Pelco VMX300-E installation manual Pelco Ascii Switchers

Pelco switchers that include the ASCII protocol in their software communicate directly with the VMX300(-E) workstation, as shown in Figure 2.

The ASCII protocol is native to all of the matrix switchers except for the CM9740 Series and some of the older CM9760 Series switchers. These non-native switchers require a hardware data translator (CM9760-DT) to translate between the device’s native protocol and the ASCII protocol, as shown in Figure 3.

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VMX WORKSTATION

NATIVE ASCII SWITCHER

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Figure 2. Pelco ASCII Switchers

VMX WORKSTATION CAMERA CAMERA

CM9760-DT

NON-NATIVE

ASCII SWITCHER

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DATA

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Figure 3. Pelco’s Non-Native ASCII Switchers

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