RCP-100 Guide to Installation and Operation M191-9900-110 Remote Control Panel Miranda Technologies Inc. 3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Y6 Tel. 514-333-1772 Fax. 514-333-9828 www.miranda.com RCP-100 Copyright 2009 Miranda Technologies Inc.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Safety Compliance Information Safety Compliance This equipment complies with: - CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-07 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment - UL60950-1 (2nd Edition) Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment. - IEC60950 (2nd Edition) / Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Table of Contents 1 RCP-100 Remote Control Panel ................................................................................................1 1.1 1.2 2 Overview .....................................................................................................................................2 2.1 2.2 3 4.3 4.4 4.5 Powering Up.....................................................................................................................................
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION RCP-100
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1 RCP-100 Remote Control Panel 1.1 Introduction The RCP-100 is a simple, 1RU remote control panel that controls the Miranda imaging and Densité families of products, and the Aquila upconverter. It has been designed to address the demands placed by on-air operations. Emphasis has been placed on the ease of adjustment of key operational parameters by non-technical operators.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Overview 2.1 Front Panel The RCP-100 front panel consists of the following: - the function keys: five large pushbuttons with backlit LCD; - six pushbuttons, five with built-in LED; - four rotary encoders with pushbutton; - a large backlit LCD display; - a Compact Flash (CF) card slot; - reset switch; - four mounting holes for rack mount installation. Function keys Mounting holes LCD display Pushbuttons Rotary encoders CF card slot Reset switch Figure 2.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3 Installation 3.1 Unpacking Make sure the following items have been shipped with your RCP-100. If any of the following items are missing, contact your distributor or Miranda Technologies Inc. - 3.2 RCP-100 unit AC power cord Rack Mount Installation The RCP-100 is intended to be mounted in a standard 19" equipment rack. The unit is secured to the rack using appropriate rack screws and washers (not provided).
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Ethernet Use this RJ-45 female connector to connect the RCP-100 to a Local Area Network (LAN) using common 10BASE-T cables. The LED next to the RJ-45 connector will turn on to indicate network activity. AC IN The RCP-100 features a universal power supply. Connect the supplied AC power cord to the AC IN connector on the rear panel. 3.4 Networking Considerations The RCP-100 has two means of accessing devices which it can control: 3.4.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION CLIENT runs only the Client module, and is connected through a LAN to an APPSERVER which is basically running the Directory Services module and the Communications and Services Module, or to another RCP-100 which is configured as a SERVER; SERVER runs the Directory Services module, the Communications and Services Module, and the Client module. Note that the Client module is running in all RCP-100s, whether configured as CLIENT or SERVER.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Case 2 (figure 3.5) In this case, multiple RCP-100s are connected on the LAN. Only one of these can be configured as a SERVER; all others must be configured as CLIENTs. Figure 3.5 Multiple RCP-100 Installation Here are the settings for this set-up, where: • the IP address of RCP-100 #1 (server) is 10.2.5.10 • • • the IP address of Densité #1 is 10.2.5.11 the IP address of Densité #2 is 10.2.5.12 the IP address of Densité #3 is 10.2.5.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Case 3 (figure 3.6) Here an iControl APPLICATION SERVER is connected to the LAN. In this case, all RCP-100s must be configured as CLIENTs, and the APP SERVER will function as the SERVER. An RCP-100 in CLIENT mode will control Imaging and Densité cards through the APP SERVER via the ethernet connection. Note: Any device can be controlled by a maximum of 8 RCP-100 CLIENTs Figure 3.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 Operation 4.1 Powering Up The RCP-100 has no power switch. Plug the unit into an appropriate AC power source to turn it on. 4.2 Using the RCP-100 - Controls and Displays The RCP-100 is designed for use in situations where quick and easy access to parameter adjustments is important. The use of dynamically-labeled operational controls and a shallow menu structure facilitate this functionality. A brief description of the function of the interface elements follows.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Device Activating this pushbutton (LED is GREEN) enables the device selection mode. Use the rotary encoders to select a device to control. When inactive (LED is OFF) the panel is in the device control mode. Enable (Reserved for future use). Esc Used for upgrading the unit (see Section 5.1). 4.2.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Group list: This is the default list mode. All devices are listed in terms of group and device names. The user browses through the groups first, and then through the devices in a group. When no name has been assigned to a device, the slot number and the device type will be used as the device name, and the frame number will be used as the group name. The group name is used for all named devices without an explicitly-assigned group name.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION When the selected device (or the frame that holds the device) is not accessible, an error message is displayed. The status LED is also cleared. Cannot Reach Device: When a device is selected, an RCP in CLIENT mode will try to connect to the service corresponding to this device, displaying CONNECTING... CONNECTING...
