Pathway PWGW DIN N NSB Architectural Gateway Instruction Manual

PWGW DIN N
NSB Architectural Gateway
Manual

OVERVIEW

NSB is a system of modular button and slider wall station inserts that trigger memory recorded on Cognito² and Choreo lighting controllers.
NSB Architectural Gateways provide connectivity for 485 wall stations, allowing the use of legacy multi-drop wiring where PoE a home-run may not be possible, or simply as a way to expand the number of stations connected to a Cognito² or Choreo using a single Ethernet connection.

CONNECTIONS

The gateway features terminal blocks that can be removed from the module to facilitate wiring. Both compression fit and IDC terminal blocks are supplied. Use IDC connectors with solid core cable and a compression fit with stranded copper wire.
POWER
The gateway must be supplied 24 VDC to operate. If your system uses the full 64 insert capacity, you must supply 72 Watts. DO NOT use the IDC connectors on the main power connector.
STATION BUSES
All station bus wiring must be in a continuous run and daisy-chained.
No “tees” are permitted. The maximum cable length for category 5 wiring is 500 feet (152 meters). The maximum cable length for Belden 9773 wiring is 1000 feet (305 meters). The last station on the line must be terminated with two resistors with a value of 100 to 120 ohms, between pins 1 & 2 and between pins 3 & 4. Architectural Gateways ship with four pre-terminated IDC connectors.
Each bus can power up to 16 inserts. For example, a wall station comprising one 4-button master and one dual slider slave counts as 2 inserts. The gateway can power a total of 64 inserts across the four buses. Wall station configuration is done on the Cognito2 or Choreo controller itself.
CONTACT CLOSURES
Dry contact closure terminals are provided on gateway model PWGW DIN NC8 and PWGW DIN NC16 (8 and 16, respectively) for triggering memories with external momentary contacts. Buttons with LED indicators are included on the gateway itself for local control or testing purposes.

STATION BUS WIRING

Category 5 Wiring (using IDC connector)

Belden 9773 Wiring (using compression screw)

NOTE: Terminate both ends of the wire identically, as per above (wall station and gateway)

POWER| Glowing steadily red indicates the power supply is OK; off indicates no power.
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IDENTIFY| Will flash blue when Pathscape software is identifying the gateway. Without Pathscape connected, you will not see this indicator light on.
BUS| Bus lights will flash red when the gateway receives data from the inserts on the bus. Likewise, the Link LED on the back of the master inserts will blink when they receive data from the gateway.
RJ45 LEDs| The RJ45 Ethernet jack has two green LEDs. One will glow steadily when the link is up and the other will flash with activity.
CONTACT
CLOSURE
LEDs| Will glow a dim blue when associated memory is inactive; will glow bright blue when memory is active.
If there is no recorded memory to trigger, the LED will be off.
These LEDs will also flash when Pathscape is identifying the gateway.

PWGW DIN NC8 Gateway in Divisible Ballroom

CONFIGURATION

Step 1
Ensure all your wall stations are wired per the guide on the reverse of this page and that the last station in the bus is terminated. When the gateway is powered, you should see BUS activity on the wired bus terminal at the gateway and on the rear of each station.
Step 2
Connect the gateway to the lighting network via the Ethernet port. On your Cognito2 /Choreo controller, go to the Setup menu and choose the NSB tab. To add new stations, press the “Add Station” button at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3
All connected NSB stations (and gateways with contact closures) should appear in the “Discovered Stations” list. If any devices are missing, double-check wiring as per Step 1, or use Pathscape to discover and reconcile any IP addressing issues.
Step 4
The stations are listed in the following format: Serial Number, Name, and button/slider configuration. For example, a 4-button + 2 slider station named “Hall A North” with a serial number “1234567” would show up as “1234567, Hall A North,bbbbff”. The “bbbbff” means the station is configured as 4 buttons (“bbbb”) and two sliders (faders, “ff”).
To add the station, touch the “Apply” checkmark. You can also press the “Add All” button to add all stations shown. If you are unsure which station is which, press the “Identify Station” button, which will flash the LEDs on the selected station.
Step 5
The new station(s) will now be in the Assigned Stations list. To configure the station, select it and press the “Edit Station” button.
Step 6
You can now edit the station name, assign the station to a room (default is “Global”), and choose the memory page and button and/or slider offset. Choose the memory page you’d like the station to drive. Then choose the button and/or slider offset to map the buttons and sliders to the appropriate memories. Touch the “Apply” checkmark to confirm your settings.
Step 7
Touch the “X” to exit the NSB menu and return to the main Cognito 2/ Choreo screen. Touch the “Play” button on the main toolbar, and choose the memory page you mapped the NSB wall station to in Step 6.
Step 8
Press each button and move each slider on the station individually while checking recorded memories on the Cognito2 /Choreo screen.
Ensure each button and slider is triggering the intended memory.
Step 9
Return to the Setup menu, and repeat Steps 5 through 8 for all remaining stations.
Step 10
To configure the contact closures on the gateway, repeat steps 5 through 8. The contact closure inputs are treated as buttons in the software, so configure them as you would a button station. To test, use the provided buttons on the gateway itself.
Wire the contact closure terminals as per the silkscreen on the gateway: all grounds/common to the COM (pole 5 of the terminal block), and each contact to the appropriate pole/CC# of the terminal block (CC1 for button/memory 1, CC2 for button/memory 2, etc). Contacts 1-4 are wired through the top terminal block, and 5-8 on the bottom.

