Control Devices
Polycom, Inc. 10–5
The Polycom HDX 9000 series is compatible with the following IR sensors:
• Xantech
®
480-00
• Xantech 490-90
• Xantech 780-80
• Xantech 780-90
Configuring RS-232 Serial Port Settings
1 Do one of the following:
— In the local interface, go to System > Admin Settings > General
Settings > Serial Port (select if necessary).
— In the web interface, go to Admin Settings > General Settings >
Serial Port.
2 Configure these settings for a Polycom HDX 9000 series, Polycom HDX
8000 series, Polycom HDX 7000 series, or Polycom HDX 4000 series
system:
Setting Description
RS-232 Mode Specifies the mode used for the serial port. Available
settings depend on the Polycom HDX system model.
•Off—Disables the serial port
•Control—Receives control signals from a touch-panel
control; allows any device connected to the RS-232
port to control the system using API commands
• Camera PTZ—Provides control signals to a PTZ
camera (not supported on HDX 4000 series systems)
•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 (not supported on HDX 4000 series
systems)
• 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™ FS (not supported on HDX 4000
series systems)
• Interactive Touch Board—Provides control signals to
a Polycom SMART board device (not supported on
HDX 4000 series systems)
Baud Rate, Parity,
Data Bits, Stop Bits
Set these to the same values that they are set to on the
serial device.
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