Barco 26-1302001-00 manual 3.2 RS-232 3.2.1 Launching HyperTerminal

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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