Setting The Serial Commands - High End Systems CATALYST Series User Manual

OSX Serial Ports. •Any USB to Serial devices plugged into the computer will
appear in this menu section.
3. Select the RS-232 driver for the attached serial device. The No Output status changes
to show the selected serial driver.
Next, set the serial device's baud rate (transmission speed) and data format (the method
the device uses to encode its RS-232 messages). This information should be available in
the serial device's documentation; the data format is usually described in terms of data
bits, stop bits, and parity.
4. Click the same field you clicked in Step 1 to access the pop-up menu again.
5. Select OSX Serial Ports.
6. Select the baud rate and data format used by the attached serial device.

Setting the Serial Commands

Each DMX channel assigned to a serial device can trigger up to 10 strings, based on the
DMX values the lighting console sends to the Catalyst Media Server. You can define each
string sent to the peripheral device, or customize the sample inbuilt strings that are keyed
to specific manufacturers' equipment.
1. In the Custom Serial panel, click one of the ten numbered buttons to create a serial
command string that will be sent to the peripheral device. The Edit General Serial
Preset dialog box appears.
2. In the Name field, type a description of the string's function or purpose.
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