Switch-4X User Manual - Durand Interstellar, Inc.
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1. Switch40n4 on 4 0434206FGEFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 20 Switch 4 Off4 off 5 0534206F6666FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 21 22 Mark o 2 B030 23 Debounce 5 2 1F00 i 24 Baud 300 2 sspo Update Hox Data 25 Check Sum Automatically Generated 2 2c55 26 27 File Name Nev_Folder data txt LoadjRead Save Write 28 29 Instructions v Sheet1 lt gt l Sheet 1 1 Default STD Sum 0 O 6 0 100 You will be filling in the boxes with the white background and the built in macros will convert that to the hex programming data on the right If you already have a data file on disk see below on reading it in The first 8 boxes are marked Switch 1 On Switch 1 Off etc This is where you will enter the data you wish sent out when that action happens switch opening or closing If you don t want anything to happen on a particular action then leave that box empty make sure there aren t any blank spaces in the box or they will be sent If you need to send non printable characters such as MIDI data you may enter them as either hex or octal data For standard control characters you may also use standard C shortcuts in NL LF New Line Line Feed t HT Horizontal Tab v VT Vertical Tab b BS Back Space r CR Carriage Return f FF Form Feed a BEL Audible Alert xAB hex data entry where AB is any two digit hex data 00 to FF 123 octal data en2. Should service become necessary contact Durand Interstellar Inc for return authorization and then e Pack the unit in a well padded corrugated box e Enclose a copy of your proof of purchase if you are not the original purchaser e Ship the unit prepaid via an insured carrier NOTE This warranty is void if the product is e Damaged through negligence misuse abuse or accident e Modified or repaired by anyone other than Durand Interstellar Inc e Damaged because it is improperly connected to equipment of other manufacturers or through the failure of other equipment NOTE This warranty does not cover e Damage to or caused by equipment connected to the product e Cost incurred in the shipping of the product to Durand Interstellar Inc e Damage or improper operation caused by customer abuse misuse negligence or failure to follow operating instructions e Ordinary adjustments to the product which can be performed by the customer as outlined in the instruction manual e Improper operation caused by software written by any third party e Damage costs beyond the original purchase price of this product ANY APPLICABLE IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE PERIOD OF THE EXPRESSED WARRANTY AS PROVIDED HEREIN BEGINNING WITH THE DATE OF ORIGINAL PURCHASE AT RETAIL AND NO WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED SHALL APPLY TO THE PRODUCT THEREAFTER DURAND INTERSTELLAR INC MAKES NO WARRAN
3. an OK and a new prompt or two CoolTerm_0 File Edit Connection View Window Help Ds a eX E 1 O New Open Save Disconnect Clear Data Options ViewHex Help FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFOS34206F6666FF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFBO301F0055D02C55 gt w 0F54686973206973206120746573742EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 11E54657374206F6620555050455220616E64206C6F77657220636173652031 119303132330D0A20286865782920ABBC20286F6374616C292022FFFFFFFFFF 02712FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 1E313233343536373839303132333435363738393031323334353637383930 03616263FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 0434206F6EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 0534206 F6666FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Y COM3 300 6 N 1 Orts Abr Goo Connected 00 11 16 Ocs Obor Or If you receive an error indicator the character you may try again If you continue having trouble feel free to contact us for assistance Close the serial terminal program unplug the FTDI cable turn off the DC power supply Then remove the jumper on J2 and the FTDI cable connections Proceed on to the next section the Switch 4X is now ready for your application Wire Connections If possible connect all the wires before mounting the Switch 4X this will make it easier to get the wires into the screw terminals Remove the cover being careful to not bend the LED Refer to the illustration ab
4. and either the terminal marked COM or the GND terminal power supply ground Switches 2 4 connect in the same fashion Any unused inputs should be left open no connection MIDI Connections Your MIDI cable should have two or more insulated wires and a bare shield wire which may also connect to pin 2 of the MIDI plug Connect the SHIELD wire and the pin 2 wire if there is one to the terminal marked SHIELD The D terminal connects to pin 4 of the MIDI plug The D terminal connects to pin 5 of the MIDI plug RS 232 Connections RS 232 cables have two different pinouts called DCE and DTE You must determine the proper pinout for the equipment you are using Connect the GROUND pin typically pin 5 of a 9 pin connector to the SHIELD terminal Connect the RX pin typically pin 2 of a 9 pin connector intended to plug 10 into a PC to the D terminal RX refers to your equipment it s the pin your equipment expects to receive data on If you have any other pins possibilities are DCD DTR DSR RTS CTS RI that need to be held at Space for your application connect them to the D terminal All unused pins should be left open tape wire ends to prevent shorts TTL Connections Connect the GROUND wire to the SHIELD terminal If your interface has a 5V input or output connect it to the D terminal Connect the RX wire to the D terminal RX refers to your equipment it s
