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CONTENT
S
1 Intr
oduc
ti
on
2
O
peration Notes
3
Features
4 Front Panel La
y
ou
t
5
Front Panel Descriptions
6
Back Panel La
y
ou
t
7 Back Panel Descriptions
8
C
onnectin
g
the PA
CS
8
Wirin
g
Dia
g
ram
9
C
on
fi
g
urin
g
the PA
CS
14 W
eb
Int
e
r
face
14 The Built-in Web
S
erver
1
5
R
S
-2
3
2 Men
u
16 R
S
-232
S
ettin
g
s
17 T
C
P
/
UDP Brid
g
e
S
ettin
g
s
1
9
IR Emitters Men
u
24 Addin
g
a new IR devic
e
28 Addin
g
a new IR device
f
rom a Templat
e
3
2 Tri
gg
ers Men
u
3
4 Testin
g
Tri
gg
ers
3
5
C
on
fi
g
uration Men
u
3
5 IP
C
on
fi
g
uratio
n
3
7 Telnet Lo
g
in
S
ettin
g
s
3
8 Firmware Updat
e
3
9
Sy
stem Rese
t
41
Sy
stem
S
ettin
g
s
43 IP
(
Telnet
)
C
ontrol
S
etu
p
4
5
R
S
-2
3
2
/
Telnet
C
ommands
45 IP
C
on
fi
g
uratio
n
5
8 Brid
g
in
g
S
ettin
g
s
6
5 IR Device
S
etu
p
77
G
eneral
Q
uer
y
8
0 Appendi
x
8
0
C
ontrollin
g
the PA
CS
via R
S
-23
2
8
1 Learnin
g
IR
C
ommands via Telne
t
8
3
S
peci
fi
cations
8
4 Warrant
y

1
C
on
g
ratulations on
y
our purchase o
f
the Pro
f
essional Automation
C
ontrol
Sy
stem. Your complete satis
f
action is ver
y
important to us.
G
efen
G
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en delivers innovative, pro
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ressive computer and electronics add-on solutions
that harness inte
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ration, extension, distribution and conversion technolo
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ies.
G
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en’s reliable, plu
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-and-pla
y
products supplement cross-plat
f
orm computer
sy
stems, pro
f
essional audio
/
video environments and HDTV s
y
stems o
f
all sizes
with hard-workin
g
solutions that are eas
y
to implement and simple to operate.
T
he Gefen Professional Automation Control S
y
ste
m
The Pro
f
essional Automation
C
ontrol
Sy
stem
(
PA
CS)
allows IP control o
f
G
e
f
en devices usin
g
R
S
-232 or IR, and other A
/
V devices
(
displa
y
s, Blu-ra
y
p
la
y
ers, cable
/
satellite boxes, li
g
htin
g
s
y
stems, motorized screens, etc.
)
f
rom
an
y
Web-enabled smartphone, WiFi tablet, laptop, or automation s
y
stem.
The Web user inter
f
ace allows IR, R
S
-232, and 12V tri
gg
er commands to b
e
s
ent b
y
the PA
CS
to the connected devices to execute the desired
f
unctions.
The con
fi
g
urable IR, R
S
-232, and 12V D
C
tri
gg
er si
g
nals allow the PA
CS
t
o
be compatible with most A
/
V devices. The PA
CS
can learn, store, and mana
g
e
IR
co
mm
a
n
ds
of
d
i
ffe
r
e
nt m
a
n
ufac
t
u
r
e
r
s
’ r
e
m
o
t
es
.
The 12V D
C
tri
gg
ers are hi
g
hl
y
con
fi
g
urable to work with the di
ff
eren
t
r
equirements o
f
various devices.
U
se with the new
G
e
f
en A
/
V Automation
Sy
stem Processor to create a complete
c
ontrol s
y
stem.
How It Works
C
onnect the serial-controlled devices to the PA
CS
R
S
-232 ports. Plu
g
the IR
e
mitters into the PA
CS
and place the LEDs close to the IR sensors o
f
the A
/
V
devices to be controlled.
C
onnect tri
gg
er leads o
f
various devices to the tri
gg
er
outputs on the back panel.
C
onnect the lockin
g
power suppl
y
to the PA
CS
.
C
onnect an Ethernet cable between the PA
CS
and the local network.
Access the Web inter
f
ace b
y
t
y
pin
g
in the correct IP address on
y
our Web
browser
(
de
f
ault: 192.168.1.72
)
, or b
y
usin
g
Telnet.
C
on
fi
g
ure the control
inter
f
aces
(
IR, R
S
-232, 12V D
C
tri
gg
ers
)
via the Telnet
/
Web browser.
C
on
fi
g
ure the Automation
Sy
stem to send commands to the PA
CS
via IP.
INTRODUCTIO
N

