Page 2 - Precautions
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 dangerousvoltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of ...
Page 3 - Quick Start — CrossPoint Matrix Switchers; Installation; Definitions
QS-1 Quick Start — CrossPoint Matrix Switchers Installation Step 1 Mount the switcher in a rack. Step 2 Turn off power to the input and output devices,and remove the power cords from them. Step 3 Cable the switcher for RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB,RsGsBs, component video , S-video, or compositevideo input and ...
Page 4 - Quick Start — CrossPoint Matrix Switchers, cont’d; Front Panel Controls; Create a tie
Quick Start — CrossPoint Matrix Switchers, cont’d QS-2 Front Panel Controls Input and output buttons and LEDs select and identify inputs and outputs. Input buttons also select presets. On HVA models, the output LEDs also display the audio level of the selected input. Enter button saves changes when ...
Page 5 - Table of Contents; Chapter 1 • Introduction
i CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1-1 About the CrossPoint Series Matrix Switchers .................................................... 1...
Page 6 - Table of Contents, cont’d; Chapter 4 • Programmer’s Guide; Appendix A • Specifications
ii CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Table of Contents Table of Contents, cont’d 68-353-02 Rev. E Printed in the USA 01 04 Chapter 4 • Programmer’s Guide ..................................................................................... 4-1 Host-to-Switcher Instructions .................................
Page 7 - CrossPoint Matrix Switchers; Chapter One; Introduction; About the CrossPoint Series Matrix Switchers
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers 1 Chapter One Introduction About the CrossPoint Series Matrix Switchers Features
Page 9 - CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Introduction; Features; Inputs
1-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Introduction DVD Cable Box Laserdisc Player Internet Connection Student Computer Student Computer Instructor Computer VCR Class Room 102 Class Room 101 Class Room 105 Class Room 106 Class Room 103 Class Room 104 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ExtronCross...
Page 11 - Remote control; Labeling; Rack mount; Power
1-5 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Introduction Remote control — The CrossPoint switchers are remote controllable, using the MKP 1000 master control keypad and any combination of MCP 1000 slavecontrol panels and/or MKP 1000 slave control keypads. The remote controldevices are easy to use and provide ...
Page 13 - Chapter Two; Rack Mounting the Switcher
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers 2 Chapter Two Installation Rack Mounting the Switcher Cabling and Rear Panel Views
Page 14 - Cabling and Rear Panel Views; Power connection; AC power connector
Installation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Installation 2-2 Installation Rack Mounting the Switcher The CrossPoint 84, 88, 124, and 128 Matrix Switchers are housed in rack-mountable,3U high, 19” wide metal enclosures. The CrossPoint 168 and 1616 are in 6U highenclosures. The appropriate rack...
Page 15 - CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Installation; Video input and output connections; RGBHV video inputs; RGBHV video outputs; Audio input and output connections (HVA models only); Connections for balanced and unbalanced audio inputs
2-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Installation Video input and output connections All video input and output connections to the CrossPoint switchers are madewith female BNC connectors. Some types of video output devices do not haveBNC video output connectors. For these cases, a suitable cable or con...
Page 16 - Connections for audio outputs; Additional rear panel views
Installation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Installation 2-4 Tip (+) Sleeve ( ) Sleeve ( ) Ring (-) Tip (+) RCA Connector 3.5 mm Stereo Plug Connector (balanced) Figure 2-4 — Typical audio connectors The audio level for each input can be individually set, via the front panel orRS-232/422, to ...
Page 21 - Chapter Three; Operation; Front Panel Controls and Indicators
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers 3 Chapter Three Operation Front Panel Controls and Indicators Front Panel Operations Rear Panel Controls Troubleshooting Worksheets
Page 22 - CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-2 Operation Front Panel Controls and Indicators The front panel controls (figure 3-1 and figure 3-2) are grouped into two sets. Theinput and output buttons and LED indicators are grouped on the left side of thecontrol panel. The control but...
Page 23 - Control buttons and LEDs
3-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation Current configuration — The configuration that is currently being used (also called configuration 0 ). Global memory preset — A configuration that has been stored. Up to twelve global memory presets (CrossPoint 84, 88, 124, and 128) or sixteen global memor...
Page 24 - RGBHV button and LED; Audio button and LED; Front panel I/O label windows; Input and output label windows
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-4 As a secondary function on HVA models, the Esc button increments the audiolevel of the selected input. In audio adjust mode, the Esc LED indicates apositive (+) gain value. A more detailed explanation of audio leveladjustment is included ...
Page 25 - Creating a configuration
3-5 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation Front Panel Operations The following paragraphs detail the power-up process and then provide sampleprocedures for creating ties, sets of ties, and configurations; changing aconfiguration; viewing ties, sets of ties, and configurations; saving a preset;reca...
