Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.5 Installation - Manual (Page 21)

November 25, 2008 Aurora Edit Installation Guide
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Connecting a Motorized Fader or Effects Controller
Assigning a COM Port (Windows)
To verify that the COM port is set correctly in the Windows Device Manager:
1. Right-click on My Computer and select
Properties
.
2. Click the Hardware tab on the System Properties window and then click
Device Manager
.
3. Click the
+
symbol next to the Ports item.
4. Click on
JLCooper USB to Serial (COM#)
and select
Properties
.
5. Click the Port Settings tab on the Properties tab and click
Advanced
.
6. Select the correct
COM Port Number
.
7. Click
OK
to close the Advanced window, and again to close the Properties window.
Assigning a COM Port (Aurora Edit)
To use any of the controllers, you need to assign a specific Aurora Edit COM port for
the controller. Aurora Edit has pre-configured COM ports as follows:
To assign a COM port:
1. In Aurora Edit, choose
Tools | Options | Controller
.
2. For the Jog/Shuttle Controller, select the correct COM port from the
422 Controller
Comm Port
drop-down list; for the other controllers, select the correct COM port from
the
USB Controller Comm Port
drop-down list.
The COM port needs to match the number of the USB port where you connected the
controller.
3. Click
OK
.
COM Port Type of Port Configured Device
1 GPIO Aurora Playout GPIO
2
3 RS-422 Video Tape Recorder (VTR)
4 RS-422 Jog/Shuttle Controller
5 USB Motorized Fader Controller
6 USB Effects Controller