Hardware manual
Table Of Contents
- Cover Page
- Contents
- About this guide
- Safety Instructions and safety warnings
- Before you start
- Introduction to NION
- Setting up the NION
- Introduction
- Configuration
- Updating the firmware
- Using the front panel
- Using the web interface
- Using XDAB clusters with VLANs and CobraNet
- Introduction
- Important concepts
- Use cases
- Scenario 1 - Basic network
- Scenario 2 - Network using VLAN
- Scenario 3 - Network with VLAN and analog interconnects
- Scenario 4 - Network with VLAN and digital interconnects
- Scenario 5 - Network with an XDAB cluster
- Scenario 6 - Network with VLAN and XDAB
- Scenario 7 - Network with VLAN and XDAB
- Scenario 8 - Network with VLAN and two XDAB clusters
- Scenario 9 - Network with VLAN and three XDAB clusters
- Setting conductor and XDAB priority in NWare
- Further examples
- Troubleshooting
- Connector ports
- Technical specifications
- Reference Information
- Warranty statement
NION Hardware Manual
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Serial communications
NION supports serial communications via two female DB-9 connectors on the rear of the unit.
The first connector supports RS-232 and the second supports both RS-422 full duplex and
RS-485 half-duplex.
Follow the pinout drawings and charts below for terminating the different protocols.
Note: Only one protocol can be used on a particular port at any one time.
RS-232 serial port
Pin Function
1 Not used
2 TX data
3 RX data
4 Not used
5 Ground
6 Not used
7 CTS
8 RTS
9 Not used
Notes:
Transmit (TX) and Receive (RX) are from the point of view of the MediaMatrix device.
Connect them to the opposite port of the remote unit.
Pins 7 and 8 are not required for normal operation.