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Overview of the Vertigo XG
Rear Panel Components
Serial RS-232 Port
The two (2) RS-232 connectors provide two control ports upon
which the automation system’s serial cables are connected. It is
through this connection that the automation system communicates
and controls the Vertigo XG using automation protocol commands.
Network Ethernet
Connectors
The two (2) Network Ethernet connectors are teamed and allow you
to connect the Vertigo XG device to the Local Area Network (LAN).
NIC Teaming is a networking concept where multiple network
adapters within a computer are combined in parallel to provide
redundancy for the network interface. On an Vertigo XG device, the
two Local Area Connection network adapters are teamed together
(connect 2 cables to the 2 NIC cards at the same time) to form a third
virtual adapter. In the event of an adapter, cable or switch failure, the
network interface fails over to the healthy adapter.
When the individual Local Area Network adapters are teamed
together the individual Local Area Network adapters are not
accessible or configurable. Only the teamed virtual adapter, called
Vertigo
, can be configured.
If you only have 1 cable connected, then the teaming will still be in
effect but all traffic will be over that one cable. If that NIC fail, you will
have to manually move the cable to the other NIC.
Audio I/O ports
These six (6) audio I/O ports are not supported by the Vertigo XG
since external audio input and output is provided by the Discrete
EAS option (see
Graphics Card’s DVI
Connectors
The graphics card’s DVI and DisplayPort connectors allow you to
connect the Vertigo XG device to DVI monitor. A monitor is only
required during the device’s initial configuration, so as to display
Vertigo XG’s desktop applications, including XG Dashboard.
Note that although there are three connectors, the Vertigo XG can
display to only one monitor. Therefore, it does matter which of the
connectors the monitor’s cable is connected to.
Use the adapter (below) if you would rather connect a VGA monitor.
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