Computronic KB1 User manual

EXTERNAL KEYBOARD
KB1
Installation and user manual

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
KB1
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READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
Be sure to read all the safety and operating instructions before using the device.
KEEP THE INSTRUCTIONS
Be sure to keep all the safety and operating instructions for possible future need and queries.
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
Be sure to follow all the safety and operating instructions.
WATER AND HUMIDITY
Do not use the unit near water –for example near a bathtub, or in any area showing evidences of
humidity.
POWER SUPPLY
This equipment can be charged only by the type of supply quoted by a production code on the
device. Do not overload electric adapters and extension cords as this can result in fire or electric
shock.
REPAIR
Do not open covers and repair this unit yourself, refer all repairs to a qualified person.
UNPACKING
Transfer package is a safe cover for any device transportation. We recommend keeping the wrap-
ping for possible future usage.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION ........................................2
KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION ......................3
FRONT PANEL........................................3
BACK PANEL..........................................4
CAN BUS.................................................4
INSTALLATION..........................................4
POWER SUPPLY CONNECTING...........4
CAN BUS CONNECTING........................4
KEYBOARD SETTINGS..........................4
CONNECTING AND USING EXAMPLES 5
KEYBOARD USING...................................7
KEYBOARD SETTING...............................7
DIRECT DEVICE CALLING.....................7
MEMORY DEVICE CALLING ..................7
STORING THE DEVICE ADDRESS........7
KEYBOARD ADDRESS SETTING ..........7
VIDEO SWITCHER ADDR. SETTING.....7
VIDEO SWITCHER ADDR. ERASING ....8
SELECTION MEMORY ERASING...........8
NUMERIC ADDRESS SETTING..............8
VALUES DISPLAYING ............................8
BEFORE LOOKING FOR HELP ................9
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION.................10
INTRODUCTION
External keyboard KB1 is used for controlling
of up to 240 devices in a range 1000 m. All
devices are connected with CAN bus (shield-
ed twisted pair cable). Keyboard KB1 can
control pan-tilt units, zoom lenses and multi-
plexers.
Keyboard sends commands with the con-
trolled device address (e.g. TC) that receives
the commands and executes it (e.g. switches
on rotator turning). There is no difference
between operating a multiplexer with the ex-
ternal keyboard and the multiplexer local
keyboard. External keyboard KB1 light indica-
tors show the state of the controlled device.
The sound signalling is also transferred to the
keyboard.

KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION
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KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION
Picture 1:KB1 External keyboard front panel
KEYBOARD FRONT PANEL
1. 1 –16
Assigned to the 1 - 16 keys of the controlled
device or used for numeric address settings
in the keyboard-setting mode, memory num-
ber selection, etc.
2. KBD
Pressing the KBD key the KB1 keyboard
mode is switched on, the KBD light indicator
is on. There are several special functions
assigned to some keys in this mode.
3. VIEW, ENTER
Assigned to the VIEW key of the controlled
device or used as a ENTER key in the key-
board setting mode. Pressing the ENTER
key, you confirm changes and terminate the
keyboard setting mode.
4. MACRO, CAM
Assigned to the MACRO key of the controlled
device or assigned to CAM key in the key-
board setting mode (reserved for future use).
5. ALARM, MON
Assigned to the ALARM key of the controlled
device or assigned to MON key in the key-
board setting mode (reserved for later use).
6. SEQ, ADR
Assigned to the SEQ key of the controlled
device or used for controlled device address
settings in the keyboard setting mode.
7. AUTO, ESC
Assigned to the AUTO key of the controlled
device or assigned to the AUTOSCAN key –
automated camera turning (telemetry receiv-
ers only) or used for undo last step in the
keyboard setting mode.
8. PRESET
Assigned to the PRESET key of the con-
trolled device or used for calling up the con-
trolled device address from the keyboard
memory in the keyboard setting mode.
9.
Assigned to the REC key of the controlled
device or used for storing the controlled de-
vice address in the keyboard setting mode.
10.
Assigned to the REWIND key of the con-
trolled device.
11.
Assigned to the HOLD (STOP) key of the
controlled device or used for deleting the
auxiliary video switcher address in the setting
mode.
12.
Assigned to the PLAY key of the controlled
device.
13.
Assigned to the FAST FORWARD key of the
controlled device.
14. MENU
Assigned to the MENU key of the controlled
device or used for keyboard KB1 address
settings in the keyboard setting mode.
15. CURSOR KEYS
Assigned to the cursor keys of the controlled
device or used for direction controlling of te-
lemetry receivers.
16. ZOOM +/-
Assigned to the ZOOM+ and ZOOM- keys of
the controlled device or used for the camera
lens zooming (telemetry receivers only).
ZOOM FOCUS IRIS
KBD
ENTER CAM MON ADR ESC
VIEW MACRO ALARM SEQ AUTO PRESET9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MENU +
EXTERNAL KEYBOARD
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KEYBOARD DESCRIPTION / INSTALLATION
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17. FOCUS +/-
Assigned to the FOCUS+ and FOCUS- keys
of the controlled device or used for the cam-
era lens focusing (telemetry receivers only).
18. IRIS +/-
Assigned to the IRIS+ and IRIS- keys of the
controlled device or used for the camera lens
iris controlling (telemetry receivers only).
KEYBOARD KB1 BACK PANEL
1. 12V DC Power supply connector
2. CAN bus connector
Picture 2: Keyboard KB1 Back Panel
CAN BUS
All controlled devices (pan-tilt units, zoom
lens, multiplexers) are connected using the
CAN bus that consists of shielded twisted
pair cable. Maximum length of the bus is
1000m. Maximum length of one stub is 60m
and length of all stubs must not exceed
300m. The terminators 120 are required at
the both ends of the bus. CAN bus is con-
nected with the 4-pins MINI DIN connector
(see picture 3). Transfer speed is 50 kBd.
1. CAN_GND
2. CAN_L
3. CAN_H
4. CAN_V+ (5V/100mA)
Picture. 3:CAN bus Connector –rear view.
INSTALLATION
POWER SUPPLY CONNECTING
Put the connector of power adapter into the
socket no.1 of the KB1 keyboard that shortly
beeps.
CAN BUS CONNECTING
Connect the KB1 keyboard and CAN bus with
4-pin mini din male connector. Outlets
CAN_L and CAN_H connect with the Can
bus. CAN_GND connect to cable shield.
CAN_V+ is used only for possible charging of
converters. All devices must be connected to
CAN bus in this way. The terminators
120 are required at the both ends of the
bus.
KEYBOARD SETTING
Set the address of KB1 keyboard first. Every
device connected to the bus must have its
own unique address in a range 1-240. KB1
keyboard has pre-installed address 10.
Entering the device address is necessary for
its use. After switching on KB1 has set ad-
dress of the last used device.
1 2
3 4
12VDC
+
CAN
1 2

