JLCooper Electronics ES-4/100 Manuale utente
ES-4/100 & ES-8/100
RS-232 Desktop Automation Controllers
Users Manual
First Edition
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ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 RS-232 Automation Controllers
User’s Manual, First Edition, Part Number 932496
Copyright ©2010
JLCooper Electronics
142 Arena Street
El Segundo, CA 90245 USA
+1 310 322 9990
www.jlcooper.com
All rights reserved worldwide.
ES-4/100 and ES-8/100, FaderMaster Professional, FaderMaster Pro,
FaderMaster, FaderMaster-4/100, MCS-3800, MCS-3400, MCS-3000, MCS-
3000x and MCS-3000 Series are the property of JLCooper Electronics.
All other product names are the property of their respective owners.
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Welcome
Thank you for purchasing the ES-4/100 or ES-8/100. Continuing
in the tradition of JLCooper’s FaderMaster Professional, the ES-
4/100 and ES-8/100 retain the feel and control of high quality;
100mm long throw faders and adds touch sensitive, motorized
automation. The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 deliver this in a compact,
durable desktop package.
Like the FaderMaster Professional, JLCooper’s design philosophy
is to give you the feel and control over your art that technology has
taken away. Modern hardware and software products are loaded
with so many features, but simply lack the tactile user-interface to
quickly and intuitively use these features.
The growing use of computer-based automation has necessitated
the development of a professional mix interface. No longer will
one-fader-at-a-time “mouse mixing” suffice in today’s fast paced,
high profile projects. The faders themselves must have the feel that
the professional video editor or audio engineer demands.
All these qualities have been combined to put you back in control
and give you new opportunities for creative freedom in the studio
or on-stage.
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Table of Contents
Welcome ......................................................................................... 3
Introduction.................................................................................... 5
Features...................................................................................... 5
Interface..................................................................................... 5
Controls...................................................................................... 6
System Requirements ..................................................................... 7
Installation ..................................................................................... 8
Unpacking.................................................................................. 8
Physical Setup............................................................................ 8
Hookup....................................................................................... 8
Operation........................................................................................ 9
Faders......................................................................................... 9
Function Select .......................................................................... 9
Electrical Interface.................................................................. 10
Care and Service .......................................................................... 13
Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 14
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Introduction
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 are 4- and 8-channel automation
controllers. They can control standalone RS-232 equipment or,
computer-based applications such as audio editing, music
production, video editing, animation and scientific visualization.
Features
• Controls music, audio, video and animation applications
• 4 or 8 100mm touch sensitive, motorized faders
• 8 virtual faders available via bank switching (ES-4/100)
• Select, Solo, Mute and Aux keys
• Implements all functions of JLCooper MCS-3000x
• Physically compatible with MCS3S and
other MCS-Pro series products in the deep chassis
• Durable, compact all-metal construction
• Single captive cable minimizes footprint
Interface
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 RS-232 come with a standard RS-232
interface that connects to any device that has a RS-232 interface.
Controls
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Figure 1 – Control Location
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1. Faders
Prominently featured on the top panel of the unit are four or
eight 100mm, touch sensitive, motorized faders. Because
the faders are motorized, the faders can respond to updates
from your system or software package.
2. Fader Buttons and LEDs
Above the each fader is a button with a corresponding
LED. These buttons and LEDs provide for control various
functions such as SELECT, SOLO, MUTE and AUXiliary.
These buttons are momentary acting. Your system or
computer software controls the LEDs.
3. Function Select Buttons
To the left side are four buttons, which select the
functionality of the buttons above the faders.
4. Inc / Dec Buttons
Changes the fader bank. The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100
internally keeps track of 8 fader channels. However, since
the ES-4/100 only has 4 physical faders, the INC/DEC
buttons allow the user to select the four channels that the
unit controls at any given time. DEC selects channels 1,2,3
& 4, which is the default after power is applied, while INC
selects channels 5, 6, 7 & 8. These buttons in the ES-8/100
send Bank Up and Band Down commands
System Requirements
Any computer with a RS-232 interface.
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Installation
Unpacking
When unpacking the unit please keep the original packaging in the
event the unit needs to be shipped.
The unit is packed with the following items:
ES-4/100 or ES-8/100
Universal Power Supply and Power Cord
This Users Manual
Physical Setup
Mount the unit on a solid surface away from dust or moisture.
Connect the provided power supply to the unit.
Connect the power supply to a proper power outlet.
Connect the ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 to your system as outlined
below.
Hookup
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 RS-232 connects to a RS-232 port in
your system.
Consult your system documentation for more information on
setting up and configuring your RS-232 port.
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Operation
Faders
Since there are only 4 physical faders, only 4 faders can be
manipulated and shown at any time. The use of all 8 faders is
accomplished through “bank switching”. The faders are arranged
in two groups of 4 faders. The Inc/Dec button selects the bank to
make active. When the unit is first powered on, Bank 1 (faders 1-
4) is active. When the INC button is pressed, Bank 2 (faders 5-8)
is active. Bank 1 can be selected by pressing the DEC button.
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 internally keeps track of all 8 faders.
For example, if the INC button is pressed, the ES-4/100 and ES-
8/100 will remember the settings of Faders 1-4. Pressing the DEC
button will restore the faders to their original positions.
Additionally, if the computer made updates to the fader position,
those positions would be remember even if they were part of a
bank that was not currently selected.
This also holds true for the LEDs above the faders. The ES-4/100
and ES-8/100 will remember the settings of the LEDs when the
banks are changed.
Function Select
The Fader buttons can produce various actions in your application.
Typically, the Fader buttons can be set to perform a SELECT,
SOLO, MUTE or any other command that your software package
might use.
Please consult your documentation.
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Technical Information
Electrical Interface
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 uses the EIA RS-232A protocol over a
9 pin D-Sub connector. The pinout is listed in the table below:
1 DCD*
2 Data to computer
3 Data from computer
4 DTR**
5 Ground
6 DSR*
7 RTS**
8 CTS*
9 Not used
* Pins 1, 6 and 8 are connected together to provide hardware handshaking
for the computer. The unit does not use these signals.
** Pins 4 and 7 are not used by the unit.
The ES-4/100 and ES-8/100 sends data at 38.4 kbits/sec. The data
format is 1 start bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and 1 parity bit. The
parity is odd. That is, the sum of the data bits and the parity bit is
an odd number.
D7 + D6 + D5 + D4 + D3 + D2 + D1 + D0 + P = odd number
Touch
When a fader knob is touched or released, the ES-4/100 and ES-
8/100 sends the following message:
Bnh 4Ah 0xxxxxxxx
n 0 to 7, corresponding to faders 1 thru 8
xxxxxxx 7Fh when the fader is touched and
00h when the fader is released
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