Specifications

General Purpose Interface
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Procedure 35-2 
Create New Device
Step Action
1 Select Device from the Setup tab
2 Select New. General Purpose Device editor displays
3 Enter a name for the device in the Name textbox
4 Enter a description for the device in the Description textbox
5 The Enabled checkbox is selected by default. To disable the device, deselect the
checkbox
6 Select the vendor from the Vendor drop down menu
TimeOut Delay Time (1/10 secs) Enter the extra interval (in 1/10 seconds) that victor
waits for a response from the device after sending a
message to the switcher.
If a response is not received in time, the message is
retransmitted or communications failure declared.
Default value is 20 (2 seconds).
Comm Fail Delay Time (secs) Enter the time period (in seconds) after the TimeOut
Delay Time expires that victor waits to declare an
unresponsive device as failure.
Default value is 300 seconds.
Header Character Enter a value (in decimal) to define the first
character in a message from the General Purpose
Device. Zero (0) indicates that any character can be
the first character.
Default value is zero (0)
Trailer Character Enter a value (in decimal) to define the last
character from the General Purpose Device.
Default value is 13.
Note
1. The value cannot be zero (0). 
2. A Trailer Character is mandatory.
Message Resend Count Enter the number of times victor should attempt to
resend a message that the device has not
acknowledged receiving.
Default value is zero (0).
Max Buffer Size Enter the maximum size of the buffer that stores the
message from the device.
Default value is 2000.