Preparations
USB connection
The USB interface on the front panel of the N8000 uses the USB 1.1 standard.
Accordingly, the low speed (1,5 MBit/s) and full speed (12 MBit/s) transfer rates are
supported. According to USB specifications, the cable which is connected to this
interface must not be longer than 5 meters. The USB interface of the N8000 is a
USB-B (female) connector.
The standard pin configuration can be seen in the following figure and table.
RS-232 Interface
NetMax N8000 System Controller
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Pin Assignment of USB jack
Pin
1
2
3
4
With the RS-232 interface on the rear panel, communication with the
N8000 is possible via a simple ASCII communication protocol. Thus, the
N8000 can be operated and configured via external devices (examples are,
among
other
things,
PROANNOUNCE DPM4000). In order to make data transfer between the
N8000 and the connected device possible, the interfaces on both sides of
the transmission route must be identically configured. The configuration of
the interface of the N8000 is given in the following table.
Parameter
Data bit
Parity bit
Stop bit
Transfer rate
Name
Description
VCC
+5 V
D-
Data -
D+
Data +
GND
Ground
media
control
systems
Value
8
-
1
19200 bit/s
and
PROMATRIX/