Specifications

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Final System Installation

28 Installation Edition 1.08 CXPS Manual

Step 4: Establish Permanent Remote Control

WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR THIS STEP

• Laptop or personal computer

• For RS-232 control: RS-232 direct-connect type serial cable with DB9 (male) connector

• For Ethernet control: Ethernet cable. If you are connecting your control computer

directly to the CXPS, you may need a crossover cable.

• RS-232 and Telnet Commands:

DESCRIPTION

When all video sources going into the CXPS and all video outputs going to the displays or

recording devices have been shown to function correctly, permanent control of the CXPS

can be established using the RS-232 serial interface, 10/100T Ethernet interface, or the web-

server GUI. Black Diamond Video recommends that you read this section carefully before

establishing permanent controls.

Whether the CXPS is controlled through an RS-232 terminal, a 10/100T Ethernet port using

telnet commands, or the web-server GUI, control begins with the RS-232 terminal. The RS-

232 terminal is used to check and assign an IP address for the CXPS. Without configuring

network settings, the network and web control will not work.

Details of the serial control commands and telnet protocols are in Appendix A, “RS-232

and 10/100T Protocol.”

Control of the CXPS can be accomplished using any one of the following five methods:

• RS-232 Only—This method is used when only RS-232 control is desired. Controls are

managed using the CXPS command set (Appendix A).

• 10/100 T Ethernet and RS-232—This method is used when 10/100T Ethernet control

of the CXPS is desired and the control computer is a client on a larger network which

uses DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) to assign IP addresses. This is the

SHOWNET

ipaddr

telnet

<ipaddr> 8998

IMPORTANT!

When connecting a control computer to the RS-232 connector on the CXPS,

you must use a direct-connect type cable.

When connecting a control computer directly to the Ethernet connector you

must use a crossover cable. Both the control computer and the CXPS must

then use a static IP address.