WallNet
TM
Setup & Operation
020-0567-05 19 Aug 2010
Table of Contents
WallNet ....................................................................... 1
What WallNet Is .........................................................1
What WallNet is Not ........................................... 2
What ACB Is .................................................................2
What SiFi (Set it and Forget it™) Is ......................3
Supported Display Products ................................. 3
Software for Other Display Types .......................3
When to Load WallNet Software....................4
Software vs. Firmware ....................................... 4
Getting Ready to Set Up WallNet ........................ 4
Be Prepared!..........................................................5
Try it Locally First ................................................. 5
What You Have in the WallNet Kit.................6
What You Need to Know First......................... 9
What You Will Do ......................................................9
Next Step ............................................................. 10
Connecting With DHCP ......................................11
Using WallNet Assistant .......................................12
Next Steps .................................................................14
Connecting With No DHCP ...............................15
Getting Your Computer’s IP Address ...............15
Connecting to WallNet .........................................16
Next Steps .................................................................18
Configuring WallNet ............................................19
Network Setup .........................................................19
Date and Time ..........................................................21
Network Time Updates .................................. 21
Access Control .........................................................22
Email Settings ..........................................................24
Save WallNet Config ..............................................25
Select Display Product ..........................................25
Differences in WallNet Menus ..................... 26
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Operating WallNet ............................................... 49
Plug It In .....................................................................26
Set Display IDs in the Displays ..................... 27
Set Display IDs in WallNet ............................. 28
Save and Reboot WallNet ...................................29
WallNet Uses Cookies ..................................... 29
Loading New Software Into WallNet ............... 29
Getting New WallNet Software ................... 29
Loading the Software into WallNet ........... 30
Miscellaneous Configuration ............................. 30
Reset to Factory Default ................................ 30
Product ID Link .................................................. 31
Advanced Settings ........................................... 31
Saving the Configuration .............................. 31
Cable Connections to the WallNet Box .......... 46
About the AUX RS232 Connector ....................47
Restrictions in Using the RS232 Inputs ..... 48
Viewing a WallNet’s Browser Page ..................49
Status Views ............................................................. 50
Send Status Email ............................................. 52
View or Email ACB Result ............................... 52
About the Time Stamp ................................... 52
Custom Commands ..............................................53
Message In Picture ................................................. 53
Reports and Alerts ................................................. 53
Periodic Reports ................................................ 53
Automatic Alerts ............................................... 54
Emailing to Cell Phones ................................. 57
SiFi ...............................................................................57
Auto Color Balance .......................................... 57
Balance Colors Now ............................................. 58
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Scheduled Color Balance ................................... 60
Email Color Balance Result ................................ 61
CANCEL Pending Color Balance or Lamp
Switch ....................................................................... 61
Reset to Factory Colors ....................................... 61
Test Pattern ............................................................. 61
How ACB Works .................................................62
Dual Lamp Control .......................................... 63
Scheduled Lamp Switch .................................... 63
Auto Color Balance After Lamp Failover ...... 64
CANCEL Pending Color Balance or Lamp
Switch ....................................................................... 64
Dual Lamp Status ................................................. 64
Dual Lamp Control ............................................... 64
Display Control ........................................................65
Power On/Off ..................................................... 65
Schedule Automatic Power On/Off ............... 65
Power On/Off Repeat and Delay Control ..... 65
Network Remote Control .............................. 66
Custom Commands Setup ........................... 66
RS232 Setup ....................................................... 67
Asset Tag ............................................................. 67
WallNet Admin ........................................................67
Save and Reboot .....................................................68
Save WallNet Config ....................................... 68
Reboot WallNet ................................................. 68
ASCII Command Service ....................................69
Service Information Responses .........................70
Network Port ............................................................70
TCP Versus UDP .......................................................71
TCP Notes ............................................................ 71
UDP Notes .......................................................... 72
General Notes .................................................... 72
Network Use Summary .......................................73
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Recovery Procedures ..........................................75
Declaration of Conformity ................................79
89/336/EEC and Amending Directive
92/31/EEC ........................................................................79
Glossary ....................................................................81
Finding WallNet’s Address ..................................75
Manual Reset to Factory Defaults .................... 76
Default WallNet IP Address ................................. 77
Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity ... 79
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
FCC Regulations ................................................ 80
Other Certifications ......................................... 80
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What WallNet Is
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WallNet
IMPORTANT: You must contact your network administrator for help to install WallNet. If you are not a network
administrator, read this manual first, but do not proceed
with connecting WallNet to the network without the
assistance of the local network administrator.
DO NOT APPLY POWER to the WallNet device server
yet!
What WallNet Is
WallNet is a system of hardware (a small box) and
software that displays information about a wall of
Planar displays via a web browser. WallNet is used
primarily for monitoring, reporting and some
control (for example, manually powering the
displays on and off). The connection between the
computer and the WallNet device server is
typically through a LAN (local area network).
With WallNet you can check the status of any
display, receive periodic reports or automatic
alerts about the displays, turn the lamps on or off
interactively or at scheduled times, set up custom
command buttons, perform automatic color
balancing (ACB) and control dual lamp systems.
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What WallNet is Not
The WallNet software includes a web server. To
configure and operate WallNet, you use a
browser that looks at web pages delivered by the
WallNet web server. When WallNet
communicates with the Planar displays, it does so
with RS232 commands through its serial port.
Also included in the WallNet software are other
programs that work with the web server to
implement your requests, such as status
monitoring, and email reports and alerts.
What WallNet is Not
WallNet is not designed to help with setting up
and making adjustments to the displays or the
wall, although you can use it to control displays at
a distance.
What ACB Is
Color balancing is a process that makes all the
displays (or cubes) in a wall show the same color
and brightness. It compensates for differences in
lamps and other optical components of the
system. In some products, color balancing needs
to be done manually.
ACB (Auto Color Balance) is a feature enabled for
certain Planar displays that include an integrated
color sensor, such as the c50SP, c67SP and
c70SPw. For these displays, WallNet can measure
the colors on the wall and make adjustments to
each cube to match color and brightness over the
whole wall.
Auto color balancing eliminates the need to learn
how to color balance manually. It is much faster
and more accurate, giving much better results.
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What SiFi (Set it and Forget it™) Is
What SiFi (Set it and Forget it™) Is
SiFi is a term for advanced features that make
configuring and maintaining a wall even easier.
SiFi includes Auto Color Balance and Dual Lamp
control.
Supported Display Products
Periodic Reports
Product
c50SP/c67SP/c70SPw Ye s Ye s
Automatic Alerts SiFi
c50RP-RX/c67RP-RX
LED series
c80RP
Lion XL/UXL (only)
Margay
Margay II
mXXL
Clarity Matrix
Puma (all models)
Ye s Ye s
Ye s Ye s
Ye s Ye s
Ye s No
Ye s No
Ye s Ye s
Ye s No
Ye s No
Ye s No
When you configure WallNet for the correct
display type, some of WallNet’s web pages
change to reflect what can be done with each
display type.
Software for Other Display Types
WallNet is pre-loaded with software for either all
current rear projection products, or Matrix and
flat panel LCD products. WallNet software for all
supported displays is on the WallNet CD and is
also available for download at:
www.planar.com
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When to Load WallNet Software
When to Load WallNet Software
First, complete the general setup described in
this manual until you have established network
settings for your WallNet. Save the configuration.
Then follow the instructions on page 29 to load
the new WallNet software.
When you load new WallNet software, the saved
settings (such as network setup) are preserved.
Therefore, it is important during the first
configuration to save the configuration before
loading new software.
Software vs. Firmware
In this manual and on the WallNet web pages,
software is loaded into the WallNet itself to
update it or change between supported sets of
displays.
Firmware is loaded into the display to update the
operation of the Planar display itself.
Getting Ready to Set Up WallNet
DO NOT apply power to the WallNet device server
yet!
DO NOT connect it to the network yet!
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Be Prepared!
For the normal setup procedure, you won’t need
to know this, but we strongly suggest that you
read through "Recovery Procedures" on page 75
before starting the step-by-step setup for the first
time.
