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Controlling Several VS-88HCB Units
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8 Controlling Several VS-88HCB Units
You can connect up to eight single
VS-88HCB
units with control from a PC
or serial controller via RS-232 and RS-485, or up to seven single units via
RS-485.
8.1 Control Configuration via RS-232 and RS-485
To control up to eight
VS-88HCB
units – with control from a PC or serial
controller – via RS-232 and RS-485, as Figure 12 illustrates, do the following:
1. Connect the video sources and acceptors, the appropriate audio sources and
acceptors, and the power cord to each
VS-88HCB
unit.
2. On each
VS-88HCB
, set the SELF ADDRESS # as required
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3. Connect the RS-232 port on the first
VS-88HCB
unit to the PC using the
Null-modem adapter provided with the machine (see section 6.2).
4. Interconnect the RS-485 ports on all the
VS-88HCB
units: from the
RS-485 port on the first
VS-88HCB
unit, to the RS-485 port on the second
VS-88HCB
unit, and so on – up to the RS-485 port on the eighth
VS-88HCB
unit.
1 Set the first unit to SELF ADDRESS # 1 (Master), the second unit to SELF ADDRESS # 2, and so on - up to SELF
ADDRESS # 8 for the eighth unit
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