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- Page 1 Matrix Switch Corporation MSC-XD164S Product Manual Compact 16 input 4 output 3G-SDI Video Router with Status Panel Revision 1.5 Page 1 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitchcorp.com...
- Page 2 ITS CONDITION, QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PURPOSE. Matrix Switch Corporation disclaims all liability arising from this information and its use. Use of Matrix Switch Corporation devices in life support and/or safety applications is entirely at the buyer’s risk, and the buyer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Matrix Switch Corporation from any and all damages, claims, suits, or expenses resulting from such use.
- Page 3 2013-11-29 MSC-4HDX6464 manual released. • • Updated Mascot protocol information to version 2.3. Added Vars Mascot command description. • Revision 1.0 • Initial release of modular product manual. 2013-04-15 Page 3 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
3.5 Response Format............................21 3.6 Command Arguments..........................22 3.7 System Parameters............................23 3.7.1 System Parameter Table........................23 3.8 Core Commands............................24 3.9 Configuration Commands...........................25 3.10 Miscellaneous Commands........................25 3.10.1 C Command............................26 3.10.2 DestNames Command........................26 3.10.3 DHCP Command..........................27 Page 4 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... - Page 5 3.10.40 SetA Command..........................46 3.10.41 SetS Command..........................46 3.10.42 SrcNames Command........................47 3.10.43 SysName Command........................47 3.10.44 SysType Command..........................48 3.10.45 Vars Command..........................49 3.10.46 W Command............................49 3.10.47 WebPass Command.........................50 3.10.48 X Command.............................50 4 Software Updates..............................52 Page 5 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
- Page 6 4.3.2 Mac OS X............................54 4.3.3 Linux..............................54 5 Troubleshooting..............................56 5.1 Unknown IP address............................56 5.2 Unexpected reboots.............................56 6 Reference................................57 6.1 Specifications..............................57 6.2 Serial Interface Pinout..........................57 6.3 Glossary...............................58 7 Matrix Switch Corporation Warranty......................60 Page 6 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
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Page 7: Getting Started
Additional sections in this manual can be consulted for more detailed information on the subsystems and features of this product. 1.1 Device Connections The MSC-XD164S comes with a power supply adapter, a redundant power supply and a documentation CD. Additional cables and hardware are not usually provided. •... -
Page 8: Powering Up The Device
• Routing matrix is initialized to Preset 0 state (defaults to source 1 connected to all destinations). 1.3 Front Status Panel The MSC-XD164S has a status front panel with 3 LED indicators, described in the following table: LED Label Description PS 1 Power supply 1 good indicator. -
Page 9: Network Settings
There are 10 stored matrix routing presets. Preset 0 is recalled on power up and by default routes source 1 to all destinations. All other presets default to “No Change” for all destinations, which when recalled will have no Page 9 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 10: Network Planning
Ethernet network. Larger installations or integration with existing IP LAN networks require some network planning. NOTE: Matrix Switch Corporation can assist in planning and pre-configuring devices for specific application requirements at purchase time. Just ask a sales or customer service representative. -
Page 11: Installation Example
The following diagram is of a simple installation example consisting of a 32x32 SDI Video Router, with a secondary level 32x32 Analog Audio router connected via the AFV DB-25 interface, a 32x32 Remote Button Panel, a 2RU LCD Remote Panel and a Computer system. Page 11 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 12: Web
2.1 Overview Figure 1: Routing Tab All Matrix Switch Corporation Router and Remote Panel systems include a built in web page that can be used with standards compliant Javascript enabled web browsers, including but not limited to Firefox, Chrome, Safari and recent versions of Internet Explorer. -
Page 13: Changing A Connection
No Change and Mute (the latter only if available for the given level). The No Change option indicates that the Destination for the given Level should not be changed from its current value, when the preset Page 13 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 14: Loading Work Matrix From A Source Target
Editing an existing Preset – Editing a Preset is done by loading it to the Work Matrix, making the desired changes and saving it back to the same Preset. All this is accomplished without changing the Active Routing matrix state. 2.4 Labels Tab Page 14 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 15: Config Tab
Presets can also be assigned label names. Click the Save button to save changes that have been made. 2.5 Config Tab Page 15 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 16: System Settings
TCP/IP network configuration. Once the save button is pressed and the system is rebooted any changes to DHCP enable, the IP Address or the Netmask shall result in having to access the web page with the Page 16 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 17: Button Panel Settings
MSC-XD164S Product Manual new settings. If there are Matrix Switch Corporation remote control panels which access the system which has been changed, they must also be reconfigured to use the new router IP address as well. See the Network Planning section for more helpful information on planning your network. -
Page 18: Command Tab
