User's Manual
ISM4 INSTALLATION & PROGRAMMING MANUAL 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 
ISM4 FEATURE DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 4 
ISM4 FRONT PANEL FEATURES....................................................................................................................... 4 
ISM4 REAR PANEL FEATURES......................................................................................................................... 5 
ISM4 BOTTOM PANEL FEATURES.................................................................................................................... 7 
SYSTEM APPLICATIONS...................................................................................................................................... 11 
HOME THEATER SYSTEM (Figure 4) .............................................................................................................. 11 
Other Applications........................................................................................................................................... 11 
MULTI-ZONE A/V SYSTEM (Figure 5).............................................................................................................. 12 
INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 
CONNECTIONS...................................................................................................................................................... 13 
HOME THEATER SYSTEM (Figure 4) .............................................................................................................. 13 
MULTI-ZONE SYSTEM (Figure 5)..................................................................................................................... 14 
OTHER CONNECTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 16 
RS232 ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 
EXPANSION................................................................................................................................................... 16 
PROGRAMMING..................................................................................................................................................... 18 
SOURCE ON/OFF MACROS ............................................................................................................................. 18 
COMMAND STRUCTURE.................................................................................................................................. 18 
NAVIGATING AND EDITING MACROS ............................................................................................................ 18 
PROGRAMMING MACROS ............................................................................................................................... 19 
MACRO PROGRAMMING TABLE .................................................................................................................... 19 
Learn IR .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 
IR Learn Error ................................................................................................................................................. 20 
No Delay – with additional Command Structures in the Macro ...................................................................... 20 
Delay – with additional Command Structures in the Macro............................................................................ 21 
No Delay – no additional Command Structures in the Macro......................................................................... 21 
Test Macro...................................................................................................................................................... 21 
Program Remaining Macros ........................................................................................................................... 21 
Exit Edit Mode................................................................................................................................................. 21 
Test ISM4 (All Macros) ................................................................................................................................... 21 
PROGRAMMING RC68 ON/OFF TRIGGER COMMANDS............................................................................... 22 
RC68 Discrete ON/OFF Trigger Command Programming............................................................................. 22 
RC68 Toggle ON/OFF Trigger Command Programming ............................................................................... 22 
RS232 CONTROL AND PROGRAMMING ........................................................................................................ 24 
RS232 Com Port Settings............................................................................................................................... 24 
RS232 Command Strings ............................................................................................................................... 24 
ISM4 Queries .................................................................................................................................................. 24 
CLONING THE ISM4 .......................................................................................................................................... 26 
OPERATING THE ISM4.......................................................................................................................................... 27 
System ON Mode................................................................................................................................................ 27 
System OFF Mode .............................................................................................................................................. 27 
RC68 Triggered Commands ............................................................................................................................... 27 
RS232 Triggered Commands ............................................................................................................................. 28 
APPENDIX .............................................................................................................................................................. 29 
NAVIGATING AND EDITING MACROS ............................................................................................................ 29 
Normal Operating Mode.................................................................................................................................. 29 
Edit Mode - Navigate Macros.......................................................................................................................... 30 
IR Learn Mode ................................................................................................................................................ 31 
Delay Program Mode...................................................................................................................................... 32 
SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................................................... 33 