5. contacts may very well fix this If you can t clean the switch or it is a type that has a very noisy contact you can try increasing the debounce time in the setup If you haven t already turn on the device that is to receive the data and verify that you are receiving the appropriate commands 12 California Proposition 65 Warning The following information is required by the State of California s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 or Proposition 65 This California regulation does not address safe levels anything detectable at any level counts therefore even trace amounts of the chemicals included on Proposition 65 s list of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity must be noted with the Safe Harbor wording A Green lead free and or RoHS device will probably still have detectable quantities of some chemical on this list WARNING This product contains lead and or other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and or birth defects and or other reproductive harm California Proposition 65 Warning 13 Warranty Durand Interstellar Inc warrants this product to be free from manufacturing defects in original material including original parts and workmanship under normal use and conditions manufacturing defect for a period of one 1 year from date of original purchase A charge will be made for repairs not covered by the warranty
6. the pin your equipment expects to receive data on All unused wires should be left open tape wire ends to prevent shorts Note that TTL may require either a 1 or O for Mark see your equipment or try one then the other Not recommended for 3 3V interfaces unless they are 5V tolerant Testing Check that the jumper on J2 has been removed and there are no pieces of wire or other foreign material inside the enclosure and then replace the cover Be careful to not bend the LED it is supposed to fit into a hole in the lid Turn on the DC power and note that the Status LED comes on in about 1 second You may also turn on whatever device is receiving the MIDI RS 232 TTL data Wait 5 seconds or more for the Initial Delay to complete This delay is to let your system stabilize after power up with no false commands During this time any switch changes are ignored and no commands will be sent If the LED starts blinking rapidly it means either the jumper was left on J2 or the memory failed its self test If the jumper is not installed try loading the program in again If you continue having trouble please contact us Now one at a time operate each switch note that the Status LED blinks off once for each time any switch changes state once for opening and once for closing If you see multiple blinks instead of just one it means your switch is bouncing longer than the debounce time This is often caused by a dirty or noisy switch cleaning the
7. Switch 4X Extended Version of the Switch 4 PC Board Revision 1 February 14 2011 Instruction Manual Durand Interstellar Inc 219 Oak Wood Way Los Gatos California 95032 2523 www interstellar com tel 1 408 356 3886 USA toll free 1 866 356 3886 Table of Contents VASO COMES AAA A A A hdecentiantenetes 1 CMC UNIS A A A O A E A doula tach yes E 1 SPECIES ada 2 Mounting itis n e ae a aa E E E aE 3 Programing title 4 Wire AT 10 O E S T E Seria EA 12 California Proposition 65 Watt gs cccc scscccsascececssceveicaavcceaseonasoucsness encarnan 13 a a a a fee o UR soe iC ten sd Sines coe 14 Intended Use The Switch 4X interface will allow up to four switch inputs to send commands to a host device such as a PC running ShowMan a Mac running QLab a lighting control board a PLC or other musical or digital equipment The Switch 4 supports both MIDI and RS 232 but only one at a time Since the data sent by the Switch 4X has no error checking it should not be used to control anything that might be damaged or cause injury if the wrong data is received The Switch 4X is designed to be continuously powered typical power use is about 1 10 of a Watt so it meets all energy conservation requirements This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interferen
8. TY AS TO THE FITNESS OF THE PRODUCT FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL DURAND INTERSTELLAR INC BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE OR PATENT ISSUES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT THIS WARRANTY IS ONLY VALID IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS HOWEVER YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH MAY VARY FROM STATE TO STATE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW A LIMITATION ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE THEREFORE THESE RESTRICTIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU 14