To use these recovery procedures you must have
• a DB9 null modem cable
or
• a null modem adapter and a straight-thru
DB9 cable
plus
• a PC with a free COM port that has a terminal
program such as HyperTerm or Tera Term Pro
Try it Locally First
The best way to proceed is to set up WallNet in a
local setting. Have everything in the same place:
your computer, the WallNet device server, and a
network connection. If you get into trouble and
have to reset the box, it’s easier to have it right
there.
Be Prepared!
You can set up WallNet at your desk and connect
it to the Planar displays later.
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What You Have in the WallNet Kit
What You Have in the WallNet Kit
Below is a picture of all of the items contained in
the wall kit as they are packaged in the shipping
box. The contents of the box are also listed and
individual parts shown as well.
• CD with WallNet Assistant software and other
files, including the software for using WallNet
with all supported displays.
• WallNet device server
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What You Have in the WallNet Kit
• Power supply and power cord
• Power cable for displays with AUX power
• Plastic grommet
• This manual (also on the CD as a PDF)
• RS232 adapter (DB9 female to RJ45). See next
bullet for picture.
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What You Have in the WallNet Kit
• Straight-thru cable with RJ45 on both ends
• Mounting hardware (DIN rail, etc.)
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What You Need to Know First
You ar e
here
"Connecting With DHCP"
on page 11
"Connecting With No DHCP"
on page 15
"Configuring WallNet" on
page 19
Use these sections as needed.
"Operating WallNet"
on page 49
"Recovery Procedures"
on page 75
"Network Use
Summary" on page 73
To make WallNet work on your network, you
need to know these things:
• Does your network support DHCP? If it does,
this makes things a bit easier. Ask your
network administrator.
• What is the SMTP mail server name or
address? WallNet will use this to send email
messages and alerts.
• If you do NOT have DHCP, or you do not want
to use it, you need to know the IP address to
assign to the WallNet, network mask, DNS
server, and gateway.
If you are unsure what some of this information
means, contact your network administrator.
What You Will Do
This manual is divided into several major parts;
you do not need to read them all.
What You Need to Know First
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Next Step
Next Step
After you (or your network administrator) have
decided whether to connect using DHCP or a
static IP address, turn to the appropriate section
and begin.
DO NOT APPLY POWER to the WallNet device
server yet!
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Connecting With DHCP
Network
connection
Connecting With DHCP
The instructions in this section will only work if your
local network has a DHCP server. If you don’t know
whether or not it has this, contact your network
administrator.
This section provides instructions to establish the
initial network connection to a WallNet that is in its
factory default state. After you have made this first
connection and have a web browser displaying the
WallNet home page, you are ready to continue with
the instructions. See "Configuring WallNet" on
page 19.
DO NOT APPLY POWER to the WallNet device
server yet!
1 First, connect the WallNet device server to
the network.
2 Then, connect power to the box. (See the
following page.) During startup, the LEDs
turn on and off as the WallNet software
goes through its initialization process. When
this is complete, the CPU LED blinks
continually: one second on, one second off.
This tells you the box is working and ready
for the next step.
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Using WallNet Assistant
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For SiFi capable installations, WallNet power may
come from the bottom of the control board. A cable
is supplied for this connection.
Using WallNet Assistant
WallNet Assistant is a software program that finds
WallNet hardware on a network.
1 Install WallNet Assistant. Installation is semi-
automatic when you insert the CD. If it
doesn’t install automatically, go to:
E:\Assistant\Installer
(where E: is the drive letter of your CD ROM
drive) and start:
SETUP.EXE.
Note: If installing under Windows® Vista, you
must enable the Windows XP SP2 compatibility
mode option on SETUP.EXE before you run the
installer.
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Using WallNet Assistant
2 Start WallNet Assistant. Upon opening, it
will look for all WallNet device servers on
the network and list them in the window.
• Each WallNet found on the local network
is listed with its IP address and the date
and time. If the WallNet has been assigned
a name, that name will appear first, such
as Puma1 WallNet: at 10.10.0.115 [Mon
Nov 29 13:40:33 2004].
• New WallNet device servers just out of the
box are listed with text, such as “WallNet
at: 10.10.0.102 [date and time]”. The date
and time shown are from WallNet’s own
clock, which you will set later.
• At the top of the list is the product name
and its version: WallNet Assistant 1.1.1,
which will go away when you click Find
WallNet(s).
• WallNet Assistant uses a very simple
broadcast protocol to discover WallNets
on the local network. Most networks do
not route broadcast packets, so it is very
possible to have properly configured,
reachable WallNets on your network that
WallNet Assistant won’t find. Consult with
your network administrator if you are
having trouble using WallNet Assistant to
find WallNets.
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Next Steps
Host Name
Product Name
Menu Area
Main Area
3 Double-click the new WallNet device server
listing, which opens your browser pointed
at that WallNet.
4 You should see the WallNet home page. It
will look something like this.
Next Steps
You are now finished with connecting WallNet
using DHCP.
See "Configuring WallNet" on page 19.
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Getting Your Computer’s IP Address
Connecting With No DHCP
The instructions in this section describe the first connection to a WallNet at its default static IP address. If
you are not sure if this is the correct option, contact
your network administrator.
This section provides instructions to establish the
initial network connection to a WallNet that is in its
factory default state. After you have made this first
connection and have a web browser displaying the
WallNet home page, you are ready to continue with
the instructions. See "Configuring WallNet" on
page 19.
Getting Your Computer’s IP Address
Before you begin, you need to know the network
IP address of your computer.
1 Find and start a program on your Windows
computer called Command Prompt or DOS
Prompt. This is usually in the Accessories
folder for Windows.
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Connecting to WallNet
✎
No network
connection
CPU LED
2 At the prompt, type ipconfig and press
[Enter].
In a few seconds your computer’s IP address
will be shown. If ipconfig doesn’t work,
try winipcfg.
3 Write down the IP address. You won’t need
the mask or other information. Keep the
Command Prompt window open; you will
need it later.
Connecting to WallNet
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1 DO NOT connect WallNet to the network.
2 Apply power to WallNet with no network
connection.
For SiFi capable installations, WallNet power may
come from the bottom of the control board. A cable
is supplied for this connection.
Connecting to WallNet
3 After a minute or so, the CPU light will start
blinking: on one second, off one second.
Count at least 30 seconds (15 times LED is
on).
4 Connect WallNet to the network.
5 Connect your computer (with the known IP
address) to the same network. DO NOT
connect the computer and WallNet directly
to each other, unless you are using a
crossover cable. They can only
communicate over a correctly configured
network.
6 Do one of the following:
• Using the WallNet Assistant program, click
the Route Add Cmd button to
automatically run the route add
command.
•Type this on one line exactly as shown
(except substitute your PC’s IP address)
route add 192.168.12.0
mask 255.255.255.0 <PC IP
address>
1
:
7 Press [Enter]. This action tells the network
that your computer can point to this
WallNet, but so far, yours is the only
computer that can.
8 Start your browser and point to:
http://192.168.12.12
1. 192.168.12.0 is a network address.
2. 192.168.12.12 is the default address of the WallNet.
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Next Steps
Host Name
Menu Area
Main Area
Product Name
9 You should see the WallNet home page that
Next Steps
looks something like this.
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You are now finished with connecting WallNet
using a static IP address.
To continue, see "Configuring WallNet" on
page 19.
Configuring WallNet
✎
The Network Setup section provides instructions to
set the final network configuration for the network
on which this WallNet will permanently reside. If you
do this configuration on a different network from
the “final” network, (for example, on someone’s
office network vs. on the end customer’s network),
you may need to defer making the final network
configuration changes until you finish the rest of the
configuration.
Network Setup
1 From the WallNet home page, select
Network Setup in the menu area.
The WallNet web pages include many detailed
instructions. Take the time to read them.
2In the WallNet hostname box it now says
WallNet. Change this name to something
more appropriate. This will be the name for
this particular WallNet device server. The
hostname is limited to 16 characters:
alphanumeric, dash, or underscore only
(which you can see in the instructions on
the WallNet page). This is also the name that
will appear in the list when you use WallNet
Assistant.
3Leave Domain name blank unless your
network administrator tells you otherwise.
4 Do one of the following:
• If you will use DHCP, go to step 5.
• If you will not use DHCP, go to step 6.
