Hi nmotta,

We use these units to send serial commands to our panasonic projectors for controlling the internal shutters and powering up/down. Hope this helps...

Access the netcom's web interface through firefox or safari, the default ip address is 192.168.254.254

Under the Server Configuration page, disable DHCP and give the unit an IP address

Under the Serial Configuration page set the baud rate, data bit, parity and stop bit to match that of your serial device and under the 'mode' heading open the drop down menu and select TCP Raw Server. Below that make a note of the port number (default is 2001)

Then within catalyst, in the catalyst control window scroll all the way down to the custom serial section and click on the grey rectangle at the top right labelled 'No Output'. Click on that then click on 'OSX Serial Setup'

A new window will open and on the bottom left of that window there should be a small grey square with '0 TCPIP Serial Ports' to the right of it. Click on that square and select the number of ports you have i.e. 1 per netcom 111 unit.

Once you've done this, quit catalyst and reopen. Navigate down to custom serial again and click on OSX Serial Setup. You should now have a new port named TCP 1. Beneath the 'Type' heading enter the ip address of the netcom and then the port number to the right of it. Click OK then quit catalyst again.

Reopen catalyst once more then, assuming you have all the details entered correctly and the netcom is connected to the media server, the netcom should appear under 'TCPIP Ports' when you click on 'No Output' on any of the custom serial devices. You can check to see that its connected by going into the OSX Serial Setup again or going to Windows>Status>Serial Ports. Beneath Port Status it should say connected.

Sorry if thats a bit muddled, hope it gets you up and running

Huw