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- Page 1 Matrix Switch Corporation MSC-HD88L Product Manual Compact 8x8 3G-SDI Video Router with Button Control Panel Page 1 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
- Page 2 Legal Disclaimers All material in this document is the legal property of Matrix Switch Corporation. Information contained in this publication regarding device applications and the like is provided for your convenience only and may be superseded by updates. It is your responsibility to ensure that your application meets with your specifications.
- Page 3 Publication History Date Changes 2013-04-15 Initial release of modular manual layout. • Page 3 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
2.5.3 Button Panel Settings..........................15 2.6 Command Tab.............................16 3 Mascot Control Protocol..........................17 3.1 Protocol changes............................17 3.2 Telnet access..............................17 3.3 Serial access..............................17 3.4 Command format............................17 3.4.1 Command names..........................17 3.4.2 Command arguments...........................17 3.5 Response format............................17 Page 4 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... - Page 5 3.38 SrcNames Command..........................22 3.39 SysName Command..........................22 3.40 SysType Command...........................22 3.41 W Command.............................23 3.42 WebPass Command...........................23 3.43 X Command..............................23 4 Software Updates..............................24 4.1 Software Update on Carina Series Devices....................24 4.1.1 Software Update Requirements......................24 Page 5 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
- Page 6 4.3.2 Downgrading from version 5.4.0 to a previous version..............27 5 Troubleshooting..............................28 5.1 Unknown IP address............................28 5.2 No Ethernet link when connected to network switch..................28 5.3 Unexpected reboots.............................28 6 Reference................................29 6.1 Specifications..............................29 6.2 Glossary...............................29 7 Matrix Switch Corporation Warranty......................30 Page 6 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 7: Getting Started
1.1 Device Connections The MSC-HD88L comes with a power supply adapter, a redundant power supply (if ordered) and a documentation CD. Additional cables and hardware are not provided. Power supply adapter – A 12 Volt 3 Amp power supply adapter is provided which is connected to the •... -
Page 8: Powering Up The Device
• 1.3 Front Panel Button Interface The MSC-HD88L is equipped with a 8x8 button panel which provides one of several options for controlling and viewing the status of the routing matrix. This panel interface provides separate input and output buttons. One output button is active at a time, indicated by it being lit. -
Page 9: Network Settings
All other presets default to “No Change” for all destinations, which when recalled will have no effect. Presets can assign a partial subset of destinations or all destinations as desired. Page 9 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 10: Panel Remote Router Ip Address
1.4.6 Panel Remote Router IP Address Remote panels control Matrix Switch Corporation video/audio routers with the TCP/IP protocol via the Ethernet port. NOTE: The button panel interface of a router device may also be used to remotely control a different router. In that case the Control Mode selection setting is used to determine the mode of the panel interface. - Page 11 IP addresses to their Remote Router IP setting of the router they will control. Additional configuration changes may be required, depending on the application and are described in subsequent sections. Page 11 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 12: Installation Example
Use a 4x4 panel to independently control 4 destinations of an 8x8 router and limit selectable sources to 4 • sources. The applicable settings for advanced panel control scenarios can be found on the Config Tab of the Web Page Page 12 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 13: Video Configuration
Interface. Refer to that section for additional details. 1.7 3D Video Configuration Matrix Switch Corporation video routers offer two software based solutions for dual channel 3D support. This is usually only used with SDI video, but is not limited to that video type. -
Page 14: 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 15: Routing Tab
“Load preset” drop down selector (#4 in Figure 1) and selecting the desired preset, which is then loaded and applied to the current routing matrix. More information on Presets is contained in the following Presets tab section. Page 15 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 16: Presets Tab
2.3.3 Usage scenarios The flexibility of the Presets Tab interface allows for several useful scenarios, some of which are described Page 16 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 17: Labels Tab
Preset. All this is accomplished without changing the Active Routing matrix state. 2.4 Labels Tab Figure 3 shows the Labels Tab. Click on a field or use the tab key to step between fields. Label names are Page 17 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 18: Config Tab
