Specifications

36 HDMI5 Component Video Switch
37HDMI5 Component Video Switch
K.I.S.S.™ (Keep It Simple Serial!™)
Ze ktor ’s excl usive K .I.S .S.™ (Ke ep I t Simp le S er ial™ ) proto col w as d e -
signe d by engin eers who have been contro llin g RS -23 2 de vices for
most of thei r ca re ers and unde rsta nd t he p itfa lls o f a badl y de signe d
protoco l.
A few features of the K.I.S.S.™ protocol are:
A si mple and logi call y con siste nt co mman d st ruc ture.
Fully bi- d irec tion al o perat ions and can be operat ed i n bo th
a M aster /Slave mode (on ly re spon ds w hen spok en to ), o r
in a n Asy nchro nous mod e (s tate c hang es a re se nt as the y
occur ).
All comma nds and respo nses can opt iona lly use a ch ecks um
or a CRC -8 c heck code to in sure re liab le c ommu nicat ions.
A com mand wil l al ways g enerate a re spon se! The re are no
“ti meou t ” s tates as p ar t of t he p ro tocol. A ti meou t wi ll a l-
ways in dica te so me t ype of physic al co nnec ti on e rror (loo se
cabl e, ex trem e no ise, e tc.).
Co mman ds a nd re spon ses have be en d esig ned fo r si mple
pars ing in a ny lan guag e.
Easy to te st u sing a te rmi nal, or te rmin al e mula tion sof t-
ware. (H yp er ter m, S ecu re CRT, etc. )
A few features of the HDMI5 command set are:
A fu ll fea tured comma nd s et t hat goes far beyon d si mple
front pane l con trol o perat ions ! Al lows f ull control over all
fe atures of the HDMI 5.
All front pane l fu nc tion s su ppor te d.
Full noti ficat ion of s tate chan ges.
The a bili ty to di sabl e th e fro nt pa nel, and stil l have front
pane l bu tton press es s ent to the ser ial por t .
Hig h res olut ion control over all timi ng s etti ngs.
The a bili ty to rea d al l IR code s se nt to the HDM I5 by any
remote, even thos e no t us ed by the HDM I5. Use t he H DMI5
to ad d IR cont ro l to any p ro jec t!
Many more feat ures, too n umero us to lis t he re...
For a fu ll d escr ipti on o f K .I .S.S .™ a nd a lis t of the comm ands sup -
por te d by the HDMI 5, d ownlo ad t he H DMI5 sup plem ental man ual at:
ww w.zek tor.c om/H DMI5 /down load s. htm
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The R S-2 32 o n th e HD MI5 is t he s ame fo rmat as a PC -mod em, and
uses the sam e t ype cabl e as a s eri al m odem would, whi ch i s a stan -
dard strai ght t hroug h ca ble. D o n ot u se a cab le t hat i s ma rke d as a
“Nul l M odem” c able.
The H DMI5 can als o be use d wi th a ny USB to R S-2 32 co nve rsio n
cabl e, the se a re al l t ypic ally stra ight throu gh c able s.
The R S-2 32 p or t i s a fe male t ype DE-9 conn ec tor ( some time s mi stak-
enly referre d to as a DB -9 co nnec tor ) wi th t he fol lowin g pi nout :
5 4 3 2 1
9 8 7 6
Pi n de fini tion s:
1 - No Co nnect 6 - No Co nnect
2 - TX 7 - No Co nnect
3 - RX 8 - No Co nnect
4 - No Co nnect 9 - No Co nnect
5 - GND
The p or t s etti ngs used by t he H DMI5 are:
Baudrate: 9600
Data Bits : 8
Stop Bits : 1
Parity: NONE
The co mmun icat ions protoco l us ed i s Zek tor ’s exclus ive K .I .S.S .™
(Kee p I t S impl e S eri al™) protoc ol.
RS-232 Port