GARDASOFT RT 20 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...RTxxx LED Lighting Controllers Issue 015 User manual www gardasoft com...

Page 2: ...g of this equipment cannot cause any dangerous situation or significant financial loss to occur Deliberate acts of endangerment and vandalism are not covered by this document and must be considered by...

Page 3: ...ge 18 6 Connections 19 6 1 Power supply 19 6 2 Lighting output 19 6 3 Trigger inputs 22 6 4 12V Power output 23 6 5 Ethernet connection 23 6 6 Serial connection 23 6 7 Connectors 24 7 General descript...

Page 4: ...tic sensing 52 11 Webpage configuration RT220 RT420 RT820F 53 11 1 Main page 53 11 2 Configuration page 54 11 3 General setup page 55 12 Command configuration 56 12 1 Ethernet configuration RT220 RT42...

Page 5: ...voltage rating of the lights and then connect the lights Set up the RTxxx for the desired operation as described in the configuration sections Section 9 Front panel configuration RT200 Section 11 Web...

Page 6: ...ton setup Ethernet setup RS232 setup Fast pulsing RT200 2 Yes No No No RT220 2 No Yes No No RT260 2 No No Yes No RT200F 2 Yes No Yes Yes RT220F 2 No Yes No Yes RT260F 2 No No Yes Yes RT420 4 No Yes No...

Page 7: ...burn if touched Place in a position where personnel cannot accidentally touch it and ensure there is a free flow of air around the unit 2 2 Electrical The RTxxx produces high energy pulses Take care...

Page 8: ...rom touching the metal enclosure of the controller or its heatsink where fitted Power supply cabling to the controller must be rated to at least 5A or 10A RT8xxF The cabling from the channel output to...

Page 9: ...the equipment may be impaired 2 4 Installation guidance disclaimer This information is for guidance only Installers must perform their own risk assessment specific to each installation While Gardasoft...

Page 10: ...enzwerten kann das Geh use des RTxxx 65 C berschreiten was ausreichend ist um bei einer Ber hrung zu Verbrennungen zu f hren Positionieren Sie das Ger t so dass eine versehentliche Ber hrung durch das...

Page 11: ...V am Ausgang erzeugen Hinweise zu den zul ssigen Spannungsgrenzwerten finden Sie im Section 13 Reference information Bei den maximalen Grenzwerten kann die Temperatur des Geh uses 65 C berschreiten Da...

Page 12: ...n Das RTxxx darf nicht in Anwendungen eingesetzt werden bei denen es durch einen Ausfall des Ger ts zu einer Gefahr f r die Gesundheit von Personen oder zur Besch digung anderer Ger te kommen k nnte W...

Page 13: ...maximales le boitier RTxxx peut d passer les 65 C ce qui est suffisant pour provoquer des br lures en cas de contact Placez l appareil un endroit o le personnel ne risque pas de le toucher par accide...

Page 14: ...atteint ses valeurs nominales maximales le bo tier du RTxxx peut d passer les 65 C Par cons quent tout le c blage doit soit avoir une capacit minimale de 100 C soit tre en plus isol par une gaine suff...

Page 15: ...int grit des quipements seraient mises en danger s il venait tomber en panne Si l quipement est utilis autrement qu aux fins pr vues par le fabricant la protection offerte par l quipement pourrait en...

Page 16: ...available for mounting the RTxxx on a DIN rail 5 1 Environmental considerations The RTxxx enclosure is a fire enclosure as long as it is mounted so that none of the connectors are facing downwards If...

Page 17: ...RTxxx LED lighting controllers User Manual The illustration below shows the dimensions of an RT4xx controller 17...

Page 18: ...ostatic discharge Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage equipment and impair the electrical circuitry inside your RTxxx ESD damage occurs when electronic components are improperly handled and can res...

Page 19: ...mounted in an enclosure as the temperature can be higher than the ambient temperature The external power supply must be capable of supplying at least the average output power for all active channels...

Page 20: ...ections to an RTxxx are made through 4 way connectors as shown below Ensure you set the current or voltage rating of your light before you connect it see Section 8 Lighting setup The connectors fitted...

Page 21: ...RTxxx LED lighting controllers User Manual RT4xx 21...

Page 22: ...trollers User Manual RT8xxF 6 3 Trigger inputs The trigger inputs are opto isolated 3V to 24V input drawing a minimum of 3mA The table overleaf describes the pin allocations for the RTxxx controllers...

