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Kramer Electronics, Ltd.
Kramer K-Config Guide
Revision 6
Software Version 1.0.3.x
Intended for Kramer Technical Personnel or External System Integrators.
To check that you have the latest version, go to the DOWNLOADS section of our Web site at:
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Contents Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Applicable Room Controllers 1 1.2 Available Commands for Room Control Ports 2 1.3 Trigger Types Available 3 1.4 Actions, Labels and Button Number Limits 4 1.5 How to Save a Project 4 1.6 Quick Start 5 1.7 Initial Planning 6 1.8 Glossary 6 1.9 Defining the System 7 1.9.1 System Requirements for the Kramer K-Config 7 1.9.2 Operating Systems 7 2 Kramer K-Config Software Installation 7 2.1 Installing the “.NET Framework” Revision 2.0 Software 7
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Contents 6.11.3 The Button Light Action Type 51 6.11.4 The Button Ignore Action Type 52 6.11.5 The Set LCD Label Action Type 52 6.11.6 The Switcher Command Action Type 53 6.11.7 The Power Amplifier Action Type 53 6.11.8 The Panel Lock Action Type 53 6.11.9 The Timer Start/Stop Action Type 54 6.11.10 The LEDs Light Action Type 54 6.11.11 The States Action Type 55 6.11.12 The Delay Action Type 57 7 Write the Configuration 58 8 Set K-NET IDs 59 9 The Driver Manager 60 9.1 Creating a D
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Contents Figure 22: Setting the LCD and Button Label Names 17 Figure 23: Final Appearance of the “DVD Control” Virtual Device Front Panel in K-Config 17 Figure 24: The RC-4 Remote Controller 18 Figure 25: The Port Manager 19 Figure 26: The Drivers Tree Window 20 Figure 27: Selecting a Driver 20 Figure 28: Assigning a Driver to a Port 20 Figure 29: Writing a Port Description 21 Figure 30: Serial Settings Window 21 Figure 31: The Port Commands 21 Figure 32: The Assigned Driver in the Co
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Contents Figure 81: Move the Stop Timer Action 42 Figure 82: Add the Start Timer Action 42 Figure 83: Button 1 Action List with Timer Triggers 42 Figure 84: The Add GPI/O Trigger Button 43 Figure 85: Selecting GPI/O via the Port Manager 43 Figure 86: Selecting Digital Input for a Temperature Sensor 43 Figure 87: GPI/O Threshold Window 44 Figure 88: GPI/O Trigger Properties Window for Digital Input 44 Figure 89: GPI/O Trigger Timeout (Digital Input) 45 Figure 90: Selecting the GPI/O Tri
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Contents Figure 140: Set the New Command Table Name 65 Figure 141: The New Command Table Name 66 Figure 142: The Table Details Window 66 Figure 143: Setting the Number of Command Rows 67 Figure 144: Entering a command 67 Figure 145: Writing the Commands 68 Figure 146: Selecting Every 3 Rows 68 Figure 147: Logarithmic Row Selection 69 Figure 148: Setting the LED Levels 69 Figure 149: Adding Actions to a Trigger via the Command Table 70 Figure 150: Setting a Specific Volume Level 70 Fi
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Contents Tables Table 1: Applicable Room Controllers 1 Table 2: Room Controller Commands Available 2 Table 3: Available Triggers for Room Controllers 3 Table 4: Room Controller Devices Limitation 4 Table 5: Glossary 6 Table 6: Connect Dialog Box 24 Table 7: The Device Settings Tab Features 25 Table 8: Setting the Date and Time 26 Table 9: Driver Manager Window Features 60 Table 10: Query Format Details 74 Table 11: Lamp Hour Query Response Formats 75 Table 12: Projector Query Respon
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Introduction 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of our line, making the best even better! Our 1,000-plus different 1 models now appear in 11 groups that are clearly defined by function. Congratulation
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Introduction 1.2 Available Commands for Room Control Ports 1 Since each Room Controller includes different ports , you will find that not all the available commands apply to your room controller. Table 2 defines the sections that apply to each room controller: Table 2: Room Controller Commands Available Power IR OUT RS-232 RS-485 Ethernet GPI/O Relay Switcher LCD Label Button Light Machine Amplifier 6. 11.1 6.11.1 6.11.1 6. 11.1 6.8 6. 11.2 6. 11.6 6.11.5 6.11.3 6.11.7 RC-2
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Introduction 1.3 Trigger Types Available Table 3 lists the types of triggers that can be used for each room controller. Section 6 describes K-Config triggers in detail. Table 3: Available Triggers for Room Controllers Device All Off / All On Device Custom (from Web Knob Monitor Unit Buttons Scheduler GPI/O Startup (from Site-CTRL) Inactivity page or scheduled) Up / Down Serial Input RC-2 RC-2C RC-52 RC-52N/A See note 1 Se
