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Installation & Setup

Optima SD Instruction Manual

Attaching Serial Controllers

An external serial controller is any device that can send and receive ASCII code over an RS-232

(null modem) serial cable attached to the CONTROL (RS-232) port on the enclosure’s CPU. PCs are

common serial controllers. Once a PC is attached to an Optima SD enclosure, the system can be

controlled by running APControl software on the attached PC (see the AMX AutoPatch CD). The system

can also be controlled by entering BCS commands into a terminal emulation program, such as

HyperTerminal. For information on BCS commands, see the BCS Protocol Instruction Manual on the

AMX AutoPatch CD or at www.amx.com.

PC Requirements for APControl 3.0

 Windows XP

Professional

or Windows 2000

 Java Runtime Environment (JRE): v1.4.2 or the latest version

 Minimum Hardware: 166 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 20 MB free disk space, 800x600 display

 Recommended Hardware: 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 20 MB free disk space,

1280x1024 display

 Serial port

PC Requirements for BCS

 Windows XP

Professional

or Windows 2000

 Terminal emulation program

 Serial port

To establish external serial control over a null modem serial cable:

Use a null modem cable that matches the pin diagram in FIG. 9 for RS-232 without hardware flow

control. AMX AutoPatch equipment requires pins 2, 3, and 5 only.

FIG. 9 RS-232 null modem pin diagram, no hardware flow control

1 2 ... 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 ... 81 82

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