System Administration and StorageManaging the COM PortMakito X User’s Guide, v2.2, Issue 02 195Managing the COM PortNOTE The COM Port page only accessible to administrators. However, operators canconfigure the COM port settings from the Metadata page when the COM port is inMetadata mode.The Makito X with SDI provides a serial interface that you can use to connect to a computerfor management of the encoder. The COM Port page displays the serial COM port settingsand provides the option to switch from Metadata to Management mode.On systems with the Metadata Capture option installed, you can use the serial COM portinterface to capture either KLV or CoT metadata. For more information, see “ConfiguringMetadata Capture” on page 102.In order to configure the COM port settings to capture metadata, you need to set the COMPort Mode to Metadata and then reboot the encoder. You can then configure the COM portsettings from the Metadata page (see “Configuring Metadata Capture” on page 102).In order to configure serial pass-through to control devices such as PTZ cameras, you needto set the COM Port Mode to Pass-Through and then reboot the encoder.To manage the COM Port settings:1. On the Administration page, click COM P ORT from the sidebar menu.The COM Port page opens, as shown in the following example.2. (If applicable) Select Metadata from the COM Port Mode drop-down list.
