Extron electronic 450 Plus manual

CrossPoint 450 Plus Series MA V Plus series Large Scale Matrix Switchers 68-521-03 Rev . A 03 06[...]

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QS-1 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Quick Start PRELIMINAR Y Installation of multiple BME system Rack mount the switcher BMEs. Step 1 — Numbering the BMEs Each BME must be set to a unique address of 0 thr ough 5. BME address switch — T o set the BME address, pr ess the + and - buttons on the BME Address switch on the r ear pane[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Quick Start QS-2 PRELIMINAR Y Quick Start — Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers, cont’d Step 4 — Outputs a . V ideo and sync BMEs — Connect a single plane of video or sync, as appropriate to the BME, to the BNC connectors on the video and sync BMEs for each output. N Each BME supports[...]

i CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents PRELIMINAR Y T able of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1-1 About this Manual ...............................................................................................[...]

T able of Contents, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents ii PRELIMINAR Y Muting and unmuting video and/or audio outputs .......................................................... 3-29 Example 9: Muting and unmuting an output .................................................................. 3-30 Viewing and ad[...]

iii CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents PRELIMINAR Y Chapter Five • Matrix Software ............................................................................................. 5-1 Matrix Switchers Control Pr ogram ................................................................................. 5-2 Installing the [...]

T able of Contents, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents iv PRELIMINAR Y Chapter 6 • HTML Operation ..................................................................................................... 6-1 Download the Startup Page .............................................................................[...]

v CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents PRELIMINAR Y Appendix A • Ethernet Connection .................................................................................... A-1 Ethernet Link .............................................................................................................................. . A[...]

T able of Contents, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • T able of Contents vi PRELIMINAR Y 68-521-03 A 03 06 All trademarks mentioned in this manual are the properties of their respective owners.[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the Matrix Switchers Defi nitions Features[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction 1-2 Installation PRELIMINAR Y About this Manual This manual contains installation, confi guration, and operating information for the Extron family of full-function, very lar ge CrossPoint 450 Plus ultra-wideband and MA V Plus 3248 through 6464 video and audio matrix switchers. About the [...]

1-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction PRELIMINAR Y Some BMEs are equipped with an integrated QuickSwitch-Fr ont Panel Controller (QS-FPC ™ ): • The Cr ossPoint 450 Plus V ideo BME is available with or without a QS-FPC. • The MA V Plus video BME is always equipped with a QS-FPC. • The Cr ossPoint 450 Plus Sync BME [...]

Intr oduction, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction 1-4 PRELIMINAR Y A low resolution video matrix switcher system requir es a MA V Plus V ideo BME for each video plane (three BMEs for component video, two BMEs for S-video, or one BME for composite video). T o add audio to the system requir es a MA V Plus Stereo or [...]

1-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction PRELIMINAR Y Defi nitions The following terms, which apply to Extron matrix switchers, ar e used throughout this manual: T ie — An input-to-output connection. Set of ties — An input tied to two or more outputs. (An output can never be tied to more than one input.) Confi guration[...]

Intr oduction, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction 1-6 PRELIMINAR Y Audio output volume (systems with audio BMEs) — The audio volume of each output can be displayed and adjusted through a range of full output to completely silent, from the fr ont panel or under RS-232/RS-422 or Ethernet control. Digital Sync V al[...]

1-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction PRELIMINAR Y Switching fl exibility — Provides individually buffer ed, independent matrix switched outputs with audio follow and audio breakaway for systems with audio BMEs. • T ie any input to any or all outputs • Quick multiple tie — Multiple inputs can be switched to multi[...]

Intr oduction, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Introduction 1-8 PRELIMINAR Y Labeling — Extron’s included button label softwar e lets you create labels to place in the front panel I/O buttons, with names, alphanumeric characters, or color bitmaps for easy and intuitive input and output selection. Alternatively , labels [...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 2 Chapter T wo Installation Mounting the Switcher Rear Panel Views Front Panel Confi guration Port[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-2 Installation PRELIMINAR Y Mounting the Switcher The matrix switcher BMEs are housed in rack-mountable, 6U (sync and video BMEs) or 7U (audio BMEs) high metal enclosures with 19" rack ears. If desir ed, rack mount the switcher BME as follows: 1. Insert the switcher BME into the ra[...]

2-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation PRELIMINAR Y C 12 8 9 10 6 4 5 7 Figure 2-2 — MA V Plus 6464 Stereo Audio BME Video or sync input and output (video and sync BMEs) N The switchers do not alter the input video or sync signal in any way . The signal output by the BME is in the same format as the input. The switcher c[...]

Installation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-4 PRELIMINAR Y Sync termination switches (systems with sync BMEs) c Sync termination switches — The CrossPoint 450 Plus Sync matrix switcher BMEs have sync termination switches on the rear panel for inputs 1 thr ough 16. The switches provide a way to condition n[...]

2-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation PRELIMINAR Y See fi gure 2-4 to wir e a connector on a mono audio BME. Tip Ring Sleeves 0.2” (5 mm) max. Do not tin the wires! Figure 2-4 — Captive scr ew connector wiring for mono audio inputs N The length of exposed wires is critical. The ideal length is 0.2” (5 mm). • If t[...]

