Hall research technologies Ui-ip8-dp User manual

User’s Manual

UI-IP8-DP

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall plate

with PoE

Control IP enabled devices on your LAN

Using

a single-gang Decora® Style Wall plate

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UI-IP8-DP

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction .................................................................................3

1.1 General............................................................................................3

1.2 Features..........................................................................................3

2.0 Package Contents ........................................................................4

3.0 Configuration and Operation....................................................4

3.1 Installation Example: AV System & Room Control .....................4

3.2 Installation Example: Controlling Devices with RS-232.............4

4.0 Configuration and Control via Web GUI ...................................6

4.1 Install the Hall Research Device Finder (HRDF) Software Tool ...6

4.2 Login to WebGUI............................................................................7

4.3 Macro Settings Tab .........................................................................8

4.4 Extension Macro Tab ....................................................................12

4.5 Command Settings Tab .................................................................12

4.5 Device Settings Tab.......................................................................13

4.6 Key Settings Tab ...........................................................................13

4.7 Schedule Tab .................................................................................14

4.8 Network Settings Tab....................................................................14

4.9 System Settings Tab ......................................................................15

4.10 Time Setting ................................................................................15

5.0 Telnet Commands (Port 23) ...................................................16

6.0 Firmware Upgrade....................................................................18

6.1 Firmware Upgrade Using the WebGUI.........................................18

6.2 Firmware Upgrade Using the OTG USB Cable............................18

7.0 Troubleshooting........................................................................19

7.1 Contacting Hall Research ............................................................19

8.0 Specifications .............................................................................19

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

1.0 Introduction

1.1 General

The UI-IP8-DP is a programmable 8-button IP keypad that can send user

programmed TCP/Telnet commands to IP enabled equipment. It also provides

one Relay contact output that can be opened or closed based on user program.

Commands can be triggered by pressing any of its 8 buttons on the front panel,

by accessing the webpage embedded in it, or by programming day/time

schedules. You can program and recall up to 16 individual macros to send TCP

messages/commands to many IP enabled and IoT systems such as AV

distribution, factory automation, security, keypad access. The buttons have 2

color LEDs whose on/off state, color and brightness can be programmed as part

of the command Macros. The UI-IP8-DP includes a power supply and it can be

powered via the LAN that it is connected to using PoE (Power over Ethernet).

This gives you the convenience to not having to connect a separate power

supply to the wall plate.

The UI-P8-DP includes integrated battery-backed clock/calendar that can be

used to schedule actions. This feature allows the user to send commands to

control devices based on day/time schedule. For example, each evening it can

issue power off commands to controllable devices on the network.

1.2 Features

•Single gang wall plate with 8 programmable buttons

•Sends TCP/Telnet commands, controls a Relay, and hosts webpage GUI

•Adjustable LED brightness and color for each button

•Supports IEEE802.3af PoE and comes with 5V DC Power Supply

•16 macros for controlling devices

•Up to 128 commands for use across all macros (up to 16 per macro)

•Time and date scheduling with customizable daylight saving time

•48 hours of power-loss backup for maintaining internal clock calendar

•Firmware can be updated via WebGUI or USB Flash memory

•Rugged and durable housing design perfect for easy installation

•Convenient for wall plate control AV systems in conference rooms,

classrooms, factory floors, and machine control.

UI-IP8-DP

2.0 Package Contents

(1) Model UI-IP8-DP Keypad

(1) 5VDC, 2.6A Universal Power Supply

(1) USB Type A to Mini USB OTG connector

(1) Printed Button Sticker sheet (28 labels)

(1) Blank Button Stickers (28 labels)

(1) User’s Manual

3.0 Configuration and Operation

3.1 Installation Example: AV System & Room Control

Connection Diagram for typical AV System and Room Control

3.2 Installation Example: Controlling Devices with RS-232

The UI-IP8-DP does not have any RS-232 ports, so if the device you want to control

does not have IP connection but it has RS-232 control port, you can still use the

keypad to trigger an additional device (Model CNT-IP-2 sold separately) to send the

desired RS-232 Serial commands.

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

Use with add-on UI-IP8-DP for Control of RS-232 Devices

In the above example, the control webpage shown on the tablet in the above

image belongs to CNT-IP-2. You can create a control page with buttons and

actions. Then you can control the RS-232 devices by clicking on them. The

buttons on UI-IP8-DP are simply programmed to send TCP/Telnet commands to

CNT-IP-22 simulating button presses.

