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    SW8/12 VGA Ars Computer Video and Audio Switchers 68-1513-01 Rev . B 03 09 SW8 VGA Ars SW12 VGA Ars[...]

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    This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’ s enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read Instructions •[...]

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    FCC Class A Notice 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. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interfer ence received, including interference that ma[...]

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    i SW8/12 VGA Ars • T able of Contents T able of Contents Chapter One • Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1-1 About This Manual .................................................................................................................... 1-2 About the SW8/12[...]

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    T able of Contents, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • T able of Contents ii 68-1513-01 B 03 09 All trademarks mentioned in this manual are the properties of their respective owners. Appendix A • Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories ................................ A-1 Specifications ...............................................................[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About This Manual About the SW8/12 VGA Ars Switchers Features[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars • Introduction 1-2 Intr oduction About This Manual This manual describes the function, installation, operation, and control of the SW8 VGA Ars and SW12 VGA Ars, 8- or 12-input, 2-output, computer video (VGA) and audio switchers. About the SW8/12 VGA Ars Switchers The Extron SW8/12 VGA Ars switchers support audio video (A/V) systems[...]

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    1-3 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Introduction Featur es SW8/12 VGA Ars switcher featur es include:  • 8or12videoinputswith15-pinHDconnectors  • 8or123.5mmstereominijacksforaudio  • T wo15-pinHDoutputconnectorsforvideo  • T wocaptivescr ewoutput[...]

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    Intr oduction, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Introduction 1-4[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Operation Mounting the SW8/12 VGA Ars Switcher Rear Panel Cable Connections Front Panel Operating the SW8/12 VGA Ars Switchers[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-2 Installation and Operation Mounting the SW8/12 VGA Ars Switcher The SW8/12 VGA Ars can be placed on a desktop or easily mounted:  • Inarack  • Underadesktop  • Throughadesktop Desktop placement Afxthefourincludedrubberfeettothebott[...]

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    2-3 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation Mounting instructions Rack mounting requir es the included MBD1491U,through-deskandrack mounting kit (part # 70-077-03 ). Rack mount an SW8/12 VGA Ars unit as follows: 1 . Ifpresent,r emovethefourrubberfeetfromthebottomoftheunit. 2 . [...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-4 Mounting under a desktop Under-deskmountingr equirestheoptionalMBU1491U,under -deskmountingkit (part # 70-222-01 ). MountanSW8/12VGA Arsunderadesktopasfollows: 1 . Installthemountingbra[...]

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    2-5 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation Mounting through a desktop Through desktop mounting r equires the included MBD1491U,thr ough-deskand rack mounting kit (part # 70-077-03 ). MountanSW8/12VGA Arsunitthr oughadesktopasfollows: 1 . Ifpresent,r emovethefourrubberfee[...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-6 Rear Panel The SW8/12 VGA Ars switcher r ear panel connectors are described below . RS-232 100-240V 50/60Hz 1.2A MAX 1 2 SW8 VGA Ar s 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 FIXED VARIABLE LR LR I N P U T S O U T P U T S 5 6 7 4 1 2 3 Figure 2-4 — SW8 VGA Ars r ear panel RS-232 100-24[...]

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    2-7 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation Cable Connections Power connection When you are r eady to apply power to your SW8/12 VGA Ars unit, connect the female end of the power cord to the AC outlet at the left edge of the rear panel, andconnectthemaleendofthepowercordtoa120/240V ACpoweroutlet. W[...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-8 Audio input connections Theswitchershave8or123.5mmfemaleaudiojacksadjacenttothecorresponding computer video input port. Pin Name Connection 3.5mm Stereo Connector 1 T ip left channel Tip (L+) Slee ve (Gnd) Tip (L+) Rin[...]

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    2-9 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation Audio output connections Theswitcherhavetwo3.5mm5-polecaptivescrewaudiooutputports. TheFixedportdeliversaxedvolume,stereobalanced/unbalancedaudiooutput. The V ariable port delivers a variable volume, ster eo balanced/unbalanced audio [...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-10 VSW I AAP connection TheVSW I AAP (part# 70-529-1 1, -21, -51 ) isanoptional Architectural AdapterPlate that provides r emote input connection and selection for some Extron switchers. TheVSWI AAPcanbeconne[...]

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    2-11 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 6 . Connect a VGA cable from an input device to the Computer input port on the frontoftheVSWI AAP . 7 . Apply power to the display device, the switcher , and then the input source. 8 . Pressthe“ShowMe”buttonontheVSWI AAP .Thevideoinput[...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-12 IR 102 remote contr ol connection TheSW8/12VGA Arsswitchercanbecontr olledviaitsRS-232portandaninfrared signal.TheIR102RemoteControlKit(part# 70-224-01 ) is r equired. T oconnectanI[...]