Page 26 - Example 2: Add a tie to a set of video and audio ties
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-6 blinking selections, or toggled off by pressing the associated outputbutton. Example 1: Create a set of video and audio ties See figure 3-4 and the following steps for an example in which input 5 is tied tooutputs 3, 4, and 8. This exampl...
Page 27 - Example 3: Remove a tie from a set of video and audio ties
3-7 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation output 3, output 4, and output 8; and audio input 5 tied to audio output 3,output 4, and output 8. 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 INPUTS ENTER OUTPUTS 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 PRESET VIEW ESC RGBHV AUDIO 12 8 CONTROL I/O ESC RGBHV A B ENTER E C C 1 3 8 4 5 C D B F B LED key...
Page 28 - Viewing a configuration
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-8 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 INPUTS ENTER OUTPUTS 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 PRESET VIEW ESC RGBHV AUDIO 12 8 CONTROL I/O AUDIO 5 8 ENTER E 4 D 3 LED key: = off, = on, Press Press Figure 3-7 — Example 3, step D: Removing an audio tie E Press and release th...
Page 30 - Muting and unmuting video and/or audio; hold
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-10 that the selected output LED, the tied input LED (input 5), and the outputLEDs light for all of the outputs that are tied to the input. E Press and release the RGBHV button to toggle the Video LED off (figure 3-10).If audio is broken awa...
Page 31 - Example 5: Muting and unmuting an output; One at a time
3-11 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation blink to indicate the mute or return to their previous state to indicate theunmute. 5 . Press and release the View button to return to normal switcher operation. 1. You can mute video and audio, video-only, or audio-only outputs.Pressing and releasing the...
Page 32 - Using presets; Example 6: Save a preset
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-12 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 INPUTS ENTER OUTPUTS 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 PRESET VIEW ESC RGBHV AUDIO 12 8 CONTROL I/O 3 4 D 3 4 3 4 E F D E Hold Hold Hold Press VIEW F Hold B B B LED key: = off, = on, = blinking, Figure 3-12 — Example 5, step D: Mutin...
Page 33 - Example 7: Recall a preset; Example 8: View and adjust an audio level
3-13 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation A Press and release the Esc button. The Esc LED flashes once. B Press and hold the Preset button for approximately 2 seconds until the Preset LED begins to blink, then release the Preset button. C Press and release the input 1 button. The input 1 LED flas...
Page 36 - Front panel security lockout (executive mode); System reset to factory defaults; Rear Panel Controls
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-16 If another input button is pressed and released, the level value for the currentinput is saved and level value for the newly selected input is displayed. E Press and release the Audio button. The Audio LED stops blinking and theView ( ) ...
Page 37 - General checks; it is not; Worksheets; Worksheet example 1: Entering system equipment
3-17 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation General checks 1 . Ensure that all devices are plugged in and powered on. The switcher isreceiving power if one of the input LEDs is lit. 2 . Ensure an active input is selected for output on the switcher. 3 . Ensure that the proper signal format is suppli...
Page 38 - Worksheet example 2: Drawing ties
Operation, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 3-18 Worksheet example 2: Drawing ties Figure 3-20 continues from worksheet example 1 by showing the video and audioties that make up the configuration of preset 3, a solid ink line shows video ties,and a dashed pencil line shows the audio ti...
Page 39 - Worksheet example 3: Test configuration
3-19 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation Worksheet example 3: Test configuration The A/V system in our fictional organization needs to be fine tuned on a regularbasis. Figure 3-21 shows a typical test configuration, with an Extron video testgenerator (input 12) generating a test pattern to all m...
Page 41 - Input sour; Matrix Switchers Configuration W
3-21 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Operation 1 2 345 67 8 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 91 0 1 1 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 12 13 14 15 16 9 Input sour ces Output destinations Preset # Title: Video: A udio: Fill in the preset n u mber and use colors , or dashes , etc. to mak e connecting lines . Indicate if the configur...
Page 43 - Chapter Four; Programmer’s Guide; Switcher-Initiated Messages
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers 4 Chapter Four Programmer’s Guide Host-to-Switcher Instructions Switcher-Initiated Messages Switcher Error Responses Using the Command/Response Table Command/Response Table
Page 44 - Programmer’s Guide, cont’d
Programmer’s Guide, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Programmer’s Guide 4-2 Programmer’s Guide The switcher’s rear panel RS-232/RS-422 connector (figure 4-1) can be connected tothe serial port output of a host device such as a computer, RS-232 capable PDA, orcontrol system. This connection makes...
Page 45 - Switcher Error Responses
4-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Programmer’s Guide The switcher does not expect a response from the host, but, for example, the hostprogram might request a new status. Switcher Error Responses When the switcher receives an SIS command and determines that it is valid, itperforms the command and sen...