5 Under the DHCP section, choose Yes, us e
DHCP.
a. Change the default DHCP timeout (ten
seconds) only if instructed by your network administrator.
b. You do not need to fill in anything
under the Static (non-DHCP) Network
Network Setup
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Network Setup
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✎
Settings section. However, if you do,
these settings will be used in the event
that the DHCP attempts to time out.
c. Go to step 7.
6 Under the DHCP section, choose No, use
static settings.
a. In the Static (non-DHCP) Network Set-
tings section, enter the IP address
given to you by the network administrator.
b. Enter the Network mask, DNS
server(s), and Gateway as instructed by
the network administrator.
c. Go to step 7.
7 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click
Confirm and apply new network settings
to receive the Confirm Network Change
page.
8 Review the settings to make sure they are
correct. Click OK, apply changes now to
receive the Applying Network Changes
page.
This shows the network settings to be used.
If you have changed the static IP address or
changed from static to DHCP setup, you may need
to point your browser at the new address or use
WallNet Assistant to find the new address.
9 You may have to click the Refresh button
on your browser to see the new WallNet
name in the upper left.
If you lose contact with WallNet after changing network settings, see "Recovery Procedures" on
page 75.
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Date and Time
1 In the menu area, select Date and Time. Set
the date and time manually in the box
under the Manual Date and Time section.
The date format is very exact. Fill in the
current date and time using exactly the
format shown on the page. Click Set date
and time.
2 If you want to have the WallNet device
server periodically check the time from a
network source, fill in the NTP server name
or address, and poll interval in the Date and
Time Server section. Click Apply new date
and time server settings.
If you don’t have a preferred NTP server,
then www.pool.ntp.org
choice for most installations.
3 Carefully read the instructions in the Local
Time Zone section. Fill in the text box and
click Set time zone.
Note: The start and end of daylight saving time
default to the first Sunday of April and the last
Sunday of October. As of 2007, U.S. locales that
observe daylight saving time must enter start and
end dates in this section. For example,
EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0 is correct for U.S. Eastern
time zone as of 2007.
Date and Time
is a reasonable
4 You will save this configuration later. Go to
the next section to continue.
Network Time Updates
The WallNet clock will drift over time. Also, there
is no battery backup for the WallNet clock. If
WallNet loses power, its clock will reset to an
incorrect date and time. You can reset the clock
manually if it drifts too far or WallNet loses power.
If you want the WallNet clock to be coordinated
with a network time server, complete the
following steps.
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Access Control
1 On the Date and Time page, under the Date
and Time Server section, fill in the NTP
server name or address, and the polling
interval. Click Apply new date and time
server settings.
2 You will save this configuration later. Go to
the next section to continue.
Access Control
Do you want to use passwords for extra security?
It is a good idea, especially at the Admin level.
There are three security levels: View, Operator
and Admin. The following table shows the
security levels that are needed to perform
different functions.
Note: Not every function is in all products.
Operation Security Level
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SiFi
Custom Commands
Message In Picture
Status Views
Unit Status
Brief Status
Full Status
Full Status and Memory
Send Status Email
Fault Status
View or EMail ACB Result
Reports and Alerts
Periodic Reports
Automatic Alerts
Display Control
Power On/Off
Network Remote Control
Custom Commands Setup
RS232 Setup
Asset Tag
Operator
View
Operator
View
Operator
Operation Security Level
WallNet Admin
Network Setup
Date and Time
Access Control
WallNet Software
Access Control
Admin
Save and Reboot
Save WallNet Config
Reboot WallNet
Admin &
Operator
The Admin level can access everything. The
Operator can access View, but not Admin. View
can only access View.
When passwords are set, a dialog box pops up
the first time anyone tries to access a page that
requires a password. Enter view, operator or
admin (always lower case) and the password to
gain access.
If you set the admin password and then forget it,
you can use the manual recovery procedures.
(See "Recovery Procedures" on page 75.)
However, you must be at the WallNet to do this.
You can’t do it r e m o tely.
1 In the menu area, select Access Control.
2 Under the Web Access section, set the
passwords and confirm them. Then click Set
for each level. (To remove a password,
delete the contents of password and
Confirm boxes and click Set.)
3 Under Network Access, leave Enable
daytime service checked.
4 If you know you will use it, check Enable
ASCII command service (TCP/UDP port
57). Checking this box enables other
programs, such as MIP Maker or Remote
Control, to communicate with this WallNet.
These programs can use the network to find
and communicate with a WallNet and with
the displays to which it is connected. See
"ASCII Command Service" on page 69.
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Email Settings
5 Enable telnet login is rarely needed, but is
available for those who understand it and
need it. If you need to enable telnet login,
you can log in as user ‘root’ with the
password ‘clarity’. If you enable telnet
permanently, consider changing the root
password, using the ‘passwd’ command, to
enhance security. Saving the WallNet
configuration also saves any root password
change.
6 When you are finished making changes,
click Change network access.
Email Settings
1 In the menu area, select Network Setup.
2 In the Email section, enter the SMTP mail
server name or address supplied by your
network administrator. WallNet uses the
SMTP server to send email reports and
alerts, which you will configure later.
Without a valid SMTP server, WallNet
cannot send email.
3In the Email from and reply-to address
box, enter the email address from which
you want to send reports and alerts. This
email will also be the address to which
people receiving reports and alerts will
reply.
4Click Confirm and apply new network
settings to receive the Confirm Network
Change page.
5 Review the network settings to make sure
they are correct. If they are, click OK, apply
changes now.
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Save WallNet Config
All the configurations you previously set are now
in RAM in the WallNet device server, but they will
disappear if the box loses power or is rebooted.
1 In the menu area, select Save WallNet
Config.
2Click Save configuration settings now. It
takes about 30 seconds to save settings.
Once this is complete, you will see the
following message:
Compressing configuration
files...done.
Saving configuration files to
flash...done.
Select Display Product
WallNet has several versions of software, each of
which supports a set of displays. For example,
LED Series, cXXRP/RX/SP and Margay II are combined
into one
for mXXL and Clarity Matrix is provided in a
separate WallNet software version. These
independent WallNet software versions are
distributed as binary files with the extension .wn.
To switch between them, you must load the
appropriate software file into WallNet. (See
"Finding WallNet’s Address" on page 75.) WallNet
only has enough memory for one of these
software “images.” Depending on which version
has been loaded, you may see different options in
the Select Display Product Type section.
WallNet software version, while support
Save WallNet Config
If the WallNet software requires that you select a
specific display product, use the following
instructions.
1 In the menu area, select WallNet Software.
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Differences in WallNet Menus
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2 Under the Select Display Product Type
section, select: LED Series, cXXSP/RX/RP or
Margay II.
If you see another display not listed here,
select the option that matches your display
product.
3Click Change Display Setting.
You may need to reload or refresh the web browser
to see the new product name appear above the
main area, because sometimes browsers display
cached pages.
Clicking the button in step 3 stops and restarts
the web server running in WallNet. There is a
separate web server for each display product.
Differences in WallNet Menus
Several of the menus take on different
appearances depending on the Planar display
type. For instance, Margay does not support SiFi
functions, so there is no Auto Color Balance or
Dual Lamp Control.
Plug It In
Plug the WallNet hardware into the RS232 IN
connector on the Planar display.
1 Use the 9-pin to RJ45 adapter provided with
the WallNet system. Plug it into the 9-pin
connector on the WallNet device server.
2 For non-SiFi applications, use a supplied
straight-thru cable to go from the adapter
to the RS232 IN connector on the display.
Note: For SiFi capable displays, you can choose to
connect the adapter to the AUX232 IN connector
on the bottom of the control board.
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Set Display IDs in the Displays
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Set Display IDs in the Displays
WallNet does not go out and seek the display IDs.
You must list them for WallNet. But first you must
set them with the remote control in each display.
Set the IDs so that each display has a unique
combination of Group ID and Unit ID in that wall.
The displays respond when they are addressed
individually. You don’t want two displays
responding at the same time.
The display model User Guide has more detail
about setting the IDs and connecting the displays
for RS232 control. In general, the following steps
will work for most products, except Clarity Matrix.
1 Using the remote control, press
MENU to
open the menu system on your display.
2 Select
3 Select
4 Select
ADVANCED OPTIONS and press
ENTER.
SERIAL PORT SETTINGS and press
ENTER.