CONNECTING EXAMPLES
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CONNECTING AND USING EXAMPLES
Picture 4:Telemetry system controlling diagram
In the picture 4 there is shown a diagram of simple camera with the pan-tilt unit and the zoom lens
and the monitor. The KB1 keyboard controls the telemetry receiver with the CAN bus.
MULTIPLEXER AND TELEMETRY SYSTEM CONTROLLING DIAGRAM
Picture 5: Multiplexer and telemetry system controlling diagram
In the picture 5 there is shown a diagram of connecting the multiplexer and the keyboard and the
telemetry receiver. The KB1 keyboard controls all devices connected to the CAN bus using their
address or using the multiplexer. Key assignments respond to a type of controlled device (see the
controlled device manual).
MONITOR
CAMERA
WITH ZOOM LENS
MONITOR
CAMERA
WITH ZOOM LENS

CONNECTING EXAMPLES
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MULTIPLEXERS NETWORK EXAMPLE
Picture 6: Multiplexer network diagram
In the picture 6 there is shown a diagram of
connecting three multiplexers using the CAN
bus. Multiplexers 1 and 2 have several cam-
eras connected. Some of the cameras are
equipped with pan-tilt unit and the zoom lens.
Using the remote controlled video switcher
(multiplexer 3) it’s possible to display the con-
trolled multiplexer output. Main outputs of
multiplexers 1 and 2 are connected to inputs
1 and 2 of the video switcher (multiplexer 3 -
see picture 6). The output of the auxiliary
video switcher (multiplexer 3) leads to the
monitor input.
The sequential switcher of the multiplexer 3
can be used instead of video switcher. The
rest of the multiplexer video input can be
used as needed, but at this case the sequen-
tial switcher of this multiplexer can not be
used in other way.
For simple use of this system set the key-
board:
1. Set the auxiliary video switcher (multi-
plexer) address. Store the multiplexer
1 address in the memory 1.
2. Store the multiplexer 2 address in the
memory 2.
Selecting the address of multiplexer no.1 or
no.2 (pressing KB1, 1 or KB1, 2 keys) is aux-
iliary video switcher automatically switched to
the input of corresponding memory number.
Deleting the video switcher address the key-
board stops transmitting of switching com-
mands to the switcher. The camera and its
pan-tilt unit (see picture 6) can be controlled
by selecting the multiplexer 1 address and
selecting the camera at this multiplexer. The
telemetry commands of this multiplexer are
leaded to the camera telemetry receiver. This
camera can be also controlled directly by
selecting the address of telemetry receiver.
Connecting the camera video output to auxil-
iary video switcher input is necessary for dis-
playing camera pictures on the monitor
MONITOR
CAMERA
WITH ZOOM LENS

