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IS-C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual

1. a i Iss JP co ome AA I ENPA Eo IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com Page 47 of 52 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 8 Programming the Firmware The controller firmware can be programmed via the RS232 connection The Dallas semiconductor MTK software can be downloaded from the site below http www maxim ic com products microcontrollers software index cfm development After you install the MTK software follow the following instructions to program the microcontroller 1 Disconnect the switches from the controller at JP2 2 Install a jumper on JPR connector top right side of the board This will put the microcontroller into programming mode Run MTK software Select device DS89C450 Under menu item Options select the Configure Serial Port and select relevant port and 19200 baud rate Under menu item Target select Open COM X at 19200 baud Plug in or power up the IS C1603 controller Under menu item Target select Connect to Loader The microcontroller will respond with a version number and copyright notice in blue 10 Under menu item File select Load Flash 11 Specify the HEX file provided by NKK Switches e g C1603 V14 HE
2. 35H and 41H The ASCII value for 5 is 35H and the ASCII value for A is 41H All addresses and most data are sent using this format IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 7 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 5 2 Data Definition and Format Attribute Block for 36x24 Resolution Switches A block of 16 bytes representing 16 Addresses Byte 2 eae a a 13 16 Legend Block for 36x24 Resolution Switches A block of 125 bytes It contains image data and LED codes Description First line of image Second line of image Lae 24th line of image LED code Viewing angle brightness code reserved Image Block A block of 120 bytes subset of the Legend Block There are five bytes of data for each pixel row of LCD switch display The least significant nibble of the fifth byte is not used The most significant bit of the first byte will be displayed as the leftmost pixel of pixel row of LCD switch display IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 8 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Driv
3. Switch action report from the controller to the host e Default switch press event 1 byte in the form of 80H LCD Switch display Default switch release event 1 byte in the form of BOH LCD Switch display Default image press event 2 byte indicating location Default image release event 2 byte indicating location User defined switch press event report up to 15 bytes User defined switch release event report up to 15 bytes User defined picture press event report up to 15 bytes User defined picture release event report up to 15 bytes Set up options Adjustable audio feedback while switch is pressed User defined backlight color while switch is pressed User defined font 5x7 256 character User defined font 7x10 256 character User defined backlighting blinking rate User defined backlighting ON and OFF duration Option to continue the last state before power down reboot Real time operation features e Download image data to any address e Select image display for each LCD switch display e Download characters and controller will create graphic image using 5x7 font for any address e Download characters and controller will create graphic image using 7x10 font for any address IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 3 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 e Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Cont
4. change the backlights and images of switches Command to reboot the controller The command reboots the controller to power up state After sending this command any command send may be missed Wait for the controller to send 11H before sending a new command command format 24H transmit format xxH The controller transmits back 11H to the host after reboot Command to check communication The command is used to check if the controller is on line It does not affect the controller s function command format 01H transmit format xxH The controller transmits back 61H to the host IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 12 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to reboot the controller The command transfers the LCD LED codes for all the switches according to the assigned addresses from storage to refresh buffer command format 23H transmit format xxH The controller responds 61H to the host Command to download addresses for 16 switches This command downloads 16 addresses to be assigned to the 16 switches If any of the download addresses value is zero then the corresponding switch assigned address is left unchanged command format 2DH 30H _ Addresses transmit form
5. 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI SWITCHES IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Jumper Overview J3 RS232 No jumper RS485 Jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 RS422 Jumper on pin 2 and pin 3 JPR Used for programming the DS89C450 microcontroller It should be placed for the duration of programming J2 4 bit Logic No Jumper or Jumper on pin 1 and pin 2 2 bit Logic Jumper on pin 2 and pin 3 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com Page 42 of 52 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Controller Schematic 16 Switch Controller elelulme be r jejaja jejejje Pawo paiadato gt ee IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 43 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Controller Schematic continued C
6. 61H in respond to Command 01H from host B4 B7 gt These two bits are for polling operation Both bits must be set to 1 for proper operation Use XON and XOFF for communication The controller stops transmitting upon receiving 13H and resumes transmitting upon receiving 11H The transmit buffer is 256 bytes The data will be lost if more than 256 bytes is to be transmitted IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 29 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to set Flag C This command sets Flag C which controls the features of the controller command format 21H EDH Flag Byte Flag Byte transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH Flag Byte is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format This command writes the downloaded flag data to storage memory The changes go into effect after the following power up reboot For changing of the Flags during operation see section 6 11 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Flag C Default Value 00H re er Value Default Image release report Transmits the assigned address of a a Bl 1 User defined Image release Transmits user defined data string of a report switch assigned address upon the switch release i
7. HEX format The default value is 03H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download maximum time between commands This command sets the timer value for the time between commands It is used for real time application The switches start blinking with red backlighting if the timer expires before receiving the next command The blinking red notify the operator that there is an error and there is no communication with host command format 21H E4H Timer value Timer value transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH E4H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 45H 34H Timer value is one byte sent twice and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The default value is 80H The actual time is 20ms times this Timer value To enable this feature bit 7 of Flag C must be enabled IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 24 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 6 9 Animation Feature For animated images to be activated bit 7 of Flag A must be set It does not affect any switch with assigned address 127 7FH or less Any switch with assigned address of 80H or higher will have its image continuously step through 8 Addresses The alternating addresses are
8. IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 26 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Flag Byte A bit settings BO 0 gt No transmission BO 1 gt Upon switch release transmit one byte BOH switch number B1 0 gt No transmission B1 1 gt Upon switch press transmit one byte 80H switch number B2 0 gt No transmission B2 1 gt Upon switch press transmit the user defined switch press data string Up to 15 bytes B3 0 gt No transmission B3 1 gt Upon switch press transmit the switch assigned address in ASCII HEX format B4 0 gt No transmission B4 1 gt Upon switch press transmit from the user defined Image press event data Up to 16 bytes or until a byte value is OOH B5 0 gt Do not execute the Attributes B5 1 gt Execute Attributes upon switch press or release based on the status of Flag B bit 2 B6 0 gt Disable buzzer B6 1 gt Enable buzzer Beep when any switch is pressed B7 0 gt Normal operation mode B7 1 gt Animated Image operation Any switch with an assigned address 01H to 7FH functions normally Any switch with an assigned address 80H to FFH continuously step through 8 Addresses The addresses groupings are as
9. LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit No mounting hole Must be used with Panel Mount housing IS L0103 C One LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit IS L0201 C Two LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 1x2 VxH spacing between the switches IS L0301 C Three LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 1x3 VxH IS L0302 C Three LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 3x1 VxH IS L0401 C Four LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 2x2 VxH side by side stackable IS L0601 C Six LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 2x3 VxH IS L0901 C Nine LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 3x3 VxH side by side stackable IS L1002 C Ten LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 5x2 VxH side by side stackable IS L1502 C Fifteen LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 2 bit 5x3 VxH side by side stackable S22h nee eo New Logic Boards can be designed based on customer requirements Note Make sure the power is off when connecting or disconnecting the Logic Boards to or from the controller or each other Note Connecting the Logic Boards improperly could damage either both the Logic Boards and controller IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 4 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 e Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 3 Operation Overview
10. and data is specified for each command a eee ie a aE IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 10 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 6 1 Upload Commands These commands do not affect the controller functions or memory contents They read various data statuses from controller Command to upload a Legend Block from and address This command uploads a Legend Block from the specified address to the host command format 29H Address transmit format xxH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller transmits back 61H followed by the Legend Block 125 bytes in HEX format and 79H Command to upload the addresses assigned to all the 16 switches command format 2DH 52H transmit format xxH xxH The controller transmits back 61H followed by 16 addresses 16 bytes in ASCII HEX format and 79H Command to upload the assigned address of a switch command format 2EH 52H Switch transmit format xxH xxH xxAH Switch is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCII hex format The controller transmits back 61H followed by the associated address 1 byte in ASCI HEX format and 79H Command to upload LCD LED blo
11. be sent in ASCII HEX format Attribute block is 16 bytes of Addresses and must be sent in ASCH HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 6 Switch activity look up commands Commands below download user defined strings These strings are reported back to host upon switch activity if the appropriate flags are enabled These commands are downloaded once and are not normally used during the real time operation IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 20 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to download user defined Switch Press string for a switch This command downloads user defined string for a switch press This string is sent to host every time the specified switch is pressed If bit 2 of FLAG A is enabled command format 21H AAH Switch number string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH xxH AAH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 41H 41H Switch is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format number is one send in HEX format byte which indicates the number of bytes Only the lower nibble is used string may consist of up to a maximum of 15 bytes according to the lower nibble of th
12. follow 80H to 87H 88H to 8FH 90H to 97H FOH to F7H F8H to FFH The step through timing can be modified via commands a a ae ee a IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 27 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to set Flag B This command sets Flag B which controls the features of the controller command format 21H EFH Flag Byte Flag Byte transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH Flag Byte is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format This command writes the downloaded flag data to storage memory The changes go into effect after the following power up reboot For changing of the Flags during operation see section 6 11 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Flag B Default Value 60H Value SO Omes hates PEP SSE addresses Power up switches assigned If enabled upon power up reboot use the addresses assigned addresses that were in effect before power down reboot Execute Attribute upon switch If enabled execute Attribute upon switch presses or releases release Flag A bit5 must be set for attribute execution pressed defined color while any switch is pressed communicate Bit B7 must be enabled command ie ik ne co
13. in ASCII HEX format 43H 43H Power up Addresses is 16 bytes sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to set the number of Switches attached to the controller This command sets the number of Switches attached to the controller Specifying less than 16 switches will have two effects on the controller operation First any command related to the number of switches will have its data reduced according to the number switches for download upload Second the time of any features that has timer is reduced as the number of switches is reduced command format 21H E9H of Switches of Switches transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH E9H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 45H 39H of Switches is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent twice in ASCI HEX format This command goes into effect after the following power up reboot The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download Attribute block to a specified Address The attribute blocks are information on how the controller function based on the switch activity When a switch is pressed the attribute block of the switch assigned image address are executed as described in the Switch Presses Releases section command format 2AH Address Attribute block transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must
14. number String transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH xxH BBH is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 42H 42H Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format number is one byte which indicates the number of bytes Only the lower nibble is used If B4 1 then the string will be repeatedly send while the Image is pressed String may consist of up to a maximum of 15 bytes according to the lower nibble of the number All default values for this section are OOH The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 21 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to download the Repeat timer for user defined Image Press This command downloads the timer between repeated transmissions of the user defined Image press string command format 21H ECH Timer Timer transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH ECH is one byte and must be sent in ASCH HEX format 45H 43H Timer is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format The default value is 08H Approximate repeat time in ms 13x Timer value The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Com
15. 20 7 Hardware WARNING These products are ESD sensitive The ESD handling procedure must be followed Power Requirement 1Amp at 9Volts maximum 12Volts Table below is actual power consumption test results Test at 9V Switch type Backlight Color Brightness Typical Current mA Test 1 16 RGB OFF Max level 7 120 Test 2 16 RGB RED Max level 7 290 Test 3 16 RGB GREEN Max level 7 360 Test 4 16 RGB BLUE Max level 7 360 Test 5 16 RGB WHITE Max level 7 610 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 39 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Dimensions Dimension Board size 4 500 x 4 200 114 3 x 106 68 mm Mounting holes Four Hole size 150 3 81mm Distance from edges of the board 150 3 81mm 3 81 150 a S ja eerta CaN wie by EN 106 68 PO 4 2 HR ay a CPD C1603 Kise amp z 3 81 150 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 40 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 852
16. 55 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Example Convert 2A7 hex to decimal Digit 3 2 x 256 512 Digit 2 10 x 16 160 Digit 1 7x1 7 679 2A7 hex 679 decimal Example Convert 925 decimal to hex 925 divide by 16 57 with 13 remainder First digit D 57 divide by 16 3 with 9 remainder Second digit 9 3 divide by 16 0 with 3 remainder Third digit 3 925 decimal 39D hex Converting between hex and binary is as easy as replacing each digit of hex with equivalent 4 digit of binary Example convert A5B hex to binary A 1010 5 0101 B 1011 ASB hex 1010 0101 1011 binary Converting binary to hex is as easy as replacing each 4 digit of binary to equivalent digit of hex If the binary digits are not multiple of 4 for grouping add enough zero to the left to make them multiple of 4 Example Convert 0111 1010 1111 binary to hex 1111 F 1010 A 0111 7 0111 1010 1111 binary 7AF hex Common terms Bit binary digit Nibble 4 binary digits Byte 8 binary digits 2 nibbles 2 HEX digits IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 52 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 Mouser Electronics Authorized
