GPIO

Cyanview provides a GPIO dongle that can be plugged to the RCP to provide IO extensions.

The CY-CBL-JACK-GPIO8 is an extension dongle that plugs at the back of the RCP and provides 8 inputs/outputs on a DB9 connector. Up to 2 dongles can be connected for a total of 16 GPIO.

• The 3.5mm jack connects to the back of the RCP.
• GPIO are accessible on the DB9 connector.

The dongle can be used to acquire tally inputs or can output preview/touchdown signals. Each GPIO are independent and can be configured as input or output from the GPIO page of the RCP web interface.

pinout

• When a GPIO is used as input :

  • It can be connected directly on dry contact. When the contact is closed, the current will not exceed 500uA.
  • It can be connected to an active contact. In that case, the voltage must not exceed 5V. The connection must be done with respect of the ground. There's no internal circuit to protect against polarity inversions.

• When the GPIO is used as output :

  • The HIGH state voltage is 5V, with a maximum output current of 500uA
  • The LOW state voltage is 0V, with a maximum input current of 25mA

important

It is now frequent to use a common GND for signaling. Care must be taken to connect the GND of multiple equipments together otherwise an input pin might appear as permanently activated (contact closed) on either the RCP or the other equipment such as a router.

Status

The GPIO dongle can be monitored by pushing the Menu button then select GPIO Menu tab.

The status of the 8 port of each GPIO is represented by 1 or 0.

Tally

If your GPIO Dongle is used for Tally, configuration is to be done via the GPIO page of the RCP Configuration Web UI. Please refer to the Tally configuration of the RCP Manual.