MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router

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3.2RS-232

3.2.1 Launching HyperTerminal

The MATRIXPRO-II router provides RS-232 serial communication. The simplest way to control the router over RS-232 is using embedded Windows XP HyperTerminal program.

Hyper Terminal is only supported by Windows XP. To install and

use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 please refer to the Microsoft Windows web site

Alternatively, you can download and use the open source Putty terminal software.

To launch Hyper Terminal

Connect the PC to the unit with a RS-232 cable.

Select Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal.

Enter a name and choose an icon in Connection Description window and click OK.

In Connect To window, ignore the Country, Area Code and Phone Number fields but select available COM port of PC and then click OK.

In COM Properties window, set the parameters as below:

￿Bits per second (baud rate): 115200 (115200 is default baud rate of MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 )

￿Data bits: 8

￿Parity: None

￿Stop bits: 1

￿Flow control: None

Bit per second of Hyper Terminal should be set as same as baud rate of MATRIXPRO-II

Click OK to save the parameters.

Go Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal, then new icon will be shown. Then select it to launch Hyper Terminal

Type the command to control the unit

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Barco 26-1302001-00 manual RS-232 Launching HyperTerminal