Page 46 - Command/Response Table; Command/response table for SIS commands; Command
Programmer’s Guide, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Programmer’s Guide 4-4 Command/Response Table Symbol Definitions: = Carriage return/line feed = Carriage return (no line feed) • = Space X1 = Input number 01 – 08 (CrossPoint 84, 88);01 – 12 (CrossPoint 124, 128);01 – 16 (CrossPoint 168, 1616)...
Page 49 - Chapter Five; Matrix Switcher+ Control Program
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers 5 Chapter Five Matrix Software Matrix Switcher+ Control Program Button-Label Generator
Page 50 - Matrix Software, cont’d; CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software; Installing the software
Matrix Software, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software 5-2 Matrix Software Two software programs accompany the CrossPoint Series switchers: • The Extron Matrix Switchers Control Program (Extron part number 29-015-01), which communicates with the switcher via the RS-232/RS-422 port,pro...
Page 51 - Windows buttons; Executive mode —; Presets menu —
5-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software Figure 5-1 — Extron Matrix Switcher+ Control Program window (blank) Figure 5-2 — Sample program window (complete) 4. To make the control program easier to use, assign a device icon to each inputand output. Click on a box that represents an input or o...
Page 52 - Windows menus
Matrix Software, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software 5-4 Go — Activates the selected preset as the current configuration. Save as — Allows the current set of ties to be saved as a preset. Enter the preset number when prompted to do so. Changes – Take — Allows you to save to file any...
Page 53 - Using the help system; Button-Label Generator; Using the software
5-5 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Matrix Software Using emulation mode Emulation mode allows you to set up the software without attaching the switcherto the computer. To use emulation mode, do the following: 1. Start the program as described in step 1 on page 5-2. 2. Choose Emulate, and click OK. 3....
Page 55 - Appendix A; Specifications
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers A Appendix A Specifications Specifications Part Numbers
Page 56 - Specifications, cont’d; CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Specifications; Video; Sync
Specifications, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Specifications A-2 Specifications Video Routing .......................................... 84 Series .................... 8 x 4 matrix 88 Series .................... 8 x 8 matrix124 Series ................... 12 x 4 matrix128 Series .................
Page 57 - Audio —; Audio input —; audio models only; Audio output —; audio models only; Control/remote — switcher; General
A-3 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Specifications Audio — audio models only Routing .......................................... 84 Series .................... 8 x 4 stereo matrix 88 Series .................... 8 x 8 stereo matrix124 Series ................... 12 x 4 stereo matrix128 Series ..............
Page 58 - Specifications are subject to change without notice.; Part Numbers; CrossPoint part numbers; Optional accessories; Extron Part
Specifications, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Specifications A-4 168/1616 Series ................... 10.5" H x 17.0" W x 9.7" D (6U high, full rack width) (26.7 cm H x 43.2 cm W x 24.6 cm D)(Depth excludes connectors. Width excludes rack ears.) Product weight 84/88/124/128 Series ...
Page 59 - Cables; Bulk cable; Assorted connectors; BNC connectors
A-5 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Specifications Cables When using signals with a scanning frequency of 15-125 kHz and running distancesof 100 feet or more, use high resolution BNC cables to achieve maximumperformance. Bulk cable Extron Part Part # RG6 super high resolution cable Bulk RG6-1, 500’ 22...
Page 61 - Appendix B; Reference Information; Hardware Upgrades
CrossPoint Matrix Switchers B Appendix B Reference Information Hardware Upgrades Button Labels
Page 62 - Reference Information, cont’d; CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Reference Information; Opening the switcher
Reference Information, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Reference Information B-2 Reference Information Hardware Upgrades This appendix contains procedures for performing hardware maintenanceprocedures such as swapping the RS-232 and RS-422 ports, installing a newfirmware update, and replacing t...
Page 64 - Closing the switcher; Swapping the serial ports
Reference Information, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Reference Information B-4 Closing the switcher 1 . Reinstall any cables removed. To plug a self latching cable into the desired receptacle, align the holes in the connector with the pins in thereceptacle, and press evenly until the receptac...
Page 65 - Installing a firmware update
B-5 CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Reference Information 8. If the switcher was removed from a rack, remove its power cord, reattach theswitcher to the rack, and reconnect the power cord. 9 . Reconnect the input and output cables. Installing a firmware update The IC that contains the firmware for the...
Page 66 - Button Labels
Reference Information, cont’d CrossPoint Matrix Switchers • Reference Information B-6 If you choose to check for proper operation before putting the cover backon, ensure that tools and hands are outside the switcher and then performstep 11. After recognizing the new IC, the switcher should power upn...
