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Selecting a communications port – Grass Valley PDR v.2.1 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Using VdrPanel

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Profile Family

Selecting a Communications Port

To select a communications port for a controller:

1. Click in a panel to select it.

NOTE: Other than Panel control, the Comm Port dialog box
appears automatically the first time you select each type of controller.

2. Choose

Controller | Comm Port

to open the Controller Setup dialog box. An

example of this dialog box is shown in Figure 46.

Figure 46. Comm Port dialog box

NOTE: Ports P1 through P8 are available on the RS-422 breakout
panel. COM1 and COM2 are available on the unit’s back panel (RS-
232 DB-9 connectors). Any P ports used by VdrPanel should have the
DIP switches set to Device. Refer to your Profile unit’s installation
manual for details.

3. Select the communications port and click

OK

.