Color-Coded Switch Selection And Switching Orientation - AMX Enova DGX 100 Series Hardware Reference Manual

Switching Page Components
Auto Take button
(deselected by default)
Legend button
Switch Mode buttons
Inputs section
down-mix button
Outputs section
Select All / Deselect All
buttons
Clear button
Take button
Selected status bar
(non-editable)
Switcher Setup button
options
Save and Load buttons – after a system has been set up per the installation's requirements, the configuration values for the entire
switcher's state (i.e., system settings and routing, video and audio settings, channel names, custom EDIDs, etc.) can be saved and
reloaded at any time. The file is saved as a managed content (non-editable) .xdg file with XML and bin data. This file may be reloaded
onto the system it was saved from or loaded onto an identical system or backup system.
Save button
Load button
Note: While a configuration can be saved at any time, loading a configuration requires the majority of the available system resources,
without which portions of the load may fail. For this reason, we recommend disabling code and active switches when loading a
configuration. Also, a file should only be loaded onto a system that matches the configuration of the saved file. If the system receiving
the file does not match the original system, incongruous information (e.g., a DXLink Fiber Input Board is present when the configuration
file tries to load HDMI Input Board information) will be skipped.
Group Restore to Default
button

Color-Coded Switch Selection and Switching Orientation

Yellow buttons indicate they have been selected but not switched; blue buttons indicate an already routed switch.
NOTE: When disconnecting switches, selecting an input or an output in an already routed switch will turn the button from
blue to white, but will leave a thin blue line around the button to indicate it is still active until Take is pressed.
From a cleared state, switching is accomplished from either an input-orientation or an output-orientation depending on
whether an input or an output is selected first.
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When checked, this button persists the Auto Take function and remains illuminated until unchecked. Once an
input or output is selected, a click on an output for the input or on an input for an output will execute a switch.
This allows for quick cycling through several inputs for a selected output.
Note that when a button is selected, it also appears in the Configuration page with signal details (for button/
signal details, click the Legend button).
Click to open an additional browser tab (Audio/Video Legend) which displays the legend key with details
regarding the state of the input (source) and output (destination) connections (FIG. 98).
The browser tab opens in a tearaway tab/window that can be dragged and dropped as a standalone
desktop window for side-by-side reference with the Switcher/Configuration pages.
Click the A/V (default), Video, or Audio button to select the type of signal to be switched. These buttons
correspond to the available video and audio Virtual Matrices (VMs) in the system.
• Switch Mode buttons are only accessible with Audio Switching Boards (ASB or ASB-DAN) in the enclosure.
• See the Switch Mode section on page 188 for details.
This section contains buttons for each of the available input signals (per selected Switch Mode) in the system.
Click the input button that needs to be switched. Scroll bars on the right-hand side provide access to any
inputs on large systems which are not currently visible.
The Audio Switch Mode must be selected before the down-mix button displays.
• The input source used for the down-mix signal is selected on the Configuration page.
• For information on the down-mix function, see page 181.
This section contains buttons for each of the available output signals in the system.
Click the output button(s) that needs to receive the signal from the currently selected input button.
Note that when the currently selected button is an output, it also appears in the Configuration page with signal
details (for button/signal details, click the Legend button). Scroll bars on the right-hand side provide access to
any outputs on large systems which are not currently visible.
These buttons appear only after an input is selected.
Click as necessary to select or deselect all output buttons.
Click to de-select all inputs and outputs (if selected, the Auto Take button state persists) and clear routing
status in the Configuration pane.
Note that the Clear button does not disconnect switches.
After the Clear button is selected and the input or one of the outputs already routed is selected, the buttons
turn blue to indicate current status. Selecting an output will show status for the input routed to it, not the other
outputs also routed from the same input.
Click to execute the switch for the selected input and output(s). After the switch is made, the current content
in the Switching and Configuration pages persists until further action is taken.
Note that the Take button is grayed out until one input and one or more outputs have been selected for
routing; once these conditions are met, the Take button becomes active.
After the Take button is clicked, all of the buttons clear their status.
This status bar provides quick visual confirmation of input and output selections and their status
(blue = currently routed; yellow = ready to route, waiting further action; blue outline = currently routed, but
deselected in preparation to disconnect).
Switcher Setup button options are available on both the Switching page and the Configuration page.
To save a configuration, click the Save button (when the Save button is clicked, there is no direct indication
that the file is being saved). The CPU begins collecting all of the available system data (may take > 2 minutes)
and then packages the file for download.
Depending on the browser used in the process, the download may either appear with a Save As dialog box or
be saved directly into your Downloads folder. The default file name is "defaultYYYY-MM-DD.xdg."
To load a configuration, click the Load button. A Warning appears indicating that the action will override all of
the current configuration values and reboot the switcher. Click Yes and select the saved configuration (.xdg)
file from the dialog box. Click Open to begin the file upload. The file take approximately 30 seconds to load
then performs a full system reboot (which takes 3-5 minutes, depending on enclosure size.
Click to open the Warning dialog (FIG. 99), which requires you to select an A/V Group and an I/O Group to
restore to their factory default settings.
System Configuration Interface
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