17. 5x7 or two lines of 4 characters in font 7x10 In font 7x10 the actual character picture is 10 pixel rows high It s padded by an extra pixel row on the top and bottom These padded pixel rows are clear OFF for normal mode command and filled ON for reverse mode command to provide line spacing between character rows In font 5x7 the actual character picture is 7 pixel rows high It s padded on the top only with a clear OFF pixel row to provide line spacing between character rows Command to create 18 characters for three lines of font 5x7 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with 3 lines of 18 characters of font 5x7 command format 27H Address 08H ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 08H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 38 ASCII string is 18 bytes and is a string of font 5x7 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 6 characters for the first line of font 5x7 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the first line of 6 characters of font 5x7 No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address OEH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with
18. 60 3420 Controls Overview POTB Beeper Volume adjusts the volume of the beeper JP2 Logic Board Header is the connector for the ribbon cable to the logic boards Pin numbers must match up from connector to connector using Pin 1 red wire of ribbon cable as a guide 7x2 male header 1 x 1 spacing Logic board header Note Connecting the Logic Boards improperly could damage either both the Logic Boards and controller POT1 LCD viewing angle contrast adjustment for all the switches Viewing angle contrast JP1 RS232 RS422 RS485 Connector links the controller to the host 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 RS232 RS232 m GND TX_ RX_ GND a RS422 485 g g 1 2 3 4 5 6 RS422 485 T NC T R NC R n a Center pin For RS232 U6 is populated with MAX232 but U7 and U8 are not gt 9V DC populated For RS422 U7 and U8 are populated with SN75176 but U6 is not populated For RS485 only U7 is populated J1B Populating U6 and U7 U8 at the same time damage the controller J1A 9V DC Power jack mates with a 2 5mm cylinder power connector Center positive J1B Alternative power connector 2 pin header 1 spacing Pinl GND pin2 9V Logic Board Header JP2 pin call outs Pin Function 8 LED OFF 1 LP 9 SCP 2 GND 10 VLC 3 FLM 11 DIN 4 GND 12 9V 5 SCP 13 DIN 6 9V 14 SWREAD 7 LP1 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 41 of
19. 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to clear a pixel within an image of specified address This command sets a pixel within an image to zero OFF at a specified address command format 27H Address 02H column row transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 02H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 32 column is one byte with value of 01H to 24H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format row is one byte with value of 00H to 17H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to fill a pixel within an image of specified address This command sets a pixel within an image to one ON at a specified address command format 27H Address 03H Column Row transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 03H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 33 Column is one byte with value of 01H to 24H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format Row is one byte with value of OOH to 17H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download and insert data for the left column of a image at the specified address This command inserts one column of pixels data to the left s
20. 8 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Section 6 has the detail of all the commands 4 Switch Presses Releases The controller takes the following actions upon a switch press release 1 Switch Release A B If bit 0 of FLAG A is enabled default enabled transmit Switch BOH to host in HEX format If bit 2 of FLAG C is enabled default disabled transmit to host up to a maximum of 15 bytes HEX format from user defined switch release look up table associated with the switch number If bit 0 of FLAG C is enabled default disabled transmit to host the image address that is being displayed in ASCI HEX format If bit 1 of FLAG C is enabled default disabled transmit to host up to a maximum of 15 Bytes in HEX format from user defined image release look up table associated with the image address If bit 5 of FLAG A is enabled default enabled and bit 2 of FLAG B is enabled default disabled then do the following using the data from current image address E1 If the viewing angle brightness code is not zero then increase or decrease the brightness accordingly E2 Update the switches image addresses with the Addresses from the Attribute Block If any of the Addresses in the attribute block is equal to zero do not change that sw
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23. H xxH BEH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 42 45 font index is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format It is the look up table index font bitmap is 7 bytes making up a character graphic The first byte is the top row of IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 22 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 the character graphic and the 7th byte is the bottom row of the character graphic The B7 of each byte of the character graphic data is the leftmost column of the character graphic B2 B1 and BO are not used and should be set to zero The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Example 21 4245 3031 20 50 88 88 F8 88 88 sends the above illustration to look up table index 01 Command to download a 7x10 font bit map data to an index This command sets a font set s values and graphic and stores it in the look up table of font 7x10 command format 21H BDH font value font bitmap transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH BDH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 42 44 font value is one byte with value of OOH to FFH and must be sent in ASCH HEX format It is the look up table index fon
24. NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual Revision D IS C1603 16 Switch Controller Version 1 4 a CPD C1603 gt 6 0 527 NKK SWITCHES 7850 E Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 e mail lt engineering nkkswitches com gt All Rights Reserved Worldwide NKK Switches makes no warranty for the use of these products and assumes no responsibility for any errors which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein Smart Switch is trademark of NKK Switches SSS IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 1 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCH 7850 East Geld es Manual ing Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents sosis eonenn ea E EEEE E EE EE TEE E 2 1 General Controller Peanines 1506 9 edannoley nce ly occa teense cecuted eatin aed eee eedan 3 2 Compatible Logic Boards sssssssssesesssssserrrrrerssrssrserrerrerrerrresseeee 4 Dy OPSLAIONA lt ccaceactcaseenaaneenesas EE ARAE OREA EE RAE EEEREN EEDE 5 4 Switch Presses ReIGases lt 0 ssrorie sers uep E a E
25. There are 255 image addresses in the memory 01H to FFH Each image Address holds a Page of data Each Page has an image data LCD LED code control code Attribute block and user defined look up tables etc These data are referred to as storage memory since normally these data are downloaded to memory one time Each switch has an image address 01H to FFH assigned to it The assigned address Page data are used for the display and backlighting Attributes and look up tables of the Page are used when a switch is pressed or released Any address 01H to FFH can be assigned to any switch 1 to 16 Set up There are 3 flag bytes that determine how the controller functions Section 6 10 The controller has many features that can be enabled or disabled based on these flags setting Normally storage data for addresses are downloaded to the controller once The Page data need to be downloaded only to the addresses that will be used by the application The image data picture and LCD LED code backlight are used in most application The attributes and various look up data need to be downloaded only if the feature is enabled via flag bytes Power up Upon power up reboot as a default address 01H is assigned to switch 1 address 02H is assigned to switch 2 and so on up to address 10H is assigned to switch 16 Each switch LCD displays the assigned address s image data The LCD continuously gets refreshed from the image data The 16 switches ba