Installation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-6 PRELIMINAR Y See fi gure 2-7 to pr operly wire an output connector for the mono audio BME. Tip Ring Sleeves 0.2” (5 mm) max. Do not tin the wires! Figure 2-7 — Captive scr ew connector wiring for mono audio output N The length of exposed wires is critical. [...]

2-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation PRELIMINAR Y g BME COMM interconnect ports — If the matrix switcher system consists of more than one BME, the BMEs must be connected together in a daisy chain using Extron-supplied RJ-45 cables. Connect the fi rst daisy chain from BME 0’s BME Comm Out connector to the nearest BME[...]

Installation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-8 PRELIMINAR Y RS-232/RS-422 h RS-232/RS-422 connector — Connect a host device, such as a computer , touch panel control, or RS-232 capable PDA to the switcher via this 9-pin D connector on BME 0 only for serial RS-232/RS-422 control (fi gur e 2-10). RS-232 Fun[...]

2-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation PRELIMINAR Y Cabling and RJ-45 connector wiring It is vital that your Ethernet cables be the correct cables, and that they be pr operly terminated with the correct pinout. Fast Ethernet links use Category (CA T) 5e or CA T 6, unshielded twisted pair (UTP) or shielded twisted pair (STP[...]

Installation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-10 PRELIMINAR Y Reset button j Reset button — The Reset button initiates four levels of reset to the matrix switcher . Press and hold the button while the switcher is running or while you power up the switcher for differ ent reset levels. See Performing soft sys[...]

2-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation PRELIMINAR Y T erminate cable or connect to another device . Connect to MA V Plus 6464. T ee-connector OUT Extron MA V Plus 6464 Matrix Switcher Extron BBG 6 A Black Burst Color Bar Audio Gener ator Figure 2-12 — Simple external sync connection example Video Camera Video Camera Vid[...]

Installation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Installation 2-12 PRELIMINAR Y Fr ont Panel Confi guration Port m Confi guration port — This 2.5 mm mini stereo jack (fi gure 2-14) serves the same serial communications function as the rear panel Remote port, but it may easier to access. The optional 9-pin D to 2.5 mm ster[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 3 Chapter Thr ee Operation Front Panel Controls and Indicators QS-FPC Front Panel Operations Rear Panel Controls Optimizing the Audio (Systems with Audio BMEs) T roubleshooting Confi guration W orksheets[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-2 Operation PRELIMINAR Y N The operation of the CrossPoint 450 Plus switcher BMEs and MA V Plus switcher BMEs is very similar . There are two exceptions: • The video selection button is labeled “RGBHV” on the CrossPoint 450 Plus switcher BMEs and “V ideo” on the MA V Plus switche[...]

3-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y The large, illuminated push buttons can be labeled with text and/or graphics. The buttons can be set to provide amber backgr ound illumination all the time or the background illumination can be turned of f (see Background illumination , on page 3-41. The buttons blink or are[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-4 PRELIMINAR Y b Output buttons — The output buttons have two primary functions (•) and three secondary ( ❏ ) functions: • Select output(s). • Identify the selected output(s). ❏ (Output 1 only) W ith the Input 1 button, select I/O Group mode. See I/O groupin[...]

3-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y d Preset button — The Preset button has two primary functions (•) and fi ve secondary ( ❏ ) functions: • Activates Save Preset mode to save a confi guration as a preset and Recall Preset mode to activate a pr eviously-defi ned preset. • Blinks when Save Preset m[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-6 PRELIMINAR Y f Esc ( > ) button — The Esc ( > ) button has two primary functions (•) and eight secondary ( ❏ ) functions: • Cancel operations or selections in progress and r eset the front panel button indicators. N The Esc ( > ) button does not reset[...]

3-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y I/O controls Y ou must specify video, audio, or both when you are cr eating or viewing a confi guration. This is done with the RGBHV button (CrossPoint 450 Plus switchers) or V ideo button (MA V Plus switchers) ( g ) and Audio ( h ) buttons. N Throughout this manual, the te[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-8 PRELIMINAR Y Power indicators All front panels have power indicators, r egardless whether they have an integrated QS-FPC or not (fi gure 3-2). MA V PLUS SERIES AUDIO MA TRIX SWITCHER POWER SUPPL Y PRIMARY REDUNDANT I/O CONFIG 9 Figure 3-2 — Fr ont panel without an [...]

3-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y QS-FPC Fr ont Panel Operations The following paragraphs detail the power-up pr ocess and then provide sample procedur es for creating ties; changing a confi guration; viewing confi gurations; saving and recalling a pr eset; muting and unmuting outputs, viewing and adjustin[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-10 PRELIMINAR Y N • Only one video input and one audio input can be tied to an output. • If a tie is made between an input and an output, and the selected output was previously tied to another input, the older tie is br oken in favor of the newer tie. • If an inpu[...]

3-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 3. Press and r elease the input 5 button (fi gure 3-6). 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 I N P U T S I N Press and release the Input 5 button. The button lights amber to indicate that RGBHV and audio outputs can be tied to this input. Figure 3-6 — Select an i[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-12 PRELIMINAR Y Example 2: Adding a tie to a set of video and audio ties In the following example, a new video tie is added to the current confi guration. The steps show the front panel indications that r esult from your actions. N This example assumes that you have pe[...]

