WEIGL ProCommander AX, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ...33 48 www WeiglControl com Info WeiglControl com Weigl Control except Americas Weigl Works LLC 1 440 941 5849 www WeiglControls com Info WeiglControls com Weigl Control Americas ProCommander AX Versio...

Page 3: ...mmander AX REAR Gecko Vendor specific special order 21 3 3 1 Pin assignment REAR Gecko 21 3 4 ProCommander AX Display 24 3 4 1 ProCommander AX Outputs 24 3 4 2 ProCommander AX Sub Device ID 25 3 4 3 P...

Page 4: ...has to be filled with four different recorded voice sounds 59 8 2 4 Project 4 External control of a VU meter display 61 8 2 5 Project 5 One pushbutton controls five shows 63 9 Folder structure of the...

Page 5: ...nector RS485 CAN 79 12 6 Pin assignment ProCommander AX GECKO GECKO connector 80 12 7 Assignment ProCommander AX Analog IN 1 4 Digital IN 1 8 Analog OUT 1 4 Digital OUT PWM 1 4 Pin 5 8 81 12 8 Assignm...

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Page 7: ...ull risk of the customer Weigl assumes no liability for applications assistance customer produced design software performance or infringements of patents or copyrights Weigl does not warrant or repres...

Page 8: ...onnected to the ProCommander must not exceed the maximum allowable voltage 24V and must be protected accordingly In addition correct polarity must be utilized to avoid damage to the ProCommander Failu...

Page 9: ...also lead to overheating ATTENTION Damages caused by improper handling improper wiring or improper use will void warranty and Weigl GmbH Co KG or Weigl Works LLC cannot be held liable ATTENTION With t...

Page 10: ...e reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with...

Page 11: ...ult in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate...

Page 12: ...Gramastetten Austria US Importer s Name Weigl Works LLC dba Weigl Controls Importer s Address 441 W Bagley Rd 177 Berea OH 44107 Type of Equipment Entertainment and Lighting Control Equipment Class C...

Page 13: ...For the evaluation regarding EMC the following standards were applied EN 61000 6 2 2005 Electromagnetic compatibility EMC Part 6 2 Generic standards Immunity for industrial environments EN 61000 6 4 2...

Page 14: ...surement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Class B Itheundersigned herebydeclarethattheequipmentspecified above conforms to the above directive s and standard s Place Gramastetten Dat...

Page 15: ...ed or repaired part s do not affect the warranty and the warranty will still expire 24 months from the original date of purchase Damaged parts will not be returned Any further legal claims in particul...

Page 16: ...by Weigl GmbH Co KG or Weigl Works LLC to do so Failure to follow the instructions i e connection to the wrong voltage or incorrect input or output circuit Damage caused by negligent handling misuse o...

Page 17: ...ORK 1 ATTENTION For a higher resolution please download the wiring diagram from Weigl Support and Solutions Center 3 1 1 Pin assignment FRONT NETWORK The network port 1 and 2 can be used for programmi...

Page 18: ...e packages inclusive of these tools Further information for installation you can find here USB driver installation microSD On the front panel of the ProCommander AX is a slot for storing a microSD for...

Page 19: ...otherwise the ejection mechanism can be destroyed When the card is valid Card detected will be shown in the display You may also see Control ini success or OK messages meaning that the data in your c...

Page 20: ...POWER POLARITY RS485 CAN ANALOG OUT 1 ANALOG OUT 4 max 10mA 0 10V ANALOG IN 1 0 10V ANALOG IN 1 DIGITAL IN 1 ANALOG IN 2 DIGITAL IN 2 ANALOG IN 3 DIGITAL IN 3 ANALOG IN 4 DIGITAL IN 4 ANALOG IN 4 0 1...

Page 21: ...chart A level change of individual inputs can trigger show starts if shows are stored on a microSD card The assignment of the shows to the different inputs can be defined in the Control ini file Plea...

Page 22: ...are to be used this must be connected to the positive terminal of the external power supply ATTENTION The maximum current per output must not exceed 500mA Do not use inbound power supplies of higher...

Page 23: ...RSE DIRECTION PARALLEL TO EACH INDUCTIVE LOAD GND REAR WIRING DIAGRAM for ProCommander AX Gecko PS 12V 24V max 96Watt PS GND EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY max 24V DC GND PS OUT 12V 24V max 96 Watt CAN LOW CAN...