26. X 12 Once loaded the display shall say Load Complete OOND Y Note The switches should not be connected while programming the controller since they are not being refreshed during programming 9 Firmware Issues The problems found in the most current version are listed below and will be resolved in the following version Version 1 3 No firmware issues at this time Version 1 4 In version 1 4 the LCD refresh rate has been increased to have better contrast All the timers run faster than stated in the user manual No firmware issues at this time IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 48 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Appendix Understanding Decimal Hexadecimal and Binary Numbers Decimal is the numbering system we use It is called base 10 Every digit can be between 0 to 9 The value of each digit is equal to the digit with Digit order 1 zero in front Table 1 Base 10 Value in base 10 10000 1000 100 10 1 Digit x Multiplication 1009 1 110 10 10 10 10 for converting to decimal Digit order Nth sues ans Fifth Fourth Third Second First digit digit digit digit digit digit Example The value of each digit
27. a at a specified address with the second line of 4 characters of font 7X10 The second line is white characters on black background No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address ODH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format ODH is two byte and must be sent in ASCH HEX format 30 44 ASCII string is 4 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 5 Functional set up Attribute block power up These commands for downloading attribute and other set up They are downloaded once These commands are not normally used during the real time operation IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 19 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to set the Image addresses for power up This command download the user defined addresses to be assigned to the switches upon power up or reboot The default values are 01H 02H 03H OEH OFH 10H command format 21H CCH Power up Addresses transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH CCH is one byte and must be sent
28. as follow 80H to 87H 88H to 8FH 90H to 97H FOH to F7H F8H to FFH The alternating time is determined based on two user defined variables and a constant as indicated in the formula below Alternating time in ms 20 x Animation Timer x Animation Multiplier Command to download the Animation Timer This command sets the timer value for animations command format 21H 98H Animation Timer Animation Timer transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH 98H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 39H 38H Animation Timer is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format The default value is 10H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to set the Animation Multiplier This command sets the multiplier value for animations command format 21H 99H Animation Multiplier Animation Multiplier transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH 99H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 39H 39H Animation Multiplier is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCH HEX format The default value is 05H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 10 Setting the Flags The controller features can be customized based on customer requirements by manipulating the settings of the Flags There are three Flag bytes and a command for setting each Flag The changes go into effect after the following power up reboot Command 26H has options to cha
29. at xxH xxH xxAH Addresses is 16 bytes of address sent in ASCII HEX format The controller assigns new addresses to the switches The images will be displayed immediately The backlights will change to LCD LED codes from storage only if bit 0 of FLAG B is enabled The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download an address to a switch This command downloads an address to be assigned to the specified switch command format 2EH 30H _ Switch Address transmit format xxH xxH xxAH xxAH Switch is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller assigns the new address to the switch The image will be displayed immediately The backlight will change to LCD LED code from storage only if bit 0 of FLAG B is enabled The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 13 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to set LCD LED codes for all 16 Switches This command downloads the 16 LCD LED codes to the refresh buffer If the value of a LCD LED code is zero
30. cified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the second line of 4 characters of font 7X10 No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address OBH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OBH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 42 ASCII string is 4 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 4 characters for the first line of font 7x10 in inverse mode in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the first line of 4 characters of font 7X10 The first line is white characters on black background No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address OCH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OCH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 43 ASCII string is 4 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 4 characters for the second line of font 7x10 in inverse mode in the specified address This command creates the image dat
31. ck command format 2CH 52H transmit format xxH xxH The controller transmits back 61H followed by 16 LCD LED codes 16 bytes in ASCII HEX format and 79H These LCD LED codes are the active codes from intermediate buffer for the 16 switches at the time of receiving the command IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 11 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to upload LCD LED Code of a switch command format 2FH 52H Switch transmit format xxH xxH xxAH Switch is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller transmits back 61H followed by the LCD LED code 1 byte in ASCII HEX format and 79H The LCD LED code is from intermediate buffer Command to upload an Attribute Block from an Address command format 2BH Address transmit format xxH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format Upon receiving this command the controller transmits back 61H followed by the Attribute Block 16 bytes in ASCII HEX format and 79H 6 2 Operation commands that do not affect the storage memory These commands are used in real time operation They do not affect the storage memory However they can
32. cklights turn on according the LCD LED codes in the 16 byte refresh buffer Each switch backlight continuously gets refreshed from its associated LCD LED code from the refresh buffer The LCD LED codes are transferred to the refresh buffer from assigned addresses page data upon address assignment After power up or reset the controller transmits 11H This lets the host know that the controller is on line and ready for commands The controller then waits for a switch activity or a command from host Operation The controller can change the switches displays and backlighting based on the switch activities These changes happen based on the Attribute Block Each of the 255 addresses has an Attribute Block The Attribute Block is a set of 16 addresses to be assigned to the 16 switches Upon a switch closure the Attribute Block of the switch s assigned address goes to effect The controller has many options to report a switch activity to the host based on the switch or assigned address The switch activities operation is described in section 4 The host can command the controller to change the switches display and backlighting The changes can be with any of the following commands Assign new addresses to switches Download new LED codes to refresh buffer Download character or graphic image to an address which is assigned to a switch IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 5 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 22
33. ddress 06H ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 06H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 36 ASCII string is 8 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 4 characters for the first line of font 7x10 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the first line of 4 characters of font 7X10 No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address OAH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OAH is two byte and must be sent in ASCH HEX format 30 41 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 18 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 ASCII string is 4 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 4 characters for the second line of font 7x10 in the spe
34. doc Page 50 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Base 16 numbering system Communicating base 2 numbers is difficult for human because of all zero s and one s To make it easier to present computer data hexadecimal or base 16 numbering system is used Four digit of base 2 numbering system convert to one digit of base 16 numbering system Since we did not have digits for 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 they were assigned letters A B C D E and F respectively Table 3 Number base conversion Hexadecimal Decimal Binary base 2 base 16 base 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 10 3 3 11 4 4 100 5 5 101 6 6 110 7 7 111 8 8 1000 9 9 1001 A 10 1010 B 11 1011 C 12 1100 D 13 1101 E 14 1110 F 15 1111 10 16 10000 11 17 10001 etc etc etc Table 4 Base 16 Value in base 16 10000 1000 100 10 1 Digit x Multiplication 160 7 a T16 16 16 16 16 1 for converting to 65536 4096 256 16 decimal Digit order Nth zans seks Fifth Fourth Third Second First digit digit digit digit digit digit IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 51 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 96