9. ce that may cause undesired operation The only user serviceable parts inside are the screw terminals and the programming jumper Re attach the cover securely being careful to not bend the LED Never apply power with the cover removed The latest version of this manual and any application notes are available from our support site http interstellar com support html All of our documentation is in PDF format Download a free reader from http www foxitsoftware com pdf reader or http www adobe com All trademarks are the property of their owners and are used for reference only Note Specifications Width 3 5 89mm including mounting flanges Height 2 5 64mm Thickness 1 25mm Mounting Two 0 19 4 8mm diameter holes on 3 76 2mm centers Weight 20z 60gm Connections Screw terminals and one internal jumper Power supply 9 24VDC 50mA max shorted output cable normal draw is about 10mA varies slightly with output mode Environmental 32 100 F 0 40 C non condensing humidity Switch inputs Four contact closure or logic level Active LOW with internal pullup resistors Debounce user selectable 4 to 65mS on both Open and Close Initial Delay Switches are ignored for about 5 seconds after power up Data output MIDI Note commands or RS 232 characters Data Format 8 data bits no parity timed to work with 1 or 2 stop bits Output Levels OV and 5V current limited Polarity is programmab
10. ck on a gray box then click the Load Read button The file will be read and any errors reported Also the hex data will be converted back to fill in the other boxes If the data file contained MIDI data or other non printable characters then the reconstructed strings may look a bit different from what you originally entered This is because during the reconstruction of these strings anything that is a printable character is shown as that character even for MIDI data Also any non printable characters are show as either the standard C shortcut or hex data This should not change what s really sent out but may make your data strings look odd You may now edit the reconstructed data and save as you wish Connecting the USB Cable Now that you have a data file you need to be able to send that to the Switch 4X This requires the use of a 5V TTL serial connection the recommended FTDI cable provides this and works with Windows OS X and Linux systems You may also make your own cable if you wish contact us for more information The FTDI cable has six wires you will not be using the brown and green ones tape the ends of these to keep them from shorting Turn off the power supply for the Switch 4X and remove any wires connected to the Switch 4X terminals marked Shield D D and SW1 You may leave SW2 4 connected if you wish If not already connected attach the positive wire from your DC power supply to the terminal marked 9 24VDC Nex
11. g If you enter any other command you will receive the character as an error indicator Try typing R upper or lower case is ok and you should get a block of hex data Depending on your terminal program it may be single or double space Example of the screen while it s still receiving CoolTerm_0 BOX File Edit Connection View Window Help Dn eA x amp New Open Save Disconnect Clear Data Options View Hex 0F54686973206973206120746573742E FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIE 54657374206F6620555050455220616E 64206C6F776572206361736520311930 3132330D0A20286865782920ABBC2028 6F6374616C292022FFFFFFFFFFO2712F FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFIE313233 34353637383930313233343536373839 3031323334 v COM3 300 8 N 1 Orts or Ooo Connected 00 06 09 Ocs or Or You may save this file to your disk if you wish to load it into the setup utility or simply to clone this Switch 4X Don t worry about the line length being different or any double spacing that will all be ignored when reading the file If you ve gotten this far you may now upload your new data file Enter a W this will erase all memory and return the character as a prompt In CoolTerm click on Connection in the tool bar and then choose Send Text File Browse to where you saved the data file from the setup utility and choose it Sending will take what seems like a long time to anyone used to modern Internet speeds When it is done you should receive
