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Kramer Electronics VS-44HDxl User Manual

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Connecting Your VS-44HDxl 3G HD/SD-SDI 4x4 Matrix Switcher

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6.5 Controlling via the RS-485 Port

To cascade up to eight individual

VS-44HDxl units

1

, via RS-485 (with control

via a Master Programmable Remote Control system such as the Kramer

RC-3000), as Figure 6 illustrates, do the following:
1. Connect the “A” (+) and “B” (-) PINS on the RS-485 terminal block port

of the

RC-3000 to the “A” (+) and “B” (-) PINS, respectively, on each of

the eight

VS-44HDxl units. (If using shielded twisted pair cable, the

shield is usually connected to the “G” (Ground) PIN of the first unit).

2. Set the first

VS-44HDxl unit as MACHINE # 1 and the following seven

VS-44HDxl units as MACHINE # 2 to MACHINE # 8, according to

Table 3.

MACHINE # 1

MACHINE # 8

KEYBOARD EXTENSION

REMOTE CONTACT

RS-485

RS-232 IN

RS-232 OUT

12 VDC

1 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 G

4

6

8

10

3

5

7

9

11 12

14

16

O

U

T

13

15

IN

RS-485 PINOUT

B
A

_

+

Figure 6: Controlling via RS-485 (for example, using an RC-3000)

6.6 Factory Reset

Press and hold the input buttons 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously for 3 seconds until the

three buttons flash to reset the machine to its default values.

1 Regular and/or dual-link units