35. e command format 28H Address Legend Block transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format Legend Block is 125 bytes and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to clear the Image data at a specified Address This command sets all the bits in the image data at a specified Address to zero OFF command format 27H Address 00H transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OOH is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 30 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to fill the Image data at a specified Address This command sets all the bits in the image data at a specified Address to one ON command format 27H Address 01H transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 01H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 31 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H a a ee ae a IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 15 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual
36. e Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 LED Backlighting for 36x24 Resolution Switches The LED code is one byte with the following format B7 0 gt Reserved B7 1 gt Reserved B6 0 gt Blue backlighting off during OFF CYCLE B6 1 gt Blue backlighting on during OFF CYCLE B5 0 gt Green backlighting off during OFF CYCLE B5 1 gt Green backlighting on during OFF CYCLE B4 0 gt Red backlighting off during OFF CYCLE B4 1 gt Red backlighting on during OFF CYCLE B3 0 gt LCD normal B3 1 gt LCD inverse B2 0 gt Blue backlighting off during ON CYCLE B2 1 gt Blue backlighting on during ON CYCLE B1 0 gt Green backlighting off during ON CYCLE Bl 1 gt Green backlighting on during ON CYCLE BO 0 gt RED backlighting off during ON CYCLE BO 1 gt RED backlighting on during ON CYCLE NOTE For bicolor LED s B2 amp B6 are not used BO amp B4 are for LED of the switch pin 3 B1 amp B5 are for LED of the switch pin 13 Control Code Brightness adjustment A byte with the following format BO B1 B4 B5 B6 and B7 are reserved and should be zero B3 0 gt No change B3 1 gt Increase backlight brightness B2 0 gt No change B2 1 gt Decrease backlight brightness IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 9 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitche
37. e The new LED brightness value goes into effect immediately and remains permanently even after reboot There are seven levels of brightness Option Decreases LED Brightness Level 4AH Controller reads the current LED brightness level decrements it and stores its value The new LED brightness value goes into effect immediately and remains permanently even after reboot There are seven levels of brightness IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 33 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Option Reserved 4BH 4CH Option Toggle Beeper On Off 4DH Controller toggles the beeper On Off The effect lasts only for the duration of the session Option Toggle Switch Closure Beep 4EH Controller toggles the flag for audible response to switch closures Bit 6 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Return Controller to Default State 4FH Upon the following power up or reset after this option the controller does the following Erase all the non volatile memory Write all the default set up values to the non volatile memory It create image of BLANK FONT MEMORY for the address 01H Put 01H for all the attribute block of address 01H put 77H fo
38. e number All default values for this section are 00H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download user defined Switch Release string for a switch This command downloads user defined string for a switch release This string is sent to host every time the specified switch is released if bit 2 of FLAG C is enabled command format 21H ABH Switch display number string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH xxH ABH is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 41H 42H Switch display is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCH HEX format number is one byte which indicates the number of bytes Only the lower nibble is used string may consist of up to a maximum of 15 bytes according to the lower nibble of the number All default values for this section are 00H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download user defined Image Press string for an address This command downloads user defined string for an image press This string is sent to host every time any switch pressed with the assigned address if bit 4 of FLAG A is enabled There is an additional feature for image press If bit 3 of FLAG C is enabled and bit 4 of number in the command below is set then while a switch is kept pressed the string is repeatedly sent to the host at the user defined interval time command format 21H BBH Address
39. e commands affect the data in the storage memory They can be used in real time applications Any change to storage images will be displayed immediately if the address is assigned to a switch However any change to LCD LED code in storage does not go to effect as the LCD LED code does not transferred from storage to refresh LCD LED buffer by these commands a er a aE IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 14 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to download one LCD LED Code to specified Address The LCD LED code for specified Address changes to the new code command format 27H Address 09H LCD LED code transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 09H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 39 LCD LED code is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The LCD LED code is not transferred to LCD LED code refresh block The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download a Legend block This command downloads a Legend Block from the host to an address The legend block contains the graphic image as well as the backlight cod
40. e duration of the session IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 37 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Option Enable Default Image Press Reports 6CH Controller enables default image press reports Bit 3 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Disable User Defined Image Press Reports 6DH Controller disables user defined image press reports Bit 5 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Enable User Defined Image Press Reports 6EH Controller enables user defined image press reports Bit 5 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Exit command 26H 1BH Controller transmits 79H and exits command 26H Option Exit command 26H 58H Controller transmits 79H and exits command 26H Option Any non option byte XXH Controller transmits 6EH and exits command 26H O IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 38 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI SWITCHES IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 34
41. ide of the image All the columns shift to the right The right most column pixel data are lost command format 27H Address 07H Pixels data transmit format xxH xxAH xxH xxAH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 07H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 37 Pixels data is three bytes representing the 24 pixels in the column The top most pixel is the most significant bit of first byte The values must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 4 Character commands These commands download ASCII character so controller creates graphic images at specified address If the address is assigned to a switch the changes can be seen immediately The controller can generate an image using the font look up tables The default look up tables are ASCII character values 20H to 7FH in fonts 5x7 and 7x10 The user can modify the default look up tables as well as create a user defined look up table for remainder of the values from 01H to FFH IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 16 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Each image can hold three lines of 6 characters in font
42. inary or base 2 Each digit of binary can be 0 or 1 Table 2 Base 2 Value in base 2 10000 1000 100 10 1 Digit x Multiplication 287 J 27 16 27 8 27 4 Ix 2 2 1 for converting to decimal Digit order Nth ies Fi Fifth Fourth Third Second First digit digit digit digit digit digit Example The value of each digit of the Base 2 number 1010 is as follow Fourth digit 1 with 4 1 zero 1000 Third digit 0 with 3 1 zero 0 Second digit 1 with 2 1 zero 10 First digit 0 with 1 1 zero 0 To convert a base 2 number to decimal multiply each digit by multiplier and add them together Example converting base 2 number 1010 to decimal is as follow 1x8 0x4 1x2 0x1 10 To convert a decimal number to base 2 number divide the decimal number by 2 the remainder is the first digit of the base 2 number continue dividing quotient by 2 and put the remainder as the next digit until the quotient is equal 0 Example Convert the decimal number 21 to base 2 21 divide by 2 10 with 1 remainder First digit 1 10 divide by 2 5 with 0 remainder Second digit 0 5 divide by 2 2 with 1 remainder Third digit 1 2 divide by 2 1 with 0 remainder Fourth digit 0 1 divide by 2 0 with 1 remainder Fifth digit 1 21 decimal 101001 base 2 or binary The base 2 number 101001 reads as one zero one zero zero one IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D
