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The UART (asynchronous serial) interface is a 3.5mm (1/8") jack that uses TTL for communication. The receiver will tolerate input voltages between -30V and +30V, with anything below 3V interpreted as a logical 1. The transmitter drives +5V for logical 0 and 0V for logical 1. BrightSign players are DTE devices, so communication with other DTE devices requires a null-modem cable or converter that transposes the TX/RX signals from the 3.5mm port.

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The 3.5mm serial port can interoperate with some RS-232 compatible devices. It can receive from any RS-232 device, but transmission may not work depending on the electrical characteristics of the deviceBecause the serial transmit pin does not comply with the voltage levels for RS-232 signaling (which defines a voltage swing of -25V to +25V), some devices (including some projectors and Crestron models) won’t accept signals from the serial port. In these instances, you can connect a USB-to-serial cable to the USB port on the BrightSign player for RS-232 signaling.

The default baud rate of the

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interface is 115200, with no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. These settings can be configured in the software. The serial interface supports TX, RX, and ground only—RTS/CTS hardware flow control is not supported.

A serial cable plug that is inserted into the The 3.5mm jack should use the following signalingserial port has the following configuration (from the perspective of the player):

  • Tip: Transmit
  • Ring: Receive
  • Sleeve: Ground

The following diagram illustrates the behavior of the TX and RX signal:

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If you are using the GPIO connector to drive LEDs, connect the LED outputs to the LED ANODE and connect the LED CATHODE to the ground. If you want to connect another device, then the output is capable of sourcing or sinking up to 3.3V at 24mA, but there is a series resistor of 100Ω in each line.

The GPIO also allows for connecting of external contact closures to the ground. In order to connect a switch, connect one side of the switch to the switch input, and connect the other side to one of the ground pins on the GPIO connector. The connector can also supply 3.3V at up to 500mA to an external device. The 3.3V output is polyfuse-protected and can source up to 500mA.

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The GPIO outputs have 100Ω series resistors; the GPIO inputs have 1K pullup resistors to 3.3V; and the input threshold is 2V high and .8V low. The high voltage is not problematic, but the low voltage can be if there are too many inputs connected to one output.

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The following schematic illustrates the pinout of the GPIO connector.

RJ45 LAN

The XD233 and XD1033 have an RJ45 connector for 1000BASE-T networking. The maximum length for Cat 5E cable is 100 meters; the allowed length can be higher or lower depending on the quality of the cable.

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The full-scale voltage output of the analog audio is 2V RMS. The minimum load impedance is 32Ω.

The analog audio connector has the following pinout:

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