12. le Number of times the programming may be changed 10 000 or more The RS 232 specification calls for voltage levels of 12V to 3V for Mark but except in very rare cases RS 232 receiver chips allow a Mark to be as high as 0 8V The Switch 4 uses OV for Mark and should have no problem working with all modern devices If you have any concerns you may contact us for help in verifying the levels needed for your application TTL levels are 0 5V on input and output MIDI operation is fully compliant with the specification and recommended practices Mounting The Switch 4X is designed to be mounted to a wall or inside another enclosure such as a kiosk It is intended for indoor use but may be used outdoors if protected from moisture and excessive heat cold When mounted to a vertical surface the screw terminals J1 in the illustration below should be on the bottom This lets the wires hang freely and also prevents any foreign material from falling in through the slot in the box The first two pins of J2 are used for the programming jumper The rest of J2 is only used for initializing the Switch 4X during manufacture it is not used in normal operation except in some custom applications Be sure to allow room to remove the cover in case you need to remove or add a wire in the future or change the programming Support the wires to the mounting surface as needed m es SWITCH INPUT 4 REV 1 C Durgnd Interstellar I
13. ll normal and odd possibilities The baud clock is derived from a 16MHz counter so there should be very little error for any baud rate At this point you ll want to make sure you ve pressed RETURN or clicked on a blank gray cell to make sure your change is recorded and then press the Update Hex Data button Fix any errors detected and repeat until there are no red cells If you wish you may save the utility and all data you ve entered by clicking on File on the top tool bar and then Save As Chose a different name so you know this is your data Now you will want to save all this data in a text file on your system The file may have any name you wish but an ending of txt may make it easier to send to the Switch 4X depending on your serial terminal software If you just enter the name with no path the file will be saved in the same folder that the utility is stored in If you enter a folder and then a file name such as shown above then the file will be stored in that folder After entering the file name make sure to press RETURN or click on the gray area then click the Save Write button If the file exists you ll be asked if you want to replace it If it doesn t exist it will be created You may now exit the utility saving a copy with your data if you wish Reading Loading data files If for some reason you wish to load a data file to either view it or make changes then the only box you need to fill in is the File Name Press RETURN or cli
14. nc 2010 ee MADE IN USA RoHS mm sma oe me Mim Eag oe ma ala ere Pe Geb les J2 Programming The Switch 4X needs to be programmed before use and this requires a little planning and work on your part You should read through this whole section before starting to make sure you have everything you need If you need help feel free to ask us The first thing you will want to do is download our Switch 4X Setup Utility from our Support page This requires Open Office software to open and run If you don t have a copy of Open Office you may download one for free Windows OS X Linux from http www openoffice org This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 3 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program If not see lt http www gnu org licenses gt When you open the utility you may be asked to enable macros click on the Enable Macros button OpenOffice org Security Warning A EX Clients Products Switch 415 Switch 4X_Setup_Utilit
15. ove when connecting wires Make sure to not leave any loose pieces of wire or other foreign material inside the Switch 4 a short could destroy the device Your DC power supply should have two wires a positive and a negative or ground Connect the positive wire to the terminal marked 9 24VDC and the negative wire to the terminal marked GND The Switch 4 is protected from reverse polarity so if you re not sure which wire is which you may apply power at this point If the LED doesn t come on within a couple of seconds turn off the power and reverse the wires With the power off continue making connections The switch inputs are pulled up to 5VDC with 10KQ resistors If you are using buttons they will often be normally open NO momentary push buttons If using other types of switches you only need single pole single throw SPST but almost any type can be used by leaving unused connections open Very large switches intended for high current may be electrically noisy and may need a capacitor across them to prevent multiple detections Contact us if you need any help with switches If using solid state devices light beam sensors motion sensors etc you may use ones with contact closures open drain or open collector transistor outputs or logic levels 3V to 5V levels will work Other types of solid state devices may need a resistor added please contact us for assistance Switch 1 connects between the terminal marked SW1
