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Chapter 4—HDR 203HD RS-232 Serial Control

Chapter 4 HDR 203HD RS-232 Serial Control

The HDR 203HD is the ruggedized version of the SR-W5U W-VHS recorder from JVC Professional Products. The HDR 203HD has an RS-232 serial communications port for remote control of its functions. This enables the device to receive data and instructions from host applications, and to be explicitly controlled with commands sent via the serial port from a computer (or ASCII terminal). This port is configured according to the Elec- tronic Industries Association Standard RS-232-C published in August 1969.

Copies of this standard may be obtained by contacting:

Global Engineering Documents 15 Inverness Way Englewood, CO 80112-5704. (800) 854-7179 or (303) 397 7956

GED serves as the master distributor for ordering documents of the Electronic Industries Association. The Association can be reached at:

Electronic Industries Association

2500 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22201

Physically, the RS-232 port is a 9-pin D-Sub (DB9) connector.

Connecting the RS-232 Port

The ruggedized HDR 203HD may be explicitly controlled with ASCII Command Set instructions sent via the RS-232 serial port from either a computer or an ASCII terminal. See “Serial Command Set” below for details on the Command Set.

The serial port is a female DB9 connector.

Serial port connection to the host requires a serial cable to connect to the host. This cable is typically a standard “straight-through” cable, though if the HDR 203HD is connected to a computer configured as a Data Communications Equipment (D.C.E.), you’ll need to use a null modem cable (described later in this document). Make the cable connection during the hardware installation sequence.

The serial port’s DB9 connector is configured as D.C.E., with the following signals and pin correspondences to the the DB9 connector:

D-Sub 9 pin Description

1---

2Received Data

3Transmitted Data

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