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SERIAL DEVICE SUPPORT
ULTRAMATRIX “UMX” SERIES INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL
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Serial device support
The serial device support feature is available on models with an OSD (on-screen-display) chip revision of O5.0 or
greater, firmware program MXP21B or greater, and kernel MXK20 or greater. If the chips, firmware, or kernel are not
the correct revision, they must be updated. The chips can be upgraded by purchasing an upgrade kit (consisting of
two chips). The firmware and kernel updates are free from out web site at www.rose.com.
The serial feature allows you to connect to a serial device such as the serial port on a Unix or Sun computer, a
communication device, or any device with a serial port. The serial device is connected to the DB25F CPU port on the
UltraMatrix with a serial cable (See Appendix C for serial cable part numbers). Any CPU port can be configured to be
a serial port. When you switch to that port, you are connected to the serial device and can access it as you normally
would.
To configure a CPU port for a serial application, call up the main menu (Ctrl – F12), and then select computer and
press [Enter]. From the configure computer menu, use the up/down arrow keys to select the desired computer to
configure for serial, then use the left arrow key and select the keyboard field for the selected computer and press
[Enter]. A selection box will display listing the supported choices. Use the up/down arrow keys and select the serial
baud rate to configure the CPU port for and press [Enter]. Save the changes to flash memory. Once saved, that
CPU port is configured for serial support.
(Computer 2 in Figure 31 is configured for serial support)
Configure computer
Computer name Keyboard Mouse
1
Computer 1
PC2 PS/2
2
Computer 2
Serial 9600,N,8,1
3
Computer 3
PC2 PS/2
4
Computer 4
PC2 PS/2
5
Computer 5
PC2 PS/2
6
Computer 6
PC2 PS/2
7
Computer 7
PC2 PS/2
8
Computer 8
PC2 PS/2
9
Computer 9
PC2 PS/2
10
Computer 10
PC2 PS/2
11
Computer 11
PC2 PS/2
12
Computer 12
PC2 PS/2
13
Computer 13
PC2 PS/2
14
Computer 14
PC2 PS/2
15
Computer 15
PC2 PS/2
16
Computer 16
PC2 PS/2
Use page up and page down keys to configure more computers,
Name of computer, up to 16 characters
Figure 31. Serial support