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KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD. USER GUIDE Kram er VSP M Virtua l Serial P ort Man ager P/N: 2900 - 3001 25 Rev 2[...]
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Kramer VSPM – Contents i Conte nt s 1 Introduct ion 1 2 Overview 2 3 Kramer VSPM S oftware Installation 3 4 Using the Kramer VSPM 7 4.1 Setting P re ferences 7 4.2 Adding a Virt ual Serial Por t 9 4.3 Edit ing Port Details 12 4.4 Deleting / Res e tting Ports 13 Figures Figure 1: Virtual Port Set up Example 2 Figure 2: Welcome W indow 3 Figure 3: [...]
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Kramer VSPM - Int roduc tion 1 1 1 Intr oduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! S ince 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordabl e solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, present a tion, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned an[...]
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2 Kramer VSPM - Overview 2 Ove rview The Kramer VSPM software lets you e mulat e v irtual port s w hich normally would be present in the machine hardware. After setup , the virtual port lets you control Kramer m a chine s via your PC . In the example illustrat ed in Figure 1 , machine s A and B need to be controlled from a distance by the PC. Both [...]
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Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Install ation 3 3 3 Kr amer VSPM Softw are Installat ion T o install the software: Download the Kram er VSPM applicat ion Software fro m http:// w ww.kramerelectroni cs.com . The Kramer VSPM requires the following: • Microsoft W indows XP, Vista 64 - bit , Windows 7 32 - bit, Windows 7 64 - bit • Microsoft .[...]
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4 Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Ins tallatio n Fig ure 3 : Selec t Installati on Folder W indow 3. Click Browse to select the destination fol der. 4. When finis hed, click N ext . The Confirm Inst allation window appears: Fig ure 4 : Confirm Installatio n[...]
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Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Install ation 5 5 5. C lick Next . The I n stall a tion Progres s w indow appears: Fig ure 5 : Install ation Progress W indo w Then the Installation Complet e w indow appears: Fig ure 6 : Install ation Complete W indo w 6. Click Clos e . An icon appears on the desktop and a shortcut appears in the Start Menu Pro[...]
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6 Kramer VSPM - Kramer VS PM Softw are Ins tallatio n Once the install a tion is complete, you can open the program: Once the progra m is opened , the Kram er VSPM icon appears in the system tray bar and the existing virtual ports ar e being defined : The COM port i con w ill remain in the task bar (unless you right - clic k Exit) , indicat ing tha[...]
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Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 7 7 4 Using the Kra mer VSPM Open the application by r ight - cli ck ing the Kram er VSPM i con . The Main w indow opens : Fig ure 7 : Virtual Seri al Port Manage r Main Windo w 4.1 Setting Preferences To set preferences click the Settings menu on the top left side of the main window and select Preferenc e s: F[...]
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8 Kramer VSPM - Using the Kramer VSPM The Pr eferences wind ow appears: Fig ure 9 : The Pr eferenc es W indow Check th e desired boxes. To generate Log files, check the appropriate box and click the button to select the log folder. The Browse for Folder window appears: Fig ure 10 : Selectin g the Log Folder Select the folder to which you want to se[...]
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Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 9 9 4.2 Adding a Virtual Serial Port To add a virtual port: 1. Type the port name (up to s even characters) i n the Label textbox (f or example, Mach A) and click the button : Fig ure 11 : Addin g a Label 2. Select the desired port to use (from the ports availabl e be tween COM 1 to COM255): Fig ure 12 : Select[...]
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10 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 3. Type the Destination IP number and the destination port (for t he Kramer FC - 10ETH in the example illustrated in Figure 1 ) in the appropriate text boxes : Fig ure 13 : Addin g the Destin ation IP and Port You can check the Reconnect on c onn ection lost box if you w ant the virtual port to automatic a l[...]
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Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 11 11 If the physical ports are connected, the virtual port will aut o matically be connected. If not, the virtual por t will appear disconnected . T o connect the port, you will either need to edit the COM port (see Section 4.3 5. In the same way, you can add additional virtual ports (for example, COM3): ), de[...]
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12 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 4.3 Editing Port Details To edit the COM port details, do the following: 1. Select the COM port you want to edit (for example, COM3). Fig ure 17 : Sel ecting a CO M Port for Editing If the machine applic a tion is running, you can only change the Label name and check/uncheck the Reconnect on connection loss [...]
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Kramer VSPM - Using t he Kramer V SPM 13 13 Fig ure 18 : Editing the COM P ort 3. Click the Replace butt on to accept changes or Cancel to return to the previous setti ng s . 4.4 Deleting / Resetting Ports You can delete a COM port that is not in use or reset and delete all the ports in case they fail t o function. To delete a COM port: 1. Select t[...]
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14 Kramer VSPM - Usin g th e Kramer VSPM 2. Click the button to delete COM5. To reset the ports (in case of virtual ports function failur e): 1. Open the Sett ings menu and click Reset Ports. The following message appears: 2. Click O K. If you did not close the applications that use the virtual serial port, the following message will appear: If all[...]
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For the latest informat ion on our produc ts and a list of Kramer d istributors, visit our Web sit e where updat es to this user man ual may be foun d. We w el co me y ou r q ues t io n s, co mmen t s , a n d f eed ba ck . Web site: E- mail: www.kramerelectron ics.com info@k ramerel.com[...]