ILumin SI-2 User manual

SI-2 System Integrator

Installation guide

SI-2-NA

Contents

Introduction 2

Welcome 2

Supplied parts 2

Dimensions 2

Ambient atmosphere requirements 2

Connections 3

iCANnet wiring 3

iCANnet announce button 3

iCANnet termination 3

Serial device connection 4

Operation indicators 4

Programming 5

Adding the SI-2 to iCANsoft 5

The SI-2 conguration window 5

Viewing SI-2 details in iCANsoft 5

RS232 communication settings 6

Startup action 7

Input strings 8

Input actions 9

Output strings 10

Output actions 11

Sequences 12

Diagnostics 13

Appendix 1 14

ASCII Virtual Control Messages 14

Introduction

Welcome

The SI-2 System Integrator provides a vital link point

between any iCANnet network and a third party device

such as an audio visual unit. The compact SI-2 System

Integrator provides a 5-way connector block at one end

for the iCANnet link and a 9-pin D-type female socket

at the other end for the RS232 serial connection to the

third party device.

Using the intuitive iCANsoft application, you can pro-

gram the SI-2 to search for particular actions or mes-

sages received from other control units attached to the

iCANnet network. When a received action or message

matches a stored template, the SI-2 will send a control

message to the device connected via the serial port.

Similarly, the SI-2 also monitors messages being sent

back from the connected serial device and when any of

those messages match those stored within its memory,

a range of actions can be triggered on the iCANnet

network.

The SI-2 System Integrator can store up to 100 input

and output messages together with their related actions.

Additionally, the SI-2 can store up to 16 sequences,

each of which can comprise up to 128 separate steps to

allow multiple actions to be triggered by a single com-

mand.

Supplied parts

Serial connection

to device

Dimensions

iCANnet connection

to network

Ambient atmosphere requirements

Temperature 00C to +400C (320F to 1040F)

Humidity 0 to 95% non-condensing

1.97 in.

(50 mm)

0.6 in.

(15 mm)

0.4 in.

(10 mm)

0.9 in.

(23 mm)

4.88 in.

(124 mm)

4.40 in.

(112 mm)

0.24 in.

(6 mm)

0.24 in.

(6 mm)

Note: All mounting

holes are 4mm (0.15

in.) diameter. The two

outer holes at either

end allow you to

attach the unit using

plastic ties.

Cable type: Cooper LC or CAT 5

Maximum cable length: 1000 ft. (305 m) *

Devices per segment: 100 (without bridge or repeater)

Connections

iCANnet wiring

Cable connections to the iCANnet network are made to

a removable 5-way connector block located at one end

of the SI-2 unit:

Termination off

Termination on

iCANnet termination

The iCANnet link is a ‘daisy chain’ protocol that requires

termination on the devices located at either end of the

iCANnet chain.

The SI-2 unit is supplied with termination enabled as

standard. If it is not connected as an end device in the

iCANnet chain, you need to disable termination.

Note: The connection to the serial device is treated

separately and has no impact on whether or not the SI-2

should be terminated.

To disable SI-2 termination, move the jumper from the

lower two pins to the upper two pins, as shown here:

iCAN

Device

iCAN

Device

Serial

Device

SI-2

iCANnet announce button

The SI-2 unit features a small button adjacent to the

green connector which can be used to add the device to

an iCANnet network. When pressed, the SI-2 will send

an announcement message across the iCANnet net-

work. Please see the section ‘Adding the SI-2 to

iCANsoft’ for more details.

(black)

(Green

pair)

CAN-L

(blue)

CAN-L

(Blue)

DRAIN

(gray)

DRAIN

(Brown

pair)

+12V

(red)

+12V

(orange

pair)

CAN-H

(white)

CAN-H

(Blue/

white)

Cooper

LC cable

CAT 5

cable

* A maximum segment distance of 3200 ft. (1000 m) is possible if an

additional 12V power supply is used.

Serial device connection

The SI-2 unit provides an RS232 link via a standard 9-

pin D-type female connector. The SI-2 uses ve pins of

the D-type connector as shown below:

The various serial communication parameters used by

the SI-2 serial port are all fully congurable using the

iCANsoft application:

Baud rate 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200,

38400, 57600 or 115200

Data bits 7 or 8

Stop bits 1 or 2

Parity None, Reserved, Even or Odd

Handshaking Enabled or Disabled

TxD

(pin 2)

RxD

(pin 3)

CTS

(pin 7)

GND

(pin 5)

RTS

(pin 8)

Operation indicators

The SI-2 unit has a red and green indicator at either end

to assist with conguration and troubleshooting.

At the iCANnet end

At the RS232 end

Green: RS232 data received

Red: RS232 data sent

Green ashing: Normal operation

Red ashing: Trafc being sent

and/or received

Red on: CANbus error

Viewing SI-2 details in iCANsoft

Once the SI-2 unit has been added to the iCANsoft

application, it will appear in the devices list within the

Workspace window:

Programming

This section provides details about programming items

specic to the SI-2 system integrator within the

iCANsoft application. For details about the general use

of iCANsoft, please refer to the System manual.

