Specifications

Remote Control Application

REmOTE CONTROl OF ThE dSPXTREmE

In addition to the front panel LCD control system the DSPXtreme has a serial port and an ethernet/LAN port.

These allow remote control of the DSPXtreme through a remote application program running on a windows

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

The DSPXtreme can only to talk to the serial system (RS232) 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 appro-

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

DSPXtreme’s front panel.

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

connected at and also include the PORT number that the DSPXtreme 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.

Serial port system

The serial port system consists of two serial ports, one on the front and the other on the rear panel. Only one of

the ports can be used at any one time and the active port can be selected from the front panel LCD control sys-

tem. The serial port selection parameter is located in the ‘SYSTEM’ menu.

Firmware (new versions of DSPXtreme code) will also need to be uploaded into the DSPXtreme via the serial

port system. The BW Broadcast development team have built the serial communications XMODEM protocol.

Any standard terminal program will allow you to send an update file into the DSPXtreme via XMODEM protocol.

CONTROL OF THE DSPXtreme BY RS232 (SERIAL)

If you wish to use the RS232 port to control the DSPXtreme follow the steps below

1. Connect the supplied serial cable to the rear RS232 port

2. Navigate to the ‘REMOTE SOURCE’ parameter (also in system) and select the serial option

3. Run the DSPXtreme remote application and you will be presented with a connection screen (see image).

Select the COM port on your computer that you have plugged the serial cable into

4. A password needs to be entered, regardless of password settings on the DSPXtreme itself. A password still

needs to be entered even if the passwords on the DSPXtreme have been disabled.

5. Click connect on the application and you should receive a ‘please wait’ box while the information is retrieved

from the DSPXtreme. Once connected you are then free to control the DSPXtreme with the remote application.

Further information on the remote application is contained on the following pages. If the DSPXtreme remote

application does not connect or disconnects after a few seconds then it could be that the password is incorrect.

The default password for the DSPXtreme is 3779. You are free to change these on the DSPXtreme itself (see

information on password control elsewhere in this manual)

Remote application