Rear Panel Connectors

UI-IP8-DP

DC 5V: Connect the 5V DC power supply supplied with the unit if there is no

PoE from the network switch/router.

Control: Connect this port to the network switch or router using a CAT5e/6

cable to control the devices on the network. It supports Power over Ethernet

(PoE) enabling the unit to be directly powered from the 48V PSE switch/hub

without the need for a power adapter.

Relay Out: Connect to a device that supports DC 0~30V/5A relay trigger.

4.0 Configuration and Control via Web GUI

4.1 Install the Hall Research Device Finder (HRDF) Software Tool

As shipped from the factory (or after factory default reset), the UI-IP8-DP’s IP

address is set for static 192.168.1.50. If you have multiple keypads plugged to your

network, or are unsure of IP addresses assigned to each keypad, you can use the

HRDF Windows® software on any PC on the network to scan, find and obtain

critical data from all keypads found on the network. Note that HRDF software may

discover other Hall Research devices on the network if present.

The IP address can be changed to any static number or set to DHCP

Finding the UI-IP8-DP on the LAN

•Download the HRDF software from Hall Research website on a PC

•Installation is not necessary, click on the executable file to run it. PC may

ask for you to grant permission for it to function.

•click “Find Devices on Network”. The software lists all keypads found

•Hall Research Device Finder (HRDF)

NOTEThere is also a mini-USB connector that can be accessed from the

front by removing the Decora cover. This port is only for Firmware

update.

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

•You can select any device and modify some of its parameters. Click the

“Save” and then “Reboot” buttons after making any changes.

•For example, you can assign a new Static IP address or set it to DHCP if

you want the network to automatically assign the address

Info screen for selected keypad

Please allow upto 60 seconds for the keypad to fully bootup after Rebooting.

The screen also provides a hyperlink (see the picture above) to launch the

webGUI on the PC.

4.2 Login to WebGUI

Open a web browser on a PC/laptop that is connected to an active network and type

the device’s IP address into the browser’s address bar. The login screen will appear

and prompts the user for a user name and password.

NOTE

Please be patient as the webpage could take several seconds to load

UI-IP8-DP

Once the page loads, on the left side you will see a series of tabs. The functions for

each tab are described in the following sections.

4.3 Macro Settings Tab

UI-IP8-DP WebGUI – Home Page

NOTE

The default username and password are admin/admin

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

Click on the Macro Settings tab to edit the macro sequence assigned to each of

the 8 physical buttons.

Click on macros 1~6 to see various LED light command examples. These are

pre-programmed by factory default.

Macro 1: Sequentially light all buttons RED @ 100% on the keypad

Macro 2: Sequentially light all buttons Blue @ 100% on the keypad

Macro 3: Switch off all the red LEDs (set brightness to 0%).

Macro 4: Switch off all the blue LEDs (set brightness to 0%).

Macro 5: LED demo mode toggle (switch on/off Demo Mode).

Macro 6: Light the LEDs blue with 10% brightness → set all LEDs blue to 0%

brightness → close the Relay contact and then open the Relay with a

delay of 1 second between each commands.

The “Background Light” slider scales the maximum brightness settings for the

LEDs or how bright you want 100% LED commands to shine. For example if the

slider is midway, a command that sets brightness to 100% will shine at 50% .

If you hover the mouse over the buttons it will display the

Macro Commands currently assigned to them.

Click on symbol on each button to edit its macro.

Macro edit window for the selected button

NOTE

As shipped from factory (and after Factory Reset), 6 buttons have

pre-programmed macros but they can be deleted or changed as

needed. They serve as examples and allow quick functionality test.

UI-IP8-DP

At the top of the macro edit window there is a text field where you can edit the

name of the macro.

The up/down arrows change the command’s order of execution.

The icon allows you to edit the delay and type of the command.

The icon will DELETE the command.

The icon is used to insert and add a new command ABOVE the current

row. To add a command at the end of the list, click the add button .

When you click the add command button, you will get a list of upto 128

commands that you can choose from. Detail on how to create these pre-defined

commands will be explained later in the manual.

UI-IP8-DP - Command list

Select any of the available commands.

Commands are basically strings that can be sent to different targets or

“interfaces”.

After selecting a command, you will need to choose the “interface” (where it will

be sent), and the delay that gives the keypad time to execute it prior to the next

command in the macro.

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

UI-IP8-DP – Command Interface

The Delay (ms) field is the “Time to Wait” before sending the next command.

