Web Mountain Technologies RUC-01 User's Guide

Web Mountain Technologies Page i Remote Universal Controller (RUC)

Web Mountain Technologies Page 4 Chapter 2 Setting Up the RUC This chapter describes how to set up your Remote UPB Controller and connect to it fr

Web Mountain Technologies Page 94 Zwave ------------- POST X10 ------------ POST

Web Mountain Technologies Page 95 Insteon -------- POST Button ------- POST

Web Mountain Technologies Page 96 Chapter 10 Troubleshooting To be determined.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 97 Appendix A General Information For future use.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 98 Appendix B More General Information For Future Use

Web Mountain Technologies Page 5 Mounting the RUC There is nothing special needed to mount the RUC unit. It will sit nicely on any flat surface. D

Web Mountain Technologies Page 6 Accessing your RUC Accessing your RUC from a web browser Find the unit’s IP address by using the Ethernet Discove

Web Mountain Technologies Page 7 A NOTE about networks without a DHCP server. By default, the RUC powers up the first time out of the box in DHC

Web Mountain Technologies Page 8 Chapter 3 Becoming Familiar with the RUC Webpages The RUC includes a built in webserver. All of the configura

Web Mountain Technologies Page 9 Home Page From the Home Page, you will see a summary of several pieces of information. Refer to the example page

Web Mountain Technologies Page 10  Today’s sunrise and sunset times, calculated based upon the Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zone entered into the

Web Mountain Technologies Page 11 Networking Configuration From here you can configure the network parameters for your RUC unit.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 12  The MAC Address shown cannot be changed – this is the MAC address presented to the LAN and hard coded within th

Web Mountain Technologies Page 13 webserver or to run Remote Upstart using the local SPIM, and you would have to open port 9762 if you want to run t

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Web Mountain Technologies Page 14 Device Configuration The Device Configuration page allows the user to setup the two serial ports and to setup othe

Web Mountain Technologies Page 15  Also, select your particular time zone, then select your Daylight Savings Time function. If your locale observ

Web Mountain Technologies Page 16 Admin There are two user names / passwords for the RUC: o The Normal user is wmtruc / password o The Admin user

Web Mountain Technologies Page 17  To change the Admin password (you can’t change the user name), enter the old password, then your new desired pa

Web Mountain Technologies Page 18 UPB Transmission This page is mainly intended for test purposes and to allow a user to send a UPB link remotely t

Web Mountain Technologies Page 19  Enter in your NID – for this case let’s say 66  Enter in your Link ID – let’s use 12  By default the so

Web Mountain Technologies Page 20 Now, highlight and copy the command only – don’t capture the <ctrl-T> or the <cr> part of the line.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 21 Now paste this into the text box on the Send UPB Command text box like this and click on Send Command. Your co

Web Mountain Technologies Page 22 Dynamic DNS One problem that exists with accessing a device at a home is the possibility that the ISP has changed

Web Mountain Technologies Page 23 NOTE: MAKE SURE you do not put the http:// in front of your host name! The WAN IP address box will show your W

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Web Mountain Technologies Page 24 Use the drop down to select pre-existing names. These names are free – if you want to create your own host name

Web Mountain Technologies Page 25 Receive This particular webpage will display the last 15 commands received by the RUC on either of the COM ports.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 26 Triggers This page allows the user to setup simple IF – THEN actions based upon receiving a particular command, se

Web Mountain Technologies Page 27 Notice that this page has three main parts – the Received command, the Send command, and the trigger listing. To

Web Mountain Technologies Page 28 based upon sunrise or sunset. Notice that you can setup an event based upon some amount of time before or after s

Web Mountain Technologies Page 29 To setup a UPB Link as the trigger event, select UPB Link from the dropdown selection, then either enter in the

Web Mountain Technologies Page 30 We have tried to setup the RUC Receive commands to include the most common home automation protocols as simple sel

Web Mountain Technologies Page 31 First, implementing Status will show you whether the load device is on or off. It does this through button colors

Web Mountain Technologies Page 32 able to enter raw hex values. To enter a raw hex value, put a “^” in front of it. In this case, the entry is tel

Web Mountain Technologies Page 33 Note that the Send Email type is not available for Schedule or Button Triggers. To Send an ESI RQ command, ente

Web Mountain Technologies Page iv Contents REMOTE UNIVERSAL CONTROLLER (RUC) ... I

