DNF ST420-VSS User Manual
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1. 5 gt Q 0 0 gt 7 5 N gt Page 20 of 21 ST420 VSS User Manual 9 DNF CONTROLS LIMITED WARRANTY DNF Controls warrants its product to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one 1 year from the date of sale to the original purchaser from DNF Controls In order to enforce the rights under this warranty the customer must first contact DNF s Customer Support Department to afford the opportunity of identifying and fixing the problem without sending the unit in for repair If DNF s Customer Support Department cannot fix the problem the customer will be issued a Returned Merchandise Authorization number RMA The customer will then ship the defective product prepaid to DNF Controls with the RMA number clearly indicated on the customer s shipping document The merchandise is to be shipped to DNF Controls 12843 Foothill Blvd Suite D Sylmar CA 91342 USA Failure to obtain a proper RMA number prior to returning the product may result in the return not being accepted or in a charge for the required repair DNF Controls at its option will repair or replace the defective unit DNF Controls will return the unit prepaid to the customer The method of shipment is at the discretion of DNF Controls principally UPS Ground for shipments within the United States of America Shipments to international customers will be sent via air Should a customer require the product to be returned2. 12843 Foothill Blvd Suite D Sylmar CA 91342 813 898 3380 voice 818 898 3360 fax Sales dnfcontrols com www dnfcontrols com ST420 VSS Shotbox for Vista Systems Spyder User Manual Revision 1 03 TABLE OF CONTENTS REVISION oa M 2 3 COMPONENTE T i iint eu 4 INSTALLATION an ee AA A 4 OPERATION ssc sei ie ea be ai 12 SPEGIFIGATIONS usa 19 KEYBOARD LAYOUT ao 20 DNF CONTROLS LIMITED 21 SEES Sese qus uos e C e D REVISIONS 1 00 11 13 06 1 01 12 12 06 1 02 12 20 06 1 03 01 04 07 Page 2 of 21 Original draft First preliminary manual Add Learn Script function Updated Learn function ST420 VSS User Manual 1 OVERVIEW The ST420 VSS Shotbox provides a fast and easy means to recall Command Keys on Spyder The Shotbox is typically used in lieu of Vista s control panel It may be used in conjunction with a computer or without a computer The Shotbox connects to Spyder over an ethernet interface The ST420 VSS Shotbox gives you the power to e Read Commands Keys from Vista Advanced and automatically map to Shotbox keys Assign Command Key to a specific Shotbox key e Recall a Command Key at the press of a key e Recall a Group of Command Keys at the press of a key Step forward and backwards through the cues in a single Script or a group of Scripts e Jump to a specific cue
3. Press the READ CMD KEYS key shotkey 1 The key will turn green Please wait for the Command Key data to be loaded into the Shotbox This process takes several seconds Upon completion the Shotbox will automatically exit the Setup Menu and display the Command Keys assigned to the currently selected bank ST420 VSS User Manual Page 11 of 21 6 OPERATION The Shotbox supports two major modes of operation LEARN and RECALL After recalling a single or group of Command Keys step forward or backwards through each cue or jump to a specific cue The Command Keys on pages 1 through 9 of Vista Advanced may be downloaded into banks 1 through 9 respectively on the Shotbox The Command Keys number 1 through 27 on each page will be downloaded into Shotbox keys 1 through 27 See the READ COMMAND KEYS section in this manual for more information All operator LEARNs in these banks will be overwritten Bank 0 on the Shotbox is reserved for Operator LEARNs Any Command Key on any page may be assigned to any Shotbox key See the LEARN COMMAND KEY section of this manual Bank 0 assignments will not be overwritten during a READ COMMAND KEYS download Bank 1 through Bank 9 will only allow the same Command Key number to be assigned to a Shotbox key For example Command Key number 15 will be assigned only to Shotbox key 15 The assigned cue number and text label may be any value a LEARN COMMAND KEY SCRIPT 1 Press the LEARN key to
4. key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes h Toggle Spyder Status Polling ON OFF NOTE It is recommended that the polling be set to ON 1 The POLLING ON OFF is displayed in the key Each key press will toggle the function 2 Press the POLLING key until it shows POLLING ON NOTE After exiting the Setup Menu the six control key LEDs SHIFT through ENTER will turn on to indicate that there is no communication between the Shotbox and Spyder The six control key LEDs will remain off while the Shotbox successfully communicates with Spyder The six control key LEDs will NOT change state in the Setup Menu ST420 VSS User Manual Page 9 of 21 i Learn option Page 10 of 21 NOTE The switches that are read from the Spyder using the Read CMD Keys button are always read as Command Keys regardless of this menu setting This menu setting applies only to manual learns Press to toggle between LEARN SCRIPT or LEARN CMD KEY When set to LEARN SCRIPT all the switches that are learned contain SCRIPT information The actual Page and Register number is not saved The command key can be moved to any page or moved within the page but the content of the switch stays the same The first line of the switches shows an up to 5 digit script number when LEARN SCRIPT is selected When set to LEARN CMD KEY all the switches that are learned contain Page and Register number information If the command is moved to an
