External Control

About the external control

This monitor has three external control terminals.

●Make/Trigger terminal (RJ-45): The following external control systems are available.

(1) Make (make contact) system:

Controls the monitor by short-circuiting the corresponding pin terminal to the GND pin terminal, or disconnecting (opening) it.

(2) Trigger (trigger) system:

Controls the monitor by sending the pulse signal instantaneously to the corresponding pin terminal.

☞“Using the Make/Trigger system” below

●RS-485 terminals (RJ-45): Controls the monitor with the RS-485 system (☞ “Using the serial communication” on page 23).

●RS-232C terminal (D-sub 9-pin): Controls the monitor with the RS-232C system (☞ “Using the serial communication” on page 23).

Set the following items of “Remote Setting” in Set-Up Menu according to the external control terminal and control system (☞ “Serial Type,” “Parallel Type” on page 18).

Control

 

 

The settings of this unit

Control system

“Serial Type”

“Parallel

terminal

 

 

setting

Type” setting

 

 

 

Make/

Parallel Type

Make

—

Make

Trigger

 

 

 

 

 

Trigger

—

Trigger

terminal

 

 

 

 

 

RS-485

Serial

RS-485

RS485*1

—

terminal

communication

 

 

 

 

 

RS-232C

 

RS-232C

RS232C*1

—

terminal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1 For a monitor connected to a personal computer etc, select the terminal the equipment is actually connected to. For other monitors, select “RS485.”

Control priority is as follows.

Make > Trigger = serial communication = buttons and menu on the monitor

●You can use external control even when “Control Lock” is set to “Volume Lock” or “All Lock” (☞ page 19).

●When the monitor is off (on standby), external control is not available. But certain external controls (starting/terminating communication, turning on the monitor) are available through the serial communication (☞ page 24).

<Make/Trigger system>

You can control the monitor by a personal computer or dedicated controller*2.

●“Using the Make/Trigger system” below.

*2 The controller is not commercially available. Consult your dealer if you need it.

<Serial communication>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS-485 IN

RS-485 RS-485

RS-485 RS-485

RS-485

or

OUT

IN

OUT

IN

OUT

RS-232C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

●For the details, see page 23.

Using the Make/Trigger system

The Make/Trigger terminal is configured as follows. You can assign a function to each pin terminal in “Remote Setting” (☞ “Pin1, Pin2, Pin3, Pin4, Pin5” in “Parallel Type” on page 18).

●You cannot change the functions assigned to the pin terminals from 6th to 8th.

 

Pin No.

Pin name

 

1

Pin1

 

2

Pin2

 

3

Pin3

 

4

Pin4

 

5

Pin5

This is a female terminal.

6

Tally*1

 

7

Enable*2

 

8

GND

*1

The 6th pin terminal controls turning on or off the tally lamp

 

(available to control even when the 7th pin terminal is invalid).

*2

The 7th pin terminal makes the external control valid/invalid. Make

 

sure to control the terminal by the Make system.

To assign the functions to the pin terminals

For the operation procedure, see page 12.

1Select “Remote Setting” on the Set-Up Menu.

2 Set “Parallel Type” to “Set.”

3 Select a pin name (“Pin1” – “Pin5”) for which you want to assign a function, then select the function you want to assign.

For the selectable functions, see the table on page 23.

Operation of the external control

1Set “Parallel Type” of “Remote Setting” to “Make” or “Trigger” in the

Set-Up Menu.

2Short-circuit the 7th pin terminal (ENABLE) to the 8th pin terminal (GND) so that the monitor can be controlled by the external control.

3When the “Make” system is selected: Operate each function by short- circuiting the corresponding pin terminal to the 8th pin terminal (GND) or opening it.

When the “Trigger” system is selected: Operate each function by pulse control, that is short-circuiting the corresponding pin terminal to the 8th pin terminal (GND) for about 1 second and opening it.

●When changing the input with Make system, activate the pin you want after deactivating the currently used pin.

●When selecting the “Trigger” system, you can operate only one function at a time. Operate the functions one by one.

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