Background Illumination
The buttons on the front panel can be set to provide amber background illumination at
all times or the background illumination can be turned off. To toggle the background
illumination on or off, press and hold the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons simultaneously for
approximately 2 seconds (see figure 50).
1
2
5
16
Press and hold the buttons.
After the illumination status of the
buttons change (after approximately
2 seconds), release the buttons.
Figure 50. Toggle Background Illumination on or off
Selecting the Rear Panel Remote Port Protocol and Baud Rate
The switchers can operate at the 9600, 19200, 38400, and 115200 baud rate and can
support either RS-232 or RS-422 serial communication protocol. The settings of these
variables can be viewed and changed from the front panel.
View and configure the serial communications settings as follows:
1. Select Serial Port Configuration mode: Simultaneously press and hold all Control
buttons (Enter, Preset, View, and Esc).
2 seconds
I / O
VIDEO AUDIO
•
•
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
ESCVIEW
C O N T R O L
PRESET
ENTER
ESCVIEW
The flashing Control button indicates the baud rate as follows:
Enter — 9600 Preset — 19200
View — 38400 Esc — 115200
The flashing I/O button indicates the protocol as follows:
Video — RS-232 Audio — RS-422/RS-485
In this example, the port is set to RS-232 at 9600 baud.
All Control buttons light with
one flashing.
Both I/O buttons light
with one flashing.
Press and hold the buttons.
2. Release the Control buttons.
NOTE: If front panel Lock mode 2 is selected and you try to perform step 3, the
actions are ignored and the Enter, Video, and Audio buttons blink (see Setting
the Front Panel Locks (Executive Modes) on page 62).
XTP II CrossPoint 1600, 3200, and 6400 Switchers • Operation 64