Kramer Electronics VP-12x8 - Manual (Page 12)

Connecting the VP-12x8
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6 Connecting the VP-12x8
This section describes how to connect the VP-12x8:
Rear panel (see section 6.1)
To a controlling device via RS-232 (see section 6.2)
To the ETHERNET (see section 6.3)
6.1 Connecting the VP-12x8 Rear Panel
To connect the VP-12x8 as illustrated in the example in Figure 3, do the
following 1 :
1. Connect up to 12 VGA/UXGA computer graphics sources to the 15-pin
HD input connectors.
2. Connect 2 the eight 15-pin HD output connectors to up to eight
VGA/UXGA video acceptors (for example, displays
3
).
3. If required, connect a PC and/or controller to the RS-232 port (see section
6.2) and/or the ETHERNET port (see section 6.3).
4. Connect the power cord 4 (not shown in this illustration).
1 Switch OFF the power on each device before connecting it to your VP-12x8. After connecting your VP-12x8, switch on its
power and then switch on the power on each device. DO NOT push in the rear panel FLASH PROG button and DO NOT
move the underside ETHERNET PROGRAM switches. These are only used for upgrading to the latest Kramer firmware (see
section 8)
2 When less than eight outputs are required, connect only those outputs of the VP-12x8 that are required, and leave the other
outputs unconnected
3 Alternatively, you can connect projectors
4 We recommend that you use only the power cord that is supplied with this machine