6 Connecting Multiple VP-1608 Units
You can connect up to eight single VP-1608units from a PC or serial controller via RS-232 and RS-485 (see Section 6.1), or up to seven single VP-1608units via RS-485 (see Section 6.2).
To connect a single VP-1608unit to a PC or other RS-232 controller, see Section 5.2.
6.1Connecting via a PC or Serial Controller
To connect up to eight single VP-1608units from a PC or serial controller via RS-232 and RS-485, as shown in Figure 8, do the following:
i | Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your |
VP-1608. After connecting your VP-1608, connect its power and then |
| switch on the power to each device. |
1.Connect the video sources and acceptors, the appropriate audio sources and acceptors, and the power cord to each VP-1608unit.
2.On each VP-1608unit, set the MACHINE # DIP-switches, as required (see
Section 5.3).
Set the first unit to MACHINE # 1 (Master), the second unit to MACHINE # 2, and so on - up to MACHINE # 8 for the eighth unit.
3.Connect the RS-232 port on the first VP-1608unit to the PC (see Section 5.1).
4.Interconnect the RS-485 ports on all the VP-1608units: from the RS-485 port on the first VP-1608unit, to the RS-485 port on the second
VP-1608unit, and so on – up to the RS-485 port on the eighth VP-1608unit.
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