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IR Dongle a.k.a.

FLUX CAPACITOR Revised 2016-01-25

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Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 3

Quick Setup ................................................................................................................................ 4

Enable Layer 3 ............................................................................................................................ 5

Router with Static Route.................................................................................................................................. 6

Change Default Gateway ................................................................................................................................. 8

Physical Connections ................................................................................................................. 9

Flux Capacitor Connections ............................................................................................................................. 9

Just Add Power Connections ......................................................................................................................... 10 2G .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 2G+ ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11 2G+AVP .................................................................................................................................................................. 12 3G+AVP .................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Control System Integration ...................................................................................................... 14

Control4 ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

RTI .................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Send IR Codes .......................................................................................................................... 18

Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 19

It is not working ............................................................................................................................................. 19

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Introduction Fear not! Just Add Power has rolled out the DeLorean, loaded it with Plutonium and banana peels, and jumped back to the future with an IR blaster in-hand. The IR Dongle aka Flux Capacitor (FLUX) adds IR-functionality to Just Add Power by converting the serial port into an IR blaster.

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Quick Setup 1. Update all Just Add Power devices to firmware A5.31 FC+4+ or later. This can be done manually or with

JADConfig 3.2.6.0 or later.

2. Enable Layer 3 routing

3. Set the serial mode on the Just Add Power Receiver to Type 3 and baud rate to 9600 a. Log into the web interface of the Receiver b. Go to the Functions tab c. Scroll down to Serial over IP and select Type 3 – CLI Access d. Set baud rate to 9600-8-none-1 (default setting)

4. Connect the 3 ports on the Flux Capacitor a. USB port – use USB micro cable to connect to 5V power supply b. RS232 port – use appropriate cable to connect to Just Add Power serial port c. IR port – connect to IR blaster

5. Use control system to send IR codes, or open a TCP socket to the IP address of the Just Add Power device on

port 4998 and send Pronto or Global Cache IR codes followed by a carriage return.

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Enable Layer 3 A Static Route is needed for the Flux Capacitor to work

Feature Layer 2 Layer 3 Matrix Switching

RS-232 control of endpoints

Limited

CEC control

Video Wall management

Logical USB enable/disable

On-screen Display

Image Pull – preview video from a source or display

Image Push – upload a background image

Flux Capacitor IR Dongle

There are two ways to enable Layer 3 access to Just Add Power devices:

1. The router in the system supports Static Routing. Add a Static Route to the router. 2. Change the default gateway of the control system.

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Router with Static Route 1. Confirm that the router support Static Routing. If it does not, follow Change Default Gateway instructions

instead.

2. Locate the Static Route information in the JADConfig Report

3. Log into the router Static Route section. Static Route is often in Network, Routing, or Advanced sections.

Static Route page on a Luxul ABR-4400

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4. Enter the Static Route information from the JADConfig Report into the router. If asked for a Metric, use 10.

Static Route information from JADConfig Report

Adding Static Route to Luxul ABR-4400

5. Done. All devices on the network can access Just Add Power devices.

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Change Default Gateway These steps will give a single device Layer 3 access to Just Add Power devices. Use this method if the router does not support Static Routing or to limit which devices can access Just Add Power devices.

1. Locate the Static Route information in the JADConfig Report

Static Route information from JADConfig Report

2. Access the IP details of the computer/control system.

3. Manually set the IP details so that the Default Gateway of the computer/control system matches the Default

Gateway given in the JADConfig Report.

Manually set Default Gateway

Note: Devices will still have internet access as long as DNS information is entered correctly.

4. Done. The computer/control system can now access Just Add Power devices.

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Physical Connections Flux Capacitor Connections

Connect to 5V power This can be powered with the USB port on a 2G+/3G+ device, a 5V wall adapter, or an active 5V USB port on a source/display

IR Blaster

Connect to RS232 port of Just Add Power device Pinout depends on the model of device and the null modem jumper position. See next page.