Page 24: ...the shows to the different inputs can be defined in the Control ini file Please refer to chapter Control ini for more information Inputs can be normally closed NC normally open NO or toggle DIGITAL O...

Page 25: ...e line out outputs of the ProCommander AX A parallel operation with the internal amplifier is possible under certain conditions and depends on the connected external amplifier If necessary the functio...

Page 26: ...Commander AX display After the M the current status of each channel is displayed on the screen In this example only three outputs are displayed channel one to three With the command amm8 RS 485 motors...

Page 27: ...ion of the Sub Device ID is located in the upper right section of the ProCommander AX display with A 1 In this example the Sub Device ID is 1 This means that in this case the ProCommander AX can be ad...

Page 28: ...ssid0 the Sub Device ID can be changed to 0 in the command line of the Weigl Configurator If the Sub Device ID is set to 0 then the ProCommander AX behaves like a typical ProCommander which can only b...

Page 29: ...ate For the Firmware Update use Configurator v1 24BETA8 or newer for PC MAC users are auto updated Connect your computer with the ProCommander AX Ethernet jack 1 via an Ethernet cable Select the corre...

Page 30: ...30 ProCommander AX Update Select the button Firmware Update and then in the pop up window Select File Choose the latest Firmware Update In this example it is Firmware Version BETA V132 bin...

Page 31: ...u can see the pop up window with The firmware update completed successfully your ProCommander AX is ready Please follow the following steps if you see a looping display Reopen the Configurator select...

Page 32: ...32 ProCommander AX Update Press the button Select File Afterwards select the latest firmware update and start the firmware update with the button Begin Recovery...

Page 33: ...33 ProCommander AX Update...

Page 34: ...34 ProCommander AX Update...

Page 35: ...Update For updating the firmware of the Wi Fi module of a ProCommander AX follow these steps Scan for the ProCommander AX In this example it is the ProCommander AX with the Serial number 82 42 50 84...

Page 36: ...36 ProCommander AX Update Enter PASSWORD as Password and confirm with Join or OK Open a web browser and type 192 168 1 1 in the URL Enter as username admin and as password PASSWORD...

Page 37: ...37 ProCommander AX Update Select the menu tab Device Select the button Firmware Upgrade and then the button choose...

Page 38: ...38 ProCommander AX Update Select the latest Wi Fi module firmware update in this example it is xPico200_1 7 01R7 singed rom Afterwards press the button Upload...

Page 39: ...39 ProCommander AX Update Confirm the alert with OK...

Page 40: ...40 ProCommander AX Update...

Page 41: ...41 ProCommander AX Update Check the firmware version in the menu tab Status You may have to reconnect first after the update...

Page 42: ...42 ProCommander AX Update...

Page 43: ...ration of the Wi Fi settings you can use the ProCommander AX Wi Fi web interface Therefore you have to connect the ProCommander AX via Wi Fi with your computer scan for the ProCommander_AX Wi Fi which...

Page 44: ...44 ProCommander AX Wi Fi Configuration You should see the following...

Page 45: ...of your ProCommander AX activate Network in the left menu bar Select wlan0 Interface Configuration Through this IP address the ProCommander AX can be controlled via Wi Fi access points Change the IP a...

Page 46: ...Commander AX Wi Fi Configuration 5 3 Tunnel Configuration The default local port is 22202 if you want to change it please select in the left menu Tunnel Tunnel1 Connect and change the local port as yo...

Page 47: ...eate new WLAN Profile the name of your WLAN Select your WLAN and change all the settings accordingly to your Wi Fi network Type in the network name SSID into the field Network Name Choose your securit...

Page 48: ...tly Please be patient this procedure takes a couple of minutes until it is finished As soon as the new WLAN profile is saved you can use this Wi Fi connection to control the ProCommander AX even if it...

Page 49: ...n 0 01 steps from 0 to 10000 The command san1 1055 sets for the analog channel 1 to a minimum value of 10 55 The minimum value must not be higher than the maximum value If a higher value will be enter...

Page 50: ...50 Analog MIN and MAX value...

Page 51: ...RAM variables and EEProm variables The RAM variables are only valid during the runtime of the device and lose their content after power off After power up they are set to the value 0 The EEProm variab...

Page 52: ...52 Variable...

Page 53: ...oggle event every level change at an input With toggle both the press and the release of a key action will cause a trigger event If the device has resources to process the commands all functions of th...