16. program you wish as long as it can send and receive text files possible by cut and paste Start up your serial terminal program and have it connect to the new serial port created when you plugged in the FTDI cable You ll need to set the baud rate to 300 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control and local echo optional An example from CoolTerm for Windows is below Connection Options CoolTerm_0 Serial Port Options Terminal Options Port E J Terminal Mode Raw Mode Baudrate O Line Mode Data Bits Parity Enter Key Emulation cr F Stop Bits On Flow Control OLF Handle Bell Character Local Echo Special Serial Options CII View Options Loop back received data Convert Non printable Characters Ignore receive signal errors Handle Backspace Character Receive Buffer Size 10000 Send String Options Use transmit character delay Terminate Send String Data Delay ms 3 Termination String Hex Use transmit line delay Misc Options Delay ms 3 Automatically connect on open Delay characters hex Notify after sending text file Re Scan Serial Ports Press the RETURN ENTER key a couple of times and you should receive the character gt as a prompt There are only only two commands available R for Read current programming and W for erase memory and install new programmin
17. t connect the negative or ground wire from the supply to the GND terminal Do not turn on the power yet Attach the black wire ground from the FTDI cable to the SHIELD terminal Attach the red wire 5V to the D terminal Attach the yellow wire RXD to the D terminal Attach the orange wire TXD to the SW1 terminal Install a jumper across pins 1 and 2 of J2 on the Switch 4X board If the jumper has been lost short these two pins together with any handy piece of wire Turn on the DC power supply the Switch 4X LED should come on and after about 5 seconds start blinking to indicate its in programming mode Plug the FTDI cable into your computer Windows will probably ask you to allow it to install software tell it to go anead you may need to be connected to the Internet OS X and Linux generally have the software already installed and won t give any notice If you want need to download the latest drivers for your computer you will find them here http www ftdichip com FTDrivers htm You will need a serial terminal program for your computer this is NOT the Terminal program in OS X and Linux to communicate with the Switch 4X Older versions of Windows came with Hyperterm but that has been removed from newer versions We have CoolTerm for Windows and OS X on our Support page for free download For Linux we recommend GtkTerm which is available for most versions of Linux from the usual sources You may use any other terminal
18. try where 123 is any three digit octal number 000 to 377 the character Each of the 8 output strings may be up to 30 bytes long A byte is an individual character such as the letter A or a single non printable character such as xAB You may click the Update Hex Data at any time while entering data and if there are any problems they will be marked with a red background Note that the byte count for each entry is shown in column C Once you have all 8 output strings the way you want them you need to set up some technical parameters The first one is Mark This is the condition of the output pin during idle times For MIDI output and normal TTL output you would set this to 1 one for inverted TTL and RS 232 set this to O zero Next is the debounce setting this determines how long the input switches have to be stable before a change is acknowledged For most applications you can set this to 5 and never worry about it again If you find you re getting multiple activations for one switch press then you need to increase the debounce setting The maximum setting is 16 which is about 0 065 seconds If you re missing quick switch taps then you need to decrease the setting The minimum setting is 1 which is about 0 004 seconds Now comes the baud rate bits per second For MIDI always set this to 31250 For RS 232 and TTL systems you ll need to check what the receiving equipment is expecting The allowed range is 110 to 38400 including a
19. y ods The document contains document macros Macros may contain viruses Disabling macros For a document is always safe IF you disable macros you may lose functionality provided by the document macros SS a You should now see a screen something like the following if you ve previously saved the utility with your data in it it will open with that data instead of the sample data OpenOffice org Ca O File Edit view Insert Format Tools Data Window Help B0e 88R is KSBa o 002696800 fad Courier New v 10 vi BJU TER SR QD Ar B10 v Fe E misisatest m SSS SS EE D A 1 aoe 2 b amas 3 E Dur nd Interstellar Inc s p or GPL Notice 6 2 z 3 8 Baris 9 Input data Bytes Hex Data io Switch 1 OnfThis is a test Ys 15 OF 5 4686973206973206120746573 742 EF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 11 Switch 1 OffTest of UPPER and lower case 1 30 1 54657374206F 6620555050455220616 64206C6F77657220636173 652031 12 13 Switch20n01231rin hex xAB xBC octal 1042 25 19303132330D0A20286865782920ABBC20286F6374616C292022FFFFFFFFFF 14 Switch 2 Offa 2 02712FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 16 Switch 3 On 123456789012345678901234567890 30 1E313233343536373839303132333435363738393031323334353637383930 17 Switch 3 Off abc 3 03616263FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF 18 19
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