Polycom VSX Series Configuring RS-232 Equipment, Configuring for Use with a Touch Panel Control

Customizing the VSX System

Configuring RS-232 Equipment

The VSX 5000, VSX 6000, VSX 6000A, VSX 7000, and VSX 7000s systems provide one RS-232 port; the VSX 7000e and VSX 8000 systems provide two.

1.Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.

2.Configure these settings:

Setting	Description
Baud Rate	Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the
	serial device.
RS-232 Mode	Specifies the mode used for the serial port. Available
	settings depend on the VSX system model.
	• Control—Receives control signals from a touch-panel
	control.
	• Sony PTZ—Provides control signals to a PTZ camera.
	(VSX 7000, VSX 7000s, VSX 7000e, VSX 8000)
	• Closed Caption—Receives closed captions from a
	captioning service using a modem, or directly from a
	captioner’s computer via Telnet.
	• Vortex Mixer—Provides control signals to a Polycom
	Vortex mixer.
	• Pass Thru—Passes data to an RS-232 device
	connected to the serial port of the far-site system.
	• Polycom Annotation—Provides control signals to the
	Polycom Instructor RP™.
	• Debug—Provides a Telnet trace for debugging. You
	can only set one RS-232 port at a time to Debug mode.

Configuring for Use with a Touch Panel Control

VSX systems that have a serial port can be configured for use with a touch panel control.

To configure the serial port for a touch panel:

1.Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.

2.Configure these settings:

Setting	Description
Baud Rate	Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the
	touch panel control.
RS-232 Mode	Select Control. This allows any device connected to the
	RS-232 port to control the system using API commands.

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