Connecting Your Room Control System To The Smart Ux80 Projector; Pin Configuration On The Projector's Rs-232 Connector; Serial Interface Settings - SMART Board SB685ix2 Configuration And User's Manual

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Remotely managing your system through an RS-232 serial interface
Connecting your room control system to the
SMART UX80 projector
By connecting a computer or room control system to the RS-232 serial interface of the SMART UX80
projector, you can select video inputs, start up or shut down your interactive whiteboard system and
request information such as projector lamp use, current settings and network addresses.

Pin configuration on the projector's RS-232 connector

The following table provides the pin configuration on the SMART UX80 projector. This pin
configuration follows a three-wire connection so that a straight-through male-to-female RS-232 serial
cable connects to the projector's serial interface in the following arrangement:
Pin number Projector's female RS-232 connector
2 Receive data (Rx)
3 Transmit data (Tx)
5 Signal Ground (GND)

Serial interface settings

Your computer equipment or room control system must be configured to match these serial data
communications settings, to be able to make use of the projector's "control" port.
N O T E S
Asynchronous mode is disabled by default in the projector.
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All commands should be in ASCII format. Terminate all commands with a carriage return.
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All responses from the projector are terminated with a command prompt. Wait until you receive
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the command prompt indicating that the system is ready for another command before you
continue.
The room control feature of the projector is always on.
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To configure your computer's serial interface
1. Turn on your computer, and then start your serial communications program or terminal emulation
program.
2. Connect your computer to the serial connection cable connected to the projector.
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