3-13 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 5. Press and r elease the Enter button (fi gure 3-14). ENTER All input buttons and output b uttons return to unlit or background illumination. Press the Enter button to confirm the configuration change. The Enter button returns to unlit or background illumination. Figure 3[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-14 PRELIMINAR Y Example 3: Removing a tie from a set of video and audio ties In the following example, an existing audio tie is removed fr om the current confi guration. The steps show the front panel indications that r esult from your actions. N This example assumes t[...]

3-15 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 4. Press and r elease the output 4 button (fi gure 3-19). C O N T R O L PRESET ENTER ESC VIEW = Blinking button 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 O U T Press and release the Output 4 button. The button b links red to indicate the pending change: audio input will[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-16 PRELIMINAR Y Viewing a confi guration The current confi guration can be viewed using the front panel buttons. The V iew-Only mode prevents inadvertent changes to the current confi guration. V iew-Only mode also provides a way to mute video and audio outputs (see M[...]

3-17 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Example 4: Viewing video and audio, audio only , and video only ties The following example shows the viewing of the video and audio, audio-only , and video-only ties in the current confi guration. The steps show the front panel indications that result fr om your action. N [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-18 PRELIMINAR Y 4. Press and r elease the input 5 button (fi gure 3-24). 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I N P U T S 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 I N P U T S I N 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 O U T Press and release the Input 5 bu[...]

3-19 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 6. Press and r elease the RGBHV (CrossPoint 450 Plus switchers) or V ideo (MA V Plus video switchers) button and the Audio button to toggle the RGBHV or V ideo button on green and the Audio button either unlit or providing backgr ound illumination (fi gure 3-26). I / O VID[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-20 PRELIMINAR Y I/O grouping I/O grouping is a matrix switcher featur e that allows you to subdivide the front panel control of the matrix into four smaller functional sub-switchers and limit tie creation from the front panel only . Inputs and outputs can be assigned to[...]

3-21 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y The I/O groups can be set up on the fr ont panel or by using RS-232/RS-422 and Ethernet ports and either the SIS or the W indows control program (see chapter 4, SIS Programming and Contr ol , and chapter 5, Matrix Software . Cr eate I/O groups on the front panel as follows:[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-22 PRELIMINAR Y Example 5: Grouping inputs and outputs In the following example, several switcher inputs and outputs are assigned to groups. The steps show the fr ont panel indications that result fr om your action. 1. Press and r elease the Esc button (fi gure 3-29). [...]

3-23 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 4. Press and r elease the input 1 through 4 and output 1 thr ough 4 buttons (fi gure 3-32). 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 I N 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 O U T Press and release the Input 1 through Input 4 buttons. The selected buttons light[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-24 PRELIMINAR Y Setting RGB delay (systems with wideband BMEs) A switcher that includes a CrossPoint 450 Plus Sync BME can briefl y blank the RGB (video) output while it switches to the new input’s sync source, and then switches the RGB signals. This allows a brief d[...]

3-25 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 2. Press and hold the RGBHV button for appr oximately 2 seconds (fi gure 3-36). RGBHV RGBHV Press and hold the RGBHV button until it b links. 2 seconds = Blinking button Figure 3-36 — Select RGB Delay mode 3. Press and r elease the output 17 button (fi gure 3-37). 17 18[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-26 PRELIMINAR Y 5. Press and r elease the RGBHV button (fi gure 3-39). I / O RGBHV AUDIO The RGBHV button stops blinking and goes out or becomes background illuminated. The Audio b utton lights red . Press the RGBHV button to exit RGB dela y mode. All input buttons and[...]

3-27 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 2. Press and hold the Pr eset button for approximately 2 seconds until it blinks (fi gure 3-41). PRESET PRESET 17 18 19 1 2 3 I N Press and hold the Preset button until it b links. 2 seconds = Blinking button All input buttons with assigned presets light red. If you then s[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-28 PRELIMINAR Y Example 8: Recalling a preset In the following example, a preset is r ecalled to become the current confi guration. The steps show the front panel indications that r esult from your action. 1. Press and r elease the Esc button (fi gure 3-44). C O N T R[...]

3-29 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 4. Press and r elease the Enter button (fi gure 3-47). The confi guration stored in selected memory location is now the current confi guration and can be viewed in the V iew-Only mode (see example 4). C O N T R O L PRESET ENTER ESC VIEW 17 18 19 1 2 3 I N All input butto[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-30 PRELIMINAR Y Example 9: Muting and unmuting an output In the following example, several switcher outputs are muted and unmuted. The steps show the front panel indications that r esult from your action. 1. Press and r elease the Esc button (fi gure 3-48). C O N T R O[...]

3-31 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 4. One at a time , press and hold the Output 3 and then the Output 4 buttons (fi gure 3-50) for appr oximately 2 seconds until the buttons begin to blink. The output 3 and output 4 video and audio signals are muted. 3 4 3 4 Press and hold the Output 3 button. The button b [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-32 PRELIMINAR Y 6. Press and r elease the V iew button to exit V iew-Only mode (fi gure 3-52). VIEW All input buttons and output b uttons return to unlit or background illumination. Press the View button to exit Vie w-Only mode. The View button returns to unlit or back[...]

