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Kramer VP-14XL manual

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  • Page 1

    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: VP -14xl RS - 232 Port Ext ender[...]

  • Page 2

    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 6.2 Setting the ADDR DIP - switch es 7 6.3 Setting the BAUD D[...]

  • Page 3

    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. In recent years, we have redesigned an[...]

  • Page 4

    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2[...]

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    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. This lets you co ntrol up to thr ee compa tible de vices wi th only one se rial[...]

  • Page 6

    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 . Figure 1: VP - 14xl RS - 232 P ort E xte nder Fr ont a nd Rear Pane ls Table 1: VP - 14xl RS - 232 Por t Ext ender Fron t a nd Rear P anel[...]

  • Page 7

    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. Connect up to thr ee co m puter so urces to the input co nnecto rs ( for ex ample ,[...]

  • Page 8

    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 6.2 )  In Software m ode, set the machine number (see Section 6.2 )[...]

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    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 ) . Table 3: Hardwar e Mo de Reply Sou rce DIP - switch Setting Repl y Sourc e DIP - swit ch 2 3 4 Repl y is tak en from o utput [...]

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    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 6.2 ) . For rel iable opera tion, only one port s hould be defined 6[...]

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    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. 9 Table of Hex Codes for Serial Communication (Protocol 2000 ) The RS - 232/RS - 485 Protoc[...]

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    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. Si milarl y, if switc hing is done via the mach ine’s front - panel, then the se[...]

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    1 LIM IT ED W ARRA NTY WHO I S PROTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WHA T IS NOT CO VERED WHA T WE WI LL P A Y FOR AND WH A T WE WILL N OT P A Y FOR HOW YOU CAN GET WARRANT Y SERVICE LIMI T ATION OF IMPLIE D W AR RA NTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION ! We warrant t his pro duct fr ee from def ects in mater ial an d workmans hip under the follo wing ter[...]

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    Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E- mail: info@ kramerel.co m P/N: 2900 - 00060 9 REV 2 For the latest infor mation on our produ cts and a lis t of Krame r dis trib utor s vis it www.kram erelectronics.com where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcom e your q uestions, comme nts , and feedback. Safety War ni[...]