Web Mountain Technologies Page 34 To setup to send a Zwave command, merely enter in the serial Zwave string to be sent. Again, the start (>) a

Web Mountain Technologies Page 35 press the button once, the RUC is put into Home mode. Press it twice and the RUC goes into Vacation mode. Now, w

Web Mountain Technologies Page 36 To send a POST command over Ethernet to control another Ethernet appliance, select POST from the Send Command T

Web Mountain Technologies Page 37 For the first example, let’s trigger one UPB command to be sent upon receipt of a different UPB command. To setu

Web Mountain Technologies Page 38 When the Trigger is completed by clicking on Add Trigger, the screen will display the new added trigger in its

Web Mountain Technologies Page 39 When triggers are added to the trigger list, they are sorted as follows: The first sort criterion is type of tr

Web Mountain Technologies Page 40 Notice that on the trigger listing, there are three buttons on the far right – Delete, Edit, and Run. When you cl

Web Mountain Technologies Page 41 Click on Add Trigger Command and you see the completed page:

Web Mountain Technologies Page 42 Notice that trigger 12 is the trigger we just added. When the trigger list becomes large enough to not display

Web Mountain Technologies Page 43 NOTE: When sending email, the total number of characters – To email address, Subject, and Body – must be at l

Web Mountain Technologies Page v Safety Information Always follow basic safety precautions when using this product to reduce the risk of injury fro

Web Mountain Technologies Page 44 Setting up a Scheduled Event Let’s create a scheduled event that will send a UPB command at 9:15 PM on the weekda

Web Mountain Technologies Page 45 Now, click on Add Trigger. The trigger in our example was added as trigger # 13 and the listing looks like this

Web Mountain Technologies Page 46 ^ - used to enter raw hex codes, for example ^02 means hex code 0x02. ^00 – don’t send a Carriage Return if this

Web Mountain Technologies Page 47 d. If Receive NID=* and Send NID = yy, then send with a NID of yy. e. If Receive NID=* and Send NID=*, then sen

Web Mountain Technologies Page 48 To add buttons to this screen, you will use the Trigger screen, select Button as the Receive Command type, then

Web Mountain Technologies Page 49 Click on the Add Trigger button and the trigger now shows up in the trigger listing like this: Now, click on

Web Mountain Technologies Page 50 Now, if the button is clicked from a browser accessing this page, the RUC will send out the ESI command WBTc on

Web Mountain Technologies Page 51 After clicking OK, here is the revised Control Panel page (the browser page will need to be refreshed in order

Web Mountain Technologies Page 52 Notice that the label also changed on the bottom of the page while the other pages are still shown with their pag

Web Mountain Technologies Page 53 Click on Add App. You will now see this screen: So, now you need to provide the desired information. First,

Web Mountain Technologies Page 54 In the text box for host / IP, we highly recommend using the IP address of the RUC rather than the host name (we

Web Mountain Technologies Page 55 Once you have everything configured, power down your PNA, wait a few seconds, then power it back up. It will down

Web Mountain Technologies Page 56 Backup / Restore This webpage allows the user to backup the various configuration settings used on their RUC, and

Web Mountain Technologies Page 57 To create a backup of your RUC’s settings, merely click on the link below “Backup” that says “csv file”. In som

Web Mountain Technologies Page 58 In some cases, your browser might allow you to save the file as a .txt file. While you can do this, it is recomme

Web Mountain Technologies Page 59 Now, merely click Restore and wait for the process to finish.

Web Mountain Technologies Page 60 Chapter 4 Remote Upstart This chapter provides information about how to use your RUC unit with Upstart remote

Web Mountain Technologies Page 61 Introduction to Upstart In case you are not familiar with the UPB setup and programming tool, Upstart, Upstart is

Web Mountain Technologies Page 62 Download the latest version and install it on the computer that will run Upstart. When installing HW VSP, make su

Web Mountain Technologies Page 63 Make sure the NVT Enabled box is NOT checked. Click on Save Settings to INI file. Then, click on the tab for V

Web Mountain Technologies Page 1 Chapter 1 Introduction RUC Overview Congratulations on your purchase of the Web Mountain Technologies Remote Uni

Web Mountain Technologies Page 64 Select a COM port you want to use. Make sure it is high enough that it doesn’t interfere with one of the hardware

Web Mountain Technologies Page 65 If Upstart connects to the PIM correctly, you will see blue checkmarks on the left and a message that says “Sele