GROUP ID and then UNIT ID. Use the
+ / – keys to scroll through the
alphanumeric characters.
5 Select the baud rate you want to use. This is
the baud rate between the WallNet box and
the displays. All displays must be set to the
same baud rate.
6Press
7Press
PREV to save your changes.
MENU to close the menu system on
your display.
The baud rate is not automatically adjusted, as
when modems talk to each other and find the highest rate they can both use. The baud rate must be
set manually at all the displays and set manually in
WallNet.
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Set Display IDs in WallNet
Set Display IDs in WallNet
Use the following instructions to set these same
numbers in a list in WallNet.
1 In the menu area, select RS232 Setup.
2 Select the baud rate at which the displays
are set. (See
Settings.
Note: Your displays may support lower baud
rates that are not supported by WallNet. Some
advanced features, such as Auto Color Balance,
require higher baud rates to succeed.
3 If you want to view the on-screen serial
status menu, click Show RS232/RS485
Status Menu under the Serial Port Status
section. To hide the menu, click Send Menu
Key.
Note: This is useful if you want to verify that all
display IDs are set to a unique value and that the
baud rate settings match.
✎ above.) Click Change RS232
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4 Under the Enter Display IDs section, list the
display IDs in the box. Separate the IDs with
a space, comma, or put them on separate
lines. Click Change RS232 Settings.
5 If you want to confirm communication to
each individual display, do one of the
following under the Confirm RS232 Setup
section:
•Click Report to browser only.
•Click Report to browser and on screen.
•Click View firmware version
information.
When you are finished viewing the
information, click Clear on-screen
messages, if necessary.
The information in the report includes the
display model, firmware part number and
revision, and firmware compile date.
Save and Reboot WallNet
1 In the menu area, select Save WallNet
Config.
2Click Save configuration settings now.
Wait while the settings are saved to flash
memory in the box. The box will tell you
when it has finished.
3 Select Reboot WallNet in the left menu.
4Click Reboot WallNet now. Wait about 90
seconds for the reboot to complete.
WallNet Uses Cookies
WallNet uses cookies on your computer to
differentiate between various computers that it
might communicate with. It uses cookies only to
remember the ID of the last display selected.
If your browser restricts cookies, you may want to
allow the WallNet cookie. It’s not particularly
useful to do this until after the WallNet IP address
is set.
Save and Reboot WallNet
Loading New Software Into WallNet
If you want to load new software to the WallNet
device server, you can connect to
www.planar.com quickly by clicking the Planar
logo in the upper right corner.
Getting New WallNet Software
Go to www.planar.com.
1 Navigate to the section that contains
software updates and then look for WallNet.
Here you will find the latest software for
WallNet.
2 Select the software you want and save it to
your hard drive. Make a note of the
location of this file. You will need to
browse to this file in a later step.
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Loading the Software into WallNet
Note: WallNet software file names end with the
.wn extension.
Loading the Software into WallNet
1 In your browser, click the Back button until
you return to the WallNet page.
2 In the menu area of the WallNet page, select
WallNet Software. In the main area, scroll
down to the Load WallNet Software section
and follow the directions. Return to step 3 of
this section to continue. Loading new
software takes one to two minutes.
3 In the menu area, select Reboot WallNet,
and then click Reboot WallNet now. This
takes about 90 seconds.
Miscellaneous Configuration
The following sections refer to miscellaneous
options that can be set up on the WallNet
Software page.
Reset to Factory Default
Use this to reset ALL settings to the factory
default. This includes network settings, date and
time, etc., as well as display settings like RS232
IDs and email report and alert options.
Caution: Using this option will reset all of your
configurations and reboot the WallNet hardware.
Because this includes network settings, be aware
that the WallNet may not configure to the same
network address after the system reboots.
When you click Reset ALL to Factory Default,
you receive the Confirm Factory Reset page. Click
OK if you are sure you want to reset ALL settings
to the factory default.
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Product ID Link
The top of each WallNet page shows a product
name (for example, Margay II or RP/RX). By
default, this is a link to
can change this link to refer to any URL that you
find useful.
Advanced Settings
For products with SiFi, WallNet polls the displays
at a rate of one per second to look for user
requests that have been made using the IR
remote control and the on-screen menus. In
some situations, this polling can have a
noticeable performance impact. If you want to
disable this polling, check the Disable polling for
user request entered via IR remote checkbox.
When you are finished, click Change Advanced
Settings.
For products with SiFi, WallNet uses Message In
Picture (MIP) Banner 1 to display progress
messages and to warn of impending scheduled
ACB and lamp switch operations. To disable the
use of MIP for user messages, check the Disable
MIP for ACB and lamp switch messages
checkbox. When you are finished, click Change
Advanced Settings.
There may be additional advanced settings
depending on product type. Read the on-screen
instructions in the advanced settings section for
more information.
Product ID Link
http://www.planar.com. You
Saving the Configuration
Similar to other WallNet settings, changes are
effective immediately. However, in order for the
changes to become permanent, you must save
the entire WallNet configuration. See "Save
WallNet Config" on page 25.
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Saving the Configuration32Mounting the WallNet for c50SP/c67SP/c70SPw Displays
Mounting the WallNet for c50SP/c67SP/c70SPw Displays
For c50SP/c67SP/c70SPws, the WallNet device
server (the little box) can be mounted in one of
the displays.
1 Mount the small bracket on the floor of the
chassis below the control board.
2 Connect cables to the WallNet device server.
a. Connect the 9-pin adapter to device
server.
b. Connect the short network cable (sup-
plied) to the adapter.
c. Connect the other end of the short net-
work cable to the AUX RS232 connector
at the bottom of the control board. (The
clip side of this connector faces away
from the lettering on the face of the
control board.)
d. Connect the short power cable to the
server. DO NOT CONNECT this power
cable to power yet.
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Mounting the WallNet for c50SP/c67SP/c70SPw Displays
e. Insert the grommet (supplied) into the
hole in the back of the chassis below the
control board.
f. Feed a network cable from your network
through this hole to the server.
3 With the cables connected, clip the device
server onto the bracket.
a. The server should be oriented so the
adapter is toward the middle of the
chassis.
b. Hold the right side of the server against
the chassis bottom and slide it onto the
bracket.
c. Press down on the server and it will click
into place.
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Mounting the WallNet for c50SP/c67SP/c70SPw Displays
✎
Bottom of server
showing spring latch
To remove the server, use a small screwdriver to pull
release the latch.
4 Go to "Cable Connections to the WallNet
Box" on page 46 to continue.
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Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and
Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and c80RP Displays
1 Select the unit in which you want to install
the WallNet device.
2 Do one of the following:
• For front-access units, remove the screen.
• For rear-access units, loosen the screws on
the back of the unit that hold the control
board in place. Swing the control board
inside the chassis.
3 If the power is on, turn it off and remove the
power cord. (For front-access units, reach
through the opening next to the control
board.)
WARNING! Always turn off power and remove
the power cord when adding or removing an
electronic part.
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Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and
4 Remove the bracket from the WallNet
accessory box and place it on top of the M4
threads that are already in the chassis.
If you have a c70HD-LED, the M4 threads will
be on the bottom of the chassis.
5 Remove the two nuts from the WallNet
accessory box and use them to secure the
bracket to the chassis.
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Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and
6 Snap the back of the WallNet box on the
bracket.
7 On the back of the unit, push out the hole
plug (near the air filter) and replace it with
the grommet provided with the WallNet kit.
This will be used to route the WallNet cables
from inside this unit to the outside of the
chassis.
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Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and
8 Plug one end of the power cable into the
bottom of the WallNet box and the other
end into the System Interface Board (SIB).
9 Plug the RS232 cable into the RS232 port on
the WallNet box and route the other end
through the cable route to the AUX RS232
port on the outside of the chassis.
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Mounting the WallNet for the LED Series, c50RP/c67RP, c50RX/c67RX and
✎
Bottom of server
showing spring latch
10 Plug the Ethernet cable into the 10/100
base-T port on the WallNet box and route
the other end through the cable route to
your control network.
To remove the server, use a small screwdriver to pull
release the latch.
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11 Go to "Cable Connections to the WallNet
Box" on page 46 to continue.
Mounting the WallNet for Margay II Displays
Mounting the WallNet for
Margay II Displays
1 Select the unit in which you want to install
the WallNet device.
