Just Add Power Flux Capacitor User manual

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IR Dongle
a.k.a.
FLUX CAPACITOR
Revised 2016-01-25

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Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................... 3
Included ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Quick Setup................................................................................................................................ 4
Enable Layer 3............................................................................................................................ 5
Router with Static Route.................................................................................................................................. 6
Change Default Gateway ................................................................................................................................. 7
Physical Connections ................................................................................................................. 8
Flux Capacitor Connections ............................................................................................................................. 8
Just Add Power Connections ........................................................................................................................... 9
2G ............................................................................................................................................................................ 9
2G+ ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
2G+AVP.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2GΩ/3G.................................................................................................................................................................. 12
2GΩ/3G+................................................................................................................................................................ 13
3G .......................................................................................................................................................................... 14
3G+AVP.................................................................................................................................................................. 15
3G+HIFI .................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Control System Integration...................................................................................................... 17
Control4 ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
RTI .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
Send IR Codes .......................................................................................................................... 21
Troubleshooting....................................................................................................................... 22
It is not working ............................................................................................................................................. 22

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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.
Included
The following hardware is included with the Flux Capacitor.
1. IR Blaster
2. 3.5mm-to-3.5mm stereo plug cable
3. USB A Male to Micro USB cable
4. USB power tab – Y cable
USB power tap
IR Blaster
Stereo plug
USB A Male
to Micro USB

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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
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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2GΩ/3G
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 top position

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2GΩ/3G+
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
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 top 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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3G+HIFI
Transmitter
3.5mm connector
3.5mm-to-3.5mm cable needed
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!