Rev. B
6-54
HMXMC001013
31-Mar-06
Serial Ports
For Videoblox Subrack interaction
, the port type represents the type of
device to be connected to the port.
1. VB-IO/Pretitler
2.
VB-PTZ
3.
VB-Alarm/COutput
4.
VB-Auxiliary
Description
This is an 18-character description used to identify the selected
communication port. It is used for reference only. Enter up to 18
characters in this field and press Enter on the keyboard.
ID1 – ID8
These fields are used to limit the amount of data being transmitted from
a selected port. Placing a number in any of these fields will only transmit
data to equipment of the selected type with that ID number. The ID1 field
also allows the value ALL to be entered, which enables all data of the
selected type to be transmitted, regardless of the ID number. Selecting
ALL will clear all the other ID fields. The valid ID range for the selected
port types are:
Keyboard
ID 1 – 99
Subrack
ID 1 – 799
Network
ID 1 – 255
Highlevel/Mimic
ID 1 – 99
Enter the desired value in each ID field and press Enter on the keyboard.
Note: This is not applicable for VideoBlox.
For VideoBlox Subrack(ID3-ID4)
, these two fields represent the video
loss source device type.
0 & 0 represents video loss source device is Input cards.
0 & 1 represents video loss source device is Concentrator.
1 & 0 represents video loss source device is MVT or pretext devices.
1 & 1 represents no device as video device loss source.
For VideoBlox Subrack(ID6)
, this ID represents the version of matrix
switcher hardware for audio switching. 1 represents the old VideoBlox
matrix switcher hardware.
For VideoBlox Subrack(ID7)
, this ID represents the version of matrix
switcher hardware for video switching. 1 represents the old VideoBlox
matrix switcher hardware.
Baud Rate
Click on the Baud Rate field to open the dialog box for defining the
communication settings for the port.
The data rate for the port is selected from the Baud Rate field. A pull-
down menu displays the available baud rate selections. This field
defaults to 19.2K (19k2) baud. To change the baud rate, click on the
down arrow to open the pull-down menu. Click on the desired baud
rate.