2 Do one of the following:
• For front-access units, remove the screen.
Loosen the screws that hold the control
board in place and carefully lift it off of the
tab holders on the bottom of the chassis.
• For rear-access units, hold the tab on the
control board and loosen the screws on
the back of the unit that hold the control
board in place. Continue holding the tab
on the control board, carefully push it in
and lift it off of the tab holders on the
bottom of the chassis.
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Mounting the WallNet for Margay II Displays
3 If the power is on, turn it off and remove the
power cord. (For front-access units, reach
through the opening next to the control
board.)
WARNING! Always turn off power and remove
the power cord when adding or removing an
electronic part.
4 Remove the bracket from the WallNet
accessory box and place it on top of the M4
threads that are already inside the chassis.
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5 Remove the two nuts from the WallNet
accessory box and use them to secure the
bracket to the chassis.
6 Snap the back of the WallNet box on the
bracket.
Mounting the WallNet for Margay II Displays
7 On the back of the unit, push out the hole
plug (below the power switch) and replace
it with the grommet provided with the
WallNet kit. This will be used to route the
WallNet cables from inside this unit to the
outside of the chassis.
8 Remove the WallNet power cable from the
accessory box. Plug one end of the power
cable into the 5 VDC In connector on the
WallNet box and route the other end to the
+5 Out connector on the control board.
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Mounting the WallNet for Margay II Displays
9 Plug the RS232 cable into the RS232 port on
the WallNet box and route the other end
through the cable route to the AUX RS232
port on the outside of the chassis.
10 Plug the Ethernet cable into the 10/100
base-T port on the WallNet box and route
the other end through the cable route to
your control network.
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Mounting the WallNet for Margay II Displays
✎
Bottom of server
showing spring latch
To remove the server, use a small screwdriver to pull
release the latch.
11 Do one of the following:
• For front-access units, carefully place the
tabs on the bottom of the control board
into the slots inside the chassis. Push the
control board towards the outside of the
chassis and tighten the screws that secure
the control board to the chassis. Replace
the screen.
• For rear-access units, carefully place the
tabs on the bottom of the control board
into the slots inside the chassis. Hold the
tab on the control board as you pull it
towards the outside of the chassis.
Continue holding the control board as
you retighten the screws.
12 Go to "Cable Connections to the WallNet
Box" on page 46 to continue.
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Cable Connections to the WallNet Box
Power connector
To y our
network
9-pin adapter goes
here. Supplied
cable goes from
adapter to AUX
RS232 IN on
control board.
(No connection to this)
Cable Connections to the WallNet Box
Cable connections should look like the following
pictures.
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About the AUX RS232 Connector
The short power cable (supplied) will connect
from the server power connector to the +5V Out
on the bottom of the control board. (For RP/RX,
this will connect to the SIB inside the chassis.) Do
not connect it yet.
About the AUX RS232 Connector
This connector is supplied on the control board of
the SP, RP, RX and Margay II displays for
connection to the WallNet device server. This
leaves the RS232 In connector free for the use of
another control system.
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About the AUX RS232 Connector
Restrictions in Using the RS232 Inputs
• In a set of displays connected for serial I/O,
you can use both the RS232 IN and the AUX
RS232 connectors on one display (or Quad
controller module for Clarity Matrix) only.
The display or Quad controller module will
attend to only one of these connectors at a
time, preventing garbled communication.
•You cannot use the AUX RS232 connector on
one display and the RS232 IN connector on
another display. Doing this can lead to
confused communication and unpredictable
results.
•You cannot you use the RS232 IN connector
on one display, and the RS232 IN connector
on another display. Doing this can lead to
confused communication and unpredictable
results.
• For Clarity Matrix, external serial devices (such
as WallNet and touch panel control systems)
must be connected to the RS232 IN or the
AUX RS232 connector of the master Quad
controller module (A1).
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Viewing a WallNet’s Browser Page
Operating WallNet
Most of WallNet’s operation is straightforward.
These instructions supplement what you see on the
WallNet screen.
If you are not familiar with the Planar display that is
connected to WallNet, now would be a good time to
look at the display’s Quick Start Guide or Installation
Guide and maybe try the remote control.
Viewing a WallNet’s Browser Page
A quick, easy way to connect to WallNet is to find
it on the network with WallNet Assistant. Starting
this program (available on the WallNet CD)
searches the network for WallNets and lists them
in a window. Select the one you want and then
click Open in browser.
Notice that the names of the WallNets are the
names you gave each WallNet on the Network
Setup page. (You might want to save the WallNet
locations in your browser’s Favorites list.)
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Status Views
Status Views
Note: You need View authority to do anything here.
Start WallNet in a web browser and select Status
Views in the menu area. There are three types of
status reports: Brief, Full or Full and Memory. Note
that Full Status and Memory (available only for
displays with the memory slot feature) will take a
significant amount of time to download if many
of the memory slots are used.
1Click Brief Status or Unit Status.
2 Choose a single ID in the dropdown list to
the right of Get status for: This list has all
the IDs assigned to (and connected to) this
WallNet. If you think some are missing, add
them in Display Control > RS232 Setup.
3Click Get status for: After a few moments,
the browser displays the report for that
display.
4 Look at the first few times. If there is no
status information shown, then WallNet is
not connected to that display or that display
has no AC power.
From the return information, you can learn some
basic facts. If all of the following are true, you can
be reasonably certain that the display is showing
the picture from the selected source:
• Display power or at least one lamp is on
• Mode is settled on something reasonable, not
Searching or Source Absent
• Displayed Pattern is None (no test pattern is
being displayed)
• If the Menu or MIP Displayed is No, the source
picture is not partly covered with a menu
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Status Views
You can also choose All or Direct:
• All returns the status of all the displays listed
in RS232 Setup. This can take a while if there
are many of them.
• If WallNet is connected to a series of displays,
Direct returns information from the first one
it is connected to, regardless of its address.
Direct is useful if the lamps aren’t on, and you
don’t know the display’s RS232 ID. You can
control it Directly to get its Full Status.
Full Status gives you information about the
current settings of the display. In addition, for
displays that have slot memory, there are
clickable links to look at the contents of each of
the non-empty memory slots.
Full Status and Memory retrieves everything
plus the contents of all the non-empty memory
slots. If many of the memories are used, it can
take several minutes to get it all. If you do this
with All, you will have a long wait. This selection
only appears for display products that have the
memory slot feature.
Fault Status retrieves the current state of the
display. Choose a display ID from the dropdown
box and click Get Status for. The current Fault
State will be displayed, as well as the state of the
High Brights. This selection only appears for
display products that have the High Bright LED
diagnostic feature.
High Brights refer to the very bright amber and
red LEDs that flash on the screen in a pattern.
These form a code, shown in the table on the
Fault Status page, that would tell a person
watching the screen what the current fault is. This
same Fault Status is displayed in the table as Fault
State.
The All On and All Off buttons, as well as the
On/Off buttons for individual displays, turn on
and off these High Bright LEDs, not the displays
themselves.
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Send Status Email
Send Status Email
Use Send Status Email to send yourself or
someone else the current status of the display. If
you add a comment in the text box, it will appear
in the message above the data. The message is
plain text. You can send any of the three types of
reports: Brief, Full or Full and Memory.
The email’s return address will be the reply-to
address specified in: WallNet Admin >
Network Setup > Email.
View or Email ACB Result
Use Email ACB Result to view the last ACB output
in your browser or send it via email. You can also
view or email the detailed diagnostic ACB output,
and set an option to automatically email results
after every color balance. In addition, this page
allows the user to cancel a scheduled color
balance or lamp switch within a five-minute
warning period. During the warning period, an
optional message is displayed on the wall for
about ten seconds each minute.
About the Time Stamp
Notice the date and time below the WallNet
menus in the left column of the browser. This is
the time according to the clock in WallNet (not
your computer’s clock).
Neither this time nor the information in the main
area is updated automatically. To get a more
current reading, click the Refresh button on your
browser.
Your computer is not directly connected to
WallNet. It simply sends messages to and receives
replies from WallNet’s web sever.
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Custom Commands
Custom Commands
You need View authority to do anything here.
These ten buttons send commands that are set
up in Custom Commands Setup, are described on
page 66. You need Operator authority to set up
the buttons, but only View authority to use them.