2
READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR OPERATIN
G
THE PROFESSIONAL AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTE
M
• The PA
CS
is shipped with a static IP address o
f
192
.1
68
.1.7
2
.
Thi
s
address ma
y
need to be chan
g
ed be
f
ore the PA
CS
will work on
y
our Local
Area Network.
S
ee pa
g
e 10
f
or instructions on settin
g
the PA
CS
to a new IP
add
r
ess
.
• I
f
y
our network will contain multiple PA
CS
units, each one must have a
u
nique IP address be
f
ore it is connected to the network. Install one PA
CS
at a time, and chan
g
e its IP address be
f
ore connectin
g
another PA
CS
to the
ne
tw
o
rk.
• As the PA
CS
is pro
g
rammed,
y
ou can download the con
fi
g
uration and IR
fi
les to
y
our computer or an external stora
g
e device. We recommend that
y
ou back up
fi
les
f
requentl
y
durin
g
pro
g
rammin
g
, and save IR
fi
les
f
or each
device as it is learned. These
fi
les can be trans
f
erred to another PA
CS
f
or
f
uture pro
j
ects.
•
RS
-232 commands are not stored in the PA
CS
.
O
nl
y
the con
fi
g
uration data
is stored. The PA
CS
acts as a brid
g
e between
y
our controller that is sendin
g
the R
S
-232 commands over
y
our network, and the actual R
S
-232 port on
the device that is bein
g
controlled.
• PA
CS
allows control to be distributed throu
g
hout
y
our s
y
stem. Multiple
PA
CS
devices ma
y
be installed close to the devices bein
g
controlled, rather
than near the s
y
stem controller, to minimize cablin
g
and improve reliabilit
y
.
RS-232 Port Wirin
g
Dia
g
ra
m
OPERATION NOTE
S
54321
9876
12345
6789
Only Pins 2 (RX), 3 (TX), and 5 (Ground) are used on the RS-232 serial interface

3
Features
•
C
ontrol AV devices usin
g
IR, R
S
-232 control, and 12V tri
gg
ers over a Web
based IP control s
y
stem.
•
C
on
fi
g
urable Ethernet input supports Telnet, Web browsers, and T
C
P
/
IP.
• Web
C
ontrol: User inter
f
ace desi
g
ned to be viewed and controlled b
y
home
automation devices, computers, and mobile devices
(
i.e. cell phones with
Internet browsers
)
.
• 10 Tri
gg
er outputs
(
+12V,
fl
oatin
g
, open drain, or
g
round-re
f
erenced
)
.
• Learns IR commands
f
rom manu
f
acturer remotes, throu
g
h
f
ront-panel IR
r
eceiver. Learned IR
fi
les ma
y
be saved on or retrieved
f
rom the user’s P
C
in XML
fo
rm
a
t.
•
S
tore and mana
g
e IR commands
f
rom manu
f
acturer remotes and access
them via the Web control inter
f
ace or T
C
P
/
IP Telnet.
• Ei
g
ht discrete IR Emitter outputs
f
or multiple device control.
•
M
ana
g
e R
S
-232 communications via Web control inter
f
ace
f
or up to three
RS
-232 devices.
S
upports baud rates up to 115200.
• Firmware can be up
g
raded via Web inter
f
ace.
•
R
ack-mountable usin
g
the 1U Rack Tra
y
(G
e
f
en part no. EXT-RA
C
K-1U
)
.
P
acka
g
e Includes
(
1
)
Pro
f
essional Automation
C
ontrol
Sy
stem
(
4
)
S
in
g
le IR emitters
(
1
)
6
f
t. DB-9 cable
(
M - F
)
(
1
)
12V
/
3A D
C
Lockin
g
Power
S
uppl
y
(
1
)
Q
uick-
S
tart
G
uid
e
FEATURE
S

