Extron electronic Introduction, About this Manual, About the IPL T CR48 Interface, Features

Introduction

About this Manual

This manual contains information about the Extron IPL T CR48 (Extron part #60-544-05) Ethernet-based relay control interface, including how to install, configure, and operate it.

About the IPL T CR48 Interface

The Extron IPL T CR48 is an Ethernet-based relay control interface designed to be used as one of many nodes in a distributed control system environment, or as a stand-alone control interface allowing legacy products to link to today’s IP-based networks.

The IPL T CR48 has a single, 5-pole captive screw connector for contact closure input and two, 8-pole captive screw connectors for relays. The contact closure input and relay ports are fully software configurable using a Web-based interface connected via an Ethernet port.

The IPL T CR48 interface will host its own Web pages, stored in flash memory within the device, and can accept power over a LAN (Local Area Network). The interface will support Telnet, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) or Ping, and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).

The IPL T CR48 interface is 1U high and one quarter rack wide. It is rack-mountable, using either a VersaTools™ Rack Shelf Kit (#60-190-20) or a Universal 1U Rack Shelf (#60-190-01). It can also be mounted near a screen or projector lift.

The IPL T CR48 interface ships with an external, desktop, 12 V,

1 A power supply (#70-055-01), that accepts 100-240 VAC input.

Features

High speed — Constant high speed data throughput, with a 6 Mbit/second transfer rate.

User customizable — Tailor the on-board Web pages with advanced programmability, e-mail alerts, and storage to suit your needs and requirements. Or, develop your own Web pages using off-the-shelf Web authoring software.

GlobalViewer® — Can be used to manage multiple IP Link® products over the Web.

Direct port access — Use existing software programs to control a device that has no Ethernet support. Any existing Extron product with a serial control port can be interfaced with a LAN.

Built-in multi-level security — User controls the access to devices attached to the interface. Two levels of password

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