43. itch image address E3 If bit 0 of FLAG B is enabled default enabled update the LCD LED codes for the switches according to data from updated switch image addresses 2 Switch Closure Press A If bit 1 of FLAG A is enabled default enabled transmit Switch 80H to host in HEX format B If bit 2 of FLAG A is enabled default disabled transmit to host up to a maximum of 15 characters or until there is a null character in HEX format from user defined switch press look up table associated with the switch number C If bit 3 of FLAG A is enabled default disabled transmit to host in ASCII HEX format the Pointer value of the image being displayed D Ifthe bit 4 of FLAG A is enabled default disabled transmit to host up to a maximum of 15 characters or until there is a null character in HEX format from user defined image press look up table associated with the Pointer IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 6 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 E If bit 5 of FLAG A is enabled default enabled and bit 2 of FLAG B is zero default 0 then do the following E1 If the viewing angle brightness code is not zero then increase or decrease the brightness accordingly E2 Upda
44. ler Blinking red indicate to the operator that controller is off line E IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 31 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 6 11 Command 26H This command is for set up testing of the controller The controller is put into the set up mode after receiving the 26H where any number of options may be transmitted This is the only command where the timer between two consecutive received bytes is not set as default The user must exit this mode by sending X 58H or ESC 1BH If the user does not exit this routine the switches are scanned but not executed The switch activities are processed after exiting this subroutine It is possible to over write the switch activity buffer It is recommended that the B6 of Flag C to be set during the operation Command 26H command format 26H Option s Terminating byte transmit format xxH xxH xxH Option s option is one byte sent in HEX format Multiple options can be sent The options are listed below Some options may have additional data they are all transmitted in HEX Terminating byte is one byte sent in HEX format There are two terminating bytes option 58H or 1BH The controller responds with 61H and after proces
45. mand to download user defined Image Release string for an address This command downloads user defined string for an image release This string is sent to host every time any switch released with the assigned address if bit 1 of FLAG C is enabled command format 21H BCH Address number string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH xxH BCH is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 42H 43H Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format number is one byte which indicates the number of bytes in the string Only the lower nibble is used String may consist of up to a maximum of 15 bytes according to the lower nibble of the number All default values for this section are 00H The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 7 Fonts look up commands There are 255 fonts index 01H to FFH in each font set The default bit map look up tables are created for English ASCII characters index 20H to 7FH The default values for rest of the fonts are OOH The user can download bit map look up data for all the index location These commands are downloaded once and are not normally used during the real time operation Command to download a 5x7 font bit map data to an index 01H to FFH This command downloads a font s bit map data to an index The index is the character value command format 21H BEH font index font bitmap transmit format xxH xxAH xxA
46. mmand communicate Bit B4 must be enabled IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 28 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Flag Byte B bit settings BO 0 gt When a new address is assigned to any switch due to attribute execution or command the Controller transfer the LCD LED code from the address to LCD LED codes refresh Buffer BO 1 gt Do not transfer LCD LED codes from addresses B1 0 gt Upon power up reboot use the switches assigned addresses that were in effect before power down reboot B1 1 gt Upon power up reboot use the addresses from Power up look up table B2 0 gt Execute Attributes upon switch press event B2 1 gt Execute Attributes upon switch release event B3 0 gt No action B3 1 gt While switch is pressed change the backlighting to user defined color B5 0 gt 79H is not transmitted upon completion of commands B5 1 gt Upon completion of a command from host the controller transmits 79H in XXH format B6 0 gt 61H is not transmitted for acknowledging commands B6 1 gt Upon receipt of a command byte 20H to 2FH from host the controller transmits 61H in XXH format Regardless of B6 setting the controllers transmit
47. n XXH format B2 1 User defined switch release Transmits switch release user defined report data string upon the switch release in XXH format B3 1 User defined Image press event Repeatedly transmits user defined Image repeat press data string while a switch with the assigned address kept in XXH format Multi Drop Multi Drop Multi Drop transmission Multi Drop transmission l Timer for command 26H Controller waits for additional optional bytes until user defined timer expires B7 1 Continuous command operation Turn all the Switch display backlighting mode blinking red if no command from host is received within user define time interval IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 30 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Flag Byte C bit settings BO 0 gt No transmission BO 1 gt Upon switch release transmit the assigned address of the switch in ASCII HEX format B1 0 gt No transmission B1 1 gt Upon switch release transmit the assigned address s user defined Image release data string B2 0 gt No transmission B2 1 gt Upon switch release transmit the switch s user defined switch release data string B3 0 gt Disable B3 1 gt Enable repeat sendi
48. ng of user defined Image press data string while the switch is pressed For this feature to work in addition to this flag Bit 3 of Flag A has to be enabled and there has to be proper data in the look up table B4 0 gt Normal communication B4 1 gt Enable multi drop For RS422 The controllers ignore all the received data unless the communication is initiated To initiate communication FFH followed by the controller s UNIT ID in HEX must be received After communication is initiated controller accept the commands normally If the controller receives an FEH the communication is terminated Controller responses can be controlled by enabling Bits 4 amp 7 of FLAG B B5 gt Reserved Must be set to zero RS422 future use B6 0 gt Disable timer for command 26H B6 1 gt Enable timer for command 26H Controller starts the timer after each option if the timer is expired before a new option or exit received the controller terminates the command 26H subroutine ant transmit 6EH The timer is user defined It is recommended during operation this flag to be enabled B7 0 gt Normal operation mode B7 1 gt Continuous command operation mode Turns the user defined timer after each command If the timer expires before the controller receives the next command blinking red codes are put into the LCD LED code refresh Buffer for all the switches This is for applications in which the host continuously communicates with the control
49. nge the flags during operation IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 25 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to set Flag A This command sets Flag A which controls the features of the controller command format 21H EEH Flag Byte Flag Byte transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH Flag Byte is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format This command writes the downloaded flag data to storage memory The changes go into effect after the following power up reboot For changing of the Flags during operation see section 6 11 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Flag A Default Value 63H Value 1 Default Switch release report Reports switch release events PO l pentsioaren S endisplay Bon m XXH format Switch display 80H in XXH format B2 l User defined Switch press report Transmits user defined string for that ee switch upon switch press in XXH format B3 1 Default Image press report address in XXAH format B4 1 User defined Image press report Transmits the switch assigned address user defined string for the switch press in ri XXH format press release Ka beeper while any switch is pressed P T ime soono enable
