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Sigma MRX Series manual

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    SIGMA MRX SERIES ANALOG AND DIGITAL MID-SIZE MATRIX ROUTING SYSTEM OPERATORS MANUAL SIGMA ELECTRONIC S, INC. P.O. BOX 448 1027 COMMER CIAL AVENUE EAST PETERSBURG, PA 17520-0448 (717) 569- 2681 (MAR’ 03 )[...]

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    i UNP A CKI NG PHYSICAL IN SPECTION Inspect your packag es and equipm ent f or any damag e t hat mig ht have occurred during shipping . If damag e has occurred, save the shipping car tons. Repor t t he damag e t o t he shipping company and notif y Sigma Electronics, Inc. STANDARD SHIPPING CONFIGURATION Each MRX system will be shipped in mult iple c[...]

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    ii SIGMA MRX SERIES A NA LOG AND DIGITA L MID-SIZE M ATRIX ROUTING SYSTEM OPERA TOR’S M A NUAL T A BLE OF CONTENTS UNPACKING ...................................................................................................................... ................................................................. i PHYSICAL INSPECTION ................[...]

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    1 INST A LLA TION A ND OVERVIEW GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS ENVIRONM ENTAL A mbient temperature/Ventilation The MRX Switching System is designed t o operate as specif ied when the ambient t em peratur e is k ept within the range of 0 ° C to 50 ° C. Ventilation slots are provided on the f ront and sides of t he f ram es t o assist in the remova[...]

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    3 VIDEO FRAME - AN ALOG Video signals are connect ed to the video fr ame via BNC jacks on t he rear panel. Connect the source video cables to t he corr esponding input BNCs on the rear of t he f rame. T he MRX routing switcher must be the t erminating device in the system. All video modules provide the video source with proper 75 Ω terminat ion. [...]

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    4 To ensure t hat t he SCI has power at all times, the contr ol m odule is connect ed to every power module output. This g uarantees t hat if any f unct ional power supply module is installed, the SCI will have power supplied to it. In addit ion, as long as there is m ore than one oper at ing power supply in the power fr am e, t he SCI has redundan[...]

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    5 REAR SUPPO RTS Depending upon the inst allation, it m ay be necessary to install the included rear mounting fr ame supports . These suppor ts are desig ned to allow connection to rear rails positioned bet ween 19 and 30 inches from t he fr ont suppor ts. T o install, f ollow the directions below. Rear Support Instal lation Instructions Refer t o [...]

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    6 CONTROL PANEL To initiate the switching operation, data must be input into the SCI . One way t o input this data is throug h a control panel. T he MRX system is capable of utilizing many diff erent control panels av ailable fr om Sig ma Electr onics, Inc. The data f rom the cont rol panels is tr ansfer red to the SCI via a communication line. Ref[...]

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    APPENDICES[...]

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    A1 A PPENDIX A – SCI PROT OCOL A ND INTER F AC E INTRODUCTION The SCI serial int erf ace card is the hear t of the Sigm a MRX Series mid-size matrix routing system. T he SCI f unctions as the cont roller between the user and the switcher cr osspoints. A switch can be generated one of two ways: by a remote cont r ol panel or by the serial port . C[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A2 RS232 PROTOCOL COMM ANDS The f ollowing commands may be issued fr om a comput er/ter minal k eyboard or other similar communication contr ol device. This prot ocol is supported by various control systems provided by other contr ol system manufact urers. Standard ASCII charact ers are used t o create t[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A3 COMM AND: MA TRIX SETUP REQUEST The input /output matr ix setup infor mation of the system can be displayed. T o do this, send the following comm and: ? {RETURN/ENTER} The SCI will respond with the f ollowing message: A VAILA BLE OUTPUTS A RE: xxx A VAILA BLE INPUTS A RE: xxx where ' xxx ' i[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A4 SPECIAL COMM ANDS There are several special com mands available that should be used with care. COMM AND: SYSTEM HA RD REBO O T It is possible to force a system r eset from t he serial port , duplicating the f unction of the RESET switch on the fr ont of the SCI. All outputs are reassigned t o source 1[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A5 COMM AND: STORE SA LVO Creating a transaction to be st ored in a salvo is done exactly as a r egular t ransaction except the salvo symbol is the leading character. The following example will store this transact ion in salvo 2 (@): @A 10C3O 19 {RETURN/ENTER} This is a split m ode transaction st ored in[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A6 @ZB {RETURN/ENTER} The example above for salvo 2 (@) will erase (Z) all level 2 (B) ent ries fo r each output specified in the salvo. It is also possible to er ase a level for a specific out put within a salvo. #ZC9 {RETURN/ENTER} The example above for salvo 3 (#) er ases (Z) the level 3 ( C) input as[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A7 SERIAL CONT ROL AND MODE SW IT CHES The s y s tem conf iguration DIP switches S2 and S3 ar e located on the front edge of the SCI-MRX printed circuit board. The power supply fram e holds the SCI-MRX m odule. Rem ove the f ront panel of the f ram e to acc ess the s witches. T he mom entary push-button [...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A8 JUMPER SELECTION SERIA L P O RT COMMUNICATION FORMA T RS-232 SELECTIO N JP2, 9 position jum per with header attached, fact ory default. RS-422/485 SELECTI ON JP1, 9 position j um per, m ove header f rom JP2 to this pos ition for RS- 422/485. J4, RS-422/RS-485 s elector, f actory default is RS-422 J5, [...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A9 9 PIN 'D' RS-232 PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN # FUNCTION ∗ DIRECT ION 1 N/C ---- 2 RECEIVE DATA INPUT to SCI-MR X 3 TRANSMIT DAT A OUTPUT from SCI-MRX 4 DATA T ERMINAL READY OUTPUT from SCI-MRX 5 SIGNAL GROUND N/A 6 DATA SET READY INPUT to SCI-MR X 7 READY TO SEND OUTPUT from SCI-MRX 8 CLEAR TO SEND[...]

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    A PPENDIX A – SCI PROTOCOL A ND INTERFAC E A10 RS-232C W IRING SCI-MRX 9 PIN 'D' SERIAL PORT SERIAL PORT PIN SIGNAL CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS DESIGNAT ION (COMM 1-DCE) (COMM 2-DTE ) 1- N/C N/C N/C 2- RECEIVE DA TA (RXD) [INP UT] RXD OR TXD 3- TRANSMIT DATA (TXD) [OUTPUT ] TXD OR RXD 4- DATA T ERMINAL READY (DT R) [OUT PUT ] CTS CTS 5- SIG[...]

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    A PPENDIX B - SPECIFICA TIONS SYSTEM CONTROL IN T ERFACE MODU LE (MRX -SCI) Data Transmission S ystem ................................RS-232 & RS-422 Serial Port Baud Rate ........................................ Up to 57.6 Kb baud Con trol Le vel s .................................................... Four or ei ght Communicati on Line ........[...]

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    A PPENDIX B - SPECIFICA TIONS B2 DIGITAL VIDEO FRAME (MRX- DVF) Signal Ty pe ........................................................ SMPTE 259M Connectors ........................................................ 75 Ohm BNC Inputs ................................................................. 32, single-ended, terminated, 800mV p-p Input return [...]

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    A PPENDIX B - SPECIFICA TIONS B3 DIGITAL AUDIO FRAME – U nbalanced (MRX -CDAF) Signal Ty pe ........................................................ AES-3id 1995 Connectors ........................................................ 75 Ohm BNC Inputs ................................................................. 32, single-ended, terminated, 1V p[...]