Selecting The Rear Panel Remote Port Protocol And Baud Rate - Extron electronics MTPX Plus Series User Manual

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Operation, cont'd
3.
Figure 3-70 — Audio/RS-232 selection
4.
Figure 3-71 — Exit Serial Port and Audio/RS-232 Input Configuration
mode

Selecting the rear panel Remote port protocol and baud rate

N The Remote port settings are protected when front panel Lock mode 2 is
The switcher can support either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communication protocol,
and can operate at 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rates. The settings of these
variables can be viewed and changed from the front panel.
View and configure the switcher's serial communications settings as follows:
1.
Figure 3-72 — RS-232/RS-422 and baud rate display
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MTPX Plus Twisted Pair Matrix Switchers • Operation
To change an input's audio/RS-232 wire pair configuration, press and release
the input button to toggle that input's configuration (figure 3-70).
Press and release the Input 8 button to toggle the configuration
of input 8's audio/RS-232 wire pair (to audio, in this example).
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2
3
4
5
Press and release an output button to exit the Serial Port and Audio/RS-232
Input Configuration mode (figure 3-71).
Press and release
an output button.
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ENTER
selected. You can view the settings in Lock mode 2 but you cannot adjust them
from the front panel. See "Setting the front panel Locks (Executive modes)" on
page 3-46.
To enter Serial Port and Audio/RS-232 Input Configuration mode, simultaneously
press and hold all Control buttons (Enter, Preset, View, and Esc) (figure 3-72).
Press and hold the Enter, Preset,
View, and Esc buttons.
C O N T R O L
2 seconds
VIEW
ESC
ENTER
PRESET
NOTE
The Input buttons indicate the
configuration of the secondary
wire pairs. See "Selecting the
TP wire pair secondary input",
earlier in this chapter.
INPUTS
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7
8
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All Control, I/O, Input, and Output buttons
return to unlit or background illumination.
C O N T R O L
VIEW
ESC
PRESET
VIDEO
C O N T R O L
VIEW
ESC
ENTER
PRESET
All Control buttons light with
one flashing.
The flashing Control button indicates the baud rate as follows:
Enter — 9600
View — 38400
The flashing I/O button indicates the protocol as follows:
Video — RS-232
In this example, the port is set to RS-232 at 9600 baud.
I / O
AUDIO
I / O
VIDEO
AUDIO
Both I/O buttons light
with one flashing.
Preset — 19200
Esc — 115200
Audio — RS-422/RS-485

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