User's Manual

FC-5 - Overview 3
3 Overview
The FC-5 is a protocol translator designed to make an RS-232 controlled machine
(Kramer and non-Kramer products) compatible with other RS-232 based protocols.
By default the unit comes configured with two translation drivers, includes a PC
based software program for user configuration, and has two relays and eleven
contact closure control connections.
In particular, the FC-5:
• By default, comes configured with two translation drivers: a Generic Switcher
Protocol to Kramer’s “Protocol 2000”; and the Sierra Video Systems (SVS)
Protocol to Kramer’s “Protocol 2000”
• Can also be used as a programmable controller. It features two relays for the
simplified and centralized control of room functions (such as lighting, closing
blinds, and so on). The two output relays have normally open (NO) and
normally closed (NC) contacts
• Features connections for up to eleven remote contact closure switches (to
trigger RS-232 commands and/or control the relays)
• Includes an easy-to-use PC application program that lets you build
translation tables for the FC-5 to define the association between codes for
the COM ports, relays and contact closures. The FC-5 can be configured to
work with up to four translation tables, and each one can include up to 256
translation commands. DIP-switches are used to select between the
translation tables
• Supports firmware upgrade