Manual

RemoteControlInterfaceOperation

Thisinterfaceisfittedasstandardtoallunitsandisaccessedviathe9-pinD-typeconnectorontherearofthe

unit.Notethattoconnecttoacomputer'sCOM(serial)portcorrectly,aone-to-onecablemustbeused,and

NOTa'nullmodem'cable.A'nullmodem'cablehasthe'transmit'and'receive'wiresswappedoverandwill

notwork.

TheRS232connectionissuitablefordistancesofaboutamaximumof25feetbetweenthePCandtheunit.If

youexperienceproblemswiththeconnections,consider

·selectingaslowerbaudrate

·selectingthe'UseAcknowledgeCmd'optioninAudioCore(seetheRemoteMenu>RS232

Configurationwindow)

·runningtheunitviatheRS485interface

Notethanonlyoneunitatatimemaybeconnectedtothecomputerviathisinterface.Additionalunitsmaybe

'daisy-chained'viatheRS485connectionsfromthebackofthefirstone(itactingasaconverterforthem),but

theirRS232portsarenotused.

Atypicalinterfaceset-upmightinvolverunninganRS232linkfromlaptoporadesktopcomputertoaSP27

unitsetupasamasterunit.Thediagrambelowshowsthismethodofconnection,therequiredmenuoptions

arealsogiven.NotethattheRS232cablemustbea1-1connectiontype,NOTanullmodemcable(which

hasconnectionscrossedinternally).

RS232Connection(SingleUnit)

RS232Interface

LoadingNewSoftwareviaaPC

Theunit'sinternalsoftwaremaybeupdatedviatheRS232port,oneunitatatime.Werecommend

disconnectingallotherdeviceswhenupdatingthesoftware.

Theunit'sinterfacemustbesetasRS232MasteronID1forthePCloaderprogramtorecogniseitandallow

theupdatetobesent.

Downloadthelatestversionoftheloaderprogramandtheunitsoftwareandfollowtheinstructionsincluded

withthiszipfile.AnRSSfeedisavailableonthewebsitetoensureimmediatenotificationofsoftware

releases.

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