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3.3.5 SWITCHING CONTROL VIA THE NETWORK PORT
The network port allows switching to be controlled by commands issued from an external system such as a Black Box
ControlBridge, Crestron™ or AMX™ controller.
3.3.5.1 CONNECTING TO A NETWORK FOR REMOTE CONTROL
1 Use a standard patch cable to link the network port (
) to a network switch.
Link from
network switch
3.3.5.2 ISSUING REMOTE SWITCHING COMMANDS VIA THE NETWORK PORT
The Application Programming Interface (API) for the unit requires the controlling system to send an HTTP Get request to the follow-
ing location:
• <ipadress>/cgi-bin/channel
The following parameters are available:
• km=<channel> Switches the keyboard and mouse to the defined channel.
• spk=<channel> Switches the speakers to the defined channel.
• usb1=<channel>
Switches USB port 1 to the defined channel.
• usb2=<channel>
Switches USB port 2 to the defined channel.
An example string is: 192.168.1.22/cgi-bin/channel?km=3&spk=4&usb1=2&usb2=1
The above example would switch the keyboard and mouse to channel 3, the speakers to channel 4, USB port 1 to channel 2 and USB
port 2 to channel 1.
Note: If security is enabled then the client must be authenticated before you are able to access the Freedom II.
2 Ensure that the Freedom II network port is correctly configured to a subnet that is
accessible from the sending device. See Network settings for details.
