Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VP-14XL Kramer
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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: VP -14xl RS - 232 Port Ext ender.
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 Port Extender 4 5 Connecting the VP - 14xl RS - 2 32 Port Extende r 5 6 Setting th e DIP - switches on the VP - 14xl 6 6.1 Setting the RS - 485 Bus Te rminati on 6 6.
Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a w orld of un ique , creativ e, and aff ordable s olut ions to t he vas t range of problem s tha t confron t the v ideo, audi o, presen tati on, an d broadcasti 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 RS - 232 P ort Ext ender distributes an inco ming RS - 232 , RS - 485 or USB command as transmitted by a touch screen c ontrol s ystem, person al compu ter or ot her type of cont rol sy stem, t o up to three RS - 232 port s.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Defining the V P - 14xl R S - 232 Por t Exte nder 4 4 Defining the VP - 14xl RS - 232 Port Extender Figur e 1 a nd T able 1 define the front and rear panels of the VP - 14xl .
Connec ting the VP - 14xl RS - 23 2 Port Exte nde r 5 5 Connecting the VP - 14xl RS - 232 Port Extende r Figure 2 : Conn ecting the VP - 14x l RS - 23 2 Port Exte nder T o connect your VP - 14xl RS - 232 Port Exten der , as the example i n Figur e 2 illustrates 1 1.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Setting the DI P - switch es on th e VP - 14xl 6 4. Set th e Hardware/Software DIP - switch (see Sec tion 6.4 ) as follo ws: In Hard w are mode, s et t he RE PLY DIP -s witch es t o deter mine t he uni que 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 ADDR DIP - switch es DIP - switch es 2, 3 an d 4 set either the reply s ource ( in Har dware mode Table 3 ) o r 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 mode , the : • RS - 232 dat a is passed fro m any input to all outputs • VP - 14xl routes the re pl y fro m the output port defin ed 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 - P in D - sub Seria l Port Pi nouts Pin Func tion 2 Re cei ve 3 Transmit 5 Ground Note : Flow control signal s are not s upporte d.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Ta ble of Hex Code s f or Seri al Co mm unicat ion (Prot ocol 2000) 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 ou tput nu mber whic h is to be switc hed.
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