Page 54: ...ou have to do this via variables 8 1 1 i Input events Event related to the digital inputs 1 8 Example i1c if input 1 is activated c close then the downstream command will be executed i1o if input 1 is...

Page 55: ...of the card the time is set to zero means modulo which means that any time the value is reached the command is executed Example tm01 20 if the time 1 minute 20 seconds is reached after the start up o...

Page 56: ...mmands to an input event In this case attach the additional commands The total number of characters of a command line must not exceed 150 characters ATTENTION AFTER EACH CHARACTER A NEW COMMAND LINE H...

Page 57: ...2 5 3rd line With every level change of input 4 i4t the PWM value of outputs 1 to 4 are set to 50 epl1_4 50 4th line If input 5 is closed i5c the volume fades to level 0 within 5 seconds cfm0 5 5th l...

Page 58: ...ike this tm00 00 rsnl1 t 45 00 vcc1 1 rst2 1st line At time 00 00 right after power up of the device or insertion of the memory card tm00 00 the first show 001_ SHOW WM1 will start in loop mode rsnl1...

Page 59: ...ows and is triggered with three switches The first show should start if switch 1 and 3 are closed and switch 2 is open The seconds show should start if switch 1 and 2 are closed and switch 3 is open T...

Page 60: ...1 vmc3 1 6th line If input 3 is open i3o then the value of variable 3 will attain 0 vmc3 0 7th line If variable 1 gets the value 1 vcc1 1 the variable 2 the value 0 vcc2 0 and the variable 3 the valu...

Page 61: ...ins of the rotary switch are assigned to pin 2 5 The content of the Control ini file looks like this i2c vmc1 1 i3c vmc1 2 i4c vmc1 3 i5c vmc1 0 i1c vcc1 1 rsn1 i1c vcc1 2 rsn2 i1c vcc1 3 rsn3 i1c vcc...

Page 62: ...e 1 is equal 2 vcc1 2 then the second show 002_SHOW WM1 will start rsn2 In this case the show is in Spanish 7th line If input 1 is activated i1c and the value of variable 1 is equal 3 vcc1 3 then the...

Page 63: ...her LED is illuminated similar to a VU meter display If the button isn t activated the variable will be decremented by the variable commands in the show and the LEDs turn off The content of the Contro...

Page 64: ...ue of variable 1 is equal 2 vcc1 2 then the output 1 and 2 will be activated and output 3 to 4 will be cleared ess1100 6th line If the value of variable 1 is equal 3 vcc1 3 then the output 1 to 3 will...

Page 65: ...d vmc1 1 will be inserted at the end of the first show vmc1 2 at the end of the second show vmc1 3 at the end of the third show and so on The content of the Control ini file looks like this tm00 10 vm...

Page 66: ...s equal 3 vcc1 3 then the fourth show 004_SHOW WM1 will start in restart mode rst4 6th line If input 1 is closed i1c and the value of variable 1 is equal 4 vcc1 4 then the first show 005_SHOW WM1 will...

Page 67: ...ension must be WM1 Example 001_SHOW WM1 023_TEST WM1 320_PLAY WM1 By using this order remote access to the shows can be done very easily just by number This can be used for starting shows within a sho...

Page 68: ...68 Folder structure of the Flash Card...

Page 69: ...0 Programming the ProCommander AX Due to the open interface protocol there are various software programs that support the ProCommander AX Please refer to the manual of the respective software to learn...

Page 70: ...70 Programming the ProCommander AX...

Page 71: ...Pro I OTM module analyze only the own commands If it s necessary to assign individual IP addresses so that conflicts with other devices in the network can be avoided the values of the charts can be m...

Page 72: ...ss and port of the Sub Device are set correctly and correspond to its Sub Device ID in the chart Example For the Sub Device ID address 1 the IP address 192 168 10 150 is chosen The command reads as fo...

Page 73: ...this case the result looks like this Now all IP addresses of the Pro I OTM modules have to be modified in accordance with the chart above So module with A1 on the display gets 192 168 10 150 with A2 o...

Page 74: ...fferent IP addresses for all devices have to be assigned for their Pro I OTM modules Example For the second ProCommander the first Pro I OTM module will be assigned with the IP address 192 168 10 182...

Page 75: ...P addresses of the Pro I OTM modules which are connected with the second ProCommander have to begin with 192 168 10 182 ATTENTION More detailed information to configure a Pro I OTM module can be found...

