Specifications

Remote Control Application

REMOTE CONTROL OF THE DSPX-FM

In addition to the front panel LCD control system the DSPX-FM has a USB port, a serial port and an ethernet/

LAN port. These allow remote control of the DSPX-FM through a remote application program running on a win-

dows based PC. The remote control program is available for download from www.bwbroadcast.com

The USB port on the front panel of the DSPX-FM is a USB/Serial convertor module. The USB signals from your

computer are converted to serial commands which the DSPX-FM controller understands. This is transparent to

the user but as far as the DSPX-FM is concerned the USB port is a serial device. The remote control applica-

tion on your computer will select the USB device through a virtual comm port driver (VCP) which is a driver that

you will need to install on your computer in order to connect to the DSPX-FM over USB. VCP driver Installation

instructions are contained in Appendix A of this manual.

This section of the manual will refer to only serial and lan ports as the rear panel serial port and front panel USB

port are the same to the DSPX-FM. they are only differentiated by the comm port they each have on the host

computer. The DSPX-FM internally connects the back panel serial and front panel USB ports together in soft-

ware. you can only use one at any one time. Connecting both to your computer may result in errors.

The DSPX-FM can only to talk to the serial system (RS232/USB) or the ethernet/LAN system at any point in

time so you will need to select which one of the two remote control methods you wish to use by selecting the

appropriate option from the remote source parameter which is contained in the system menu accessible from

the DSPX-FM’s front panel.

If connecting via an ethernet connection you will need to set the IP address or Hostname that the DSPX-FM is

connected at and also include the PORT number that the DSPX-FM has been set to use. The default port that

BW use is 1203. You can leave it as is unless you have a reason to change it. Your network administrator can

help you with this.

Remote application