KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
Connecting the VP-4x8 4x8 VGA / UXGA Matrix Switcher
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Connecting the VP-4x8 4x8 VGA / UXGA Matrix Switcher
This section describes how to:
Connect the
VP-4x8
rear panel (see section 6.1)
Connect the
VP-4x8
to a controlling device via RS-232 (see
section 6.2), RS-485 (see section 6.3) and/or the Ethernet (see
section 6.4)
Set the dipswitches (see section 6.5)
Connect several
VP-4x8
machines (see section 6.6)
6.1 Connecting the VP-4x8 Rear Panel
To connect the
VP-4x8
as shown in
Figure 3
, do the following
1
:
1. Connect up to 4 VGA/UXGA computer graphics sources to the INPUT
connectors
2
.
2. Connect up to 4 VGA/UXGA output acceptors to the LOOP connectors
(local displays or inputs to another cascaded unit).
3. Connect
3
up to 8 output connectors to the VGA/UXGA video acceptors
4
.
4. Set the dipswitches (see section 6.4).
5. Connect a PC and/or controller (if required) to the RS-232 port (see section
6.2) and/or RS-485 port (see section 6.3).
6. Connect the power cord
5
(not shown in
Figure 3
).
1 Switch OFF the power on each device before connecting it to your VP-4x8. After connecting your VP-4x8, switch on its
power and then switch on the power on each device. DO NOT push in the rear panel Flash Program “Program” button (item 9
in
Table 2
) and DO NOT push in the underside Flash Program “Reset” button. These are only used for upgrading to the latest
Kramer firmware (see section 9)
2 Not all inputs need to be connected
3 When less than eight outputs are required, connect only those outputs of the VP-4x8 that are required, and leave the other
outputs unconnected
4 Displays or projectors. Not all outputs need to be connected
5 We recommend that you use only the power cord that is supplied with this machine