3-33 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y 5. Press and r elease the Audio button to exit the Audio mode. The Audio button stops blinking. N • Pressing the Enter or Preset button also exits Audio mode. Pr essing the Preset button changes to Recall Pr eset mode. • There is one audio level setting per input. The a[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-34 PRELIMINAR Y 3. Press and r elease the input 5 button (fi gure 3-56). 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 I N 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 25 9 26 10 27 11 O U Press and release the Input 5 button. The button lights green. The output buttons disp[...]

3-35 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y N Y ou can press and hold the Esc ( > ) or V iew ( < ) button to ramp the level up or down by 3 dB per second to the high or low limit. 5. Press and r elease the Audio button (fi gure 3-58). I / O VIDEO AUDIO The Audio b utton stops blinking and lights red . The RGBH[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-36 PRELIMINAR Y Reading the displayed volume N This section is a detailed look at reading the output volume display on the switcher ’ s front panel. If you do not need to read the exact value of the volume setting, skip this section. There ar e a maximum of 98 dB of v[...]

3-37 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Highest # input button lit dB of attenuation Output volume Highest # input button lit dB of attenuation Output volume Highest # input button lit dB of attenuation Output volume 2 7.75% 3 60.5 9.25% 4 59.5 61.5 10.75% 5 58.5 12.25% 6 57.5 13.75% 7 56.5 15.25% 8 55.5 16.75% 1[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-38 PRELIMINAR Y Example 11: Viewing and adjusting an output volume level In the following example, the audio output volume is viewed and adjusted. The steps show the front panel indications that r esult from your action. See the table on page 3-37 to read the displayed [...]

3-39 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Figure 3-62 show the r esult of pressing the Esc ( > ) button a total of 13 times. ESC I N P U T S 1 33 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 13 40 27 41 42 43 44 46 47 48 45 19 24 21 25 6 7 38 39 22 23 26 27 28 30 31 32 29 Press the Esc button to decrease the audio attenuation (thereb [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-40 PRELIMINAR Y Locking out the front panel ( Executive mode) N In a system with multiple front panel contr ollers, Extron r ecommends locking the front panel of BMEs other than BME 0 to pr event confusion. The front panel security lockout limits the operation of the sw[...]

3-41 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Background illumination The buttons on the front panel can be set to pr ovide amber background illumination at all times or the background illumination can be turned of f. T o toggle the background illumination on or of f, press and hold the Input 1 and Input 2 buttons for [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-42 PRELIMINAR Y Selecting the rear panel Remote port pr otocol and baud rate The switcher can support either the RS-232 or the RS-422 serial communication protocol, and operate at 9600, 19200, 38400, and 1 15200 baud rates. The settings of these variables can be viewed [...]

3-43 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Rear Panel Contr ols The rear panel has a Reset button that initiates four levels of matrix switcher r esets. Press and hold the button while the switcher is running or while you apply power to the switcher for differ ent reset levels. Performing soft system resets The Cros[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-44 PRELIMINAR Y Perform a soft reset of the switcher as follows: 1. Press and hold the Reset button until the Reset LED blinks once (events r eset), twice (system reset), or thr ee times (absolute reset) (fi gur e 3-70). RESET Rx RESET RESET RESET Rx RESET RESET RESET [...]

3-45 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Performing a hard r eset The hard r eset function restor es the switcher to the base fi rmware that it shipped with. After a hard r eset, events do not automatically start, but user settings and fi les are r estored. Perform a har d reset as follows: N The hard reset r es[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-46 PRELIMINAR Y T roubleshooting This section gives recommendations on what to do if you have pr oblems operating the CrossPoint 450 Plus or MA V Plus switcher , and it describes an actual image problem that Extr on has encountered. General checks 1. Ensure that all dev[...]

3-47 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Input sources Output destinations Preset # Title: Fill in the preset number and use colors, or dashes, etc. to make connecting lines. Indicate if the configuration is for Video , A udio, or both. 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 33 34 35 [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-48 PRELIMINAR Y Worksheet example 2: Daily confi guration Figure 3-73 continues fr om worksheet example 1 by showing the video and audio ties that make up the confi guration of preset 1. A solid ink line shows video ties and a dashed pencil line shows the audio ties. [...]

3-49 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Input sources Output destinations Preset # Title: Fill in the preset number and use colors, or dashes, etc. to make connecting lines. Indicate if the configuration is for Video , A udio, or both. 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 33 34 35 [...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-50 PRELIMINAR Y Worksheet example 3: T est confi guration The A/V system in our fi ctional organization needs to be fi ne tuned on a regular basis. Figure 3-74 shows a typical test confi guration, with an Extron video test generator (input 12) generating a test patt[...]

3-51 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation PRELIMINAR Y Blank confi guration worksheet 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 42 43 44 45[...]

Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Operation 3-52 PRELIMINAR Y[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 4 Chapter Four SIS Pr ogramming and Contr ol RS-232 and RS-422 Links Ethernet Link Host-to-Switcher Instructions Switcher-Initiated Messages Switcher Error Responses Using the Command/Response T ables Command/Response T able for SIS Commands Command Response T able for IP SIS Commands Specia[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-2 SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Contr ol PRELIMINAR Y RS-232 and RS-422 Links The switcher has two serial ports that can be connected to a host device such as a computer running the HyperT erminal utility , an RS-232 capable PDA, or a control system. These ports make serial co[...]

4-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Front panel Confi guration port The front panel Confi guration port is hard confi gured as RS-232 only . The port can operate at the 9600, 19200, 38400, or 1 15200 baud rate, but Extron recommends leaving this port at 9600 baud only . N The front panel C[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-4 PRELIMINAR Y Ether net Link The rear panel Ethernet connector on the switcher can be connected to an Ethernet LAN or W AN. This connection makes SIS control of the switcher possible using a computer connected to the same LAN or[...]

4-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Host-to-Switcher Instructions The switcher accepts SIS commands through the RS-232/RS-422 port and Ethernet port. SIS commands consist of one or more characters per command fi eld. They do not requir e any special characters to begin or end the command cha[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-6 PRELIMINAR Y Vmt nn • x ] The switcher initiates the Vmt message when a video output mute is toggled on or off fr om the front panel. “ nn ” is the output number , • is a space, and “ x ” is the mute status: 1 = on,[...]

4-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Symbol defi nitions ] = CR/LF (carriage return/line feed) (hex 0D 0A) } = Carriage r eturn (no line feed, hex 0D) • = Space character E = Escape key (hex 1B) X! = Input number 01 – (maximum number of inputs for your model) X@ = Input number (for tie) 0[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-8 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Create ties N • Commands can be entered back-to-back in a string, with no spaces[...]

4-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Digital Sync V alidation Processing (DSVP) Individual sync frequency X! LS X1% , X1%] Listed as horizontal freque[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-10 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Audio output volume N The table on the next page defi nes the value [...]

4-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y 41 40 38.5% 40% value dB of attenuation Output volume 63 61 62 60 59 57 58 56 55 53 54 52 51 49 50 48 5.5% 8.5% 7% 98 0% 00 10% 11.5% 14.5% 13% 16% 17.5% 20.5% 19% 22% 23.5% 26.5% 25% 28% 47 45 46 44 43 42 29.5% 32.5% 31% 34% 35.5% 37% dB of attenuation Ou[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-12 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description I/O grouping W rite input grouping EX1) 1 X1) 2 X1) 3 ... X1) n I } E[...]

4-13 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Save, recall, and dir ectly write presets N • If the user tries to recall a preset that is not saved, the matr[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-14 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Save, recall, and dir ectly write presets (continued) Directly write [...]

4-15 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description View ties, gain, volume, mutes, pr esets, and DSVP V iew RGBHV output tie X# & X@] Example: 25& 37 ] Inp[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-16 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description View ties, gain, volume, mutes, pr esets, and DSVP (continued) V iew [...]

4-17 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description View ties, gain, volume, mutes, pr esets, and DSVP (continued) V iew audio room preset confi guration EX* * X1@[...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-18 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Information requests Information request I V X@ X X#• A X@ X X# T X[...]

4-19 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/Response table for IP SIS commands Symbol defi nitions X3) = Matrix name (Up to 240 characters) N The following characters are invalid in the name: {space} ~ , @ = ` [ ] { } < > ‘ “ ; : | and ?. X3! = Default name Factory default name [...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-20 PRELIMINAR Y X5$ = Security level 00 = Anonymous 10 = Extended security levels 1 through 10 1 1 = User 12 = Administrator X5% = RAM status 0 = RAM dirty (needs saving to fl ash) 1 = RAM has been saved (ok to power off / r ese[...]

4-21 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command/response table for IP SIS commands Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Set matrix name ([...]

SIS ™ Pr ogramming and Control, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • SIS Programming and Control 4-22 PRELIMINAR Y Command/response table for SIS commands (continued) Command ASCII command (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description N The Set e-mail r ecipient (CR) command, sets the recipient for e-ma[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 5 Chapter Five Matrix Softwar e Matrix Switchers Control Program Special Characters Button-Label Generator[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-2 Matrix Softwar e PRELIMINAR Y T wo software pr ograms accompany the matrix switcher BMEs: • The Extr on Matrix Switcher Control Program, which communicates with the switcher BME 0 via the RS-232/RS-422 port and the Ethernet port, provides an easy way to set up ties and sets of ti[...]

5-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y Ethernet protocol settings The IP Settings/Options window (fi gure 5-5 on page 5-7) pr ovides a location for viewing and, if connected via the RS-232 link or if logged on via the Ethernet port as an administrator , editing settings unique to the Ethernet interface. Se[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-4 PRELIMINAR Y 3. If you selected IP [LAN] in step 2 , the IP Connection window appears (fi gure 5-2). Figure 5-2 — Addr ess and password entry a. Examine the Extron IP Address fi eld in the IP Connection window . The fi eld displays the last Extron IP[...]