Message In Picture
You need Operator authority to do anything here.
Note: MIP is not supported in all products.
Message In Picture displays a message over the
source picture. You can compose and display the
messages in this section. See the MIP Maker
program and the MIP Guide from the Planar
website for information about this feature.
In the Menu section, click on an MIP type to write,
display or hide the message.
Reports and Alerts
You need Operator authority to do anything here.
Periodic Reports
Three types of reports gives you great flexibility in
reporting:
• Scheduled Report sends an email daily,
weekly or monthly.
• Running Time Report uses the Running
Time of only one of the displays: the first one
in the RS232 Setup list.
• Lamp Age Report looks at the hours of all
the lamps in all the displays. Therefore it is
important to reset the lamp hours when
lamps are changed. This report is only
applicable to lamp illuminated rear
projection cube products.
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Automatic Alerts
After you modify any of these report settings,
click Change Periodic Report Settings at the
bottom of the page. The settings are not effective
until you do.
Automatic Alerts
Email alerts are sent when any of the following
events occur:
•A lamp fails
• A fan fails
• A temperature exceeds a set threshold
• An interlock opens, for supported displays
with interlocks
• A display fails to respond for a set number of
minutes
• Other product-specific alerts may be
available
After you modify any of these alert settings, click
Change Alert Settings at the bottom of the
page. The settings are not effective until you do.
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Automatic Alerts
General notes about alerts:
• For Margay, Puma and Lion: Alert conditions
are tested every two minutes on the odd
minutes (:01, :03, etc.)
• For all other products: Alert conditions are
tested on a continuous basis. The serial
communications to check alert conditions are
evenly paced so that WallNet sends at most
only a few serial requests to the wall each
second. It takes 5-10 seconds per display to
check for alert conditions, depending on
which alerts are configured. Source absent
and no response alert emails are only sent
after a full cycle of checking conditions on
every display, since those alerts include
information for all the displays in the wall.
• Only configured (checked) alerts are tested.
• Alerts are sent only once for any condition.
For example, if a lamp fails the email is sent
once, not every two minutes. Whenever
WallNet observes a “good” or non-alert
condition for a previously sent alert, it clears
the record of the previous alert and will send
a new email if that event occurs again. If a
temperature is fluctuating around the alert
trigger point, an alert will be sent each time
the temperature dips below the trigger and
then goes above it again.
• The record of alerts sent is in volatile memory,
so if WallNet is rebooted, it will send all the
current alerts again.
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Automatic Alerts
From: some_wall@planar.com
To:ts@planar.com
Subject: WallNet No Response
1 over 15 min.:00
2 under 15 min.:01,03
1 never:0B
8 OK:02,04,05,06,07,08,09,0A
No response for the past 15 minutes
About No Response Alerts:
• The recommended minimum interval setting
for the No Response Alert is either:
• For Margay, Puma and Lion: two minutes.
• For all other products: the larger of either
a) two minutes or b) ten seconds times
the number of displays in the wall,
rounded up to the next higher whole
minute (e.g. about three minutes for a
wall with 16 displays).
• There are four possible states in the No
Response Alert message: over, under, never
and OK. Below is an example of a response
from a 12-display wall set to send an alert
when any display fails to respond for 15
minutes:
- One display has not responded for over the
allotted time, but it did respond at least
once since the last WallNet reboot.
- Two displays have not responded to the
most recent ping(s), but their last response
was under the time limit. For example, they
may have responded eight minutes ago, but
not since.
- One display has never responded, at least
not since the last time WallNet rebooted.
- Eight displays are OK because they
responded the last time they were pinged.
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The last line is the text from the Enter additional
note (optional): text box in the No Response
Alert setup. It will be anything you put in that
box.
Emailing to Cell Phones
✎
✎
Emailing to Cell Phones
WallNet Alert emails are designed to be short.
This ensures that messages can be easily read on
cell phones and other PDA devices.
SiFi
SiFi includes Auto Color Balance and Dual Lamp control.
You need Operator authority to do anything here. These features are not available in all products.
Auto Color Balance
ACB requires an Option Key coded for ACB in every
cube in the wall that authorizes ACB operation. ACB
will not proceed if WallNet cannot confirm the ACB
Option Key in every unit. Some newer products
don’t require the physical key. For these products,
WallNet will still report that a key is present and will
allow ACB to proceed.
ACB requires that all lamps in the wall have been on
for at least five minutes or that illumination LEDs in
the wall have been on for at least one minute. ACB
will not proceed unless WallNet confirms that these
conditions are met for every display in the wall.
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Auto Color Balance
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Balance Colors Now
This section allows you to balance wall colors
now, save the current color balance, view the last
ACB result or recall the last saved color balance.
You can color balance to a specific color
temperature, Brightest/Default or a Custom white
point. There are some differences in these options
for lamp versus LED illumination systems, as
described below.
Auto Color Balance
For the LED series, you can change the display
profile for the wall using the Display Profile
dropdown list. If you have already set the display
profile on your wall, you do not have to select it
again here. For more information about display
profiles, see the c50RP-RX-LED, 67RP-RX-LED,
c70HD-LED Installation Guide.
Balance wall brightness only can be checked to
skip the color matching portion of ACB and
balance brightness only. This option is only
available for the LED series products.
Balance to white point
For the LED series, the Default white point is
generally recommended. This is because an
optimal target white point is included in the
display profile. For lamp-based systems, the
default setting is called Brightest because it
balances to the brightest white point that all the
displays in the wall can attain.
The other entries in the white point dropdown list
are color temperatures that correspond to
commonly used white point targets. For the LED
series, if you choose a white point that is too far
from the default for the current display profile,
then ACB will not proceed. The warning
messages on the screen will list the display
profiles that are compatible with the selected
white target.
For all products, the Custom setting allows you to
enter CIE coordinates in the x, y boxes for a
custom white target.
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Auto Color Balance
Note: Measured white point may vary slightly
from the target point due to screen color.
To start an immediate ACB, click the Balance Wall
Colors Now button. You will see detailed
information that shows the progress of the ACB.
This information is mainly intended for diagnostic
purposes.
View Last ACB Result shows the detailed output
of the last Auto Color Balance. This is useful for
viewing diagnostic information after a scheduled
ACB or one started in the menu system using the
IR remote.
View Diagnostic Output shows RS232
transactions and details of the ACB process,
which are useful for troubleshooting.
Scheduled Color Balance
For the LED series, ACB can be scheduled to run
automatically every month, two months, three
months, four months or six months.
For lamp-based systems, ACB can be scheduled
to run daily, weekly or monthly.
The schedule is not active until the checkbox is
checked and you click Change Color Balance
Schedule. At the scheduled time, WallNet will
warn of the impending color balance for five
minutes using Message In Picture. After the fiveminute warning period, it can take up to several
minutes to balance a wall for color and
brightness. The exact timing depends on the
display product type, communication speeds,
and the size of the wall. The best way to
determine the expected time is to measure the
ACB process for your wall during installation.
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Auto Color Balance
Email Color Balance Result
Type in the email addresses and subject line for
which you want ACB information to be sent. This
can include ACB results and related diagnostic
information. You can choose to automatically
send email after every color balance or to
manually send only the last ACB result. If you
have made any changes to email addresses or the
subject line, click Change ACB Email Settings.
Before you exit this screen, make sure to save the
WallNet configuration to make any changes
permanent.
CANCEL Pending Color Balance or Lamp
Switch
When there is a scheduled color balance or dual
lamp switch, there is a five-minute warning
period in which you can cancel the color balance
or lamp switch. During the warning period, a
message is displayed on the wall for about ten
seconds each minute.
Reset to Factory Colors
This recalls the factory colors for each of the
displays.
Test Pattern
This makes several colors available to check the
quality of the color balance.
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How ACB Works
How ACB Works
The WallNet device server is connected to one of
the cubes and through it to all other cubes in the
wall.
1 WallNet receives a command, either from an
on-screen menu selection or from you via
the WallNet web pages, and proceeds to
color balance the wall.
2 The previous color adjustments in all cubes
are disabled.
3 On each display, a sensor moves into the
light path, partially blocking the displayed
picture.
4 The display is changed to one of the internal
test patterns, turning the screen red.