50. nly the duration of the session Option Turn Beeper Off 65H Controller turns beeper off The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Turn Beeper On 66H Controller turns beeper on The effect lasts for only the duration of the session IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 36 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Option Disable Default Switch Press Reports 67H Controller disables default switch press report Bit 1 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Enable Default Switch Press Reports 68H Controller enables default switch press reports Bit 1 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Disable User defined Switch Press Reports 69H Controller disables user defined switch press reports Bit 2 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Enable User Defined Switch Press Reports 6AH Controller enables user defined switch press reports Bit 2 of FLAG A User Defined The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Disable default Image Press Reports 6BH Controller disables the default image press report Bit 3 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only th
51. of the Base 10 number 7605 is as follow Fourth digit 7 with 4 1 zero 7000 Third digit 6 with 3 1 zero 600 Second digit 0 with 2 1 zero 0 First digit 5 with 1 1 zero 5 Numbering system A numbering system can be based on any number base N However it has to follow the rules 1 Each digit has to be between 0 to Base minus one For example Each digit for Base 2 numbering system can be 0 or 1 Each digit for Base 5 numbering system can be 0 to 4 Each digit for base 8 numbering system can be 0 to 7 2 The value of each digit is equal to the digit with Digit order 1 zeros in front All the operations that we use on base 10 numbering system such as addition subtraction multiplication division works the same for all the numbering systems The difference is the carry over will be based on the base number of the numbering system instead of 10 Why do we need other base numbering systems Computers logic is based on two states Yes or No False or True High voltage or low voltage IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 49 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Base 2 numbering system binary The numbering system to accommodate the computer logic is called b
52. ontroller Switch 16 RJ11 FrontView IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 44 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Two LCD 36x24 Resolution SmartSwitch 36X24 RGB logic board ud p ti i a a IDC14 V3 VEC Q 74HC164 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 45 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Two LCD 36x24 SmartSwitch 36X24 bicolor logic board SWhus pin LP FLM SCP Q 9 74HC164 IDC14_V3 O AUO a a ee LI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 46 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Board photo haga osbosesa as ea wrrrYrryry op B A ar i j a ROS ee ge THR WYT9G my D ea 1
53. r LED code of address 01H boot up with these changes Option Set Attribute Execution On 50H Controller enables the flag for attribute execution Bit 5 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Set Attribute Execution Off 51H Rea eee eee IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 34 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Controller disables the flag for attribute execution Bit 5 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Return Firmware Version 52H Controller transmits the firmware Version in ASCII Hex Example 20 28 43 31 36 30 31 20 2D 41 20 56 31 2E 30 20 29 Hex translates to C1603 A V1 0 Option Serial Set up Mode 53H serial setup option This option put the controller into serial set up mode Once in serial set up mode only options for serial set up are available The change is written to storage only after 49H option The serial setup is not changed until the following power up or reset 31H Select 9600 BAUD rate 32H Select 19200 BAUD rate 33H Select 57600 BAUD rate 49H Write the selected option to the Ram transmit 79H and exit command 26H 53H Transmit the baud rate to the ho
54. racters of font 5x7 No changes made to the rest of the image command format 27H Address 10H ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 10H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 31 30 ASCII string is 6 bytes and is a string of font 5x7 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 8 characters for two lines of font 7x10 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with two lines of 4 characters each of font 7x10 command format 27H Address 04H ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 04H is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 34 ASCII string is 8 bytes and is a string of font 7x10 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 8 characters for two lines of font 7x10 with first line in inverse mode in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with two lines of 4 characters each of font 7x10 The first line is white characters on black background The second line is black characters on white background command format 27H A
55. re called OFF cycle and ON cycle This command set the duration of OFF cycle IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 23 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 command format 21H E1H Timer value Timer value transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH E1H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 45H 31H Timer value is one byte with value of 01H to FFH sent twice and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The default value is 40H Off Cycle Duration 7 Timer value ms The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to set the time for LED s ON Cycle duration LEDs are refreshed with two set of data sequentially The two cycles are called OFF cycle and ON cycle The LED ON cycle time is determined according to the following formula LED ON time LED OFF time x Ratio 1 If the ratio 1 then only LED OFF cycle will be shown If the ratio 2 then LED ON cycle and LED OFF cycle have equal time command format 21H E2H Ratio Ratio transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH E2H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 45H 32H Ratio is one byte with value of 01H to FFH sent twice and must be sent in ASCII
56. roller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 e Control any single pixel on any LCD switch display e Change backlight color on any LCD switch display 2 Compatible Logic Boards Switch Logic Boards PCBs with mounted switches or displays that are used for this controller are called Logic Boards There are many Logic Boards available All the Logic Boards have two 7x2 connectors and can be daisy chained via 14 pin ribbon cables JP2 of the IS C1603 gets connected to J1 of the first Logic Board J2 of the first Logic Board gets connected to J1 of the second Logic Board and so on The red wire of the ribbon cable indicating pin 1 must be connected to pin 1 for all connections There are two types of Logic Boards 2 bits and 4 bits Only one type of board can be used at any one time The J2 jumper is used to select which type of logic boards will be used with the IS C1603 If the jumper is not selected properly or the two types of logic boards are mixed together the backlight and the switch scan will be wrong The following is a list of compatible Logic Boards and switches RGB 4 bit A IS L0204 C Two LCD 36x24 RGB 4 bit B IS L0251 C Two LCD 36x24 RGB Display 4 bit C IS L0271 C Two LCD 36x24 RGB Compact 4 bit D IS L0107 ISISABFP4RGB One LCD 36x24 RGB 4 bit Bicolor Single color 4 bit E IS L0205 C Two LCD 36x24 Bicolor Single color 4 bit Bicolor Single color 2 bit F IS L0102 SW One
57. s com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 LCD LED Block A block of 16 LCD LED codes The backlighting and LCD display mode for the 16 LCD switch displays Byte LCD LED code for Switch 1 LCD LED code for Switch 2 15 LCD LED code for Switch 15 16 LCD LED code for Switch 16 6 Communication Protocol The controller communicates with the host by serial communication via RS232 8 bits NP 9600 The controller receives the data via an interrupt routine that places the data in the circular receive buffer When the controller detects data in the circular receive buffer it reads one byte and executes the following A If the byte is a command the controller transmits a 61H and executes the subroutine for the command and upon completion of command the controller transmits 79H All of the commands are explained in detail in proceeding sections B If the byte is not a command it is ignored When the controller executes a subroutine and expects additional information A A timer is set If the expected data byte is not received in 50ms the controller transmits 6EH and terminates the routine B If the byte value is not acceptable invalid range option etc the controller transmits 6EH and terminates the routine Commands are one byte in the range of 20H to 2FH and 01H and are transmitted in hex format The proper format for all command options
