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CDI-46
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Cloud Electronics CDI-46 User Manual

CDI-46
SERIAL INTERFACE CARD
Installation and Setup Guide
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.0
Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3
Scope of this Guide ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
What’s in the box .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Mechanical tting and internal connections ............................................................................................................. 4
CDI-46 jumper settings ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Using the Digital Paging Interface ................................................................................................ 6
Remote Control of the 46-120 via Ethernet ................................................................................ 7
OS and Browser compatibility .................................................................................................................................... 7
Conguring the network.............................................................................................................................................. 8
46-120 browser control ............................................................................................................................................. 10
46-120 Serial Control ................................................................................................................... 23
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.02
Introduction
NOTE: The CDI-46 is applicable throughout the 46-120 range, which comprises four models: 46-120, 46-120MEDIA, 46-120T
and 46-120TMEDIA. Throughout this Guide, we refer simply to the host unit as the “46-120”; this can be taken to apply to all
models, unless specically stated otherwise.
The CDI-46 is an optional digital interface card designed specically for use with the Cloud 46-120 range of Multi-Zone Mixer Ampliers. The card has an Ethernet port and an RS-232 port, allowing the Mixer Amplier’s primary functions to be controlled from external systems (Crestron, AMX, etc.) using the Cloud Serial Protocol, via either an Ethernet network link or an RS-232 serial interface. The card can also act as an Ethernet-to-serial bridge, converting Ethernet commands from a control system into RS-232 data for other non-Ethernet equipped equipment (e.g., projectors).
The CDI-46 is also tted with a Cloud Digital Paging interface (the CDPM/PM INPUT). This provides the simplest method of connecting Cloud PM Series Paging Microphones, requiring only a single standard Cat 5 cable.
When installed, the CDI-46 permits the following 46-120 functions to be controlled remotely:
1. Music source selection for each zone
2. Music level in each zone
3. Music muting in each zone
4. Muting of individual microphones in each zone
5. Activation of Mic 1’s paging access
6. Triggering of messages stored in a PM-SA paging microphone
Physically, the CDI-46 is a small printed circuit board (PCB), which is retrotted internally in the 46-120 such that the
ETHERNET INTERFACE, CDPM/PM INPUT and RS-232 connectors are available at the rear panel.
Scope of this Guide
This manual describes the mechanical installation of the card and the connections that need to be made to it. It also explains the various conguration options that the card offers, and how to set these using the simple built-in web server, and the various jumper settings that need to be made to the 46-120 to achieve correct operation.
The manual also gives a general overview of the Cloud Serial Protocol as used by the CDI-46, and some examples of the most useful commands. This information should be adequate for many installations, but please note that a full description of the protocol is beyond the scope of this manual. The full CDI-46 Serial Control Protocol document is available in PDF format via the browser interface; alternatively, it can be downloaded from www.cloud.co.uk.
What’s in the box
• CDI-46 PCB
• Installation Guide (this document)
• Mating 3-pin 3.5 mm-pitch screw-terminal connector (for RS-232)
• 2 qty M3 x 15 mm mounting pillars
• 2 qty M3 x 6 mm black pan-head screws
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.0 3
Installation
Mechanical tting and internal connections
Fit the CDI-46 card within the 46-120 host unit according to the instructions below:
1. Disconnect the 46-120 from the AC mains.
2. If the 46-120 is installed in an equipment rack, disconnect all audio and control wiring, remove the unit from the rack and
place on a convenient at surface.
3. Remove the top cover (10 screws) and orientate the unit with the rear panel towards you.
4. Remove the adhesive label covering the empty connector holes from the rear panel.
REAR LH SECTION OF
46-120 MAIN PCB
NOT TO SCALE – FOR
COMPONENT LOCATION
REMOVE
JUMPERS
SCREW
PURPOSES ONLY
REMOVE M3
SCREW
REMOVE
JUMPERS
CON21
J1
J17
CON22 CON25
J2
J10 - J13
CON23
REMOVE M3
J7
CON13
J5
LINE INPUT SUB-BOARD
(below sub-board)
5. Refer to the 46-120 main PCB layout diagram above. Note that there are several jumpers on the PCB which will be not readily accessible once the CDI-46 card is installed (i.e., the card will need to be removed to access them). Therefore installers should ensure that these jumpers are set as required BEFORE tting the CDI-46.
Note that J10 to J13 MUST be removed for the CDI-46’s Digital Paging Interface to operate correctly. If the CDI-46 is being installed purely for remote control purposes (and not paging), they can stay in place.
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.04
The jumpers concerned, and their functions, are listed below:
JUMPER DESCRIPTION EFFECT DEFAULT
J1 Mic 1 phantom power
J2 Mic 2 phantom power
J5 Music Mute contacts
J7 Mic over Facility input priority
J10 Mic1, Zone 1 Access Bypass
J11 Mic1, Zone 2 Access Bypass
J12 Mic1, Zone 3 Access Bypass
J13 Mic1, Zone 3 Access Bypass
J17A, B, C* MIC 1/TEL input transformer
* J17 A, B & C must be moved together.