The interface (target) for sending the commands can be one of the following:

•SysCMD is the keypad itself such as controlling LED lights

•TELNET is a specific IP addresses and port the command will be sent to

•Device works like TELNET but you can select based on Device Name

•Relay contacts (Relay can also be controlled using SysCMD)

When you use Relay as command target, the command text has to be just CLOSE

or OPEN. You can also control the relay using SysCMD, but the command text

needs to be as stated in Section 5, for example: RELAY 1 CLOSE\x0d\x0a

Controlling the relay from SysCMD lets to also toggle the state, so if the contacts

were closed, then they open, or vice versa.

When you have finished editing the macro, click on “Save Change”icon and

then the Save Change button at the bottom of the list.

NOTE

It is recommended to s

et a minimum delay time of

100ms

for

System commands

and

500ms

for

Telnet commands

for

proper command execution.

UI-IP8-DP

4.4 Extension Macro Tab

Click on the “Extension Macro” tab to execute/edit an additional

8 macro buttons that are accessible via Web GUI only. Settings in this tab are

similar to the above section.

4.5 Command Settings Tab

UI-IP8-DP – Command List

Click on the “Command Settings” tab to create, edit or delete command strings.

Up to 128 different commands can be created and commands can be up to 512

characters long (including spaces). There is total storage room for 16384

characters so not commands can be 512 characters long! Try to keep commands

to 128 characters if you are going to make all 128 possible commands.

To send hex bytes such as some ASCII characters like carriage return or

linefeed, use\x followed by two digit hex byte.

EXAMPLE: To create command to send the string “PWR ON<cr><lf>”, enter the

command like this: PWR ON\x0d\x0a

Click on “Save Change” to save the command.

NOTE

If you want to make a button act as TOGGLE (to alternate sending

two commands like ON and OFF), then you must use Extension

Macro for the same button position to define the alternate command

and in Key Settings tab set the button mode to “Toggle”

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

4.5 Device Settings Tab

The UI-IP8-DP lets you predefine up to 16 devices with their IP addresses and port

numbers. You can give meaningful names to each device (no spaces allowed).

Another advantage of defining Devices is that you can disable individual devices in

the macros. So for example if the keypad is programmed to controls several devices

in your building and one of them is the video wall processor in the boss’s office, you

may disable that device if the boss is in a meeting and she does not want anyone

accentually change the settings on her video wall from the keypad!

Device Settings tab showing Enable/Disable

4.6 Key Settings Tab

Click on the “Key Settings” tab to enable/disable the “Repeat” and “Toggle” modes

associated with each of the macro buttons.

UI-IP8-DP – Key Settings

Repeat Key - Causes the button’s macro to be executed repeatedly as long as the

button is being held down. Repeat only works with the physical keypad.

Toggle Key - Links the two listed macros (regular and extension) for the same

button position) and makes the button toggle back and forth for each press.

UI-IP8-DP

4.7 Schedule Tab

Use this tab to utilize the clock/calendar scheduling features of the keypad. You can

set macro events to repeat on a regular daily/weekly schedule or as one-time events.

Events can be edited and deleted from the main tab. The system can store up to 32

repeating events and up to 8 one-time events.

Schedule Settings

To setup scheduled macros click on “Edit” button either in the Repeat section or the

Once section of the tab, specify the macro to be run and add the time and day

info. You can also set the event as “Active” or “Not Active”. Click on “Save

Change” to save the changes to the event.

4.8 Network Settings Tab

As shipped from the factory (or after restoring factory defaults), the UI-IP8-DP

IP address is set for static IP address 192.168.1.50.

Network Settings

NOTE

The UI-IP8-

DP keypad has 48 hours of backup power for internal clock to

keep running in case of power loss and blackouts. After the backup power

is exhausted the system time will reset back to 2015/01/01 00:00:00

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

Remember you can make IP setup changes also from the PC GUI. If you make the

Web GUI Settings tab to make any changes, make sure to hit the Save button and

then go to System Settings tab and reboot the system for the new IP parameters

to take effect.

Clicking NetWork Reset button sets the IP address to a static 192.168.1.50 and

reboots the unit (same setting as factory default).

4.9 System Settings Tab

Use this tab to change login Username and Password. You can also change the

inactivity timeout for the WebGUI

UI-IP8-DP – System Settings

You can also save the configuration you have created, including all macros, on

your PC or restore/upload the settings from a previously saved configuration.