Page 23: ...inductive loads or devices that take large peak currents Do not exceed the current rating as these outputs are not fused The pin allocation for the power supply output connector is shown above 6 5 Eth...

Page 24: ...ww farnell com or Newark www newark com See the table below for further information Connector Description W rth part number Supplier part number Power input 2W screw terminal free socket 5 08mm 691 35...

Page 25: ...trobe In pulse mode output is pulsed once per trigger One trigger input is used as a trigger The delay from trigger to pulse the pulse duration and the brightness can be set Switched In switched mode...

Page 26: ...er input The output current can be varied from 0 to 100 of full brightness 7 2 Pulsed output The output is off by default When the RTxx is triggered it waits for a delay and then pulses the output The...

Page 27: ...troller re senses the light Error Reason 34 37 Internal power dissipation is too high Output turned off 35 43 Output current to lighting is too low The light is open circuit or there is not enough sup...

Page 28: ...ed brightness limit when the light is characterised This is called the characterisation limit The measured overdrive voltage and current relationship is stored in the RTxxx and allows it to respond mu...

Page 29: ...is seen it is recommended that the current adjust feature is turned off Current adjust can be turned on and off from the web page interface see Section 11 Webpage configuration RT220 RT420 RT820F or b...

Page 30: ...e and wattage rating is given use the voltage rating Otherwise use the current rating For homemade lights using single LEDs or arrays of LEDs use the current rating from the LED datasheet You can set...

Page 31: ...by the firmware version for example 039 The controller is then ready for operation When the RT200 is not being configured the display indicates the status of both channels as shown below The RT200 di...

Page 32: ...rding to the P flag setting Error checking can be enabled or disabled using the E flag 9 2 Setting the light rating Press and hold SEL for one second CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to scroll...

Page 33: ...e SEL button Or For voltage rated lights use the p and q but tons to set the rating in volts and press the SEL button The light s rating is set up and the RT200 is ready to use 9 3 Setting up continuo...

Page 34: ...e SEL button to select the light s intensity Use the p and q buttons to set the intensity from 1 to 99 9 The default setting is 50 Press the SEL button To set the error detection press the SEL button...

Page 35: ...r one second CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to select the channel you want to set up and follow the keystrokes below The channel you want to set up is displayed Press the SEL button Use the...

Page 36: ...u want to set up and press the SEL button To set the trigger polarity so that it is active high press the SEL button with F P displayed Or If you wish to set the trigger polarity so that it is active...

Page 37: ...ected output if you want to switch between to lighting levels on a trigger input Press and hold SEL for one second CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to select the channel you want to set up and...

Page 38: ...he SEL button b2 is displayed Press the SEL button to set the second intensity level Use the p and q buttons to set the second intensity level from 1 to 99 9 The default setting is 50 Press the SEL bu...

Page 39: ...press the SEL button with F E displayed Or If you wish to disable the error detection use the p and q buttons to select F E and press the SEL button Selected output is set up on the RT200 9 6 Setting...

Page 40: ...to select SPu and press the SEL button bri is displayed Press the SEL button to set the lighting intensity Use the p and qbuttons to set the lighting intensity from 1 to 999 Press the SEL button dEL i...

Page 41: ...rEt is displayed Press the SEL button to set up the retrigger time as described in Section 9 7 Setting time periods Press the SEL button trg is displayed Press the SEL button Use the p and q buttons t...

Page 42: ...sable the error detection use the p and q buttons to select F E and press the SEL button Pulsed operation is set up on the RT200 9 7 Setting time periods When the RT200 requires you to enter a numeric...

Page 43: ...yed in milliseconds from 0 01ms to 9 99ms in steps of 0 01ms E 6 0 000001 999 Values are displayed in microseconds from 1 s to 999 s in steps of 1 s Note The permitted range of values for pulse delay...

Page 44: ...q buttons to select the required value in steps of 1ms Press the SEL button E 4 is displayed Press the SEL button to enter time values from 0 1ms to 99 9ms Use the p and q buttons to select the requi...

Page 45: ...n 9 8 Setting the internal trigger timer You can set an internal trigger timer when the RT200 is in pulse mode When set the RT200 triggers with the same delay and pulse width already set up as describ...

Page 46: ...up in Section 9 6 Setting up pulsed operation 9 9 Using the key lock You can lock the RT200 front panel keypad so that unauthorised users cannot change the configuration To do this you can set a nume...