5-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y 4. The Extron Matrix Switcher Contr ol Program window (fi gure 5-3 and fi gure 5-4) appears. The window displays the curr ent confi guration of the attached matrix. Figure 5- 3 — Matrix Switcher Control Program window (no ties or icons) • T o set up audio in fol[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-6 PRELIMINAR Y Figure 5-4 — Matrix Switcher Contr ol Program window (ties and icons assigned) • For quick display of information on a specifi c input or output device, position the cursor over that device in the control pr ogram window . The program op[...]

5-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y IP Settings/Options window The IP Settings/Options window (fi gure 5-5), accessible via the T ools menu, provides a location for viewing and, if connected via the RS-232/RS-422 link or if logged on via the Ethernet port as an administrator , editing settings unique to[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-8 PRELIMINAR Y Matrix IP Address fi eld The Matrix IP Address fi eld contains the IP address of the connected matrix switcher . This value is encoded in the fl ash memory in the switcher . V alid IP addr esses consist of four 1-, 2-, or 3-digit numeric s[...]

5-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y Gateway IP address fi eld The Gateway IP Address fi eld identifi es the address of the gateway to the mail server to be used if the matrix switcher BME 0 and the mail server are not on the same subnet. V alid IP addr esses consist of four 1-, 2-, or 3-digit numeric [...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-10 PRELIMINAR Y Time (local) fi eld The T ime (local) fi eld displays the current time in the local time zone. If necessary , click on the Sync T ime to PC button to set the switcher to your computer ’s internal time or else adjust the time manually as [...]

5-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y Administrator Password fi eld The Administrator Password fi eld displays the password r equired to log on to the matrix switcher BME 0 via the Ethernet port with all of the administrator ’s rights and privileges. Passwords ar e case sensitive and are limited to 12[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-12 PRELIMINAR Y Mail Server IP Address fi eld The Mail Server IP Address fi eld displays the IP address of the mail server that handles the e-mail for the facility in which the matrix switcher is installed. V alid IP addr esses consist of four 1-, 2-, or [...]

5-13 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y E-mail Addressee fi elds The eight E-mail Addressee fi elds permit the administrator to identify the e-mail addresses of the personnel to whom the matrix switcher BME e-mails notifi cation of its failure and r epair status. Figure 5-6 shows a typical e-mail fr om t[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-14 PRELIMINAR Y Update fi rmware The fi rmware upgrade utility , accessible via the T ools menu, provides a way to replace the fi rmware that is coded on the switcher BME 0’s contr ol board without taking the switcher out of service, opening the switch[...]

5-15 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y 7. Click on the Open button. A status window appears that shows the progress of the upload. The fi rmware upload may take a few minutes. 8. Shift the Ethernet cable (recommended) or serial cable to the next BME and repeat steps 4 thr ough 7 for each BME. Upload HTML [...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-16 PRELIMINAR Y Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trash The buttons, drop boxes, and trash can on the right side of the pr ogram window perform the following functions: Power — Unavailable for CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus switchers, because the switch[...]

5-17 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y T ools menu Assign device icons — Displays the complete set of input and output device icons. Y ou can drag any of these icons to the input and output boxes. Edit device palette — Allows you to add your own device icon graphics. RGB delay settings — Displays the[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-18 PRELIMINAR Y Green — Proper operation. Red — Component has failed. White — Components are not installed. N The CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus switcher BMEs are not available in custom confi gurations. Each model has all available monitored comp[...]

5-19 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software PRELIMINAR Y Figure 5-11 — Ties shown as crosspoints Frequency read options (systems with a CrossPoint 450 Plus sync BME only) — Allows you to set the input signal detection (DSVP) feature as follows: • T o never sample and display the sync or no sync status (set this option[...]

Matrix Softwar e, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Matrix Software 5-20 PRELIMINAR Y Using emulation mode Emulation mode allows you to set up the software without attaching the switcher to the computer . T o use emulation mode, do the following: 1. Double-click the Matrix Switcher Control Pr ogram icon in the Extron Electron[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers 6 Chapter 6 HTML Operation Download the Startup Page System Status Page System Confi guration Page File Management Page Set and View T ies Page Special Characters[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-2 HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y The switcher can be controlled and operated thr ough BME 0’s Ethernet port, connected via a LAN or W AN, using a web browser such as Micr osoft’s Internet Explorer . The browser ’s display of the switcher ’s status or operation has the appearance [...]

6-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y 7. The switcher checks several possibilities, in the following order , and then responds accor dingly: a. Does the address include a specifi c fi le name, such as 10.13.156.10/fi le_name.html? If so , the switcher BME downloads that HTML page. b. Is ther e a fi le i[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-4 PRELIMINAR Y DSVP page (systems with a sync BME only) Y ou can view a snapshot-in-time of the input frequencies of connected inputs on the Digital Sync V alidation Processing (DSVP) page (fi gure 6-3). Click the DSVP link to the left of the Status page to d[...]

6-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y System Confi guration Page The matrix switcher BME 0 downloads the System Confi guration page (fi gur e 6-4) when you click the Confi guration tab. The scr een consists of fi elds in which you can view and edit IP administration and system settings. The Email Setti[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-6 PRELIMINAR Y IP Settings fi elds The IP Settings fi elds provide a location for viewing and editing settings unique to the Ethernet interface. After editing any of the settings on this page, click the Submit button at the bottom of the page. Unit Name fi [...]