“Factory Reset”option restores all the settings to factory defaults. To factory

reset the unit, click ALL RESET and reboot the device.

We do not recommend the user to change any settings in this tab. If you have any

questions regarding firmware update, contact Hall Research for more information

4.10 Time Setting

Click on the “Time Settings” tab to set the system time and to enable/

disable the Daylight Saving Time(DST) function. Since Daylight Saving start and

end times varies around the world, you can specify those. For example in USA

Daylight Saving Time (DST) in most States starts on the 2nd Sunday in March

and ends on the 1st Sunday in November.

UI-IP8-DP

Time Settings

5.0 Telnet Commands (Port 23)

UI-IP8-DP offers excellent control features where the user can set and access

information from the unit such as IP configuration, factory default, reboot, LED

control, Relay, key press type, macros, device add/delete, etc.

•Commands are in ASCII format.

•Each command has to be terminated by <CR> and responds by <CR>.

•Commands are not case sensitive.

•Unknown command responds with “Command Failed”.

Command

Response

Description

IPCONFIG

Ethernet MAC:

Address Type:

IP:

SN:

GW:

HTTP PORT: 80

Telnet PORT: 23

Show the current IP

configuration

SETIP N, N1,N2

where N=x.x.x.x

N1=x.x.x.x

N2=x.x.x.x

Set static IP, subnet mask and

gateway simultaneously

SIPADDR X.X.X.X

Set IP address

SNETMASK X.X.X.X

Set subnet mask

SGATEWAY X.X.X.X

Set Ethernet gateway

SIPMODE N

Set DHCP or Static IP addressing

VER

vx.xx

Show keypad’s firmware ver

FADEFAULT

Settings to factory default

ETH_FADEFAULT

IP settings to factory default

REBOOT

Reboot the device

Programmable 8-button IP Keypad Wall Plate

Command

Response

Description

HELP(?)

Show the command list

HELP N

where N=command

Show description of command

RELAY N N1

where N=1 (Port)

N1= OPEN, CLOSE,

TOGGLE

RELAY N N1

Relay control

LEDBLUE N N1

where N=1~8

N1=0-100%

LEDBLUE N N1

Individual button blue LED

brightness control

LEDRED N N1

where N=1~8

N1=0-100%

LEDRED N N1

Individual button red LED

brightness control

LEDBLUES N

where N=0-100%

LEDBLUES N

Set the brightness of all blue

LEDs

LEDREDS N

where N=0-100%

LEDREDS N

Set the brightness of all red

LEDs

LEDSHOW N

where

N=ON/OFF/TOGGLE

LEDSHOW N

LED demo mode

BACKLIGHT N

where N=0-100%

BACKLIGHT N

Set the max brightness of all

LEDs

KEY_PRESS N RELEASE

Control the key press trigger

type to “Release”. Upon a key

release, a macro is executed for

a single time.

KEY_PRESS N HOLD

Control the key press trigger

type to “Hold”. Upon a key hold,

a macro is executed as long as

the key is held down.

MACRO RUN N

RUN MACRO[1] EVENT

where x = commands

Run the specificed macro

(button)

MACRO STOP

Stop all the running macros

MACRO STOP N

N=1~32

MACRO STOP N

Stop the specified macro.

DEVICE ADD N N1 N2 N3

where

N=1~16 (Device Slot)

Add telnet device to slot N

UI-IP8-DP

Command

Response

Description

N1=X.X.X.X (IP Address,)

N2=0~65535 (Port)

N3={Name} (Up to 24

characters)

DEVICE DELETE N

where

N=1~16 (Device Slot)

Delete telnet device

DEVICE N N1

where

N=ENABLE, DISABLE

N1=1~16 (Device Slot)

Enable/Disable telnet device

6.0 Firmware Upgrade

The firmware upgrade on UI-IP8-DP can be completed through the webGUI

(preferred method), or using a USB memory stick with the supplied Mini-USB

OTG cable.

6.1 Firmware Upgrade Using the WebGUI

•Select FIRMWARE UPGRADE under “System Settings” tab on the web

GUI home page.

•Select the “UI-IP8-DP.bin” binary file and click “upgrade”.

•Wait for 30-60 seconds for the system to reboot.

We do not recommend the user to change any settings in the system tab. If you

have any questions regarding firmware update, contact Hall Research for more

information

6.2 Firmware Upgrade Using the OTG USB Cable

•Use a blank USB memory stick and place the file UI-IP8-DP.bin in its root

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