5. CABLE D25M CONNECTOR LANTRONICS UDS 1100 DNF P N UD RJ45 our CONNECTOR SERIAL TO ETHERNET ETHERNET ADAPTOR CABLE RS232 FURNISHED CABLE D25M D9F SPYDER ETHERNET RJ45 PORT CONNECTOR D9M D9M ADAPTOR DNF P N 1030 0024 00 POWER SUPPLY ST420 VSS User Manual Page 5 of 21 5 SETUP Press the SHIFT ENTER keys to enter the Setup Menu Press the ESC key at any time to exit the Setup Menu Press the SET UP LANTRONIX key shotkey 13 to configure the serial to Ethernet adaptor Disconnect the power connector to the adaptor and reconnect it Within three seconds press any key on the Shotbox The diagnostic LED on the LANTRONIX adaptor will flash RED The Shotbox keys will display VIEW IP ADDRESS VIEW SUBNET MASK VIEW GATEWAY and VIEW SPYDER IP ADDRESS b Set IP Address 1 Press the VIEW IP ADDRESS key shotkey 1 The IP address is displayed in four keys in the upper right section of the keyboard The key with green illumination is the active field Use the lt lt lt lt or gt gt gt gt keys to select the field that you want to change 2 Enter the IP address of the adaptor using the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox This has to be a unique address that is not used by any other device on the network 3 Press the ENTER key to save the entered IP address OR Press the ESC key or BACK key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes Page 6 of 21 ST420 VSS User Manual c
6. Set Subnet Mask 1 Press the VIEW SUBNET MASK key shotkey 2 The Subnet Mask is displayed in four keys in the upper right section of the keyboard The key with green illumination is the active field Use the lt lt lt lt or gt gt gt gt keys to select the field that you want to change 2 Enter the Subnet Mask for the IP address entered in 8 above using the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox For example enter 255 255 255 0 for a Class C IP address If not sure enter 255 255 255 0 3 Press the ENTER key to save the entered Subnet Mask OR Press the ESC key or BACK key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes d Set Gateway 1 Press the VIEW GATEWAY key shotkey 3 The Gateway IP Address is displayed in four keys in the upper right section of the keyboard The key with green illumination is the active field Use the lt lt lt lt or gt gt gt gt keys to select the field that you want to change 2 Enter the Gateway IP address using the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox If the Spyder and Shotbox are connected to the same ethernet hub or switch enter 0 0 0 0 3 Press the ENTER key to save the entered Gateway address OR Press the ESC key or BACK key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes ST420 VSS User Manual Page 7 of 21 e Set Spyder IP Address 1 Press the VIEW SPYDER IP ADR key shotkey 4 The Spyder IP Address is displayed in four keys in the
7. in a more expeditious manner the return shipment will be billed to their freight account This warranty will be considered null and void if accident misuse abuse improper line voltage fire water lightning or other acts of God damaged the product All repair parts are to be supplied by DNF Controls either directly or through its authorized dealer network Similarly any repair work not performed by either DNF Controls or its authorized dealer may void the warranty After the warranty period has expired DNF Controls offers repair services at prices listed in the DNF Controls Price List DNF Controls reserves the right to refuse repair of any unit outside the warranty period that is deemed non repairable DNF Controls shall not be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or other types of damage resulting from the use of the product HH ST420 VSS User Manual Page 21 of 21
8. initiate the Learn process The LEARN key led will turn on and the keyboard will turn yellow Press the LEARN key a second time to terminate LEARN at any time prior to completing the Learn process The LEARN key led will turn off 2 Select a Shotbox BANK key The BANK key led will turn on The Shotkeys will display all current LEARNs in the selected bank 3 Select a Shotkey LEARN KEY Overwrite an existing assignment or create a new assignment When the setting is set to UEARN CMD KEY the user is prompted to enter PAGE REGISTER CUE and LABEL 4 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter a Page number 1 20 Enter a 1 or 2 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the ESC key to exit Page 12 of 21 ST420 VSS User Manual 5 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter Register Command Key number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the BACK or ESC key to exit 6 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter a Cue number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the BACK or ESC key to exit 7 Foll
