Kramer Electronics RC-8iR - Manual (Page 25)

Port Mapping
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8 Port Mapping
The Port Manager window defines the ports on the Room Controller (see
section
2 ) and lets you write a description and assign a default driver for each
port. For example, if the Kramer VP-724xl Presentation Switcher/Scaler is
connected to the RC-8IR via the RS-232_2 port, you can change the
description next to that port to “Kramer Switcher” and assign the
switcher/scaler driver to this port
1
In this way, the Kramer VP-724xl driver will be associated with the Kramer
Presentation Switcher/Scaler port
.
2
when creating a command sequence as
illustrated in Figure 18 , making it easier to select the commands. The same
applies to all the ports in the Port Manager window.
Figure 18: The Kramer VP-724xl in the RC Command Area
For the RS-232 and RS-485 ports on the unit, the Port Manager window also
lets you set the baud rate, data bits, parity and stop bits. These definitions will
override the definitions written in the driver manager.
To open the Port Manager window, click the “Port Manager…” item in the
Configuration menu (see section
11.3 ). Figure 19 shows the port manager
window for an RC-8IR unit.
1 This applies also to any other machine connected to the room controller, such as DVD's projectors and so on
2 Although you can assign it with a different Vendor or Device