VisiPC Software Manual Part 1 – Visilynx 3 Configurator
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Baud Rate
: choose the required speed, according to the protocol of the connected
device.
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Parity
: choose ‘None’, ‘Odd’, or ‘Even’, according to the protocol of the connected
device.
Note: Bewator (Molynx Videmech) cameras use even parity
.
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Data Bits
: choose 7 or 8 data bits, according to the protocol of the connected
deviceAt present only 8 data bits are supported, in accordance with the Molynx
protocols.
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Stop Bits
: choose 1 or 2 stop bits, according to the protocol of the connected device.
At present only 1 stop bit is supported, in accordance with the Molynx protocols.
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Accept
: will save the settings for the current page.
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Restore
: will return all of the settings for the current page to the point when the
configuration was last saved using
Accept
.
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Default
: will restore the settings to valid default values for the current page.
4.16.1 Telemetry Card Cameras
‘Telemetry Card Cameras’ defines the number of cameras assigned to telemetry ports.
Cameras are allocated to telemetry card ports by the Visilynx 3 system at startup, using the
port configuration set here. The screen operates differently for the V3i and V3M products.
V3i:
The screen determines whether a camera's C-type telemetry function is enabled (D-type is
always enabled) for the selected 'card'. There are two integral sub-systems, treated as
'cards', in a V3i unit, each serving up to 16 cameras, i.e. 32 in total. In a V3i expanded unit
pair, there can be up to four integral sub-systems, serving up to 64 cameras in total.
V3i D-type telemetry ports do not support a multi-drop (daisy chain) camera connection. To
use multi-drop, a whole telemetry 'card' must be disabled (i.e. deleted from the configuration)
and a communications port should then be configured as a telemetry port serving 1 or more
cameras (see page 31).
V3M:
The screen determines how many cameras are served by each of the 16 ports on the
selected D-type telemetry card (or C-type telemetry when such a card becomes available):
The actual camera numbers allocated to each port is auto-detected by Visilynx 3M, based on
the values entered here.
Tip:
It is recommended that the Camera Map be retrieved from the V3 system using the Self-Test
Tab of the VisiPC Tester & Simulator sub-program, as detailed in Part 2 of the User Manual
(see page 3). This will provide details of the physical mapping of cameras and telemetry
ports actually in use.