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Introduction 1.4 Actions, Labels and Button Number Limits Table 4 lists the limit to the number of actions you can add to an action list as well as the number of buttons and labels in a Virtual Device when it is assigned to a specific Master RC: Table 4: Room Controller Devices Limitation Device Maximum Actions Maximum Number Maximum Number of Buttons Maximum number of labels in in each of Aux Device in each Virtual Device when Master RC + Aux Devices Action List Unit is used as Mas
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Introduction 1.6 Quick Start To configure your Room Controller, follow these basic steps: Set the System Section 1 Install the Software Section 2 Install the Drivers Section 3 Define the Control Room Section 4 Define the Port Manager Section 5 Set the Triggers Section 6 Write the Configuration Section 7 Other Topics: Set K-NET IDs Section 8 The Driver Manager Section 9 The Menus Section 10 Connecting a Standalone Device Section 11 Connecting via the Et
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Introduction 1.7 Initial Planning Carefully plan your RC system layout to ensure a smooth and easy configuration and installation 1 (refer to the separate user manuals ), by: • Defining your requirements • Listing the peripheral devices and room items that will be included in the system • Planning the location of each device • Planning the function of each device Make a detailed list of the functions and commands required of the system devices, for example: Figure 1: Media Room Compon
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Kramer K-Config Software Installation 1.9 Defining the System This section defines the minimum requirements for the Kramer K-Config and describes how to install your system. 1.9.1 System Requirements for the Kramer K-Config The system minimum requirements include: • 400MHz or faster processor • 128MB or more RAM • At least 300MB free hard disk space • Network connection for configuring devices or USB • Microsoft.NET® Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1, automatically installed (see Section 2
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Kramer K-Config Software Installation 2.3 Installing Kramer K-Config Software 1 To download Kramer K-Config from the Internet: 1. Go to http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/downloads.asp and download the file: “Kramer K-Config.zip” from the DOWNLOADS section. 2. Extract the file “Kramer K-Config.zip” package, which includes the 2 Kramer K-Config application setup and the Kramer device drivers , to a folder (for example, C:\Program Files\Kramer K-Config). 3. Install the Kramer K-Co
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The Peripheral Device Drivers 3 The Peripheral Device Drivers The RC system peripheral devices have device drivers that let them communicate with computers. The device driver needs to be installed so that the computer can recognize it and control it. The Kramer K-Config software uses driver commands to control these peripheral devices. Check—according to your list of peripheral devices—that you have all the required drivers: • Kramer machines have drivers that are provided within the packa
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The Peripheral Device Drivers Figure 7: The Driver Manager Window Prior to Installing the Drivers 4. Click Import Drivers. The Open window appears (see Figure 8). Figure 8: Importing the Driver Files 5. Select the drivers that you need and click OK. The Driver Manager window shows the selected drivers (vendors, devices, revisions and commands are specified), see Figure 9: KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 10
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Defining the Control Room Figure 9: Loading the Drivers 6. Click OK (or Apply and then OK). 1 The drivers are now installed . The Driver Manager features are defined in Section 9 4 Defining the Control Room You can define the control devices setup in the room via the Control Room. Depending on the Master RC, up to four Aux K-NET devices and two Virtual Devices can be used in the same control setup. At any point you can right click a control device to perform further functions. It is
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Defining the Control Room To define the devices via the Control Room: 1 1. In the Control Room area, click +. The Add Device window appears: Figure 10: Adding the Master Device 2. Select a device (for example, SV-552) and click OK. The selected device name appears in the Control Room area, and the image of the device appears in the Device View area of the Front Panel tab: Figure 11: The Master Device View 2 3. Select the Master device (1 - SV-552) and Click + again . Select an aux
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Defining the Control Room Figure 12: The Auxiliary Device View 1 4. In the Control Room area, select 1 - SV-552 . 5. Click +. 6. Select a device from the list (for example, the RC-4 remote control transmitter, see Section 4.1.2 ). The RC-4 (when selected in the Control Room area) appears in the Device View area of the Front Panel tab). Figure 13: The Remote Control Device View To add additional auxiliary devices (depending on the Master RC selected, up to four Aux K- NET devices a