OFF: MIC 1 phantom power OFF ON; MIC 1 phantom power ON
OFF: MIC 2 phantom power OFF ON: MIC 2 phantom power ON
N/O: contact closure required for muting N/C: contact opening required for muting
OFF: No priority ON: MIC 1 & 2 have VOX-triggered priority over signals at facility port
PRESENT: Mic has permanent access to Z1 ABSENT: Use access port to enable access to Z1
PRESENT: Mic has permanent access to Z2 ABSENT: Use access port to enable access to Z2
PRESENT: Mic has permanent access to Z3 ABSENT: Use access port to enable access to Z3
PRESENT: Mic has permanent access to Z4 ABSENT: Use access port to enable access to Z4
OFF: MIC 1 input accepts standard mics ON: MIC 1 input suitable for connection to telephone system
OFF
OFF
N/O
OFF
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
PRESENT
OFF
6. Unplug the 20-pin ribbon cable from CON13 on the line input sub-board (immediately behind the line input phono sockets).
7. Remove the two M3 screws identied on the diagram above from the main PCB (adjacent to CON21 and CON23).
8. Replace the screws with the M3x15 hex pillars supplied with the card.
9. Using small pliers, remove the two jumpers from header CON21 and the four from header CON23 (both on the main
PCB).
10. Hold the CDI-46 card upside-down so that its connectors are facing the front of the chassis. Note that it is supplied with four ribbon cables already tted; three of these now project towards the rear of the chassis. Plug the 10-way ribbon cable coming from CON8 on the CDI-46 card (this one is the left-most of the three) into header CON21 on the main PCB. The red ident on the ribbon cable should be to the right.
11. Plug the 20-way ribbon cable from CON7 on the CDI-46 card (the middle one) into header CON22 on the main PCB. The free connector can only go in one way.
12. Plug the 10-way ribbon cable from CON5 on the CDI-46 card (the right-most one) into header CON23 on the main PCB. The red ident on the ribbon cable should be to the right.
13. Now turn the CDI-46 card the right way up and position it below the line input sub-board so that the three connectors and two tapped M3 holes align with the empty holes on the rear panel. The two hex pillars should align with the two holes in the rear of the card.
14. Fix the card in place: use the two M3 screws removed in Step 7 to secure the rear to the hex pillars and the two black M3 screws supplied with the card to x the connector end of the card to the 46-120 rear panel.
15. Plug the remaining free ribbon cable from the CDI-46 (from CON4 on the card) into the now-empty CON13 on the line input sub-board.
16. Plug the 20-way ribbon cable which was unplugged in Step 6 into the empty CON6 at the rear of the CDI-46 card.
17. Replace the top cover using the same screws (Step 3).
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.0 5
CDI-46 jumper settings
46-120
The CDI-46 has three PCB jumpers: J1, J2 and J3.
IMPORTANT: It should never be necessary to move any of the CDI-46’s jumpers under normal circumstances. Installers are strongly advised to contact Cloud’s Technical Dept. at technical@cloud.co.uk in the event of a problem.
JUMPER DESCRIPTION EFFECT DEFAULT
J1 PM microphone termination
J2
J3 Reset internal NVM memory
Forces CDI-46 boot load
mode
ON: 46-120 is at end of network “chain” OFF: Special circumstances only
OFF: Normal operation ON: Special circumstances only
OFF: Normal operation ON: Restores all factory default settings
ON
OFF
OFF
Using the Digital Paging Interface
The CDI-46 is tted with a Cloud Digital Paging Interface; this uses the CDPM/PM INPUT RJ45 socket. Cloud PM Series Paging microphones may be connected directly to this socket with Cat 5 cable; the single connection provides all audio, control and power required by the microphone. (Note that this connector has no LEDs.)
The CDPM/PM INPUT port is able to supply 250 mA* to power paging microphones. This is adequate to power one or two microphones of models PM-4, PM-8 or PM-12. Cloud recommend that PM-16 microphones, and all ‘-SA’ models (with spot announcement sound stores) are powered by a separate, external PSU, as described in the PM Series Installation Guide. (A suitable PSU is supplied as standard with all ‘-SA’ models.)
As the 46-120 only supports four zones, it is likely that a PM-4 or PM-4SA will be the models most used. If multiple 46-120s are in use to cover a larger number of zones, the analogue interfaces on the PM and the 46-120 should be used instead. Please refer to the 46-120 Installation and User Guide for information regarding the use of the analogue interface.
Connect the OUT socket of the PM Series microphone to the CDPM/PM INPUT socket of the CDI-46 with Cat 5 cable. If more than one paging microphone is in use – typically at different locations in the building – the microphones should be “daisy-chained”, with the OUT socket of one being wired to the IN socket of the next.
