HomeWorks Interactive Project Checklists

What to bring to the job site

This checklist is intended to help you fill your "toolbox" before leaving for a job site.

• The most recent HWI software
• DB9 male to DB9 female straight through serial cable
  This is for direct uploads – better bring two just in case.
• Modem
  Bring a US Robotics 33.6K or 56K Sportster modem and Lutron processor to modem cable (Black Box Part Number CBPS104615. Black Box's phone number is 1-724-746-5500). Even if you do not plan to leave the modem on the job site, it can help Lutron to diagnose problems by dialing into the system. Don’t forget about 50-100 feet of phone wire to reach a phone jack if there isn’t one already installed for a modem.
• Laptop modem
  If your laptop uses a PCMCIA modem, don’t forget it. This can be useful for doing in room programming using two phone lines or extensions.
• Null Modem adapters
  When integrating with other equipment via the RS-232 port, a null modem adapter is often required for correct communications.
• Extra HWI keypad
  An extra keypad can be very useful when testing or troubleshooting the system. The keypad can be set to an unused address and test programming can be programmed to it without effecting the system operation. It can be very useful for setting state variables for testing conditional programming. Don’t forget a short piece of 4-conductor wire.
• Digital Multimeter
  This is very useful for testing RPM modules as well as for finding communication link shorts.
• HomeWorks Interactive Technical Reference Guide
  This is your bible.
• DIN rail screwdriver
  Hopefully you have a Lutron blue DIN rail screwdriver that fits nicely into the RPM terminal blocks.
• RPM rotary address switch screwdriver
  The rotary address switch on the RPM requires a very small flat head screwdriver.
• LT-1 link terminators
  These came in the processor box, but if they weren’t installed originally, you may need some. 120 ohm resistors work if you don't have LT-1s.
• Spare processor terminal blocks
• Standard analog telephone handset
  You will need a standard analog telephone handset to program the voice prompts into an HWI-TEL9.

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Last Revised 04-4-00

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