Configuring Rs-232 Equipment; Configuring For Use With A Touch Panel Control - Polycom VSX Series Administrator's Manual

Configuring RS-232 Equipment

Configuring for Use with a Touch Panel Control

The VSX 5000, VSX 6000, VSX 6000A, VSX 7000, and VSX 7000s systems
provide one RS-232 port; the VSX 7000e and VSX 8000 systems provide two.
1. Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.
2. Configure these settings:
Setting
Baud Rate
RS-232 Mode
VSX systems that have a serial port can be configured for use with a touch
panel control.
To configure the serial port for a touch panel:
1. Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.
2. Configure these settings:
Setting
Baud Rate
RS-232 Mode
Description
Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the
serial device.
Specifies the mode used for the serial port. Available
settings depend on the VSX system model.
• Control—Receives control signals from a touch-panel
control.
• Sony PTZ—Provides control signals to a PTZ camera.
(VSX 7000, VSX 7000s, VSX 7000e, VSX 8000)
• Closed Caption—Receives closed captions from a
captioning service using a modem, or directly from a
captioner's computer via Telnet.
• Vortex Mixer—Provides control signals to a Polycom
Vortex mixer.
• Pass Thru—Passes data to an RS-232 device
connected to the serial port of the far-site system.
• Polycom Annotation—Provides control signals to the
Polycom Instructor RP™.
• Debug—Provides a Telnet trace for debugging. You
can only set one RS-232 port at a time to Debug mode.
Description
Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the
touch panel control.
Select Control. This allows any device connected to the
RS-232 port to control the system using API commands.
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