KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
The Router Mode Keys
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7 The Router Mode Keys
This section describes how to:
Configure the
RC-IR2
(see section 7.1)
Initialize the
RC-IR2
(see section 7.2)
Use the ROUTER Mode keys (see section 7.3)
7.1 Configuration
For the
RC-IR2
to identify the switcher that it has to control, a ROUTER
number (see section 7.2.1) and a GROUP number
1
(see section 7.2.2) need to be
assigned for specific identification of each switcher.
Older Kramer products were arranged in several groups according to several
criteria, such as the protocol type and version, the baud rate, the number of
units that can be controlled per group and so on, as defined in Table 3, which
applies to older Kramer machines.
Table 3 defines 16 different groups, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, and 20 (there are no groups numbered 8, 13, or 19). Groups numbered
1, 2, 3, 4, 14, 15 and 16 include units with only a single output. In some cases, you
will need to allocate different versions of the same unit to different groups. For
example, the
VS-4x4YC
vertical interval matrix switcher appears in Groups 5 and
12. Group 5 works with the old protocol (at the time that the
VS-4x4YC
was
initially manufactured) and Group 12 works with the new protocol
2
.
Newer Kramer products are allocated to either group 12 (communication
protocol 2000) or group 11 (if they have one output only
3
).
1 In cases where the machine does not have a built-in IR receiver it still has to be allocated to a group and can be controlled
via the external IR receiver (see section 5.2)
2 Kramer Protocol-2000 (version 3.1 or higher)
3 The group 11 machines are protocol 2000 switchers that have only one output, so that the output is preset to 1 and you only
have to press the input number digit on the selector buttons