4
FRONT PANEL LAYOU
T
Front Panel
1
2
3
4

5
1
IR
The IR receiver is provided
f
or the PA
CS
to learn new IR commands. Use
the Web Inter
f
ace or Telnet
f
or this procedure.
S
ee pa
g
es 17 - 23
f
or more
in
fo
rm
a
ti
o
n.
2
S
tatu
s
This LED indicator is normall
y
O
FF. It
g
lows bri
g
ht blue when the PA
CS
is
r
ead
y
to receive a new IR command via the IR receiver.
3
R
eset I
P
This button is used to reset the IP address o
f
the PA
CS
. Hold this button down
f
or about 10 seconds, until power li
g
ht turns red, to reset the unit’s IP address to
192.168.1.72
.
This should onl
y
be done i
f
the PA
CS
is moved to a new network
o
r
ca
nn
o
t
be
l
oca
t
ed
o
n th
e
n
e
tw
o
rk.
4
P
owe
r
This LED will indicate the current power state. The LED is
g
reen when the unit
is powered
O
N. The LED also
fl
ashes red durin
g
the Reset IP procedure.
FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION
S

6
BACK PANEL LAYOU
T
2
3
1
5
6
4
Back Pane
l

7
BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION
S
1
12V D
C
C
onnect the included 12V D
C
lockin
g
power suppl
y
to this receptacle.
2
IP Control
C
onnect the PA
CS
to a network in order to use IP control.
3
RS-232 Serial Ports
(
DB-9, male connectors
)
These ports are used to control other devices via bi-directional R
S
-232 serial
c
ontrol, usin
g
T
C
P or UDP brid
g
in
g
. Port 3 ma
y
also be used with a Terminal
Emulation pro
g
ram
f
or pro
g
rammin
g
and controllin
g
the PA
CS
(S
eeAppendix
f
or details
)
.
4 IR Emitter
s
C
onnect up to ei
g
ht
(
8
)
sin
g
le or dual 12V IR emitters
(G
e
f
en part no.
EXT-IREMIT or other Xantech-compatible emitters
)
to these ports to control
A
/
V or other devices usin
g
one-wa
y
IR control. These outputs are capable o
f
transmittin
g
IR si
g
nals with 30 - 60 kHz carrier
f
requencies.
5 Phoenix (Euroblock) Trigger Connector
s
C
onnect up to ten
(
10
)
12 Volt-controlled device inputs to these solid-state
tri
gg
er outputs to control screens, drapes, li
g
hts, or other devices. Maximum
s
ource current is 100 mAper output. Use a 12V D
C
rela
y
with less tha
n
100 mAcurrent draw to control other devices.
C
onnect tri
gg
er wires to
r
emovable terminal block plu
g
s.
Each tri
gg
er has a solid-state
(
FET
)
output that can be con
fi
g
ured as either
p
ush-pull
(
+12V or 0 V re
f
erence to the
“G
”-terminal
)
or open collector
(
either
open circuit or connected to the
“G
”-terminal
)
. Each output can source up to
1
00
mAat 12V D
C
.
6 Phoenix Terminal Block Plug
s
NOTE
:
O
nl
y
pins 2
(
Receive
)
, 3
(
Transmit
)
, and 5
(G
round
)
are used
f
or communication. Anull-modem adapter should n
ot
be used with
t
this product when connectin
g
to controlled devices
(
see pa
g
e 80
f
or
c
onnectin
g
to a computer via R
S
-232
)
.

8
How to Connect the PAC
S
1.
C
onnect up to three
(
3
)
R
S
-232
(
M-F
)
cables between the PA
CS
and each o
f
the R
S
-2
3
2 devices.
2.
C
onnect up to ei
g
ht
(
8
)
sin
g
le or dual IR Emitters to the PA
CS
. Make sure
that each LED emitter is close to the IR sensor o
f
the A
/
V devices to be
co
ntr
o
ll
ed
.
3
.
C
onnect the tri
gg
er leads o
f
each o
f
the various devices to the tri
gg
er
outputs on the back panel o
f
the PA
CS
.
4.
C
onnect an Ethernet cable between the PA
CS
and the network.
S
ee the
n
ext pa
g
e
f
or details on con
fi
g
urin
g
the network.
5
.
C
onnect the included 12V D
C
power suppl
y
to the power receptacle on the
PA
CS
.
C
onnect the A
C
power cord to an available electrical outlet.
Wirin
g
Dia
g
ram for the PAC
S
IR PORT
12V/GND TRIGGERS
RS-232
HDMI
IP / RJ-45
EXT-PACS
SCREEN
POWERED
PROJECTOR
A/V REC.
SCREEN
POW
ERE
D
GEFENTV
HDMI 4x1 +
RS-232
POWERED CURTAINS
EXT-GAVA
IR BLASTER
IR BLASTER
IR BLASTER
HDMI DEVICES
T A
ROUTER
RS-232 CONTROLLED LIGHTING PC
CONNECTING THE PAC
S

