Minicom Advanced Systems 3000 - Manual (Page 21)

USER GUIDE
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11. Installing the Service utility
The Service utility is located on the supplied CD and on our website
www.minicom.com in the Support section.
Install the Service utility on a computer with the following system requirements:
· Intel® Pentium® II or equivalent processor
· Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with Service
Pack 2; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows 2003
Server; or Windows Vista™
· 128MB of RAM
· 10MB of available hard-disk space
For full functionality of the Service utility the DS Vision system
(Broadcaster/Transmitter, Line Splitters and Receivers) must be connected and
switched on. You can however configure the system topology manually even when
the system is not operational.
Connecting the Serial Download cable
Connect the Serial Download cable to the Control port of the
Transmitter/Broadcaster and a Serial port of the computer which has the Service
Utility installed.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5VDC
CONTROL VIDEO IN
VIDEO OUT LOCAL
SERIAL
AUDIO OUT
AUDIO IN
Serial
Download
cable
To computer’s
Serial port
Figure 23 Connecting the Serial Download cable
To open the Service Utility, choose Start/Programs/DS Vision 3000 Service Utility/
DS Vision 3000 Service Utility. The Control window appears, see Figure 24.