9. off OR Press the ESC key to exit select mode without any changes f REV FWD PVW PGM 1 Press the REV lt lt lt or FWD gt gt gt key to step forward or backward respectively through the currently selected script red Shotbox key or group of scripts When the last cue is reached additional REV Key presses will be ignored When the first Cue is reached additional FWD key presses will be ignored 2 Press the PVW PGM key to jump to the PREVIEW cue of the currently selected script or group of scripts 3 Press the SHIFT PVW PGM keys to jump to the PROGRAM cue of the currently selected script or group of scripts ST420 VSS User Manual Page 15 of 21 g JUMP TO CUE LEARN CMD KEY Page 16 of 21 1 2 Press the JUMP key to initiate the jump process Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired cue Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press ENTER to jump to the entered cue OR Press the JUMP TO REG key Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired page number Enter a 1 or 2 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the ESC key to exit Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired REGISTER number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading ze
10. selected bank 1 Press the desired BANK key The BANK key led will turn on Press SHIFT ENTER to access the Setup Menu Press the LOCK CURRNT BANK key shotkey 30 The Shotbox will exit the Setup Menu and return to the current bank The Setup Menu will show LOCKED The LOCKED status will be retained after power is turned off i UNLOCK BANKS Press SHIFT JUMP ENTER keys to unlock the banks and allow selection of all banks ST420 VSS User Manual Page 17 of 21 Page 18 of 21 ST420 VSS User Manual 7 SPECIFICATIONS Power connector Size Weight Rear Panel Connectors Out 90 VAC to 265 VAC adapter supplied with IEC AULT Model SW300 5v O 3 5A 12v O 12v O 0 8A H x W x D 1 75 front 3 5 rear X 11 5 X 6 5 4 lbs DB9F Power DB9M a RS232 SERIAL CONNECTOR OUTPUT 9 Pin D Type Female Pin 1 2 3 4 5 No connection Receive Transmit gt No connection Ground b POWER CONNECTOR 9 Pin D Type Male Pin 1 2 3 4 5 45v DC 45v Ground No Connection No Connection ST420 VSS User Manual CON O CON OD No connection No connection No connection No connection No Connection Ground Ground Ground Page 19 of 21 8 KEYBOARD LAYOUT AI 7 ROY YZ ose fol 2 fo Ge 57420 15 BANK SELECT x O S O lt T
11. upper right section of the keyboard The key with green illumination is the active field Use the lt lt lt lt or gt gt gt gt keys to select the field that you want to change Enter the IP address assigned to the Spyder that Shotbox will control Use the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox Press the ENTER key to save the entered Spyder IP Address OR Press the ESC key or BACK key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes f Save LANTRONIX Configuration Page 8 of 21 1 Press the SAVE key shotkey 21 2 The LANTRONIX configuration will be saved in non volatile memory inside the LANTRONIX adaptor This must be done for any configuration changes to take affect The diagnostic LED on the LANTRONIX adaptor will turn off ST420 VSS User Manual 9 Set Spyder Status Polling Rate This sets the rate at which the Shotbox gets status information from the Spyder The number that is displayed is in 10s of milliseconds The default polling rate is 50 which is equal to 500ms milliseconds or 0 5 seconds NOTE It is recommended that the polling rate be left at the default value of 50 500ms 1 Press the POLLING RATE key shotkey 11 2 The POLLING RATE is displayed in three keys in the upper right section of the keyboard 3 Enter the Polling Rate using the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox 4 Press the ENTER key to save the entered Polling Rate OR Press the ESC key or BACK
12. in a Script or to another Command Key and cue e Jump to the PREVIEW or PROGRAM cue at the press of a key Assign up to 270 Command Keys 10 banks x 27 keys per bank ST420 VSS User Manual Page 3 of 21 2 COMPONENT LIST Qty Component DNF Part Number ST420 SHOTBOX ST420 VSS ST420 POWER SUPPLY 1025 0003 00 POWER CORD part of above i LANTRONIX 005 1100 ADAPTOR 1585 0100 00 LANTRONIX POWER SUPPLY part of above D9F D25M CABLE part of above DB9 M M GENDER CHANGER 1030 0100 00 3 INSTALLATION a Attach mini DB9 M M gender changer to the OUTPUT connector on the rear of the ST420 Turn the hex end of the jack screws to fasten the adaptor to the ST420 Connect the D9F end of the furnished cable to the DB9 M M gender changer Connect the other end D25M of the furnished cable to the LANTRONIX adaptor Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the LANTRONIX adaptor Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the same ethernet hub switch that Spyder is connected to Connect the LANTRONIX power supply to the power input connector on the LANTRONIX Connect the power supply to an AC outlet Connect the ST420 power supply to the POWER connector on the rear of the 51420 4 0121 Connect the IEC connector end of the power cable into the ST420 POWER SUPPLY Connect the other end of the power cable into an AC outlet ST420 VSS User Manual 4 CONNECTION DIAGRAM POWER SUPPLY ETHERNET
