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Advanced Options
Advanced options are available only to the Admin user and consist of settings
that are related to specialist areas such as power control and DDC.
To access Advanced Options:
1 Select the on-screen menu in one of three ways:
• By simultaneously pressing and then releasing
.
• By pressing the middle and right buttons of a three button mouse, or
• By selecting port using the front panel buttons.
If you are not already logged in, do so now.
What to do if the ADMIN
password has been forgotten
.
2 Press to select ‘More menus’, then press
again to select the next level of ‘More
menus’.
3 Use the following keys:
and to highlight required options.
to change option values.
to quit and save the changes.
DDC Options
The options within this section are related to
the Display Data Channel features supported
by the ServSwitch Duo IPC.
DDC Function
Settings: ENABLED, DISABLED
When enabled, the ServSwitch Duo IPC can discover the capabilities of a user
port video monitor and transmit that information to the connected computers
so that they can moderate their video output to suit the monitor.
DDC Source
Settings: AUTO, USER 1, USER 2
Determines which user port monitor should be interrogated to discover its
capabilities.
AUTO
begins with user port 1 and moves to the other port if no
readable monitor is connected.
USER 1
and
USER 2
constrain the ServSwitch
Duo IPC to look only at specific ports.
DDC Refresh
Settings: AT START, DISABLED
AT START
sets the ServSwitch Duo IPC to read DDC information from the
selected user port at power up. When
DISABLED
, no new DDC data is sought
and existing information is used. When viewing this menu, press F8 to perform a
discover DDC information from the chosen user port immediately.
Power Control
The options within this section are concerned with the operation of the RS232
COM port when used to command optional system power control units.
Power Control
Settings: ENABLED, DISABLED
When enabled, the RS232 COM port can be used only to send commands to
optional power control modules connected to it. When disabled, it may be used
for multiple video head synchronisation, configuration data transfer or flash
upgrades, as required.
Baud Rate
Settings: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200
Configures the communication speed of the serial port and must match the
speed used by the connected power switche(s).
Format
Settings: NONE.8.1, ODD.8.1, EVEN.8.1, NONE.8.2, NONE.7.2, ODD.7.2,
EVEN.7.2,
Configures the data format used by the serial port and must match the format
used by the connected power switche(s). The NONE/ODD/EVEN portion relates
to the parity checking; the 7/8 value is the size of the data byte and the 1/2
value determines the stop bit(s) used after each data byte.
SERVSWITCH DUO IPC
Advanced Options
DDC Options
Power Control
Enter-Select
F1-More menus
Esc-Quit
Firmware Version 2.08