6-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Date/Time Settings fi elds The Date/T ime Settings fi elds (fi gure 6-5) pr ovide a location for viewing the time functions and two methods for setting the time. Figure 6-5 — Date/Time Settings fi elds T o sync the BME’s clock to the connected PC, simply click t[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-8 PRELIMINAR Y Passwords page Access the Passwords page (fi gure 6-6) by clicking the Passwor ds link on the System Settings page. Select System Settings Select Firmware Upgrade Select Email Settings Figure 6-6 — Passwor ds page The fi elds on the Password[...]

6-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Email Settings page Reach the Email Settings page (fi gure 6-7) by clicking the Email Settings link on the System Confi guration page. The Email Settings page has fi elds for setting up the switcher BME 0’s e-mail notifi cation capabilities. For the e-mail setting[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-10 PRELIMINAR Y Email address fi elds The eight Email address fi elds identify the e-mail addresses of the personnel to whom the matrix switcher BME 0 e-mails notifi cation of its failure and repair status. Standard e-mail addr ess conventions ( nnnnn @ xxx[...]

6-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Update the switcher BME 0 fi rmware as follows: N The Firmware Upgrade page is only for r eplacing the fi rmware that contr ols all switcher operation. T o insert your own HTML pages, see File Management Page , on page 6-12. N T o prevent operational problems, when a[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-12 PRELIMINAR Y File Management Page T o delete fi les such as HTML pages from the connected switcher BME or to upload your own fi les to the switcher , click the File Management tab. The switcher BME downloads the fi le management HTML page (fi gur e 6-9)[...]

6-13 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Set and V iew Ties Page Y ou can create ties on the Set and V iew T ies page (fi gure 6-10). Access the Set and V iew T ies page by clicking the Control tab. Select Ties 1 through 32 Select Global Presets Select RGB & Audio Settings Select Ties 33 through 64 Figur[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-14 PRELIMINAR Y Create a tie Select and switch an input as follows: 1. Click the V ideo Only, Audio Only , or V ideo & Audio button to select video, audio, or both for switching (audio follow or audio breakaway). Each mouse click on a button toggles the ot[...]

6-15 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Change the input gain and attenuation (systems with audio BMEs) Users can set each input’s level of audio gain or attenuation (-18 dB to +24 dB) from the RGBHV and Audio Settings page. Audio levels can be adjusted so there ar e no noticeable volume differ ences betwe[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-16 PRELIMINAR Y Mute and unmute one or all outputs Mute one or all outputs as follows: 1. T o select an individual output to mute or unmute , click the Output drop box. A drop down scroll box appears (fi gur e 6-14). Figure 6-14 — Output selection dr op box[...]

6-17 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Change the RGB delay (sytems with CrossPoint 450 Plus sync BMEs) The RGB delay interval defi nes how long the screen is blanked when switching to a new input for the selected output. This value can be set from 00 to 5 seconds in 0.5-second increments. Change the RGB d[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-18 PRELIMINAR Y Change the output volume level (systems with audio BMEs) Users can set each output’s volume level through a range of zer o steps of attenuation (full attenuation, minimum volume) to 64 steps of attenuation (no attenuation, full volume) from t[...]

6-19 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y 41 40 38.5% 40% Number of steps dB of attenuation Output vo l u m e 63 61 62 60 59 57 58 56 55 53 54 52 51 49 50 48 5.5% 8.5% 7% 98 0% 00 10% 11.5% 14.5% 13% 16% 17.5% 20.5% 19% 22% 23.5% 26.5% 25% 28% 47 45 46 44 43 42 29.5% 32.5% 31% 34% 35.5% 37% dB of attenuation O[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-20 PRELIMINAR Y Global Presets page Y ou can save and recall global pr esets from the Global pr esets page (fi gure 6-20). Access the Global presets page by clicking the Global Pr esets link on the left of the Control page. Select Ties 1 through 32 Refresh Se[...]

6-21 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation PRELIMINAR Y Special Characters The HTML language reserves certain characters for specifi c functions. The switcher will not accept these characters as part of preset names, the switcher ’s name, passwords, or locally cr eated fi le names. The switcher rejects the following cha[...]

HTML Operation, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • HTML Operation 6-22 PRELIMINAR Y[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers A Appendix A Ether net Connection Ethernet Link Subnetting — A Primer[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Ether net Connection A-2 Ether net Connection PRELIMINAR Y Ether net Link The rear panel Ethernet connector on the CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus switcher BMEs can be connected to an Ethernet LAN or W AN. This connection makes SIS control of the switcher possible using a computer connected to the s[...]

A-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Ether net Connection PRELIMINAR Y Pinging to determine Extron IP addr ess The Microsoft Ping utility is available at the DOS pr ompt. Ping tests the Ethernet interface between the computer and a switcher BME (usually BME 0). Ping can also be used to determine the actual numeric IP addr ess from an[...]

Ether net Connection, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Ether net Connection A-4 PRELIMINAR Y Connecting as a T elnet client The Microsoft T elnet utility is available from the DOS prompt. T elnet allows you to input SIS commands to BME 0 from the PC via the Ethernet link and the LAN. Access the DOS prompt and start T elnet a[...]

