Control Panel Setup

The Carbonite Black control panel connects to the Acuity® frame through the Menu Display over ethernet. The Menu Display is a smaller version of the Acuity Rack Panel (ARP) that can have the Carbonite Black control panel connect to it over ethernet.

Note: The Carbonite Black control panel can only connect to the Acuity® frame through a Menu Display or Acuity Rack Panel. The Menu Display is used to connect to the frame and then to the control panel.

By default, the Carbonite Black control panel is automatically detected in DashBoard and can be setup to communicate with the Menu Display using the DashBoard interface. Once the Carbonite Black control panel has connected to the Menu Display, the software is configured for Acuity® and the DashBoard interface is no-longer available. You must use the DashBoard interface to set the IP address of the Carbonite Black control panel before connecting it to the frame.

The Menu Display connects to the frame in the same way as a standard Acuity® control panel or Acuity Rack Panel. Refer to Control Panel Network Setup for more information.