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Setting the Button Background Illumination
The buttons on the front panel can be set to have amber background illumination at all
times or the background illumination can be turned off.
To toggle the background illumination on and off, press and
hold
the Input 1 and Input 2
buttons simultaneously until the button background illumination changes (approximately
2 seconds.
Press and
hold
the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons
simultaneously to toggle background illumination
mode on or off.
After approximately 2 seconds, release
the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons.
INPUTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
OUTPUTS
Figure 62.
Toggle Background Illumination On or Off
Selecting the RS-232/RS-422 Port Protocol and Baud Rate (Rear Panel)
The DXP switchers can support either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communication protocol,
and can operate at 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rates. The settings of these
variables can be viewed and changed from the front panel.
NOTE:
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The Remote RS232/RS422 port settings are protected when front panel lock
MODEISSELECTED9OUCANVIEWTHESETTINGSINLOCKMODEBUTYOUCANNOT
adjust them from the front panel (see “
Locking and Unlocking the Front
Panel (Executive Modes)
” on page 37).
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To enable changes to the RS-232 or RS-422 settings, set the lock mode to
0
.
6IEWANDCONlGURETHESWITCHERSERIALCOMMUNICATIONSSETTINGSASFOLLOWS
1.
To enter serial port configuration mode, simultaneously press and
hold
all
four
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The Control button that continues flashing indicates the
baud rate
as follows:
Enter
— 9600
Preset
— 19200
View
— 38400
Esc
— 115200
The I/O button that continues flashing indicates the
protocol
as
follows:
Video
— RS-232
Audio
— RS-422
In this example, the port is set to RS-232 at 9600 baud.
Press and
hold
the Enter, Preset,
View, and Esc buttons
.
All Control buttons light with
one flashing.
Both I/O buttons light
with one flashing.
2 seconds
I / O
AUDIO
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
ESC
VIEW
C O N T R O L
ESC
VIEW
ENTER PRESET
VIDEO
Figure 63.
RS-232 or RS-422 Baud Rate Display
2.
Release the Control buttons.
