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User’s Manual
CTL208CM
8-Button Control Panel Module
with Serial Control Output
Extron Electronics, USA Extron Electronics, Europe Extron Electronics, Asia Extron Electronics, Japan
1230 South Lewis Street Beeldschermweg 6C 135 Joo Seng Road, #04-01 Daisan DMJ Building 6F
Anaheim, CA 92805 3821 AH Amersfoort PM Industrial Building 3-9-1 Kudan Minami
68-836-01 Rev. A
USA The Netherlands Singapore 368363 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074 Japan
714.491.1500 +31.33.453.4040 +65.6383.4400 +81.3.3511.765
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Precautions Safety Instructions • English Warning FCC Class A Notice Power sources This equipment should be operated only from the power source This symbol is intended to alert the user of important indicated on the product. This equipment is intended to be used with a main operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions power system with a grounded (neutral) conductor. The third (grounding) pin is Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a in the litera
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Quick Start Guide — CTL208CM Installation and service must be performed by authorized CAUTION personnel only. These units must be installed in accordance with national and local electrical codes. Step 1 Power off all devices and disconnect them from the power source, if necessary. Step 2 Run the serial cable between the control panel module’s installation location and the device to be controlled. Step 3 As necessary, install a wall box, table connector bay, or other mini- AAP mounting option in
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Table of Contents Quick Start Guide — CTL208CM, cont’d Step 10 Chapter 1 Introduction ..........................................................1-1 If the rear of the control panel module will be inaccessible About the CTL208CM ...........................................................1-2 when the installation is complete, the module should be Features ......................................................................................1-2 powered up and its operation should be tested before
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Table of Contents, cont’d Appendix Reference Information .................................. A-1 CTL208CM Control Panel Module Specifications ......................................................................... A-2 Parts List.................................................................................... A-3 Included parts........................................................................ A-3 Mini-AAP mounting options ................................................. A-3 Wall moun
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Introduction, cont’d Introduction Four operating modes per button — Each button can be set to About the CTL208CM one of four operating modes: single (default), toggle, The Extron CTL208CM is a programmable 8-button control press/release, or continuous panel module that can be connected to any serial-controlled Single mode — The control panel module sends the device (figure 1-1). Each button can store one or two command primary ASCII or hex string programmed to a button strings that are prog
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Introduction, cont’d CTL208CM Control Panel Module Chapter Two 2 Installation Installation Overview UL Requirements for Wall Box Installation Wall Mounting Site Preparation Device Configuration Wall Mounting Rear Panel Setup CTL208CM Control Panel Module Introduction 1-4
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Installation, cont’d Installation 9 Program the control panel module’s buttons as desired, Installation Overview using either the Extron ICS100 control software or the Installation and service must be performed by CAUTION Extron serial character command set. See ICS100 Windows authorized personnel only. UL Listed electrical Control Program and/or Serial Commands in chapter 4, Serial boxes are recommended. See UL Requirements Communications, for details. for Wall Box Installation in this chapt
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Installation, cont’d The installation must conform to national and local electrical UL Requirements for Wall Box Installation codes and to the equipment’s size requirements. The following Underwriters Laboratories (UL) requirements Installation using a UL listed wall box (available from Extron) is pertain to the installation of the CTL208CM into a wall or recommended for most mounting options, but the optional wall furniture (figure 2-1). mounting bracket can be used instead. All wall boxes mus
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Installation, cont’d 5b. If you are using a wall box, insert the wall box into the clips that fasten the ring to the wall or furniture (figure 2- opening, and attach it to the wall stud or furniture with 4). nails or screws, leaving the front edge flush with the outer wall or furniture surface (figure 2-3). The illustration Wall applies to both two-gang and four-gang wall boxes. Wall Stud Extron Push Mounting IN9181 Wall Tabs Forward Installation Mounting Bracket Cable Cable Clamp Screws or Nai
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Installation, cont’d 2. If not already accomplished, attach the power and serial Wall Mounting cables to the rear of the control panel module. Power on The physical orientation of the control panel module is the control panel module now if the external power supply important when you are programming and operating the cannot be accessed once the module is mounted. buttons. Buttons 1 and 5 (figure 2-5) are on top when 3. Mount the CPM101 or other mini-AAP panel (with the the CTL208 is right-side
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Installation, cont’d 1 Serial port connector — This port is a 3.5 mm, 5-pole captive The default settings for all switches for an RS-232 screw connector for serial RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 connection is off (0). communications. Connect to the port as shown in figure 2-7. DIP switch 3 should be turned on for an RS-485 full duplex connection only, and only if the CTL is the first The port serves two functions: or last unit in a daisy chain. Connects the control panel module to a computer to DI
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Installation, cont’d CTL208CM Control Panel Module Chapter Three 3 Operation Button Modes Send Programmed Commands Factory Reset CTL208CM Control Panel Module Installation 2-12
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Operation, cont’d Operation Button Modes Send Programmed Commands Before a control panel module button is programmed, it has no function. See chapter 4, Serial Communications, to program the Button Button buttons. Programming includes: number number 1 5 Assigning the program string(s) to the button. One or two strings (primary and secondary) can be assigned to 2 6 each button. Setting each program string to be either ASCII or 3 7 hexadecimal. 4 8 Setting the mode for each button.
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Operation, cont’d Toggle mode and a timeout set — Push a button to send CTL208CM Control Panel Module the primary program string. The button’s LED lights. When you push the button a second time or when the timeout expires, the control panel module sends the secondary program string. The button’s LED goes out If you push the button a third time, the timeout interval starts over; that is, if the timeout is set to 30 minutes, the control panel module will send the secondary string 30 minutes la
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Serial Communications Serial Communications, cont’d The control panel module must be programmed before it can be 8. The next InlineControl Setup window that appears operated. Programming can include setting several serial port indicates when setup is complete. Click Ok. variables to match the device to be controlled and includes entering the primary and secondary (if applicable) code for each Starting the program button. Start the control program and establish communications with You can progr
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Serial Communications, cont’d a. Click in the appropriate radio buttons to select the Using the software to program the CTL208CM desired settings. Use the control program to program the CTL208 buttons as b. Click Ok. follows: If you change the serial protocols, communications 1. Click Inline Model > Query Hardware to configure the between the computer and the control panel module are ICS100 program to communicate with the CTL208 and to lost until the computer is updated to match the new confirm
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Serial Communications, cont’d 3. For each button to be programmed, click the pull down 5. In the Button Codes window, click in the ASCII or Hex radio button to select the appropriate format. menu above the numbered panel button and select a mode: 0 Single, 1 Toggle, 2 Press/Release, or 3 Continuous. See Button Modes in chapter 3, Operation, for Selecting the Hex radio button causes the CTL to definitions of the various button modes. convert the primary code that you will enter in step 6 to a he
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Serial Communications, cont’d Buttons must be set to operate in toggle mode to assign Serial Commands groups. Communication protocols Groups cannot be assigned to buttons that are set to operate in toggle mode and are assigned a timeout value. The control panel module’s serial port is factory-configured to 9600 baud, no parity, no flow control, half-duplex mode. 11. When all of the desired programming changes are made, If you change the serial protocols, communications between the click the Prog
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Serial Communications, cont’d Symbols Control panel module responses = Line feed When a command is valid, the module performs the command and sends the following response: X1 = Address number 00 - 98 (00 addresses all units but individual units do not respond, 97 is the factory-installed default). [R0 {address} {echo of the command sent}] The very first command that you send to the control panel module When a command is invalid, either because the command is not X1 X1 must be the connect, [CC ]