Page 76: ...which means the ProCommander AX can be controlled by another ProCommander as it would be a Pro I OTM module With the command ssid1 the Sub Device ID can be changed to 1 in the command line of the Wei...

Page 77: ...77 ProCommander AX Appendix 12 Appendix 12 1 Measurements ALU Housing H 35 mm 1 38 in B 94 mm 3 70 in T 85 mm 3 35 in T exclusive antenna 0 19 kg 0 43 lb...

Page 78: ...78 ProCommander AX Appendix 12 2 Measurements H 28 mm 1 10 in B 88 mm 3 46 in T 85 mm 3 35 in 0 13 kg 0 29 lb...

Page 79: ...al and operating requirements Surrounding temperature 5 C to 50 C 23 F to 122 F Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Operating altitude tested up to 2 700m 9 000 ft ATTENTION Exceeding this limits...

Page 80: ...annel width with optional SGI Dual Band 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz Channels 1 13 UNII 1 2a 2e and 3 Supports IEEE 802 11 d h i 12 4 2 Security Authentication AES CCMP and TKIP encryption WPA WPA2 Personal WPA2...

Page 81: ...in 2 CAN LOW Pin 3 GND Pin 4 RS485_1_D Servo OUT Dynamixel Pin 5 RS485_2_D DMX IN DMX OUT Pin 6 RS485_2_D DMX IN DMX OUT Pin 7 RS485_1_D Servo OUT Dynamixel Pin 8 GND Pin 9 PS OUT 12V 24V max 96 Watt...

Page 82: ...KO left facing from the rear Pin 1 PS OUT 12V 24V max 96 Watt Pin 2 GND Pin 3 RS485 Pin 4 RS485 Pin 5 GND Pin 6 PS OUT 12V 24V max 96 Watt Connector GECKO right facing from the rear Pin 7 PS OUT 12V 2...

Page 83: ...nput 1 0 10V Analog Out 1 2 Analog Input 2 Digital Input 2 0 10V Analog Out 2 3 Analog Input 3 Digital Input 3 0 10V Analog Out 3 4 Analog Input 4 Digital Input 4 0 10V Analog Out 4 5 Digital Input 5...

Page 84: ...1 4 Digital IN 1 4 Digital OUT PWM 1 4 Connector Upper row Lower row 1 Digital Input 5 Open Collector PWM 1 2 Digital Input 6 Open Collector PWM 2 3 Digital Input 7 Open Collector PWM 3 4 Digital Inp...

Page 85: ...85 ProCommander AX Appendix 12 9 Pin assignment LS Loudspeaker Connector Function Pin 1 Left Pin 2 Left Pin 3 Right Pin 4 Right...

Page 86: ...86 ProCommander AX Appendix...

Page 87: ...mands which are sent to a device to be correctly handled This device can be controlled by all ProCommander through the Sub ID network communication ProCommander mode The device can not be controlled b...

Page 88: ...88 Glossary...

Page 89: ...pter Or check out our latest examples at www Weigl support Please run also a Firmware Update on your Weigl device to ensure that your device is able to interpret the latest ASCII commands Even though...

Page 90: ...90 ProCommander AX F A Q...

Page 91: ...e 49 Analog OUT 1 4 83 Appendix 77 Audio See Menu B Bass See Audio C CE DECLARATION OF CONFOR MITY 13 Control ini 53 Case studies 58 Project 1 58 Project 2 59 Project 4 61 Project 6 63 Project 8 65 Ex...

Page 92: ...tion Firmware Ver See Info Folder structure of the Flash Card 67 69 G GECKO connector 82 Glossary 87 H Hour See RealTimeClk I Day See RealTimeClk Day Of Week See RealTimeClk Digital IN 1 4 84 DIGITAL...

Page 93: ...figuration 45 IX Connector 81 L LINE OUT 22 25 LS Loudspeaker 85 LS OUT 22 25 LTC TimeOut See Configure M MAC Address See Info Measurements 78 Measurements ALU Housing 77 microSD 18 Minute See RealTim...

Page 94: ...k See Menu REAR See Pin assignment Relay mounted See REAR RS485 2 Drv See Configure RS485 CAN 81 S SerialNumber See Info Set Factory See MainSetup Set IP Adrs See MainSetup Set Port See MainSetup Setu...

Page 95: ...95 Index Warranty 15 Wi Fi Configuration 43 Wi Fi Module Firmware Up date 35 WLAN IP Address Configura tion 45 WLAN Profile Configuration 47 Y Year See RealTimeClk...