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D 13887.08
MAY 2008
TANDBERG 3000
MXP
&
6000
MXP
REFERENCE GUIDE FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS
The RS 232 port is a 9-pin, female, D-sub connector located
on the back of the TANDBERG MXP. The port is configured
as a DCE (Data Communications Equipment). The RS 232
port is default set to 9600 baud, 8 data bits, none parity
and 1 stop bit from factory. The RS 232 port is also referred
to as the
DATAPORT
.
The RS 232 Dataport on the 6000
MXP
Codec
The RS 232 Dataport on the 3000
MXP
Codec
See also the pages on the 3000
MXP
Dataports
and the
6000
MXP
Dataports
in this User Guide. Note that one of
the RS 232 ports of the 6000
MXP
Codec (the lower) is used
as a camera control socket.
XACLI can be accessed through Telnet via the LAN interface
or through RS 232 by connecting a serial cable to the serial
interface connector, referred to as the Dataport. Eight Telnet
sessions can be connected to the TANDBERG
MXP
simulta-
neously, in addition to the RS 232 connection.
XACLI
About the TANDBERG API
Accessing XACLI
The pin outs for the RS 232 are defined in the tables to the
right. Observe that the DTE (Data Terminal Equipment), could
be a PC or any other device capable of serial communica-
tion.
NOTE!
A straight-through cable should be used between the
TANDBERG MXP’s RS 232 port and the DTE.
The lower table shows the recommended cable-wiring
scheme when connecting the TANDBERG
MXP
to a PC
through RS 232.
DTR and RTS are ignored. DSR, CD, and CTS are always as-
serted, while RI is not used.
Connecting to XACLI using the Dataport (RS 232)
Hardware & Cabling (RS 232)
Pin
Signal name
Direction
1
Carrier detect, CD
From DCE
2
Receive data, RXD
From DCE
3
Transmit data, TXD
To DCE
4
Data terminal ready, DTR
From DCE
5
Signal GND
6
Data set ready, DSR
From DCE
7
Ready to send, RTS
To DCE
8
Clear to send, CTS
From DCE
9
Ring indicator, RI
From DCE
TANDBERG MXP
DCE, 9 pin
Direction
PC
DTE, 9 pin
1 CD
→
1 CD
2 RD
→
2 RD
3 TD
←
3 TD
4 DTR
←
4 DTR
5 GND
↔
5 GND
6 DSR
→
6 DSR
7 RTS
←
7 RTS
8 CTS
→
8 CTS
9 RI
→
9 RI
Troubleshooting (RS 232)
If communication cannot be established between the PC/
terminal and the TANDBERG MXP’s Dataport, the following
should be checked:
Verify that the serial cable is a straight-through 9-pin to
•
9-pin cable
Confirm that the configuration of the PC/terminal’s
•
serial RS 232 port is identical to the configuration of the
TANDBERG MXP RS 232 port.
Verify that the PC/terminal’s serial RS 232 port is working
•
properly by connecting it back-to-back to another PC/
terminal and send characters in both directions.
Data Port (RS 232)
Cable wiring TANDBERG MXP
↔
PC via RS 232
