There are three basic options for getting the caption data you are writing from your software package to the iCap client. You can select from these options by clicking Tools > Options from the iCap software's top toolbar. You will also need to create a matching configuration profile in your captioning software package. This process can vary somewhat depending on what package you use.
- TCP/Telnet socket (now recommended for most users): The captioning software sends data to iCap through a TCP/IP port on the local machine. In your captioning software, set the connect address to
127.0.0.1orlocalhost, and set the port to9740. This feature exists in iCap software versions 2.3.2 and later. - Software Serial Port: The captioning software sends data to iCap through a virtual serial port. This looks to your captioning software like an external COM port. You can use any COM port number as the virtual port so long as the port does not correspond to an actual physical COM port on your computer, and so long as iCap
and the captioning software package both are set to use the same port. Settings like baud rate, parity, and start and stop bits can be ignored. - Hardware Serial Port: This means you will use an actual external serial port and a null-modem cable to send the data from your captioning software to iCap. Use this option if you will be using iCap and your captioning software package on two different computers. You must set the iCap COM port to the name of the serial port
you will be connecting the cable to, and iCap and the captioning software must be given the same settings for baud rate, parity, and start and stop bits.