Page 47: ...SEL button 0 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to set a lock code value from 0 to 255 and press the SEL button The RT200 keypad is locked To unlock the keypad press and hold SEL for one second and...

Page 48: ...ut status and whether the light is pulsing when the RT200 is set to pulse mode To do this press the SEL button for one second and CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to select trg and press SEL T...

Page 49: ...ed Follow the keystrokes below Use the p and q buttons to select UAL and press the SEL button CH1 is displayed Use the p and q buttons to select CH2 if you wish to view the output current from channel...

Page 50: ...is usually connected to a network switch hub or router but you can connect it directly into the network port on a PC using a crossover cable 10 2 IP Address The RTxxx needs an IP address to communica...

Page 51: ...e RTxxx s web pages see Section 11 Webpage configuration RT220 RT420 RT820F 10 2 1 DHCP Most networks use a DHCP server If there is a PC on the network you may be able to find out whether a PC on the...

Page 52: ...download from www gardasoft com The RTxxx sends a message on three events i On power up ii When an IP address is received or renewed by DHCP iii When an enquiry message is received On the first two ev...

Page 53: ...the controller s IP address displayed in GardasoftMaint into your web browser which will display the Main screen GardasoftMaint software is available from www gardasoft com Downloads 11 1 Main page T...

Page 54: ...ration changes are submitted the URL includes the new configuration so refreshing the page re submits the URL You can set up all the parameters for each output channel Pressing the Submit button updat...

Page 55: ...rs User Manual 11 3 General setup page The General Setup page allows you to set up or clear the webpage s password and set up the internal trigger You can also enter any Ethernet command from Section...

Page 56: ...ity 1 stop bit no handshaking A carriage return ASCII 13 character should be sent to terminate the command line 12 3 Command structure Communication consists of commands sent by the host controlling P...

Page 57: ...cribed in Section 12 3 1 General commands The upper case commands are shown followed by lower case letters denoting the numeric argument 12 3 1 General commands Any changes you make using Ethernet com...

Page 58: ...guration and lighting ratings and sets all channels to 50 continuous operation The results of the VL RS RW RU RT RE RP TT and AW commands are all cleared Show Configuration ST This command shows the o...

Page 59: ...depending on model This reports the settings for a single channel Simulate an Input Trigger TRc Where c the input channel 1 to 2 4 or 8 depending on model This simulates a trigger pulse If the channe...

Page 60: ...are decimal ASCII values for a password from one to six letters A value of 65 is A 66 is B and so on to 90 is Z You can set an unlock code This can be used as a low security way of allowing trusted us...

Page 61: ...witched mode The output is set to switched mode at a percentage of full brightness RWc s w r Where c output channel 1 to 2 4 or 8 depending on model s setting in percent s 0 to 100 w typical pulse wid...

Page 62: ...delay from trigger to pulse in milliseconds 0 02 to 999 s setting in percent s 0 to 999 r retrigger delay This parameter is optional Set the Option Flags REc m Where c output channel 1 to 2 4 or 8 dep...

Page 63: ...ear any error conditions EY EY65 66 Set webpage password to AB VR VR Read the firmware version VL VL1 0 0 5 Set the rating of channel 1 to 0 5A RS RS2 65 Set channel 2 to 65 brightness continuous RW R...

Page 64: ...RTxxx LED lighting controllers User Manual Command Example Effect TR TR2 Trigger channel 2 ST ST2 Show configuration for channel 2 64...

Page 65: ...rating 12V to 36V in steps of 1V 100mA to 3A in steps of 5mA 12V to 36V in steps of 1V 100mA to 2A in steps of 1mA Operating modes Continuous strobe switch and selected Trigger input Opto isolated sta...

Page 66: ...put current being turned on or off is 5ms The maximum output current is 0 5A B 4 Pulse Mode The maximum output current is 20A 2A for an RTxxx 2 For high current pulses the following limits apply Pulse...

Page 67: ...warning not an error One of the para meters is out of range The value of the para meter has been adjusted For example sending an RT command with a delay of 0 gets a reply of Err 5 The command is accep...

Page 68: ...tal error codes Error number Reason Err 44 The RTxxx is too hot The RTxxx has a thermal cutout which operates around 65 C to 70 C depending on conditions Err 40 Err 41 Err 45 One channel is outputting...

Page 69: ...have a current or voltage rating 130 An over temperature error occurred 131 An over current error occurred 132 An error has occurred while autosensing the rating of a light 138 SafePower trainup has c...

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