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USING THE COMPUTER PORT
The RS232 port can be used to connect to a personal computer. You will need a serial lap link cable
available at any computer store. A lap link cable is normally used to connect a laptop computer to a
desktop computer or to connect 2 computers together. A standard RS232 cable will not work.. Connect
the RS232 port on Show Designer 2 to one of the serial “COM” ports on your PC. Some COM ports use
a 25 pin connector and some use a 9 pin. Most lap link cables come with both types of connectors.
Once connected, you can use a PC running Windows to backup or restore the memory and also to update
the software. This allows you to update your controller with the latest features by downloading new
Show Designer 2 software from American DJ’s web site.
CONFIGURING WINDOWS
Elation now offers a program that can be downloaded from the web site at www.elationlighting.com
called “SD Backup” that is designed to handle communication between a PC and the Show Designer
lighting controllers. Before this program was available you had to use the Windows accessory “Hyper
Terminal” for all communication with your PC but with “SD Backup” the process has been simplified.
“SD Backup” will also allow you to download a fixture profile, which wasn’t possible using Hyper
Terminal. Instructions for using Hyper Terminal are still included here but we recommend that you use
the SD Backup program instead.
Determine which of your COM ports is available on your PC and connect it to the RS-232 port on the
Show Designer 2 as described in the previous section. COM 1 is sometimes used for the mouse on your
PC so you will probably be using COM 2 to connect to the Show Designer 2.
If you have installed the SD Backup program, follow the directions on the help file included with the
program. If you want to use Hyper Terminal you must first configure it to work with the Show Designer
2. Run Hyper Terminal by clicking on “Start” in Windows then “Programs” then “Accessories” then
“Hyper Terminal”. If for some reason Hyper Terminal is not installed on your version of Windows, install
it from your Windows CD. Go to the control panel, select Add/Remove Programs, select Windows
Setup, and then select communications. Follow the instructions.
Once the Hyper Terminal folder is open, double click on “Hypertrm.exe” or “Hypertrm” which will start
the Hyper Terminal program. You will be asked to choose a name and an icon. Name it Show Designer
then pick any icon then click on OK. Go to the bottom of the next dialog box and choose “connect to”
“Direct to COM 2”. Ignore the telephone number and other settings in this box then click OK. In the
next dialog box, set bits per second to 19200, data bits to 8, parity to none, stop bits to 1, flow control to
none, then click OK. You will now be running Hyper Terminal. One last item needs to be set by clicking
on “File” in the upper left corner of the window, then “Properties”, then select the “settings” tab. From
the settings tab click on the box that says “ASCII Setup”. From that dialog box make sure the box labeled
“send line ends with line feeds” is checked, you can also leave the box labeled “wrap lines” checked but
leave all of the other boxes unchecked. Click OK and you are done with setup. Close Hyper Terminal
and you will be prompted to save this Hyper Terminal setup. Click yes to save it and you will return to
the Hyper Terminal folder. There should now be a program in the folder labeled “Show Designer.ht” or
“Show Designer”. You may want to make a shortcut on your desktop if you plan to use your PC with
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