Adding the SI-2 to iCANsoft

Once the SI-2 System Integrator has been connected

to the iCANnet network, you can add it to the iCANsoft

application in any of the following three ways:

• Within the iCANsoft main window, click the icon,

• Within the iCANsoft main window, select ‘Tools’ >

‘Advanced Network Search’, or

• On the SI-2 unit, adjacent to the green connector

block, press and release the small button to cause

an announcement message to be sent across the

network.

Note: Where there are multiple SI-2 units installed

on a network, you can use the announce button to

pinpoint the device within iCANsoft. Its entry within

the device list will appear in bold and the iCANsoft

output section will provide device number details.

To view the conguration window for the SI-2 system

integrator, double click its entry within the list.

The SI-2 conguration window

This tabbed window provides all of the options neces-

sary to program the SI-2 unit.

Output Actions

and Strings

Input Actions

and Strings

Startup

Actions

Sequences

Diagnostics

Communication

settings

RS232 communication settings

Before the SI-2 system integrator can successfully com-

municate with the device to which it is connected, you

must ensure that the RS232 communication settings

of the device match those of the SI-2 unit. For details

about discovering or changing the communication set-

tings for the connected device, please refer to docu-

mentation supplied with it.

To adjust SI-2 unit communication settings

1 Click on the ‘COMMS’ tab to display the following

page:

Note: The ‘COMMS’ tab is the furthest right of all

the tabs, you may need to use the horizontal scroll

buttons in the top right corner to reveal the tab if the

window size is limited.

2 Use the options within the ‘RS232 Comms’ section

to select the appropriate settings that match those

used by the connected device.

3 Optionally, change the ‘ASCII Messages’ section to

determine how special ‘Virtual Control Messages’ are

transferred across the SI-2. Please refer to Appendix

1 for more details about Virtual Control Messages.

4 When all settings have been made, either click the

Apply button to save without closing the window or

click the OK button to save and close.

Use this section to ensure that the SI-2

communication settings match those of

the connected device.

This option determines how the SI-2

should deal with Virtual Control Messages.

These are system level control messages,

as opposed to your custom message

strings which operate at device level. The

SI-2 passes these special ASCII virtual

control messages unchanged between the

iCANnet network and the RS232 serial port

according to the setting of this option.

Note: The setting of this option does not

affect the transfer of standard custom

message strings.

ASCII Messages DISABLED - Prevents

any transfer of virtual control messages

through the SI-2.

ASCII Receive ENABLED - Allows virtual

control messages to ow only from the

RS232 serial link to the iCANnet network.

ASCII Transmit ENABLED - Allows virtual

control messages to ow only from the

iCANnet network to the RS232 serial link.

Rx/Tx both ENABLED - Permits free ow

of virtual control messages between the

iCANnet and the RS232 serial port.

Scroll buttons - if the main window size

does not allow all tabs to be displayed at

once, use these buttons to reveal hidden

tabs.

Startup action

The Startup Actions tab allows you to optionally arrange

for a particular action to be instigated every time that the

SI-2 unit is powered on.

To choose a startup action

1 Click on the ‘Startup Actions’ tab to display the

following page:

2 Click on the rst entry to highlight it and also to show

selection box for the ‘Action Type’ column. Click

on the ‘Action Type’ down arrow to reveal the list of

available options:

3 Select the required action type. Depending upon the

chosen action, one or more of the ‘Param’ columns

to the right will show their own selection options. You

can use these to further dene the action that should

occur during the SI-2 startup phase.

Note: When selecting the RS232 Serial Message

option, the available output message strings can be

viewed and altered within the ‘Output Strings’ tab.

4 When all settings have been made, either click the

Apply button to save without closing the window or

click the OK button to save and close.

Input strings

The ‘Input Strings’ tab is where you can dene the mes-

sages that you expect to receive from the connected

device. Once dened, you can then use the related

‘Input Actions’ page to determine what action the SI-2

should take when any particular message is received.

To dene or alter an input string

1 Click on the ‘Input Strings’ tab to display the

following page:

2 Double click the required entry to display the

following edit dialog box:

3 Using either the HEX editor area on the left or the

‘Insert from cursor’ eld on the right, enter or edit the

message string, as necessary.

4 When the message is complete, click the OK button

to return to the ‘Input Strings’ page.

5 Within the ‘Input Strings’ page, you can enter/edit

all other required strings and, when all settings have

been made, either click the Apply button to save

without closing the window or click the OK button to

save and close.

Enter the string (in ASCII) here and then

click the Insert button.

ASCII area -

This area shows

the current

message string

as ASCII

characters.

HEX editor area - This area shows the cur-

rent message string either in hexadecimal

or decimal notation, depending on the

setting in the lower left corner.

String name -

You can edit the

title of the string

here.

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