GPIO (I/O-22)

This topic describes how to configure and control the General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) hardware interface for the I/O-22 in Q-SYS Designer.

The GPIO interface is used to integrate Q-SYS with custom or third-party controls. The GPIO allows you to control external hardware and certain aspects of Q-SYS using external hardware.

The GPIO interface is physical hardware, and is represented in Q-SYS Designer by the IO-22 GPIO component. There are eight configurable GPIO pins on the I/O-22 GPIO component. You can configure these pins to be Digital Inputs or Outputs, and Clocks.

The GPIO is protected by self-resetting fuses.

There are two 6-pin Euro-style connectors available on the rear of the unit. Pins D0 through D3 plus two grounds are on the top connector, D4 through D7 plus two grounds are on the lower connector. The table below shows the relationship between the physical pins, the Signal Name, and the Signal Type. When you configure the GPIO in Q-SYS Designer you will see the Signal Name, not the pin number. The Signal Type lists the choices you have for each of the Signal Names. All Signal Names have a digital in and digital out selection, and GPIO-2, GPIO-3, and GPIO-4 have clock signals.

Pin #

Signal Name

Signal Type

Description

D0

GPIO-1

Digital In / Out 1

 

D1

GPIO-2

Digital In / Out 1 or Sample Clock

System Frequency 48 kHz

GND

Ground

 

D2

GPIO-3

Digital In / Out 1 or Vector Clock

3 kHz

6 kHz

D3

GPIO-4

Digital In / Out 1 or Frame Clock

Programmable - 30 Hz to 120 Hz

Intended for Software debug.

GND

Ground

 

D4

GPIO-5

Digital In / Out 1

 

D5

GPIO-6

Digital In / Out 1

 

GND

Ground

 

D6

GPIO-7

Digital In / Out 1

 

D7

GPIO-8

Digital In / Out 1

 

GND

Ground

 
1. Digital 1 = TTL 3.3 VDC @ 2 mA, Digital 0 = 0
Specifications - IO-22
Name Specification

Digital Input, Low

0.8 V maximum

Digital Input, High

2.0 V minimum

Digital Output, Low

0.4 V maximum

Digital Output, High

2.4 V minimum, 3.3 V maximum

Digital Output Impedance

1 k ohm

What you select in the Properties determines the use of that GPIO pin, unused, input, output, or clock.

Property

Function

Choices

Name

Identifies the I/O-22 component in Q-SYS Designer, enabling the connection between the design and the physical I/O-22. This name should be the same as the I/O-22 Device Name (hostname ) in the Q-SYS Configurator. Click in the Name property and type the Name.

The name must follow standard naming conventions, restricted to the following:

ASCII characters a - z (case insensitive)

Digits 0 - 9

Hyphen (cannot be at the beginning or end of the name)

Underscore (acceptable with a Q-SYS implementation)

No other characters, symbols, punctuation, or blank spaces.

User input

Location

User defined Location for the I/O-22.

User input

GPIO 1 - GPIO 8

(Connector pins
D 0 - D 7)

Configures the GPIO for the I/O-22.

GPIO 1 - 8 have the options Unused, Digital Input, Digital Output.

GPIO 2 adds the option of Sample Clock.

GPIO 3 adds the option of Vector Clock.

GPIO 4 adds the option of Frame Clock.

Unused

Digital Input

Digital Output

Sample Clock

Vector Clock

Frame Clock

GPIO Pin Selections

Value

Digital Input
(TTL 3.3 VDC @ 2 mA)

Digital zero = 0

Digital one = 3.3

Digital Output

Digital zero = 0

Digital one = 1

Sample Clock (GPIO 2 only)

System Frequency

48 kHz

Vector Clock (GPIO 3 only)

3 kHz

6 kHz

Frame Clock GPIO 4 only)

Mainly intended for software debug.

Programmable - 30 Hz to 120 Hz

The Controls are displayed in GPIO Pin number order, 1 through 8, from left to right in the Control Panel. For each control the DA-15 pin number is listed under the GPIO pin numbers. The GPIO pin numbers are always in order, but their grouping changes based on the selections in the Properties. The DA-15 pin numbers change based on the controls assigned to the GPIO pins.

Control

Function

Default / Range

Digital In

(Indicator)

This LED lights when there is a Digital input of 1 (3.3 V TTL) present.

Off / On

Digital Out

This toggle button supplies a 0 in the Off position and a 1 in the On position.

Off / On

Clocks

The clock settings have no controls.

N / A

There is one control pin for each GPIO pin that has either Digital Input, or Digital Output selected in the Properties. The GPIO Pins that have Unused, or any of the clocks, do not have a Control Pin associated with it.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Digital Input

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Digital Output

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Q-SYS device GPIO output states are undefined during boot-up and design redeploy. In the following table, "While On" and "While Off" indicate the button position as defined in the running design file. During a reboot or redeploy, the position may toggle depending on the GPIO type before returning to the defined position after the design starts running.

Bold text indicates a temporary GPIO position toggle during boot-up and redeploy.

I/O-22 GPIO

GPIO Type

While On

While Off

Digital Output

Stays On

Toggles to On