Extron Electronics PowerCage FOX Tx_Rx HDMI User Guide User Manual
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RS-232 Over Fiber port — If you want the transmitter and receiver
RS-232
OVER FIBER
Tx Rx
system to pass serial command signals between the transmitter and receiver,
for example for serial control of a projector, connect the host device to the
transmitter and the slave device to the receiver via the leftmost three poles
on the left (Tx, Rx, and _) of the 5-pole captive screw connectors on both units (see
“
“ on page 11 to wire this connector).
NOTES:
•
If you connect only one fiber optic cable (
configure the receiver for daisy-chaining, you do not receive reports from
the controlled device. To receive responses from the controlled device,
you must install two fiber optic cables and leave link 2 enabled (via an
to the receiver or using the
).
•
The PowerCage FOX Extender can pass RS-232 commands and responses
at rates up to 115200 baud.
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Remote RS-232 port —
For serial control of the transmitter and receiver,
1 2
REMOTE
RS-232
Tx Rx
ALARM
connect a host device, such as a computer, to either unit via three poles
(Tx, Rx, and _) of this 5-pole captive screw connector on either unit (see
“
“ on page 11 to wire this connector.)
See “
“ beginning on page 17 for definitions of the SIS commands
(serial commands to control the transmitter via this connector).
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Alarm outputs port —
F
or remo
te monitoring of the status of the
1 2
REMOTE
RS-232
Tx Rx
ALARM
Rx fiber optic link, connect a locally-constructed or furnished monitoring device
to the unit to be monitored via two poles of this 5-pole captive screw
connector on the unit to be monitored. When the unit does not detect light on
its Rx connector, pin 1 and pin 2 of this port are shorted together.
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