Web Mountain Technologies Page 66 Now, you can start using Upstart as normal. Running Remote Upstart over the Internet (WAN) To setup running Up

Web Mountain Technologies Page 67 and when sitting idle doing nothing else, it is sending constant idle reports back to Upstart. What this means is

Web Mountain Technologies Page 68 Chapter 5 Home Automation The RUC can also be used as an Ethernet PIM for intelligent controller application

Web Mountain Technologies Page 69 Chapter 6 Firmware Updating This chapter provides information about updating your RUC with new firmware. From

Web Mountain Technologies Page 70 Now, double click on Updater_Starter.exe to run the program. This window will pop up. Change the Host Name in th

Web Mountain Technologies Page 71 Notice that it says Programming from Ruc_Updater.cry. The unit has connected and is now programming. Also, se

Web Mountain Technologies Page 72 Notice that this screen only shows Sending part: 12. As more functionality is added to the unit, the “parts” wi

Web Mountain Technologies Page 73 Now, you’re done and have successfully programmed your RUC with the updated firmware. Merely click on the “X” i

Web Mountain Technologies Page 2 Product Block Diagram ProcessorSerial Port #1DB9Serial Port #2RJ45EthernetWirelessDB9DTEDTERegulatorWall wart po

Web Mountain Technologies Page 74 Chapter 7 Serial Ports This chapter provides information about the type and usage of the two serial ports on the

Web Mountain Technologies Page 75 Notice that this interface provides a positive voltage on pin 4 of the DB9 connector. Also notice that pin 5 shou

Web Mountain Technologies Page 76 This is the type of serial interface used on a UPB serial PIM (WMT SPIM-01) and many other automation interface de

Web Mountain Technologies Page 77 Chapter 8 Warranty The Web Mountain RUC unit is warranted for a period of 1 year after purchase of product. I

Web Mountain Technologies Page 78 Chapter 9 Additional Trigger Examples Conversion Examples Receive -- Send ESI RQ ----------- Email Sc

Web Mountain Technologies Page 79 X10 --------------- Email Insteon ----------- Email Button --------- Email (FUTURE) ESI RQ

Web Mountain Technologies Page 80 Schedule ------------ ESI RQ Schedule ------------ ESI RP UPB Direct --------- ESI RQ UPB Direct -----

Web Mountain Technologies Page 81 UPB Link ---------- ESI RP Multiple examples \ Zwave ------------ ESI RQ Zwave --------- ESI RP X10 -

Web Mountain Technologies Page 82 Insteon ------ ESI RP Button ----- ESI RQ Button --- ESI RP Buttons 1 & 6 (Labeled Raise Blinds a

Web Mountain Technologies Page 83 ESI RQ -------- UPB Direct Schedule ----- UPB Direct UPB Direct ------ UPB Direct UPB Link ------- U

Web Mountain Technologies Page 3 Where to Find Information The following resources are supplied to you to help you get the most out o

Web Mountain Technologies Page 84 Zwave ----------- UPB Direct X10 ------------ UPB Direct Insteon ------- UPB Direct Button ---

Web Mountain Technologies Page 85 UPB Link ------- UPB Link Zwave -------- UPB Link X10 ------------ UPB Link Insteon ------------ U

Web Mountain Technologies Page 86 UPB Direct ------- Zwave UPB Link ------- Zwave Zwave --------- Zwave X10 ---------- Zwave Insteo

Web Mountain Technologies Page 87 UPB Direct -------- X10 UPB Link --------- X10 Zwave ----------- X10 X10 ------------- X10 Insteo

Web Mountain Technologies Page 88 UPB Direct --------- Insteon UPB Link ---------- Insteon Zwave ------------- Insteon

Web Mountain Technologies Page 89 Button ----------- Insteon Schedule ------- HOME UPB Direct ------- HOME UPB Link ------- HOME

Web Mountain Technologies Page 90 Button ------- HOME Schedule ------- VACATION UPB Direct ------- VACATION UPB Link ------- VACATION

Web Mountain Technologies Page 91 X10 ------- VACATION Button ------- VACATION

Web Mountain Technologies Page 92 ESI RQ ---------- POST Run button #6 on page 4 of RUC at 192.168.1.15 Schedule -------- POST

Web Mountain Technologies Page 93 UPB Direct --------- POST Button 6, Page 4 on RUC at 192.168.1.15 UPB Link ---------- POST