XTP CrossPoint Series • Operation
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Background Illumination
The buttons on the front panel can be set to provide amber background illumination at
all times or the background illumination can be turned off. To toggle the background
illumination on or off, press and hold the
Input 1
and
Input 2
buttons simultaneously for
approximately 2 seconds (see figure 47).
1 2
5 16
Press and
hold the buttons.
After the illumination status of the
buttons change (after approximately
2 seconds), release the buttons.
Figure 47.
Toggle Background Illumination on
or
off
Selecting the Rear Panel Remote Port Protocol and Baud Rate
The matrix switchers can operate at the 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rate and
can support either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communication protocol. The settings of these
variables can be viewed and changed from the front panel.
View and configure the serial communications settings as follows:
1.
Select Serial Port Configuration mode
: Simultaneously press and
hold all
Control
buttons (
Enter
,
Preset
,
View
, and
Esc
).
2 seconds
I / O
VIDEO
AUDIO
•
•
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
ESC
VIEW
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
ESC
VIEW
The flashing Control button indicates the
baud rate as follows:
Enter — 9600
Preset — 19200
View — 38400
Esc — 115200
The flashing I/O button indicates the
protocol as follows:
Video — RS-232 Audio — RS-422/RS-485
In this example, the port is set to RS-232 at 9600 baud.
All Control buttons light with
one flashing.
Both I/O buttons light
with one flashing.
Press and
hold the buttons
.
2.
Release the Control buttons.
NOTE:
If front panel Lock mode 2 is selected and you try to perform step 3, the
actions are ignored and the
Enter
,
Video
, and
Audio
buttons blink (see
the Front Panel Locks (Executive Modes)
3.
Change a value
: Press and release the button that relates to the desired value.
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
I / O
VIDEO AUDIO
ESC
VIEW
Press and release the button(s) to configure the port as
follows:
Baud rate:
Enter — 9600
Preset — 19200
View — 38400
Esc — 115200
Serial protocol:
Video — RS-232 Audio — RS-422/RS-485
The selected buttons blink and the others remain lit.
In this example, the port is set to RS-422 at 38400 baud.