Kramer Electronics FC-1ETHN user manual Amendment to Section

ADDENDUM: FC-1ETHN

This addendum describes an upgrade to the FC-1ETHN: the Virtual Serial Port.

Amendment to Section 3

The following text on page 2 is deleted:

￿￿Is compatible with the latest Kramer K-Router Windows®-based control software (version 4.0 or higher) whose user-friendly interface now allows Kramer switchers to be controlled via Ethernet

The following text is inserted immediately prior to section 3.1:

The FC-1ETHNnow includes the Virtual Serial Port Driver for compatibility with applications based on COM-port communication. The Virtual Serial Port:

￿￿Makes the FC-1ETHNcompatible with all Windows®-based applications which work through an actual COM port. This includes all versions of K-Router and other Kramer control applications. It lets you operate all RS-232 and RS-485 controllable devices via Ethernet LAN using their existing PC software

￿￿Operates like an actual hardware port, that is, a logical COM that behaves like a standard hardware COM but in reality transparently reroutes the data using the TCP/IP network to the FC-1ETHNinterface via a Virtual Null-modem connection, which you can emulate over the Ethernet or Internet

￿￿Can be created in any quantity on your PC and does not occupy an actual serial port

Amendment to Section 5

In Table 3: “FC-1ETHN Configuration Manager Window Functionality” (on page 6), item 6 is replaced as follows:

6 Serial Setting In the serial setting speed list, click the appropriate baud speed1 (1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600).

Note: the FC-1ETHN does not support 115200 baud rate.

Amendment to Section 6

The following new section, section 6.4 “Configuring the FC-1ETHN via its Virtual Port”, is inserted immediately prior to section 7:

To configure the FC-1ETHNvia the Virtual Port, do the following:

￿￿Download the Virtual Serial Port Driver at this URL: http://www.kramerelectronics.com/support/bottom1.htm and follow the on-screen instructions:

1 The configuration baud is factory preset, and fixed, at 9600

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