Eiki MD13NET owner manual Use of Serial Port, Serial Port setting

Use of Serial Port

This product provides with a serial control port (RS-232C) to control the external equipment which has an RC-232C port. This function allows exter- nal equipment to be controlled by the computer through the network and the projector can be controlled by the external serial controller. Before con- necting the external equipment, perform the setting “Serial port setting” described below.

Serial Port setting

This is to set up the serial port on the network board. Display the setting page by clicking on the Serial Port linked tex on the main menu. To communicate with exter- nal equipment correctly, communication condition must be set to the same values as that the connected equipment is using. After fixing the setting, press the Set button*1.

Item	Description
Baud Rate	Communication speed for serial port, select with the pull-down menu.
Parity	Parity check, the ways for error detecting of the transferred data.
Stop	Stop bit, indicates the end of communication.
Flow Control	Ways for communication flow.
Data	Indicates the length of data
Serial Control ....Selects equipment to control
	External	Used to select when the external equipment connected to the serial
		port is controlled by the computer through the LAN port.
	Projector	Used to select when the projector is controlled by the serial controller
		connected to the serial port.
Port	Indicates the port number of TCP/IP. The default number is 23. Use the same port
	number specified by application. There are some reserved port number*2. If one of
	those port numbers is used, the alert dialog window will appear and let you know
	that it is an invalid port number.

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