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    2-13 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation Fr ont Panel The SW8/12 VGA Ars switcher fr ont panel controls ar e described below . AC TIVE SW8 VGA Ar s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AU TO SWITCH MODE NORMAL AU TO 1 3 2 4 5 Figure 2-17 — SW8 VGA Ars fr ont panel AU TO SWITCH AC TIVE MODE NORMA LA UTO SW 12 VGA Ar s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 2 4 5 Fig[...]

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    Installation and Operation, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Installation and Operation 2-14 e Auto (Input 3) button — Hold Mode and press Auto to lock out the fr ont panel input buttons and have the switcher select the highest number input withasyncsignalpresentasitsoutput.Ifnosyncsignalispr esent,in[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars 3 Chapter Thr ee Contr ol Remote control via Simple Instruction Set (SIS ™ ) Updating Firmware[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 3-2 Contr ol Remote Contr ol via Simple Instruction Set (SIS ™ ) TheSW8/12VGA Arsswitcherscanbecontr olledviaRS-232usingExtron’sSimple InstructionSet(SIS)commands. TheRS-232portcommunicationsprotocolsar e:9600baud,8databits,1stop[...]

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    3-3 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control Error r esponses When the switcher receives a valid command, it executes the command and sends aresponsetothehostdevice.Iftheunitisunabletoexecutethecommandbecause the command contains invalid parameters, it returns an err or response to the host. Error r esponse code[...]

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    Contr ol, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 3-4 Command/Response T able for SIS commands Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description Input Selection Select video and audio X! ! In X! All ] Select input X! video and audio. Select video only X! & In X! V id ] Select input X! video only . Select [...]

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    3-5 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control Command ASCII (T elnet) (host to switcher) Response (switcher to host) Additional description View information, part number , and firmware requests Informationrequest I/i V X! •A X! •F X% •Vmt X# •Amt X#] Current video/audio selection/ switch mode /mute status. Request part number N/n 60- xxx -21 ] x = par[...]

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    Contr ol, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 3-6 Updating Firmwar e Firmware updates for the SW8/12 VGA Ars are available on the Extr on W eb site, www .extr on.com .TheFirmwareLoadersoftwar eisalsoavailablefromtheExtr on site. UsetheSIS“Q”commandtodeterminetheswitcher ’scurrent?[...]

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    3-7 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 4 . Follow the instructions on the rest of the download scr eens to save the executablermwareletoyourcomputer .Notethefoldertowhichyousave thele. 5 . IntheW indowsExplorerorotherlebrowser ,locatethedownloaded executablel[...]

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    Contr ol, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 3-8 Figure 3-5 — Extr on firmware loader scr een 7 . Click OK .Thermwareselectionscr eenappears. 8. Onthermwareselectionscr een,clickBrowsetoopentheChooseFirmwar e Filewindow ,andlocatethermwar elethatyoud[...]

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    3-9 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 9 . OntheChooseFirmwareFilewindow ,double-clickonthenewrmware letoopenit.TheChooseFirmwareFilewindowcloses,andthepathtothe selectedrmwareleisdisplayedinthe“Selectarmwar ele”eld?[...]

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    Contr ol, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Control 3-10[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars A Appendix A Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Specifications Part Numbers and Accessories[...]

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    SW8/12 VGA Ars • Specications, Part Numbers, Accessories A-2 Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories Specifications Video Gain .................................................  Unity Bandwidth ......................................  350MHz(-3dB) Crosstalk .........................................  -68dB@10MHz[...]

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    A-3 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Specications, Part Numbers, Accessories Audio Gain .................................................  Unbalancedoutput:+0dB;balancedoutput:+6dB Frequency r esponse ......................  20Hzto20kHz,±0.05dB THD+Noise ..................................  0.01%@1?[...]

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    Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Specications, Part Numbers, Accessories A-4 General Power ..............................................  100V ACto240V AC,50/60Hz,10watts,internal T emperatur e/humidity ................  Storage:-40to+158°F(-40to+70[...]

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    A-5 SW8/12 VGA Ars • Specications, Part Numbers, Accessories Part Numbers and Accessories SW8/12 VGA Ars switchers Model Part number SW8 VGA Ars 60-902-21 SW12 VGA Ars 60-946-21 Included parts Description Part number MBD149rackmountandthroughdeskmountingkit 70-077-03 5-pole,3.5mmcaptivescrewconnectorw/str[...]

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    Specifications, Part Numbers, Accessories, cont’d SW8/12 VGA Ars • Specications, Part Numbers, Accessories A-6[...]

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    Extr on’ s W arranty Extron Electr onics warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years fr om the date of purchase. In the event of malfunction during the warranty period attributable directly to faulty workmanship and/or materials, Extr on Electronics will, at its option, repair or r eplace said pr[...]

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