5 WallNet collects color and brightness data
from each of the cubes as the test pattern
changes from color to color.
6 The sensors are retracted, and the displays
return to the source picture.
7 WallNet calculates the adjustment
necessary to make all the cubes match.
8 WallNet sends these values to each cube
individually and these values are applied.
9 For some products (e.g. Margay II), a second
round of measurements and adjustment is
required. For others (e.g. cXXRP/RX/SP), a
single measurement series is enough.
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Note: By default, ACB process messages are
shown on each cube using MIP Banner 1. You can
disable this progress indicator using the
Advanced Settings section of the WallNet
Software page. (See "Advanced Settings" on
page 31.)
The image output is preempted by test patterns
as WallNet measures the color and brightness
performance of the wall. Depending on the
display type, communication settings and size of
your wall, this process can take up to several
minutes.
Dual Lamp Control
Note: The information in this section only applies
to lamp-based products that have a dual lamp
changer.
Dual Lamp control allows you to configure
settings for automatic lamp switching, as well as
to view status and manually switch lamps.
Dual Lamp Control
Scheduled Lamp Switch
You can set the lamps to switch once a week on a
particular day, or once a month. The schedule is
not active until the checkbox is checked and you
click Change Lamp Switch Schedule. At the
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Dual Lamp Control
✎
scheduled time, WallNet will warn of the
impending switch for five minutes using Message
In Picture. After the five-minute warning period, it
typically takes about a minute to switch lamps.
DO NOT schedule a lamp switch and a color balance
at the same time. Color balancing can only be done
after the lamps have been on for at least five minutes. If you are going to schedule color balancing
AND a lamp switch, schedule the lamp switch first.
Auto Color Balance After Lamp Failover
Select this option to enable an automatic color
balance after recovery from a failed lamp. If a
cube’s dual lamp system recovers from a lamp
failure by switching to the other lamp, this option
starts an Automatic Color Balance five minutes
after the new lamp begins operating.
CANCEL Pending Color Balance or Lamp
Switch
When there is a scheduled color balance or dual
lamp switch, there is a five-minute warning
period in which you can cancel the color balance
or lamp switch. During the warning period, a
message is displayed on the wall for about ten
seconds each minute.
Dual Lamp Status
Click Get DLS Status Information to view the
current dual lamp status.
Dual Lamp Control
Allows you to manually switch the lamps. You can
command each cube or all cubes to switch to
Lamp 1 or Lamp 2, or to switch to the opposite
lamp.
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Display Control
You need Operator authority to do anything here.
Power On/Off
Power On/Off controls lamp power, not the AC
power. You cannot control AC power through
WallNet.
Schedule Automatic Power On/Off
This section has four options for which you can
schedule an automatic power on/off. The options
are: no automatic power on/off, same daily
schedule, Monday-Friday same schedule and
weekends off. Or each day has its own schedule.
You can only select one of the schedule types.
The default is No automatic power on/off.
Remember to use 24-hour time. Two thirty in the
afternoon is 1430 or 14:30 and not 230 or 2:30.
Power On/Off Repeat and Delay Control
Display Control
Sometimes when you send a Power On command
to a large wall of Planar displays, one or two do
not turn on. This section allows you to broadcast
the command at set intervals or set a Delay and
send the Power On command to displays
individually.
If you leave these three boxes blank, WallNet
sends a broadcast On command, waits ten
seconds, and then goes through the list of
displays in RS232 Setup, checking the state of the
lamp(s). Any display that reports the lamp(s) not
On gets another On command. This continues for
up to ten tries every ten seconds, stopping when
no more displays report Off.
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Network Remote Control
Network Remote Control
The Network Remote Control window shows a
graphic of a remote control. Be careful with this
control, as clicking on the buttons will send
commands to the display screens. Unless you are
looking at the display screen, it is suggested that
you do not use this tool.
Custom Commands Setup
Custom Commands allow you to establish what
the ten Custom Command buttons will do.
1 In the menu area, select Custom Commands
Setup.
2 Type a label for the button in Button # Text.
3In ASCII Command(s), enter the ASCII
commands to be sent when that button is
clicked.
4 If more than one command is required,
enter each command on a separate line in
the box.
5Click Tes t butto n # comm a nds to send the
commands immediately. You will see an
output page showing the commands sent
and replies received (if any). Use the
browser’s Back button to return from this
results page to avoid losing unsaved
changes. If you select the Custom
Commands Setup section again, you will
lose unsaved changes.
6 Scroll to the bottom of the Custom
Commands Setup page and click Change
Custom Command Buttons. This applies
what you have done to the custom buttons
accessed from Custom Commands at the
top of the left menu.
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After the buttons are programmed, anyone with
✎
View access can use them from Custom
Commands at the top of the left menu. When the
buttons are used from there, none of the ASCII
command text is shown to the viewer, unless the
View command output box is checked.
In the menu area, select Save WallNet Config after
programming the buttons. Click Save
configuration settings now.
RS232 Setup
WallNet does not know what displays it is
connected to. This is where you tell it. Do not use
wildcards, such as ** and 0*. They won’t work and
won’t be saved in the list. Read the detailed
instructions on the web page for more
information or see "Set Display IDs in the
Displays" on page 27.
Asset Tag
Asset Tag allows you to change text in the
displays. It can be used to identify displays with
your company’s property number, describe the
position in a wall of each display, or store the
serial number of the display.
RS232 Setup
Be warned that the Asset Tag text is stored in the
control board of each display. If the control board is
changed for a new one, or swapped with another
module or board in the wall, the Asset Tag text goes
with it.
WallNet Admin
You need Admin authority to do anything here.
All of the items under this heading are explained
in "Connecting With DHCP" and "Connecting
With No DHCP".
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Save and Reboot
Save and Reboot
You need Operator authority to do anything here.
Save WallNet Config
Whenever you change any of the settings, such as
Periodic Reports, Automatic Alerts, RS232 Setup,
etc., the changes take effect immediately.
However, if power is lost to WallNet, these
changes will be lost.
It is good practice to copy these changes from
the WallNet RAM to the flash memory, where it is
permanently stored (until you save it again).
1 In the menu area, select Save WallNet
Config.
2Click Save configuration settings now.
This action copies everything in RAM to flash
memory.
Reboot WallNet
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If you make changes that have not yet been
saved and decide to go back to the previous
settings, reboot WallNet.
1 In the menu area, select Reboot WallNet.
2Click Reboot WallNet now.
This copies everything in flash memory to RAM.
RAM memory is used for all current operations.
When power is applied to WallNet, flash memory
is copied to RAM.
Reboot takes about 90 seconds.
ASCII Command Service
ASCII Command Service
WallNet has an optional network service that
relays commands received over the network out
its serial port. It responds with any reply received
from the displays connected to the serial port.
The format of the commands is exactly the same
as regular RS232 commands for the particular
display product. To get command details for the
specific display type, refer to the documentation.
The ASCII Command Service is disabled by
default as a security measure. To enable the
service, check the Enable ASCII command
service checkbox on the Access Control page of
the WallNet Admin section of WallNet’s menus.
Be sure to save the WallNet configuration if
you want to make this change permanent.
The general sequence of events are as follows:
1 WallNet reads printable ASCII characters
from the network up to the first carriage
return (CR) or linefeed (LF).
2 Once a CR or LF character is read from the
network, WallNet then sends the whole line
out the serial port and waits for a reply.
3 WallNet reads printable ASCII characters
from the serial port up to the first CR or LF.
4 Once a CR or LF character is read from the
serial port, WallNet then sends the whole
response line back to the network
application.
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Service Information Responses
Service Information Responses
In addition to the literal command and response
relay, the ASCII Command Service has a few
situations where it sends a line to the network
application. All of these information lines, from
the service to the client application, begin with
the character ‘#’ which never starts a valid display
ASCII command response. This allows the client
application to easily filter and ignore or process
these information lines that come directly from
the service. See below for specific details of the
service information lines.
Network Port
The ASCII Command Service is implemented on
port 57 for both TCP connections, and for UDP
packets. In order to use the service, your network
must not block port 57 for TCP and/or UDP,
depending on which transport protocol your
application uses.
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TCP Versus UDP
Because of the different nature of TCP
connections and UDP datagrams (packets), the
behavior of the WallNet is slightly different
depending on whether the application is using a
TCP connection or UDP to send the display
commands.