13. menu setting b CLEAR LEARN 1 Press the desired BANK key 2 Press and hold the SHIFT key 3 Press the desired Shotbox key to be cleared The face of the Shotbox key will be blank c RECALL COMMAND KEY 1 Press the desired BANK key The selected BANK key s led will turn on The Shotbox keys will display all LEARNs in the selected bank 2 Press the desired Shotbox key The Shotbox key will turn RED The LEARN d Command Key and Cue number will be immediately sent to the Spyder for recall Page 14 of 21 ST420 VSS User Manual d GROUP RECALL 1 Press the GROUP key to recall more than one Command Key The GROUP key led will turn on Press the ESC key to terminate group recall The GROUP key led will turn off 2 Press the desired BANK and Shotbox key The key will turn RED to indicate that it is selected as part of the group Press the key again to remove it from the group 3 Repeat step 2 for each Bank Shotbox key that will be part of the group The maximum size of the group is 10 keys 4 Press the GROUP key to complete group selection and recall the selected Command Keys All keys that are part of the group will remain RED e SELECT COMMAND KEY Select the Command Key that will be affected by the JUMP REV FWD and PVW PGM keys 1 Press the SELECT key The SELECT key led will turn on Press the desired BANK key Press the desired Shotbox key The face of the key will turn red The SELECT key led will turn
14. other page or within the page the content of the switch has to be re learned The first line of the switches shows a page number and a register number separated by a space when LEARN CMD KEY is selected ST420 VSS User Manual j Set Default Cue Used by Read Command Key The default cue number will be automatically assigned to all Shotbox keys populated by the READ COMMAND KEY function see below A Shotbox key press will load the selected Command Key and jump to this cue number 1 Press the ENTER DEFAULT CUES key shotkey 2 2 The DEFAULT CUE is displayed in upper right section of the keyboard 3 Enter the Default Cue number using the displayed numeric keypad on the Shotbox Enter 0 zero for PREVIEW 1 for PROGRAM 4 Press the ENTER key to save the entered default cue number OR Press the ESC key or BACK key shotkey 30 to exit without saving changes k Read Command Keys into Shotbox Use the Read Command Keys function to read pre defined Command Keys in Vista Advanced and automatically assign them to Shotbox keys Command Keys on page 1 will be assigned to Shotbox bank 1 All Command Keys on pages 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 amp 9 will be assigned to Shotbox banks 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 amp 9 respectively Command Keys numbered 1 through 27 on a page will be assigned to Shotbox keys 1 through 27 respectively All Command Keys numbered greater than 27 will NOT be assigned to Shotbox keys 1
15. ow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter a label of 1 to 12 characters Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the BACK or ESC key to exit The Label Page and Command Key number will be displayed on the face of the Shotkey Or Script and Label will be displayed depending on menu setting LEARN SCRIPT Overwrite an existing assignment or create a new assignment When the setting is set to LEARN SCRIPT the user is prompted to enter SCRIPT CUE and LABEL 1 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox 2 Enter a 1 5 digit SCRIPT number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the ESC key to exit ST420 VSS User Manual Page 13 of 21 3 Follow displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter Cue number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the BACK or ESC key to exit 4 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter a label of 1 to 12 characters Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the BACK or ESC key to exit The Label Cue and Script number will be displayed on the face of the Shotkey Or Script and Label will be displayed depending on
16. roes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the ESC key to exit Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired Cue number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to jump to the entered value OR press the ESC key to exit LEARN SCRIPT Press the JUMP key to initiate the jump process Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired cue Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press ENTER to jump to the entered cue OR Press the JUMP TO SCRIPT key ST420 VSS User Manual 4 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired SCRIPT number Enter a 1 5 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to complete the entry OR press the ESC key to exit 5 Follow the displayed prompt on the Shotbox and enter the desired Cue number Enter a 1 2 or 3 digit number Leading zeroes are not required Press the DELETE key to delete the last entered digit Press the ENTER key to jump to the entered value OR press the ESC key to exit h LOCK CURRENT BANK Lock out bank selection and limit operator access to Command Keys on the currently
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