52 | IR Flasher Settings - Tab 9 |
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Zone Rear Data In Setting:
Allows the IR data input port for each zone control terminal to be switched off. When set to OFF, any key- pads or IR sensors connected to the back panel the CT Receiver will be rendered inoperable because no IR will be allowed to pass through the IR data input for the selected zone.
Flasher Outputs:
Selected Input - If IR routing is desired, set this to Selected Input. When IR routing is enabled, IR will route from the keypad control terminal IR Data input to the appropriate IR output according to input selected for each zone.
All Inputs - If simultaneous flashing is desired set to All Inputs. Any IR data received from the keypad control terminals will be sent to all 9 IR outputs.
Off - All 9 IR outputs will be turned off.
Front Panel IR to Flasher Outputs:
If Front Panel IR to Flasher Outputs is set to YES, any IR received by the front panel will pass through the CT Receiver to the flasher outputs. Otherwise when set to NO, IR commands received will only stay internal to the unit. Regardless of this setting B&K will always respond to its own IR commands. The default is set to NO because of possible optical interference. Optical feedback occurs when infrared interference from the sun or a light fixture is present or a sensor and an emitter/flasher are very close together. If you need to relay IR commands from the front panel of the CT Receiver to a component that is hooked to a rear panel flasher output, select YES and test operation. There are two possible problems you may run into:
1.Optical Feedback - Symptom: intermittent operation. To cure the feedback you must put blocking covers on all of the flasher/emitters near the front panel of the CT Receiver. Do not attempt to block IR with black electrical tape; it is generally transparent to IR. Niles, Xantech and Elan emitters have blocking meth- ods to help deal with potential interference.
2.Wrong Carrier - Symptom is no or intermittent operation. To verify this, first contact the manufac- turer and check on the carrier frequency of the original remote control. If it is not between 32kHz and 42kHz, you may not be able to use the B&K front panel IR sensor. For example, the B & K front panel IR sensor is probably not compatible with RCA or Proscan products with 56k carrier frequencies.
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