Note: In the string values shown below, the
sequence “\r\n” indicates a CR+LF pair.
TCP Notes
• Only one simultaneous TCP connection is
supported.
• If WallNet receives an empty line (no
command text, followed by a CR or LF), it
responds with “# Clarity ASCII protocol server
ready (TCP).\r\n”.
• If WallNet receives a single Ctrl-D character
(0x04) on a TCP connection, it sends “# Ctrl-D
closing connection.\r\n” and then closes its
end of the connection. Ctrl-D is a traditional
character used to signal that a client is
finished using a telnet connection.
• If the data received by WallNet on a TCP
connection contains any non-printable ASCII
characters (other than Ctrl-D and CR or LF).
WallNet responds “# ERR illegal character in
input [<i>] = 0x<XX>\r\n” where <i> is the
zero-based index into the string at which the
bad character appeared. The <XX> is the
hexadecimal value of the bad character. The
UDP server does not scan character by
character so it will not emit this message.
• An easy way to test a TCP connection to the
ASCII Command Service is to use any telnet
client program to connect to the WallNet at
its IP address and port 57. Telnet clients
default to port 23, but always have a way to
specify an alternate port. For example,
common command-line telnet clients take an
optional port argument after the IP address,
TCP Versus UDP
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UDP Notes
UDP Notes
as in: “telnet 192.168.12.12 57”, where
192.168.12.12 is the IP address of the WallNet.
Once connected, press [Enter] to see the “#
Clarity ASCII protocol server ready (TCP).\r\n”
message from WallNet, or type in any display
ASCII command (e.g. “OP--PATTERN?”) to do
simple interactive tests.
• Because UDP is connectionless by nature,
more than one simultaneous client
application can be supported using UDP
datagrams.
• If WallNet receives an empty line (no
command text, followed by a CR or LF), it
responds with “# Clarity ASCII protocol server
ready (UDP).\r\n”.
• The UDP method can have an advantage over
TCP, since there is no connection to maintain,
and multiple applications can interact with
the wall instead of one application tying up
the one TCP supported connection.
General Notes
• If WallNet relays a command to the wall, but
receives no characters in response, it answers
“# ERR no RS232 reply\r\n”. This may not be
an error at all, but is the normal condition
when the command sent to the wall contains
wildcard address characters, such as
“OP**PATTERN=NONE”. The client
application should be aware of this and
handle (or ignore) it gracefully.
• If for any reason WallNet is unable to open its
serial port, it sends “# ERR unable to open
serial port.\r\n” in response to any command
sent by the client application.
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Network Use Summary
Network Use Summary
Port
UDP
TCP/
Protocol
TCP 80 HTTP Server Browser UI to
Server
Client/
Purpose
WallNet
Optional
Required/
Req 1
Notes
TCP 25 SMTP Client Send email
reports & alerts
UDP 123 NTP Client Synchronize
WallNet’s
system clock
TCP 23 Telnet Server Manual WallNet
maintenance
TCP,
UDP
UDP 13 daytime Server Locate WallNets
57 Custom
ASCII
1. Enabled by default settings
2. Recommended
3. Not recommended
4. Disabled by default settings
Server Custom
network control
program
support
using WallNet
Assistant
Opt 2
Opt 2
Opt 3,
4
Opt 4
Opt 1,
2
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Network Use Summary
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Finding WallNet’s Address
Recovery Procedures
Finding WallNet’s Address
If you can’t find WallNet on your network, use the
following instructions.
1Connect a null modem cable between the
WallNet’s RS232 serial port and a serial port
on a computer. The computer does not
have to be connected to the network.
2 Start a terminal program on your computer,
such as HyperTerminal, and open a serial
port at 9600, 8N1, no flow control.
3 Remove power from WallNet.
4 With the network cable still connected to
WallNet, apply power to WallNet.
Look for:
## IP ADDR=____ MASK=____
in the serial program window. There may be
other characters, but if you see this in the
message, you have the IP address and mask of
this WallNet.
Note: You can also use the on-screen menu of
the display to which WallNet is connected. The
bottom line of the
shows characters coming in on the serial port.
Closely watch this line while WallNet is booting
up. Look for:
## IP ADDR=____ MASK=
This will only appear for a second or two.
SERIAL PORT STATUS menu
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Manual Reset to Factory Defaults
ADM button is
accessed via
this hole.
Manual Reset to Factory Defaults
A manual reset to factory default can be useful to
recover from a lost admin password or from any situation that prevents using the normal web browser
administration, such as accidentally entering an
unworkable network configuration.
1Connect a null modem cable between the
WallNet’s RS232 serial port and a serial port
on a computer.
2 Start a terminal program on your computer,
such as HyperTerminal, and open that serial
port at 9600, 8N1, no flow control.
3 Remove power from the WallNet.
4 Press and hold the recessed ADM button
with a straightened paper clip or other small
tool. You will feel it click.
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5 While holding the ADM button in, apply
power to the WallNet.
6 When you see text appearing in the
terminal program, you may release the ADM
button.
7 When the boot completes and the
messages stop, you will see a root
command prompt.
8 At the root command prompt, type
factory and press [Enter]. You will see:
[root@(none) /]# factory
Resetting to factory default
settings.
You must reboot to return to
factory initial state.
[root@(none) /]#
Default WallNet IP Address
9 Remove and reapply power to reboot
WallNet.
Default WallNet IP Address
Out of the box, or after a complete factory reset,
all WallNets have this IP address:
192.168.12.12
… and this Mask: 255.255.255.0
WallNet attempts to configure using DHCP for
ten seconds. If no DHCP server responds in ten
seconds, then the default static IP address above
is configured.
You can use WallNet Assistant to configure a
route from your PC to a WallNet at the default
static IP address without changing your PC’s IP
address. See “Connecting With No DHCP” on
page 15.
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Default WallNet IP Address
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Manufacturer’s Declaration of Conformity
Declaration of Conformity
Manufacturer’s Declaration of
Conformity
This product, the Planar Systems Inc. WallNet,
models N-1010 and N-2010, conforms to the
following EU Directives and the standards noted.
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC and Amending Directive 92/31/EEC
EN55022/CISPR 22, Class A – Radiated and
Conducted Emissions from IT Equipment
EN55024 - Immunity Standard Including:
• EN61000-4-2 Electrostatic Discharge
• EN61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity
• EN61000-4-4 Electrical Fast Transient Burst
• EN61000-4-5 Surge
• EN61000-4-6 Conducted Immunity
• EN61000-4-11 Voltage Dips & Interruptions
The Technical Data File is available to proper
authorities and the product is marked.
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FCC Regulations
FCC Regulations
This equipment has been tested and found to
comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in an installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiated
radio frequency energy, and if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate receiving antenna.
• Increase separation between equipment and
receiver.
• Connect equipment to an outlet on a circuit
different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
• Consult your dealer or an experienced
radio/TV technician.
Note: Any changes or modification to the display
not expressly approved by Planar could void the
user’s authority to operate this equipment. Use of
a shielded interface cable is required t comply
with the Class A limits of Part 15 of FCC rules.
Other Certifications
FCC Class A, CE Mark
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Glossary
ACB Auto Color Balance. ACB is a feature for
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A
DIN Rail A metal rail that is typically used for
DLS Dual Lamp System (or Switcher).
Glossary
certain Planar displays that include an
integrated color sensor. For these
displays, WallNet can measure the colors
and brightness over the whole wall and
automatically adjust the displays to
match.
network service that provides automatic
IP address assignment.
mounting circuit breakers or equipment
inside a mounting rack.
Products with DLS have a mechanical
lamp changer that enables manual
switching or automatic switching after a
lamp failure.
DNS Domain Network Service. Associates
information with a domain name that is
used on the Internet. This is the service
that provides name to IP address
translation.
MIP Message in Picture is a feature that
displays text messages on screen. ACB
and DLS use this to display status and
and warning messages. This feature can
be disabled if desired.
NTP Network Time Protocol is a protocol for
synchronizing the clocks of computer
systems.
SiFi Set it and Forget it. This feature includes
Auto Color Balance (ACB) and the Dual
Lamp System (DLS).
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WallNet
Assistant
Software program that finds WallNet
hardware on a network.
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