9
Settin
g
the IP Address
The PA
CS
is desi
g
ned to control devices over a network usin
g
a built-in Web
s
erver or via Telnet. Be
f
ore usin
g
Telnet control or the built-in Web
S
erver, the
n
etwork settin
g
s
f
or the PA
CS
must be con
fi
g
ured via IP.
Be
f
ore connectin
g
the PA
CS
to a network, locate the label on the bottom o
f
the
PA
CS
. The MA
C
address and the de
f
ault IP address will be listed on the label.
The de
f
ault IP address will be used to connect the PA
CS
to the network.
I
P
Th
e
defau
lt IP
add
r
ess
o
f
the PA
CS
.
M
A
C
Primar
y
MA
C
address o
f
the PA
CS
. This address is
d
i
ffe
r
e
nt
fo
r
eac
h
u
nit
a
n
d
c
annot be chan
g
ed.
CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRES
S
IMPORTANT: Because all PA
CS
units have the same de
f
ault IP
address, onl
y
one PA
CS
ma
y
be connected to a network at a time,
u
ntil its IP address is chan
g
ed. I
f
more than one device with the
s
ame IP address is connected to a network, computers will be
u
nable to locate an
y
o
f
the devices.

10
I
f
y
ou computer has an IP address o
f
192
.1
68
.1.
(
x
)
, and
192
.1
68
.1.7
2
i
s
an available address,
y
ou can access the PA
CS
b
y
enterin
g
192
.1
68
.1.7
2
in
y
our Web browser.
O
therwise use the
f
ollowin
g
procedure to chan
g
e the PA
CS
IP address to match
y
our network
:
1. Access the Network
S
ettin
g
control panel in Windows and locate
y
our LAN
c
onnection. Under Windows 7
®
, this can be done b
y
clickin
g
S
tart >
C
ontrol
P
anel > Network
S
haring
C
enter >
C
hange Adapter
S
etting
s
.
2.
C
lick on the Local Area
C
onnection icon to displa
y
the Local Area
C
onnection
S
tatus dialo
g:
CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRES
S

1
1
3
.
C
lick on the Properties button to displa
y
the Local Area
C
onnection
Properties dialo
g
.
4.
C
lick on Internet Protocol Version 4
(
T
C
P
/
IPv4
)
.
5
.
C
lick the Properties button to displa
y
the Internet Protocol Version 4
(
T
C
P
/
IPv4
)
Properties dialo
g
.
CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRES
S
Internet Protocol Version 4
(
TCP/IPv4
)
C
lick to hi
g
hli
g
ht this Network protocol.

12
CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRES
S
6
.
C
han
g
e the IP settin
g
s to the
f
ollowin
g:
*
I
f
th
e
IP
add
r
ess
192
.1
68
.1.
80
is alread
y
in use on
y
our network, choose
a
n
o
th
e
r
u
n
used
add
r
ess
th
a
t i
s
no
t
192
.1
68
.1.7
2
or
y
our router
’
s IP
add
r
ess
U
se the followin
g
IP address
C
lick this radio button. IP address
1
9
2.1
68
.1.
80*
Subnet mask
2
55
.2
55
.2
55
.
0
U
se the followin
g
DNS server addresses
C
lick this radio button.
C
lear these boxes.
STOP
:
Write down the current IP settin
g
s be
f
ore makin
g
chan
g
es,
s
ince
y
ou will need to restore the old settin
g
s later. I
f
the Properties
are set to
“O
btain an IP address automaticall
y
” and
“O
btain DN
S
s
erver address automaticall
y”
,
y
ou do not need the actual address
s
ettin
g
s.