KEYBOARD USING / KEYBOARD SETTINGS
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KEYBOARD USING
The keyboard informs about the current state of the controlled device using sound signalling (see
tab 1). In case of being the controlled device on the keyboard shows also the state of the light in-
dicators. Pressing the key assigned to a controlled device currently used by some different user
would be ignored and the keyboard signal long beeps. Device can be controlled 5 sec. after the
end of using by another user.
State of controlled device
Sound signalling
Device is on
Two short beeps
Device is on, but used by another user
One short and one long beep
Device doesn’t respond
One short beep
Tab. 1: The Controlled Device State
KEYBOARD SETTINGS
You can enter the keyboard mode by press-
ing KBD key that is signalled with KBD light
indicator. The keyboard doesn’t transmit any
commands or show the state except for CAM
and MON keys (reserved for later use). All
keyboard settings are stored in EEPROM
memory and are not lost even the keyboard
is turned off.
DEVICE SELECTING
To control any device connected to the CAN
bus you have to enter its address. There are
two ways: direct entering and using the
memory.
DIRECT DEVICE SELECTING
Direct device selecting is made by following
keys pressing:
Pressing ADR the keyboard shows the ad-
dress of the currently selected device.
DEVICE SELECTING USING THE MEMORY
Following keys pressing makes device select-
ing using memory:
This selection is successful only if the ad-
dress of controlled device is stored. If the
entered memory is not pre-set, the keyboard
beeps and previous device stays active.
STORING THE ADDRESS INTO MEMORY
The keyboard allows selecting the device
addresses using the memory for more com-
fortable use. To be able to use the memory
the addresses of the controlled devices must
be store in it. The current address of con-
trolled device is stored.
Storing procedure: Select the address of the
device first and store it into the memory
pressing the following keys:
During the storing (after RECORD is
pressed) keyboard shows already used parts
of the memory.
KEYBOARD ADDRESS SETTING
Following keys pressing makes keyboard
address setting:
Pressing MENU keyboard shows current ad-
dress of the keyboard. The KB1 keyboard
has pre-installed address 10.
THE VIDEO SWITCHER ADDRESS
SETTINGS
Following keys pressing sets video switcher
address:
MENU
KBD
PRESET
Num.Addr.
a
ENTER
ADR
KBD
Num.Addr.
ENTER
KBD
1 - 16
1 - 16
KBD
PRESET
SEQ
KBD
PRESET
Num.Addr.
a
ENTER

KEYBOARD SETTINGS
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Pressing SEQ keyboard shows a current vid-
eo switcher address. If the switcher’s address
is erased the keyboard shows nothing.
THE VIDEO SWITCHER ADDRESS
ERASING
Following keys pressing erase the video
switcher address:
THE MEMORY SELECTION DELETING
Following keys pressing delete the memory
selection:
THE NUMERICAL ADDRESS SETTING
In the setting procedures the numerical ad-
dress setting is signed:
The numerical address is a succession of
digits. For example address 123 is set by
following 1,2,3 keys pressing.
The address in range 1-16 is set by pressing
key 1-16.
In case of the selecting address greater than
9 the 10 key has value 0. For example press-
ing 2 and 10 keys sets address 20.
VALUE DISPLAYING
KB1 keyboard shows current state of previ-
ous settings by the light indicators during
setting of several parameters. For example
during a direct address selection is displayed
the currently selected address. The address
is displayed as a digit sequence. The ad-
dress 123 is displayed by following 1,2,3
blinking. The address in a range 1-16 is dis-
played by the still lighting indicator 1-16. In
case of the selecting address greater than 9
the light indicator 10 displays 0.
1 - 16
SEQ
KBD
PRESET
KBD
1 - 16
PRESET
Num. Addr.
2
3
1

BEFORE LOOKING FOR HELP
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BEFORE LOOKING FOR HELP
YOUR TROUBLE
CAUSE AND ITS SOLUTION
After the power cord-
connecting Kb1 doesn’t
beep.
The power cord is not connected.
Check the power socket and its polarity.
Insufficient power adapter.
Check whether the voltage and the consumption of the used
adapter respond to demands of KB1 keyboard.
KB1 responds only
to KBD pressing.
There is no controlled device selected.
Select a device with its valid address.
KB1 doesn’t control re-
mote device
(doesn’t beep twice after
selection)
The keyboard or the controlled devices address is set wrong.
Check the address setting.
CAN bus is disconnected or not incorrectly connected.
Check the CAN bus connection, both at KB1 and at the controlled
device. Check the cable and the bus terminator.
Controlled device is off.
Check whether controlled device is on and connected correctly to
the CAN bus.
KB1 doesn’t control re-
mote device and beeps
long after key pressing.
Another user controls remote device.
It will be possible to control this device 5 seconds after the last use
by another user. Wait 5 seconds and try again.
During controlling several
keys doesn’t respond.
The key has no use for this device.
Check whether there is some use for the key to control this device.
(Keys with no importance for the controlled device are ignored).