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Welcome Letter Rev 6 

Welcome to the Opus-Two family!  The Opus-Two Instrument Control System is one of the most 

versatile, flexible, and certainly one of the fastest control systems available.  Before you do 

anything, please take the time to read this entire document.  Many of your initial questions will 

be answered in these pages. 

 

The control system in this box is a bit like a jig-saw puzzle, but unlike a jigsaw puzzle, this one 

has piece by piece directions.  If this is your first control system, we strongly suggest getting the 

console up and running first before even starting to build chamber panels, this will provide all 

the knowledge you need to work in the chambers. 

 
 

You will not have a “programming cable” per se with this control system.  The controllers use 

standard micro-USB cables (the same as an android smart phone charger). 

 

Take the time to familiarize yourself with the terminal interface in the console controller.  This 

is a self-exploration that should be done at any time.  By simply plugging into that controller 

with a USB cable, it will power up and you can immediately connect to it with a computer 

(instructions are contained within this book). 

 

An online video series will be available at 

www.opustwoics.com

 starting in the summer of 2020 

that will expand upon the information found in this guide.  

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Instrument Control System

Page 1: ...t before even starting to build chamber panels this will provide all the knowledge you need to work in the chambers You will not have a programming cable per se with this control system The controller...

Page 2: ...controller is card 1 next card is card 2 etc Any time you need to make a new row simply use the Extender Card Kits with the cables provided The cables look like off the shelf Ethernet cables they re...

Page 3: ...slips this makes the control system extremely frustrating to use Separate additional pistons can be integrated into piston slips such as Mem Up Mem Dn Track Up Track Dn Transpose Transpose or any com...

Page 4: ...ypasses the internal fuse past fuse and allows larger amounts of current to surge quickly without risking an intermittent polyfused trip In other words connecting positive voltage to the VP terminal u...

Page 5: ...cards red or black PCB These cards have internal fusing and the power connector simply has two positive terminals and two negative terminals We suggest connecting an AWG14 wire to each terminal and ta...

Page 6: ...tch mode power supplies don t come up or go down very nicely at power up and power off and it is possible that odd behavior can occur stops moving for no reason etc This is not specific to Opus Two an...

Page 7: ...y are connected or not This means controllers can be freely unplugged from the PipeBus line and plugged back in as needed Many people use cat 5 cat 6 cable or even microphone cable for this The wire p...

Page 8: ...t which button puts the up down into transposer mode That wire should be connected to the transpose button 3 Once the transpose button is squared away hold down track and press up The track should inc...

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