VBrick Systems VB6000, VB4000, VB5000 manual Configuration System, Configuration Passthrough COM2

	MPEG-2 Configuration
Operational State	Describes the current status of a Passthrough connection, including
	error conditions, if any. Refer to the Network Status Section. This will
	display Active if in Passthrough mode.
Idle Time out	5–2000 milliseconds. Default = 500. The interval between characters
	at which metadata is inserted into the stream.
COM Interface	Describes the COM interface connector. (RS422/485 options are
Type	displayed only if main board has a Part Number ending in xxx3. See
	Status: User Information > Main Board.)
	• RS232 – standard RS-232 serial port connector.
	• RS422/485 – RS-422/485 4-wire serial port connector.
	• RS422/485 (Terminated) – RS-422/485 terminated.

Dedicated Address Mode

When the Passthrough State is set as Initiator and the Destination is Dedicated, the VBrick appliance can be configured and identified using either an IP address or Host Name.

Configuration: Passthrough > COM2

Passthrough settings for COM2 are a subset of COM1. See Configuration: Passthrough > COM1 for complete details. As noted, DTR and RTS are not available for COM2. Under no conditions are RTS or DTR controls passed through end-to-end. All control handling is local.

Configuration: System

This menu allows the user to set-system related parameters.

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