RS-232 port

From the drop-boxes in the port type section, you can select the baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits, and flow control for the PC1 serial COM port.

Click Submit to enter your selections.

If you click Cancel before submitting your selections, your entries are reset to the last saved parameters.

Defaults are:

Baud Rate:

9600

Data Bits:

8

Parity:

None

Stop Bits:

1

Flow control:

None

AC receptacle

In the AC Receptacle Settings section, you can do the following:

•Enter a name for the receptacle, which could reflect the output device connected to it, the room in which the device is located, and so forth. The name can be 1 to 12 characters. The following characters are not permitted:

# % + = ~ ` : ; “ ‘ , . \

By default, the receptacle is named Receptacle 1.

•Select the On or Off radio button to power the connected device on or off.

Click Submit to implement your changes. If you click Cancel before submitting your selections, your entries are reset to the last saved parameters.

Using the IR Drivers page

The IR Drivers page lets you view the IR drivers that have been uploaded to the PC1 via the File Management page (see “Managing Files,” later in this section). You can also view the commands contained within the IR driver, and cause the connected output device to perform (“play”) any of the listed commands.

For an IR driver to appear on this page, you must rename its file to a number with an

.eir extension (for example, 1.eir, 2.eir, and so forth) before uploading it via File Management. When the driver is displayed on the IR Drivers page, its device name also is displayed.

Figure 20. IR Drivers Page

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IPL T PC1, IPL T PC1i specifications

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