Extron electronic IPL T PC1i RS-232 port cabling, Download tab, Hardware Setup, cont’d

Hardware Setup, cont’d

RS-232 port cabling

To connect an output device, such as a plasma display or projector, to the PC1's RS-232 connector, see the Extron IP Link Device Interface Communication Sheet for your display device. This sheet contains information about your display device, including connector pin assignments and connection diagrams, and is available from the Extron Web site.

Accessing the Communication Sheet

To obtain the Communication Sheet for your output device,

1.	On the Extron Web site (www.extron.com), click the
	Download tab.
2.	On the Download Center page, click
	the Device Drivers button (shown at
	right).
3.	At the bottom of the Device Drivers
	page, select IPL T PC1 from the pull-
	down menu.
4.	On the next page, select Serial from the Protocol Type
	drop-down menu to display a list of the Extron serial
	drivers.
5.	On the drivers list, locate the model name of your output
	device. In the row for your device, click on the nnKb link
	in the Communication Sheet column.

In the example below, the Communication sheet link for a 3M-7340 display has been selected.

6.	The Communication Sheet, a .pdf document, opens. You
	can view, print, and/or download it.
7.	Wire your display device as described in its
	Communication Sheet.

You can also access the Communication Sheets from the GC2.3 software by clicking the Comm Sheet button on the Serial Configuration tab. See "Assigning a serial driver" in chapter 3, "Software Setup," for more information.

Connecting to the display device

To connect the display device to the PC1,

1. Wire an RS-232 cable to the provided four-pin captive screw connector, as described below. Use only the first three pins of the connector, starting at left.

a. Connect the wire from the display's Receive port to the connector's first pin on the left, which plugs into the PC1's Tx (Transmit) port.

b. Connect the wire from the display's Transmit port to the connector's second pin, which plugs into the PC1's Rx (Receive) port.

c. Connect the ground wire from the display to the connector's third pin, which plugs into the PC1's ground () port.

RS-232	IPL T PC1
	Rear Panel
Tx Rx +5V	RS-232 Port

Ground (	)	Ground (	)
Receive (Rx)		Receive (Rx)
Transmit (Tx)		Transmit (Tx)

BidirectionalDisplay

Device

d. Connect hand-shaking wires to the +5V port if needed.

2. Plug the cable into the RS-232 receptacle on the PC1 rear panel.

NThe RS-232 port is by default a control port. If you want to use it to configure the PC1, you must perform a mode 2 reset. Refer to “Resetting,” in chapter 3 of the IPL T PC1 User's Manual for this procedure.

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