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Just Add Power Connections

2G Receiver Transmitter

DB9 male connector DB9 female connector DB9-female-to-3.5mm cable needed DB9-male-to-3.5mm cable needed

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2G+ Receiver Transmitter

3.5mm connector 3.5mm connector 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed

Null modem in bottom position Null modem in right position

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2G+AVP Receiver Transmitter

3.5mm connector 3.5mm connector 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed

Null modem in bottom position Null modem in left position

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3G+AVP Receiver Transmitter

3.5mm connector 3.5mm connector 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed 3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed

Null modem in bottom position Null modem in left position

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Control System Integration Each control system handles IR codes differently, so each control system has a different way of interacting with the Flux Capacitor to send IR codes. Jump to Control System

• Control4 • RTI

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Control4 1. In System Design, load the Universal GC Device driver into the project

2. In Connections under Network, set the IP Address of the Universal GC Device to the IP address of the Just Add Power device that the Flux Capacitor is connected to.

3. In Connections under Control/AV, select the IR_OUT connector on the Universal GC Device and connect it to the TV that it will be controlling. Done!

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RTI 1. Add 2 drivers to the system file:

a. jap.flux.rtidriver to enable IR control b. TxRxComms.rtidriver to send IR codes to the Flux Capacitor

jap.flux.rtidriver TxRxComms.rtidriver

2. In the Just Add Power Flux Interface driver, apply these settings: a. TCP Address – IP address of the Just Add Power device that the Flux Capacitor is connected to

Flux Capacitor IP settings

3. In the Just Add Power TxRxComms driver, apply these settings: a. TCP Address – IP address of the Just Add Power device

that the Flux Capacitor is connected to b. Serial Port Mode – CLI Access to Single Device c. Baud Rate – 9600 d. Bits – 8 e. Parity – None f. Stop Bits – 1 g. License Key – The license key for the RTI processor

(same license key as switching driver)

TxRxComms Settings

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4. In Library Browser, go to Select New Remote and choose the IR device to be controlled.

Samsung TV IR Remote

5. Drag the IR code onto a panel. It will create a button with the IR code assigned to it. 6. Right-click on the button and choose Copy. This will copy both the button and the command on the button.

Copy IR Command

7. Paste the copied IR code into the Send RTI IR option in the Just Add Power Flux Interface driver

a. Create a command or macro b. Select the Just Add Power Flux Interface driver Send RTI IR option c. Paste the copied command into the IR Command box and set Repeat Count d. Drag into the main window to add the command to the macro

Note: If using Global Cache IR codes, use the Send GC IR option instead

Paste IR Command into Send RTI IR on Just Add Power Flux Interface driver

8. Activate the button/macro to send the IR code. Done!

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Send IR Codes 1. Telnet to the IP address of the Just Add Power device at port 4998.

2. Enter IR commands in one of the following syntaxes:

a. Where Pronto codes are used and ‘\r’ is a carriage return:

0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000\r

b. Where the ‘sendir,1:1,1’ Global Cache-accepted syntax is used with ‘\r’ as carriage return:

sendir,1:1,1,38000,1,1,127,63,16,16,16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,48,16,16,16,1000\r

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Troubleshooting It is not working There are many parts to making a Flux Capacitor function correctly. Check these parts:

1. Layer 3 is enabled – Ping the Just Add Power device from a device with the correct network settings for Layer 3. 2. 5-volt power applied to Flux Capacitor – This can be done by a power outlet, the USB port on a 2G+ or 3G+

device, or an active 5V USB port on an endpoint device. 3. Serial cable and Null Modem jumper position are correct – Feed the serial output of the Just Add Power device

into a computer a serial terminal (like PuTTY) to confirm that commands are being sent out of the Just Add Power device as expected. See Just Add Power Connections for pinout information.

4. IR codes for the TV are correct – Try sending the IR codes through another method to confirm that the IR codes are correct.

5. Control system has been configured correctly