OUT
Termination
ON
Termination ON
46-120
INOUT
* This gure should be reduced at elevated temperatures by approximately 3 mA/°C above 23°C.
OUT
Termination OFF
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.06
IMPORTANT – Please refer to the PM Series Installation Guide for full information regarding maximum cable length, buss
terminations and current requirements.
The earlier Cloud CDPM Series of paging microphones is also compatible with the Digital Paging Interface.
Remote Control of the 46-120 via Ethernet
The CDI-46 has a server function, which makes control pages available in a browser running on any device on the same network as the card. This permits simple and elegant real-time control of the 46-120 from any convenient device on the network.
OS and Browser compatibility
The CDI-46’s Ethernet feature set is compatible with PCs running Windows® Vista, 7 or 8, and Apple® Mac® computers running OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) upwards.
The CDI-46 will also run correctly with Windows XP, but please note that Cloud is unable to recommend this Operating
System as it is no longer supported by Microsoft.
Installers should appreciate that due to the frequency of browser updates, it is impossible to provide a denitive list of compatible browser versions. However, at the time of creating this Installation Guide, the CDI-46 has been tested to operate satisfactorily with the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer 11
• Chrome v.42
• Firefox v.35
• Safari v.8.02
Earlier versions of the above browsers, and some versions of other browsers, may also work correctly, though no guarantee can be given.
Similarly, though Cloud expects that later versions of the above browsers will be satisfactory, no guarantee can be given.
Checking browser compatibility
The CDI-46 server pages use HTML5 and CSS3, which should be implemented on most recent browser versions. The HTML features used are as follows:
• localStorage
• Forms
• Input type=number
• Elements
• Section elements
• “hidden” attribute
If there is any doubt regarding browser compatibility, Cloud recommends the use of the website html5test.com to check which features your browser supports.
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.0 7
Conguring the network
NOTE: This section of the manual is intended for those with a working understanding of basic computer network conguration and the terminology involved.
Ethernet connection to the CDI-46 can be simplied by the use of the Cloud Ethernet Discovery Tool. This can be downloaded from www.cloud.co.uk; navigate to Products and select 46-120 4 Zone Integrated Mixer Amplier; the Tool is available for download in the Downloads panel. The Discovery Tool is available in two distinct versions:
• an executable JAR le, which will run on Linux, Windows® or Mac® systems within a Java Runtime Environment (available
from www.java.com)
• a Windows-specic application, which does not require Java.
Download the most appropriate version for your operating system, and save it in a convenient location.
During initial setup, the CDI-46 may be connected directly to a laptop Ethernet interface, using either a straight or crossover Ethernet cable. In this scenario, both the laptop and CDI-46 will congure themselves using Link-local IP addresses and will be able to communicate without the requirement for DHCP, or further network infrastructure. Using this temporary connection, the CDI-46 can be set up and congured to use either DHCP (the default) or a specic, static IP address suitable for the target network. If a static IP address is to be used, Subnet Mask and Gateway must also be set correctly. If Gateway details are unknown, the value 0.0.0.0 can be used safely.
Alternatively, the CDI-46 card may be connected to a spare port of an Ethernet switch on an existing network, and set up from any device on the same network. In this scenario, DHCP is the expected method for IP address allocation during the initial setup procedure. If the network does not support DHCP, then the direct-connection method described above should be used to assign the correct static IP address rst.
Run the Discovery Tool; this will open the window shown below, which should contain an entry with the host name CDI-46.
NOTE: If a warning message appears referencing Windows Firewall, it can be safely ignored by closing the message box.
CDI-46 Installation and Setup Guide V1.08
Double-click on the CDI-46 entry. This should open your default browser and make the CDI-46’s web pages visible.
The rst page to be displayed on initial connection will be the PIN entry page; enter the Installer PIN (the factory default is 1234*) to authorise access. Click Login and the Zone 1 Settings page will be displayed.
Click the menu icon at the right hand end of the blue Cloud banner and now select Cong, followed by
Network. This will open the Communications page:
* It is recommended that the factory default PIN is changed to something less obvious when installation is complete.
We recommend that the CDI-46 should either be set with a static IP address (i.e., with DHCP disabled), or uses a xed DHCP allocated-address on your routing hardware. It will then have a xed IP address on the network for other devices to browse to. Ensure that a suitable IP address is reserved on the network to which you intend to connect the device. If the CDI-46 changes IP address, users or third-party control applications may not be able to locate it. (Installers may need to consult the client’s IT Manager for guidance.)
Note that when DHCP is enabled, values in the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway elds are set automatically and the elds are no longer modiable.
NOTE: For security, the server has a time-out of one minute; if no browser activity occurs within this time, it reverts to the login page and the PIN will need to be re-entered.
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