1
3
CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRES
S
7.
C
lick the
O
K button, then close all
C
ontrol Panel windows.
8
.
R
e
f
resh
y
our Web browser and
g
o to
h
tt
p
:
//
192.168.1.7
2
to open the
PA
CS
Web
S
erver.
9
.
G
o to the
C
on
fi
g
uration Menu
(
see pa
g
e 35
)
and chan
g
e the PA
CS
IP
address to an appropriate address
f
or
y
our network.
1
0
.
C
lick ”
S
ave
C
han
g
es”,
“
Reboot”, and
“O
K” to save the new IP address.
11.
R
eopen
y
our computer
’
s network settin
g
s and restore the ori
g
inal settin
g
s
(
or
g
o back to
“O
btain an IP address automaticall
y
” and
“O
btain DN
S
server
address automaticall
y
”, i
f
those were the ori
g
inal settin
g
s
)
.
12. Then re
f
resh
y
our Web browser and
g
o to the new PA
CS
IP address to
r
eopen the PA
CS
Web
S
erver.
R
epeat this procedure to add additional PA
CS
units to
y
our network, assi
g
nin
g
eac
h
u
nit
a
d
i
ffe
r
e
nt IP
add
r
ess
.

1
4
WEB INTERFA
CE
T
he Built-in Web Server
The PA
CS
includes a built-in Web server which provides an intuitive Web
inter
f
ace. I
f
T
C
P
/
IP is not con
fi
g
ured on the PA
CS
, then see pa
g
e 9
f
or details
on con
fi
g
urin
g
the PA
CS
. I
f
the PA
CS
is alread
y
con
fi
g
ured
f
or use on a network,
then open a Web browser and t
y
pe in the IP address o
f
the PA
CS
.
The built-in Web server provides control over R
S
-232, IR emitters, tri
gg
ers,
and
g
eneral con
fi
g
uration. Each o
f
these pa
g
es will be covered in the
f
ollowin
g
sec
ti
o
n
s
.
Initiall
y
, when the Web pa
g
e is launched, the R
S
-232 Menu is displa
y
ed. The
top portion o
f
the screen has tabs to select R
S
-232 settin
g
s, IR settin
g
s, tri
gg
er
s
ettin
g
s, and
g
eneral con
fi
g
uration.
C
lick on the desired tab to brin
g
up the
s
ettin
g
s pa
g
e
f
or those
f
unctions.
Reboo
t
The PA
CS
must be rebooted a
f
ter makin
g
all
c
han
g
es.
M
ain Menu
C
lick on an
y
o
f
the
f
our men
u
s
elections to access the desired pa
g
e.

15
WEB INTERFA
CE
RS-232 Menu
The PA
CS
has three
(
3
)
R
S
-232 ports. The R
S
-232 Menu allows
y
ou to chan
g
e
the R
S
-232 port settin
g
s on the PA
CS
.
15
D
escri
p
tion
Pr
o
vi
de
a
n
a
m
e
t
o
th
e
de
vi
ce
c
onnected to this por
t
(
e.
g
.
“S
on
y
TV”,
“S
amsun
g
”, etc.
)

1
6
WEB INTERFA
CE
RS
-232
S
etting
s
S
ome R
S
-232 settin
g
s use a drop-down menu
f
or selectin
g
di
ff
erent options.
For example, to select the Baud Rate, click the arrow icon then click on the
r
equired port speed
:
Arrow Icon
Indicates a drop-
down list.
C
lick to
l
i
s
t th
e
a
v
a
il
ab
l
e
baud
r
a
t
es
.
Baud Rat
e
S
ets the baud rate
f
or the port.
R
an
g
e: [100 bps - 115200 bps]
P
arit
y
S
ets the parit
y
bit.
O
ptions: Even,
O
dd,
None, Mark,
S
pac
e
Sto
p
Bits
S
ets the stop bit.
R
an
g
e: [1 - 2]
D
ata Bits
S
ets the number o
f
data bits.
R
an
g
e: [5 - 8]
U
ART Mod
e
O
ptions: T
C
P Brid
g
e, UDP
Brid
ge
L
ine Dela
y
(
ms
)
R
an
g
e: [0 - 10000]
Character Dela
y
(
ms
)
N
o
t
used
.