Clicking the Clear Output button will clear all command output in the lower area. See the section Mascot Control Protocol for more information. Page 18 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 19: Mascot Control Protocol
MASCOT (MAtrix Switch COrporation ProTocol) provides an ASCII text based command interface via several different transports to control and get status from Matrix Switch Corporation devices. This command protocol can be utilized for manual control or for integration with automation control systems. -
Page 20: Telnet Access
Carriage Return (ASCII 13), indicates the end of a command or chain of commands, Enter key. <BS> Backspace character (ASCII 11), can be used to backspace characters in interactive command shells. Page 20 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 21: Command Names
Invalid matrix destination number. Invalid source Invalid matrix source number. Invalid level Invalid matrix level number. Invalid preset Invalid preset number. Unterminated string Double or single quoted string not terminated. Page 21 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 22: Command Arguments
Level number (N = Count of system levels) Netmask D.D.D.D Network mask string argument, specified as 4 decimal numbers from 0 to 255 separated by periods. Must be a valid IPv4 netmask. Page 22 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 23: System Parameters
Command. A for Active, S for Stored, or AS for both. Commands which use only Stored memory require a reboot to become Active. Table 9: System Parameter Table Columns 3.7.1 System Parameter Table Parameter Value Access Set Description Page 23 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 24: Core Commands
Clear a preset to “No Change” values. PsetNames [Preset][Label] Preset names command. PSub (Preset)(Dest)[Lvl] Subtract a connection from a preset. PView [Preset] View preset. Quit Quit TCP/IP telnet session. Page 24 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 25: Configuration Commands
Get video lock status and rate detection information (not all HD router systems are supported). ReclkDis [0 | 1] Disable SDI reclockers (not all SDI router systems are supported). Page 25 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 26: C Command
Secondary levels use empty strings to indicate that the label of the first level should be used. Examples >DestNames “Dest1”,”AudDest1” “Dest2”,”” “Dest3”,”” “Dest4”,”” >DestNames 1 “Dest1”,”AudDest1” >DestNames 1,2 “AudDest1” >DestNames 1,2,”” > Page 26 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 27: Dhcp Command
IP assignment by MAC address or if there is a way to determine what IPs the Matrix Switch Corporation systems get assigned. Otherwise it may become difficult to determine what IP address to use when accessing the Web Page or other control interfaces. In the event that the IP address or... -
Page 28: Firmware Command
Query or assign the network Gateway IP address. This is usually only needed on Remote Panel systems which control a Router device on a different network. This setting is saved and recalled on power up. Command Description Gateway Query IP address of network Gateway. Page 28 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 29: Get Command
1.1.7 sys.name=MSC-Router >Get mtx mtx.serial=1 mtx.sync=0 >Get net.ip net.ip=192.168.2.60 > Page 29 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 30: Gets Command
Router systems. Unsupported systems will return an “Unsupported command” error on version 2.1 and newer protocol versions and blank output on older versions. Command Description LockStatus Displays Video lock status and rate detection for outputs. Format is one decimal number Page 30 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 31: Mac Command
Assign a destination mapping on a single level for Dest1 to physical Dest2. Examples >MapDest 1:4,4 2:3,2 >MapDest 1 1:4,4 > >MapDest 1, 5 > >MapDest 1, 6, 2 Page 31 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 32: Mapsrc Command
1 to physical source 5 on all levels. The fourth example maps source 1 to physical source 6 on the second level only. 3.10.16 MascotVer Command NOTE: Superseded by the ctl.mascot.ver System Parameter. Page 32 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 33: Mtxcfg Command
(1 + 2 = 3). The second level has 4 destinations, 8 sources and does not support mute, lock status query or reclocker disable. If an argument is specified (0-7), then a more descriptive JSON structure is returned, of the following form Page 33 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... - Page 34 -1 represents “No Change” (for preset data only). Example - Newlines and spaces added to response as a visual aid. >MtxCfg7 “version” : 1, “status” : “OK”, “levels” : Page 34 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
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Page 35: Mtxgroup Command
Set level 1 I/O grouping (0 or 1 disables grouping). MtxGroup LEVEL1, LEVEL2 Set level 1 and level 2 I/O grouping (0 or 1 disables grouping). Example querying and assigning I/O grouping >MtxGroup Page 35 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 36: Netmask Command
Preset 0 is recalled on system power up. Command Description P PRESET Recall a preset. Example to recall preset 1 >P 1 > 3.10.21 PAdd Command Routers and MSC-GCP2U32 only Page 36 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 37: Pairio Command
Query and assign panel button/GPIO command macros. This system provides a means to easily implement custom functionality in response to a panel button press or GPIO auxiliary port contact closure (button or switch Page 37 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 38: Panelcmden Command
Query and assign panel button/GPIO command macro and condition subsystem enable. This command is used to enable or disable button and GPIO commands and conditions. See PanelCmd PanelCond commands for more details. Command Description Page 38 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 39: Panelcond Command
GPIO pin will clear the condition (two consecutive single or double quotes represents an empty string). Examples >PanelCond 1 P0 2 P1 67 P0 >PanelCond 1 1 P0 Page 39 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 40: Paneldis Command
