Additional Notes for Application Programmers
The SmartView is designed to accept commands from the front panel and/or RS-232 port to control video processing
functions. When controlling the unit remotely via the RS-232 link, the front panel controls are still fully operational. At
any given time, commands should be entered only from a single source (front panel or RS-232). This will prevent
confusion/ possible configuration errors, which might occur due to receipt of conflicting commands from different
sources.
The front panel interface allows the user to select configuration options from pre-defined menus. The commands
received from the front panel are entered in a predictable sequence. In contrast, commands from the RS-232 link are
designed to be entered in any sequence. Only a limited amount of internal testing is conducted to verify that
incompatible combinations are not selected. One way to efficiently develop command sequences to control the
SmartView functions remotely is to first enter the equivalent commands to configure the unit via the front panel. Once
configuration parameters are established, then an equivalent sequence of commands can be entered as an
application program.
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