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KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD. USER GUIDE Kram er VSP M Virtua l Serial P ort Man ager P/N: 2900 - 3001 25 Rev 2.
Kramer VSPM – Contents i Conte nt s 1 Introduct ion 1 2 Overview 2 3 Kramer VSPM S oftware Installation 3 4 Using the Kramer VSPM 7 4.1 Setting P re ferences 7 4.
Kramer VSPM - Int roduc tion 1 1 1 Intr oduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! S ince 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordabl e solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, present a tion, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis.
2 Kramer VSPM - Overview 2 Ove rview The Kramer VSPM software lets you e mulat e v irtual port s w hich normally would be present in the machine hardware. After setup , the virtual port lets you control Kramer m a chine s via your PC . In the example illustrat ed in Figure 1 , machine s A and B need to be controlled from a distance by the PC.
Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Install ation 3 3 3 Kr amer VSPM Softw are Installat ion T o install the software: Download the Kram er VSPM applicat ion Software fro m http:// w ww.kramerelectroni cs.com . The Kramer VSPM requires the following: • Microsoft W indows XP, Vista 64 - bit , Windows 7 32 - bit, Windows 7 64 - bit • Microsoft .
4 Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Ins tallatio n Fig ure 3 : Selec t Installati on Folder W indow 3. Click Browse to select the destination fol der.
Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Install ation 5 5 5. C lick Next . The I n stall a tion Progres s w indow appears: Fig ure 5 : Install ation Progress W indo w Then the Installation Complet e w indow appears: Fig ure 6 : Install ation Complete W indo w 6.
6 Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Ins tallatio n Once the install a tion is complete, you can open the program: Once the progra m is opened , the Kram er VSPM icon appears in the system tray bar .
Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 7 7 4 Using the Kra mer VSPM Open the application by r ight - cli ck ing the Kram er VSPM i con . The Main w indow opens : Fig ure 7 : Virtual Seri al Port Manage r Main Windo w 4.
8 Kramer VSPM - Using the Kramer VSPM The Pr eferences wind ow appears: Fig ure 9 : The Pr eferenc es W indow Check th e desired boxes. To generate Log files, check the appropriate box and click the button to select the log folder.
Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 9 9 4.2 Adding a Virtual Serial Port To add a virtual port: 1. Type the port name (up to s even characters) i n the Label textbox (f or example, Mach A) and click the button : Fig ure 11 : Addin g a Label 2.
10 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 3. Type the Destination IP number and the destination port (for t he Kramer FC - 10ETH in the example illustrated in Figure 1 ) in the appropriate text boxes :.
Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 11 11 If the physical ports are connected, the virtual port will aut o matically be connected. If not, the virtual por t will appear disconnected . T o connect the port, you will either need to edit the COM port (see Section 4.
12 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 4.3 Editing Port Details To edit the COM port details, do the following: 1. Select the COM port you want to edit (for example, COM3).
Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 13 13 Fig ure 18 : Editing the COM P ort 3. Click the Replace butt on to accept changes or Cancel to return to the previous setti ng s . 4.4 Deleting / Resetting Ports You can delete a COM port that is not in use or reset and delete all the ports in case they fail t o function.
14 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 2. Click the button to delete COM5. To reset the ports (in case of virtual ports function failur e): 1. Open the Sett ings menu and click Reset Ports.
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