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Connecting control and accessibility equipment, Connecting touch-panel controls, Connecting ir sensors to polycom hdx systems – Polycom 1 User Manual

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Connecting Control and Accessibility Equipment

The Polycom HDX 9004 provides two serial ports. You can use the RS-232

serial ports to:

Connect a modem and use a closed captioning service

Pass data from a device connected to your system to a device connected to

the far site system

Control the system through a touch-panel using the API

Provide control signals for an additional camera

Provide control signals for a Polycom Vortex mixer

Connecting Touch-Panel Controls

You can connect an AMX or Crestron control panel to the system’s RS-232
serial port as part of a custom room installation. You will need to program the
control panel. Refer to the Integrator’s Reference Manual for Polycom HDX
Systems
for information about the API commands.

Connecting IR Sensors to Polycom HDX Systems

The Polycom HDX system provides a connector for an external IR sensor.
Refer to your system’s setup sheet for connection details.

The Polycom HDX system is compatible with the following IR sensors:

Xantech® 480-00

Xantech 490-90

Xantech 780-80

Xantech 780-90

You will need to configure the RS-232 equipment according to the manufacturer’s
instructions, and you will need to configure the RS-232 serial port on the system
exactly the same way.