This setting is stored and recalled on power up. Command Description PanelExtEn Query external panel interface enable setting. PanelExtEn 0 | 1 Assign external panel interface enable setting (0: disable, 0: enable) Examples >PanelExtEn >PanelExtEn 1 > Page 40 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 41: Panelrate Command
Query or assign the serial protocol. The only available option is currently the case insensitive value "Mascot", however additional control protocols may be added in the future. Value is stored and recalled on power up. Page 41 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 42: Psetnames Command
The first 2 example commands are query commands. The last assigns “MyPreset” to Preset 1. 3.10.32 PSub Command Routers and MSC-GCP2U32 only Preset subtract command. Removes a connection in a preset by setting a Destination or Destination/Level to Page 42 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 43: Pview Command
3.10.34 Reboot Command Instructs the system to reboot, which is done after a brief delay. Ensures that all outstanding data writes are written to non-volatile memory, prior to the reboot. Page 43 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 44: Reclkdis Command
The first command in the above examples queries the current value of the remote sync option, which returns 0 (disabled, the default). The second command enables remote syncing and the final command sets the IP address of the router to sync (secondary router). Page 44 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 45: S Command
NOTE: This command may set Active and/or Stored parameter values. Behavior depends on the parameter and is defined in the System Parameter Table. Values in Stored memory are loaded at system startup. See System Parameters for more details. Page 45 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 46: Seta Command
SetA List all parameter identifiers which can be set in Active memory, one per line. SetA Parameter Value Set a parameter’s Active value. 3.10.41 SetS Command Protocol version 3.0 Page 46 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 47: Srcnames Command
(thereby indicating that the first level label should be used). 3.10.43 SysName Command NOTE: Superseded by the sys.name System Paramete Query or assign system name. The system name is provided for convenience when managing multiple Matrix Page 47 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 48: Systype Command
NOTE: This command was not added until version 2.3 of the Mascot protocol. On previous versions, this command is available on the MSC-GCP2U32 LCD panel but not other Matrix Switch Corporation systems. When determining the system type, if executing the command returns an Invalid Command error, the system series can be assumed to be Carina. -
Page 49: Vars Command
This command modifies preset data which persists through power cycles. Command Description W PRESET Write current matrix routing state to PRESET. Example to save state to preset 1 >W 1 > Page 49 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 50: Webpass Command
(Protocol Version 2.2) The value 0 can be used for SRC to Mute a destination (if supported for a given level). Examples >X >X 3 >X 3,4 >X 4,0,2 > Page 50 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... - Page 51 > The above would connect source 4 to destination 1, source 3 to destination 2, source 2 to destination 3 and source 1 to destination 4 for all levels. Page 51 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
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Page 52: Software Updates
4.1 Software Update on Pyxis Series Devices Once a valid software update image is obtained from Matrix Switch Corporation for the applicable hardware series, the following procedure can be used to perform a software update. -
Page 53: Tftp Software
5. Make sure to replace 192.168.2.59 with the device's IP address if the update procedure being used utilizes the device’s assigned IP and replace MSC-Pyxis-Firmware-x.x.x.img with the correct version number of the file. Page 53 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 54: Mac Os X
2. Open a Terminal command line application (CTRL-ALT-T will do this on many desktop environments). 3. Use 'cd' commands to change to the directory where the firmware file is located, for example (if the Page 54 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... - Page 55 8. The TFTP program will indicate if the transfer was successful or not. 9. If the transfer failed (timed out, etc), retry the put command or quit the application (type 'quit' and ENTER) and start over from step 4. Page 55 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com...
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Page 56: Troubleshooting
If the device is rebooting unexpectedly (detectable on routers when the routing state gets reset to preset 0), make sure the correct power supply is being used with the device (7.5 VDC 2 Amp). Page 56 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 57: Reference
75 Ohms +/- 1% Output Jitter < 0.2 UI 6.2 Serial Interface Pinout An RS-232 serial port is provided for system control. This interface uses serial signals with 8 data bits, No Page 57 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrixswitch corp.com... -
Page 58: Glossary
• Simple Panel – A Matrix Switch Corporation Remote Panel which has buttons only. • Smart Panel – A Matrix Switch Corporation Remote Panel which comes equipped with an LCD screen interface. Page 58 of 60 © 2013-2016 Matrix Switch Corporation... - Page 59 Source – A Video or Audio source (input to a Router device). Numbered starting from 1. • TCP – Stands for Transport Control Protocol. This protocol is used by Matrix Switch Corporation devices for remote panel control, the MASCOT network interface and the web page interface.
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Page 60: Matrix Switch Corporation Warranty
MSC-XD164S Product Manual 7 Matrix Switch Corporation Warranty MSC provides the following limited warranty with its products: 1. MSC warrants that the equipment it manufactures is free from defects in material and workmanship. 2. This warranty begins on the day the product is shipped from MSC and shall be in effect for two years.
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