Front Panel Features; I/O Plane Selection Buttons; Input And Output Buttons - Extron electronics SMX Series User Manual

Operation and Setup Operation and Setup Operation and Setup

Front Panel Features

SMX controls and indicators shown in figure 3-1. The I/O Plane selection buttons,
input and output selection buttons, control buttons (Enter, Preset, View and Esc)
and power indicator LED's for the main board and I/O cards towards the front
right. A 2.5 mm configuration port is also on the front panel.
All buttons can be relabelled as desired. See
N Some models have a blank front panel (no buttons). See chapters 4, 5, and 6 for
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Figure 3-1 — SMX Series Matrix Switcher front panel features
a
I/O Plane address selection buttons (0-15)
b
Input selection buttons (1-16)
c
Output selection buttons (1-16)

I/O plane selection buttons

a

Input and output buttons

b
N Input and output buttons light (or flash) green for video signals, red for audio
3-2 3-2 SMX System MultiMatrix Switchers • Operation and Setup
control and configuration of SMX models with blank front panels.
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I/O PLANE SELECT
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0 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
INPUTS
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
OUTPUTS
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Plane selection buttons — The buttons labeled 0 through 15 allow plane
selection and identify any tied inputs and outputs on the selected plane.
These correspond to the board rotary switch settings.
Input selection buttons — The Input 1 through Input 16 buttons select inputs
to create input to output ties, remove/replace ties, and to view ties. Inputs
can be tied to any output, as video, audio, or both. See the
Operation" section later in this chapter for full details.
signals, and bright amber for both video and audio signals.
Input buttons are also used to:
• Save and recall global presets (1 to 16)
• Save and recall plane presets (1 to 10)
• Display the output audio volume level
• Display RGB delay up to 5 seconds (inputs 1-10), in 0.5 second
intervals, (for SMX VGA and RGBHV boards only).
• Select inputs to view or adjust that input's audio level
• Select inputs to enable muting/unmuting of tied outputs
• Set button backlight, on or off (press and hold inputs 1 and 2)
• Activate audio gain and output volume control (press any twice, when
in view mode with audio plane selected)
Appendix B, "Button Labels".
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CONTROL
ENTER PRESET VIEW
CONFIG
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MAIN
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I/O CARDS
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Control buttons (Enter, Preset, View, and Esc)
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Power status LEDs
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Front panel configuration port
ESC
SMX SERIES SWITCHER
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