A-5 Ethernet Connection • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Escape character and Esc key When T elnet is fi rst started, the utility advises that the Escape character is ‘Ctrl+]’ . Many SIS commands include the keyboard E key . Consequently , some confusion may exist between the Escape character and the Escape key . The T elnet Escape chara[...]

Ether net Connection, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Ether net Connection A-6 PRELIMINAR Y Subnetting — A Primer It is not the purpose of this manual to describe TCP/IP pr otocol in detail. However , some understanding of TCP/IP subnetting (a subnet is a sub set of a net work — a set of IP devices that have portions of[...]

A-7 Ethernet Connection • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Determining whether devices are on the same subnet T o determine the subnet, the local device’s IP addr ess is compared to the remote device’s IP addr ess (fi gure A-6). Each address’s octets are compared or not compared , depending on the value in the related subnet mask octet. [...]

Ether net Connection, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Ether net Connection A-8 PRELIMINAR Y[...]

PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers B Appendix B Refer ence Information CrossPoint 450 Plus Specifi cations MA V Plus Specifi cations Part Numbers and Accessories Button Labels[...]

CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-2 Refer ence Information PRELIMINAR Y Cr ossPoint 450 Plus Specifi cations Vid e o Routing ........................................... 64 x 64, 64 x 48, 64 x 32, 48 x 64, 48 x 48, 48 x 32, 32 x 48, or 32 x 64 matrix Gain ................................................. Unity [...]

B-3 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Control/r emote — switcher Serial control port .......................... 1 RS-232 or RS-422, 9-pin female D connector (rear panel) 1 RS-232-only 2.5 mm phone jack (front panel) Baud rate and protocol 9-pin D connector .............. 9600 (default), 19200, 3840[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-4 PRELIMINAR Y MA V Plus Specifi cations Vid e o Routing ........................................... 64 x 64, 64 x 48, 64 x 32, 48 x 64, 48 x 48, 48 x 32, 32 x 48, or 32 x 64 matrix Gain ................................................. Unity B[...]

B-5 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Audio input — audio BMEs Number/signal type ..................... 32, 48, or 64 stereo balanced/unbalanced or 32, 48, or 64 mono balanced/unbalanced Connectors Stereo models ..................... (32, 48, or 64) 3.5 mm captive screw connectors, 5 pole Mono mode[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-6 PRELIMINAR Y General Power .............................................. 100 V AC to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, internal, autoswitchable, primary and redundant V ideo models: 1 10 watts at 1 15 V AC, 60 Hz All audio models: 195 watts at 1 15 V AC, 6[...]

B-7 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Part Numbers and Accessories CrossPoint 450 Plus system part numbers N The part numbers below are for complete RGBHV (fi ve BMEs) systems with or without stereo audio (a sixth, ster eo audio BME) only . A front panel contr oller is incorporated into one of the B[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-8 PRELIMINAR Y MA V Plus system part numbers N The part numbers below are for composite video (one BME) switchers with or without stereo audio (a second, ster eo audio BME) only . A front panel contr oller is incorporated into the video BME. For[...]

B-9 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y BME part numbers N The complete system part numbers listed on the preceding pages ar e for either: • RGBHV (three wideband video and two sync BMEs) systems • Composite video (one video BME) switchers Any of the above matrix switchers is available as a complet[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-10 PRELIMINAR Y CrossPoint 450 Plus wideband video BMEs BME Part number CrossPoint 450 Plus 3248 WB 60-761-40 CrossPoint 450 Plus 3248 WB FPC 60-761-41 CrossPoint 450 Plus 3264 WB 60-762-40 CrossPoint 450 Plus 3264 WB FPC 60-762-41 CrossPoint 45[...]

B-11 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y MA V Plus stereo audio BMEs BME Part number MA V Plus 3248 stereo audio 60-761-15 MA V Plus 3264 stereo audio 60-762-15 MA V Plus 4832 stereo audio 60-763-15 MA V Plus 4848 stereo audio 60-764-15 MA V Plus 4864 stereo audio 60-765-15 MA V Plus 6432 stereo audio [...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-12 PRELIMINAR Y Optional accessories These items can be order ed separately: Adapters, power supplies, labels Part number MKP 1000 r emote keypad Black 60-239-02 White 60-239-03 RAL9010 white 60-239-05 WT (water-tight) (gray) 60-239-51 MCP 1000M[...]

B-13 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y MHR mini high resolution cable Part number MHRHF-5/300 m halogen-free 1000 ’/300 m spool 22-126-03 MHRHF-5/150 m halogen-free 500 ’/150 m spool 22-126-02 MHR-5/1000 non-plenum 5-conductor 1000 ’/300 m spool 22-020-03 MHR-5/500 non-plenum 1-conductor 500 ?[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-14 PRELIMINAR Y Button Labels Page B-15 provides strips of blank button labels. If desir ed, photocopy them or cut them out of the manual, write button information in each button area as desir ed, and put them in the switcher ’s input or outpu[...]

B-15 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information PRELIMINAR Y Button label blanks[...]

Refer ence Information, cont’d CrossPoint 450 Plus and MA V Plus Switchers • Reference Information B-16 PRELIMINAR Y[...]

FCC Class A Notice Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide reasonable protection against harmful interfer ence when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can r[...]

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