58. sing the options if terminated properly sends 79H else sends 6EH Option Read Unit ID 41H The Unit ID is one byte Controller transmits the unit ID to the host in HEX format Default Unit ID 41H Option Set Unit ID 42H Unit ID Controller sets the unit ID to the next byte received after 42H This is used in RS422 as device address Otherwise it can be used by user for any propose such as indicating the data version downloaded to the controller Option Red LED Backlighting ON 43H Controller inserts the LED Code 11H Red color in the refresh buffer for all the switches IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 32 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Option Green LED Backlighting ON 44H Controller inserts the LED Code 22H Green color in the refresh buffer for all the switches Option Amber LED Backlighting ON 45H Controller inserts the LED Code 33H Amber color in the refresh buffer for all the switches Option LED Backlighting OFF 46H Controller inserts the LED Code 00H OFF in the refresh buffer for all the switches Option Reserved 47H 48H Option Increases LED Brightness Level 49H Controller reads the current LED brightness level increments it and stores its valu
59. st 9600 20H 39H 36H 30H 30H 19200 31H 39H 32H 30H 30H and 57600 35H 37H 36H 30H 30H 1BH Transmit 79H and exit command 26H No change to serial set up 58H Transmit 79H and exit command 26H No change to serial set up xxH Any serial Transmit 6EH and exit command 26H No change to serial set up mode non option byte Example 26 53 33 49 sets the baud speed to 57600 upon power up or reset Option Reserved 54H 55H 56H 57H IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 35 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Option Enable Switch Release Reports 61H Controller sets the flag which enables switch release reports Bit 0 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Disable Switch Release Reports 62H Controller sets the flag which disables switch release reports Bit 0 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Disable Switch Closure Beep 63H Controller sets the flag which disables the switch closure beep Bit 6 of FLAG A The effect lasts for only the duration of the session Option Enable Switch Closure Beep 64H Controller sets the flag which enables the switch closure beep Bit 6 of FLAG A The effect lasts for o
60. t bitmap is 10 bytes making up a character graphic This font is actually 8x10 font so all 8 bits of each character graphic byte are used The first byte is the top row of the character graphic and the 10th byte is the bottom row of the character graphic The B7 of each byte of the character graphic data is the leftmost column of the character graphic The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Example 21 4244 3032 70 D8 CC C6 C6 FE E6 C6 C6 C6 sends the above illustration to look up table index 02 6 8 Back light set up commands These commands are for various backlight set ups These commands are downloaded once and are not normally used during the real time operation Command to set LCD LED Code for a switch press event This command sets the LCD LED Code for when any switch is pressed If bit 3 of Flag B is enabled switches display this backlight color while pressed command format 21H E3H LCD LED code LCD LED code transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxAH E3H is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 45H 33H LCD LED code is one byte and must be sent twice in ASCII HEX format The default color is red 11 The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to set the time for LED s OFF Cycle duration This command downloads the timer value for the duration of the LED s Off Cycle LEDs are refreshed with two set of data sequentially The two cycles a
61. te the switches image addresses with the Addresses from the Attribute Block If any of the Addresses in the attribute block is equal to zero do not change that switch s image address E3 If bit 0 of FLAG B is enabled default enabled update the LCD LED codes for the switches according to data from updated switch image addresses Commands from host There are many commands available for the host to control the switches in real time or set up the controller for stand alone operation The commands are described in proceeding section 5 Data formats This section describes the definitions and data block formats 5 1 Key Terms amp Definitions Byte An eight bit hex value ranging from 00H to FFH Decimal 0 to 255 The bit format of a byte is B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 BO where B7 is most significant and bit BO is least significant bit Nibble Hex digit A four bit value ranging from OH to FH A byte consists of two nibbles ASCII A byte value representing a symbol Communication There are two formats to transmit a byte Format 1 Hex format A hex byte is transmitted without any change to it xxH will be used to denote this For example the hex byte 5AH is transmitted as a single byte SAH All commands and some data are sent using this format 2 ASCII HEX format Each nibble of the byte is converted to ASCII code and sent as a byte xxAH will be used to denote this For example the hex byte 5AH is transmitted in two bytes
62. the corresponding code in the refresh buffer is left unchanged If an update is desired for the value of zero Bit 7 should be set to 1 The new backlight colors go to effect immediately If it is desired to control the backlights from host completely the bit 0 of FLAG B should be disabled Otherwise the backlights change the LCD LED codes from storage when any new address is assigned to the switches command format 2CH 30H LCD LED code block transmit format xxH xxH xxAH LCD LED code block is 16 bytes of LCD LED codes one for each switch and must be sent in ASCIT HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to download one LCD LED Code to specified Switch This command downloads a LCD LED code to the refresh buffer for the specified switch The new backlight color goes to effect immediately If it is desired to control the backlights from host completely the bit 0 of FLAG B should be disabled Otherwise the backlights change the LCD LED codes from storage when any new address is assigned to the switches command format 2FH 30H Switch LCD LED code transmit format xxH xxH xxAH xxAH Switch is one byte with value of 01H to 10H and must be sent in ASCII HEX format LCD LED code is one byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H 6 3 Graphic images graphic manipulation and LCD LED codes Thes
63. value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OEH is two byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 45 ASCII string is 6 bytes and is a string of font 5x7 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H Command to display 6 characters for the second line of font 5x7 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the second line of 6 characters of font 5x7 No changes made to rest of the image command format 27H Address OFH ASCII string transmit format xxH xxAH xxAH xxH Address is one byte with value of 01H to FFH and must be sent in ASCII HEX format OFH is tw byte and must be sent in ASCII HEX format 30 46 ASCII string is 6 bytes and is a string of font 5x7 look up table indexes It must be sent in HEX format The controller responds with 61H and after processing the command 79H E O IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Page 17 of 52 Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 Command to display 6 characters for the third line of font 5x7 in the specified address This command creates the image data at a specified address with the third line of 6 cha
64. vedeestndaaueleeiandeneie E N E s a E 48 10 Appendix HEX Decimal Binary sccevssc wvsnbinewsstuddelpepiseneeasereceimieideuiens 49 IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User Manual D doc Toll Free 1 877 2BUYNKK 877 228 9655 Phone 480 991 0942 Fax 480 998 1435 www nkkswitches com Email engineering nkkswitches com Page 2 of 52 0110 NIKI IS C1603 Intelligent Controller User SWITCHES Manual 7850 East Gelding Drive Scottsdale AZ 85260 3420 1 General Controller Features The IS C1603 controls 16 LCD 36x24 switches displays The IS C1603 is designed to be used in many different applications There is total flexibility with user defined features that allow the controllers to be programmed for specific applications The user defined data and set up are stored in a non volatile memory and specify the way the system behaves The firmware can be customized based on customer requirements Below are current features General features 16 LCD 36x24 switches displays Serial communication via RS232 9 6K default 19 2K 57 6K 1 start bit 8 bit 1 stop bit RS422 optional Program responses to switch actions events and timer expire events User programmable for images attributes and set ups Set the type of activity reports from the controller to host LED Brightness settings Non volatile memory for 255 images and attributes Reports switch activities via serial port Stand alone operation or real time control by host

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