Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VP-14x1 Kramer Electronics
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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: VP -14xl RS - 232 Port E xtender.
Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overvi ew 3 4 Defining the VP - 14xl RS - 232 Por t Extende r 4 5 Connecting the VP - 14xl RS - 2 32 Port Exten der 5 6 Setting th e DIP - switches on the VP - 14xl 6 6.1 Setting the RS - 485 Bus T ermina tion 6 6.
Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uniqu e, creati ve, an d affor dable sol uti ons to th e vas t range of problem s th at conf ront th e video, au dio, pres ent ation , and broadc asti ng professional on a daily basi s.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2.
Overvi ew 3 3 Ove rvi ew The unique VP - 14xl R S- 232 Port Extender distributes an inc oming RS - 232 , RS - 485 or USB command as transmitted by a touch screen c ontrol s ystem, person al com puter or other ty pe of con trol sy s tem, to u p to three RS - 232 port s.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Defining the V P - 14xl R S - 232 Port Ext ender 4 4 Defining the VP - 14xl RS - 232 Port Extender Figur e 1 a nd T able 1 define the f ront and rear panels of the VP - 14xl .
Connec ting the VP - 14x l RS - 232 Por t Exten der 5 5 Connecting the VP - 14x l RS - 232 Port Extender Figure 2 : Conn ecting the VP - 14xl RS - 232 P ort Exten der T o connect your VP - 14xl RS - 232 P ort Extend er , as the exa mple in Fi gure 2 illustrates 1 1.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Setting the DI P - switch es on the VP - 14xl 6 4. Set the Hardware/Software DIP - switch (see Section 6.4 ) as fo llo ws: In Hard w are mode, set the REP LY DIP -s witch es t o determine the uniq ue re p ly output port (see Sectio n 6.
Settin g th e D IP - switch es on th e VP - 14xl 7 6.2 Setting the A DDR DIP - sw itches DIP - switch es 2, 3 an d 4 set either the reply source ( in Hardware mode Tab le 3 ) or machine number ( in Software mode Table 4 ) .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificatio ns 8 6.5 Hardw are Mod e I n Hardware m ode , the: • RS - 232 dat a is passed fro m any input to all outputs • VP - 14xl rout es the rep ly fr om the outpu t port defined by the DIP - switches 2 , 3 and 4 (see Section 6.
Serial Port Pinouts 9 8 Serial Port Pinouts Table 7 d escribes the pinouts o f the 9 - pin D - sub serial p orts. Table 7 : 9- Pin D - sub Ser ial Por t Pino uts Pin Fu ncti on 2 Rec ei ve 3 Tra nsmit 5 Ground Note : Flow control signa ls are not su pported.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Ta ble of Hex Codes f or Serial Com municat ion (Prot ocol 200 0) 10 O6… O0 – “OUTP UT”. When switc hing (i e. instru ction cod es 1 and 2), th e OUTPU T (7 bits) is se t as the outpu t numb er which is to b e switc hed.
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