Polycom VSX Series Manual De Usuario

 Customizing the VSX System

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The VSX 5000, VSX 6000, VSX 6000A, VSX 7000, and VSX 7000s systems 

provide one RS-232 port; the VSX 7000e and VSX 8000 systems provide two.

Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.

Configure these settings:

VSX systems that have a serial port can be configured for use with a touch 

panel control. 

Go to System > Admin Settings > General Settings > Serial Port.

Configure these settings:

Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the 
serial device. 

Specifies the mode used for the serial port. Available 
settings depend on the VSX system model.
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Control—Receives control signals from a touch-panel 
control.

Sony  PTZ—Provides control signals to a PTZ camera. 
(VSX 7000, VSX 7000s, VSX 7000e, VSX 8000)

Closed  Caption—Receives closed captions from a 
captioning service using a modem, or directly from a 
captioner’s computer via Telnet.

Vortex Mixer—Provides control signals to a Polycom 
Vortex mixer.

Pass Thru—Passes data to an RS-232 device 
connected to the serial port of the far-site system.

Polycom Annotation—Provides control signals to the 
Polycom Instructor RP™.

Debug—Provides a Telnet trace for debugging. You 
can only set one RS-232 port at a time to Debug mode.

Set the baud rate to the same value that it is set on the 
touch panel control. 

Select Control. This allows any device connected to the 
RS-232 port to control the system using API commands.