Background Illumination

The buttons on the front panel can be set to provide amber background illumination at all times or the background illumination can be turned off. To toggle the background illumination on or off, press and hold the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons simultaneously for approximately 2 seconds (see figure 25).

Press and hold the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons simultaneously to toggle background illumination mode on or off.

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After approximately 2 seconds, release the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons.

Figure 25. Toggle Background Illumination On or Off

Selecting the Rear Panel Remote Port Protocol and Baud Rate

All switchers can support either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communication protocol and can operate at the 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rate. The settings of these variables can be viewed and changed from the front panel.

View and configure the serial communications settings as follows:

1.Select Serial Port Selection and Configuration mode: Simultaneously press and hold all Control buttons (Enter, Preset, View, and Esc).

Press and hold the Enter, Preset,

View, and Esc buttons.

 

C O N T R O L

 

 

C O N T R O L

 

 

ENTER

PRESET

VIEW

ESC

2 seconds

 

VIEW

ESC

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ENTER

PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Control buttons light with Outputs 31 and 32 (FOX Matrix 3200) or

one flashing.

Outputs 71 and 72 (FOX Matrix 7200)

 

both light with one button flashing.

The flashing Control button indicates the baud rate as follows:

Enter — 9600

Preset — 19200

View — 38400

Esc — 115200

The flashing output button indicates the protocol as follows:

Output 31 (71) — RS-232

Output 32 (72) — RS-422

In this example, the port is set to RS-232 at 9600 baud.

2.Release the Control buttons.

3.Change a value: Press and release the button that relates to the desired value.

Press and release the button(s) to configure the port as follows:

Baud rate:

Enter — 9600

Preset — 19200

View — 38400

Esc — 115200

Serial protocol:

 

Ouput 31 (71) — RS-232

Output 32 (72) — RS-422

The selected buttons blink and the others remain lit.

In this example, the port is set to RS-422 at 38400 baud.

C O N T R O L

ENTER

PRESET

VIEW

ESC

 

 

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