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4.3.2 Device Locking The protection provided by this feature is only meant as a safety measure to prevent accidental modifications to a device configuration. It is not designed to provide a highly secure protection mechanism. It inhibits control by the local panel. Other panels connected to the device may modify the device configuration while the local panel is locked out.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Each of the 4 encoder knobs increments/decrements the associated field in the IP address. Pressing any one of the encoder knobs saves the new IP address in flash memory. The RCP must be restarted before the new address takes effect. The SUBNET MASK and GATEWAY pages work exactly the same way (default values are shown): SUBNET MASK 255.255.255.0 255 | 255 | 255 | 000 GATEWAY 0.0.0.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1. DCOM is ON, (and follows the IP address if it is changed) 2. DCOM is changed from OFF to ON and the DSRV IP is different from the IP address. In each case, press the encoder knob to save the new configuration once it has been selected. The RCP100 must be restarted before the new configuration takes effect. An RCP-100 acting as a client-only panel must have all these selections set to OFF.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4.4.1 Parameter Page Keys The five FUNCTION keys are assigned the role of PARAMETER PAGE keys in the Device Control mode. Each displays a keyword associated with a group of parameters which can be controlled by the RCP-100. The PARAMETER pages which are available, and the method of accessing them, depend upon the card being controlled. Access can be divided into three categories. It will quickly be evident upon using the device which of the three is implemented.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION To navigate backward up the menu, press the "user" button; you will back up one level for each push. When you have reached the top level, the screen will show MAIN as the selected menu item. 4.4.2 Parameter Modifications The user selects the desired parameter group by pushing the appropriate PARAMETER PAGE key, which becomes a brighter green or orange to indicate its selected status. Activating the ALT button does not change the selection.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4.4.4 Requirement to Restart the RCP-100 There are a number of circumstances when it is important to RESTART the RCP-100, so that configuration changes will be registered in the memory and implemented in operation.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5 Upgrading the Operating Software Two methods exist for upgrading the RCP-100’s operating software: • • Using a Compact Flash card Using Telnet and FTP [CF] [T] The method to use depends on the upgrade path chosen, as illustrated in this chart: [T] Version # 1.XX [T] 1.71 [T] 1.80 [CF] 2.01 2.10 [T] [CF] [CF] Figure 5.1 Software upgrade paths Note that: • • • • All upgrades to versions 1.80 and higher must be preceded by an upgrade to version 1.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1. Insert the compact flash on RCP-100 panel (left). Wait for 2-3 seconds to allow RCP-100 to detect the new device. The LCD screen will display the message “FLASH CARD DETECTED” for 1 second. 2. Push the "Esc" button rapidly 5 times (all within 5 seconds). 3. The upgrade procedure begins. The LCD screen will display the written flash sectors gradually; then it will display the typ files loaded on the RCP-100. 4.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION RCP100.xxx> makeupdatedisk RAM disk initialized - size is 5000 blocks... Volume name is 3.0.0 Current directory set to 3.0/ RCP100.xxx> Do not close the Telnet application. Note: If the command makeupdatedisk is not recognized by RCP-100, type the following command, which gives the same result: makeramdisk 5000 5. Start the WS_FTP application 6.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION RCP100.xxx> copytoflash Erasing and copying may take several minutes. Moving data to flash disk... Disk data copied to flash memory. RCP100.xxx> 16. After the files are copied into the RCP-100 flash memory, type the command restart RCP-100 will restart with the new upgrade. 17. Close the Telnet and WS_FTP applications. 18.
