User guide
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TX USB link
ALIFunitsactasUSB2.0hubs
and so can provide four sockets
at the RX unit with only a single
connection at the TX unit.
To make a USB link
1 ConnectthetypeBconnector
of the supplied USB cable to the
USB port on the TX unit rear
panel.
OPTIONS
1 2
1
2
2 ConnectthetypeAconnectorofthecabletoavacantUSBsocketonthe
host computer.
TX AUX port
TheAUXportisanRS232serial
portthatallowsextensionofRS232
signalsuptoabaudrateof115200.
The port has software flow control,
but no hardware flow control.
AUX
ALIF RX
ALIF TX
VIDEO
LINK
LINK
USB
LINK
AUDIO
LINKS
POWER
IN
SERIAL
LINK
ALIF RX
ALIF TX
VIDEO
LINK
LINK
USB
LINK
AUDIO
LINKS
POWER
IN
SERIAL
LINK
USB link from
host computer
Serial (null-modem) link
from your computer
To connect the AUX port
1EnsurethatpowerisremovedfromtheALIFunit.
2 Connectasuitableserial‘null-modem’cable(seeAppendix for pin-out)
between a vacant serial port on your computer and the AUX port on the
right hand side of the ALIF rear panel.