PWGW DIN NC8 Gateway for Remote Wallstations and Interactive Triggers

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Before testing the stations, release all active cues and memories on the Cognito2/Choreo controller. This ensures only the NSB stations will activate memories.
You may find it easier to identify and name the stations via Pathscape on a PC attached to the lighting network, prior to configuring them in the Cognito2/Choreo menus. By default, the NSB stations are named according to their IP addresses, so it may not be obvious which station is which in the Cognito2/Choreo menu. It is still possible to identify and name them using the controller UI, but it may be faster to do so using Pathscape software.
You may freely mix NSB PoE with NSB 485 + Architectural Gateway on the same network. The configuration of both variants is identical.
The button and slider offsets may be set differently or may overlap. For example, on a 4-button + 2 sliders + 2 slider station, you may wish for the 4 buttons to activate memories 1-4 as an on/off toggle, and the 4 sliders to allow for dimming control of those same 4 memories. To do this, set both the button and slider offsets to 1. Note that in this scenario, the buttons have priority; if button 1 is pressed and you attempt to modify the level with slider 1, nothing will happen until you press button 1 again to deactivate it.
Alternatively, you may want, as an example, buttons 1-4 to activate memories 11-14 and the sliders to activate memories 7-10. In this case, set the button offset to 11, and the slider offset to 7.
By default, button offset is always 1, and slider offset is calculated dynamically based on the number of buttons in the wall station. For example, on a 4-button and 2-slider station, the slider offset would be 5. On an 8-button and 2-slider station, the slider offset would be 9. On a station comprised of sliders only, the slider offset will default to 1. Slider offset properties are not shown on stations without physical sliders.
Buttons and sliders are functionally contiguous, starting at their respective offset, even if they are not physically contiguous. For example, in a station configured as (left-to-right) 4 buttons + 2 sliders + 2 buttons + 1 slider and with a button/slider offset of 1:7, the buttons will trigger memories 1-6, even if there are 2 sliders between the 4 button insert and the 2 button insert. Likewise, the sliders would trigger memories 7-9 even though the 2-button insert is between them.
If your application requires the buttons/sliders to operate non-contiguously (ie. the first 4 buttons trigger memories 1-4, the next 2 sliders trigger memories 5-6, the next 2 buttons trigger memories 7-8, and so on) you must physically build this wall stations as two discrete stations with their own masters. They may of course occupy the same wall box, but logically they must be discrete. It is not possible to offset both sets of buttons or sliders by different values.
You can also record memories without attributes (blank memories) and add Actions to trigger other memory virtual bump buttons or run cues or any other function supported by Actions.

ELECTRICAL INFORMATION

• 24VDC Power Input
• 72W maximum power consumption (8W per gateway plus 1W per insert, to a maximum of 64 inserts on the 4-bus station network)
• Bus power: 24V DC over Cat5 or three-pair cable (Belden 9773 or equivalent)
• Bus wiring:
• Standard Cat5/5e/6 Cable: 492 ft (150m) maximum
• Retrofit onto existing 3-pair Belden 9773 or equivalent: 984 ft (300m) maximum
• Using IDC Connectors: Cat5 or solid wire, 22-24 AWG
• Using Compression screw connectors: three-pair stranded (Belden 9773 or Equiv), 14-30 AWG
• Class 2 Device

COMPLIANCE

• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
• RoHS 2011/65/EU + A1 2015/863
• CE
• California Title 1.81.26, Security of Connected Devices

PHYSICAL

• 1.0 lbs (0.45 kg)
• Dimensions:
• PWGW DIN N: 4.5”W x 4” H x 1.9” D (113mm x 103mm x 48mm)
• PWGW DIN NC8: 6.25” W x 4” H x 1.9” D (159mm x 103mm x 48mm)
• PWGW DIN NC16: 8” W x 4” H x 1.9” D (203mm x 103mm x 48mm)
• Operating Conditions: 14°F-113°F (-10°C to 45°C ); 5-95% relative humidity, non-condensing

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References

• DMX Lighting & Networking | Pathway Connectivity

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