL mode. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02... -
Page 30: Front Panel Operation
The input impedance is 20K , ground referenced and the input range is 0 to 10V DC. Accuracy is 8 bit with a non- linearity of +/- 0.5 bit. There is substantial HF filtering provided. Protection is also provided for voltages exceeding 10V and going below ground. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 29/49... -
Page 31: Relay Output Pinouts
+5. Shows that the 5V supply to this board is present. RS-232 TX. This LED shows RS-232 transmissions directly from hardware. RS-232 RX. This LED shows RS-232 receiving data directly from hardware. SENTINEL software provides further diagnostic functions. ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 30/49... -
Page 32: Direct Connecting By Tty Terminal
Testing the watchdog should result in the unit resetting itself after 1 second. The unit will resume normal operation. If you can see the reset LED, you will observe it lighting when resetting the processor. Please contact ELAN Audio if you think your unit is faulty. 8.10 Direct connecting by TTY terminal. -
Page 33: Events
Commencement of warranty period. The warranty period begins on the effective date of sale, which is either the date of shipment or, where the equipment is installed by ELAN Audio, the date of commissioning. - Page 34 ELAN AUDIO - SENTINEL / RCU-01 RCU01R02 PAGE 33/49...
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