Kramer Electronics user manual Connecting the VS-66FW Rear Panel

Connecting the VS-66FW

5 Connecting the VS-66FW

This section describes how to connect the VS-66FW. In particular, how to:

￿￿Connect the VS-66FWrear panel (see section 5￿ .1)

￿￿Control via RS-232, for example, using a PC (see section 5￿ .2)

￿￿Control via RS-485 (see section 5￿ .3)

￿￿Set the dipswitches (see section 5￿ .4)

￿￿Connect the REMOTE Connector (see section 5￿ .5)

5.1Connecting the VS-66FW Rear Panel

You can connect the VS-66FWto up to 6 devices, using IEEE-1394 cables with 6 pin connectors. The example in Figure 4 illustrates how you can use the VS-66FWto capture and edit real-time video and audio from one video camcorder to a computer, and from another video camcorder to a laptop. The data from the computer is stored on an external hard drive.

To connect the VS-66FW, as the example in Figure 4 illustrates, do the following:

1.Connect the two FireWire ports of a computer, as follows:

￿￿Connect the first FireWire port to PORT 1

￿￿Connect the second FireWire port to PORT 2

2.Connect a FireWire device (for example, a video camcorder) to PORT 3.

3.Connect a FireWire device (for example, another video camcorder) to PORT 4.

4.Connect a FireWire device (for example, a laptop) to PORT 5.

5.Connect a FireWire device (for example, a hard disk) to PORT 6.

6.Set the dipswitches (see section 5￿ .4).

7.Connect a PC (if required) to the RS-232 IN port (see section 5￿ .2).

8.Connect the power cord1.

1 We recommend that you use only the power cord that is supplied with this machine

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