Reboot of the device in order to take effect. After clicking Save, click the Reboot button to restart the device. Remember to enter a new IP address into your Web browser's Location bar, if the device's IP address has changed. Page 18 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 19: System Settings
DHCP enable, the IP Address or the Netmask shall result in having to access the web page with the 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... -
Page 20: Command Tab
Command text entry line followed by pressing the Enter key to execute them. The results will be displayed in the text area below the command line. Clicking the Clear Output button will clear all command output in the lower area. Page 20 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... - Page 21 See the section Mascot Control Protocol for more information. Page 21 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 22: 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 23: Telnet Access
<BS> Backspace character (ASCII 11), can be used to backspace characters in interactive command shells. “ Used for double quoting string arguments. Used for single quoting string arguments. Command example Page 23 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 24: Command Arguments
A prompt character ‘>’ is displayed each time a command or chain of commands is entered, to indicate readiness to receive additional commands. If an error occurs in response to a command, an error will be displayed prior to the prompt with the following format: Page 24 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 25: Command Argument Values
Token too long A command name or string argument was too long. Invalid command Invalid command name. Invalid argument One or more invalid argument values. Invalid destination Invalid matrix destination number. Page 25 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 26: Basic Command Reference
* Router systems and MSC-GCP2U32 LCD panel only 3.9 Advanced command reference These additional commands consist of those which are not as commonly used as the basic commands, such as Page 26 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... - Page 27 I/O regions of a router. PanelRate (2.1) [RATE] Set remote panel refresh rate in seconds. PsetNames * [PRESET][LABEL] Query or assign preset names. Reboot Reboot the system. Page 27 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 28: B Command
Description DestNames Query all destination names. DestNames DEST Query destination names for all levels of a given destination. DestNames DEST, LEVEL Query the name of a specific destination and level. Page 28 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 29: 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 30: E Command
(or which the router will synchronize to when using the RemoteSync command). This can also be enabled on Router systems with a local button panel to configure the Page 30 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 31: Gateway Command
IP network. In the event that the IP address of a system is unknown refer to the Unknown IP Address section for this device. Command Description Query IP address of the system. Ip IP Set IP address of the system. Page 31 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 32: Lockstatus Command
The returned value is either an integer such as "2" or major and minor version numbers separated by a period, such as "2.3". Page 32 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
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. Page 33 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... - Page 34 Source values for matrix state and preset data. Values start from 1, 0 represents mute and -1 represents “No Change” (for preset data only). Example - Newlines and spaces added to response as a visual aid. Page 34 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 35: Netmask Command
Routers requires that the IP address is known, valid and systems are configured to be on the same IP network. In the event that the IP address or Netmask of a system is unknown, consult the Unknown IP Address section for this device. Command Description Page 35 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 36: P Command
>PAdd 1,2,3 >PAdd 1,3,0,2 > The first command adds a connection from Source 3 to Destination 2 on Preset 1. The second command Mutes Destination 3/Level 2 on Preset 1. Page 36 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 37: Pairio Command
Query current panel offset settings, 4 values are returned separated by commas, corresponding to the same values which are assigned. PanelOfs DESTOFS, SRCOFS, LVL1, LVL2 Assign panel destination/source offsets and level control values. Page 37 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 38: Panelrate Command
Set remote panel refresh rate in seconds. Examples >PanelRate >PanelRate 1 > The first command queries the current panel refresh rate, which returns 5 (default). The second command sets the refresh rate to be 1 second. Page 38 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 39: Pclr Command
When querying names, labels are surrounded by double quotes and separated by newlines. Examples >PsetNames “Startup” “Preset1” “Preset2” “Preset3” “Preset4” “Preset5” “Preset6” “Preset7” “Preset8” “Preset9” >PsetNames 1 “Preset1” >PsetNames 1,”MyPreset” > Page 39 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 40: Psub Command
'-' indicates “No Change”, which causes no changes to the given Destination/Level. • 0 indicates “Mute” • Command Description PView Display all presets. PView PRESET Display a single PRESET. Example on a 16x4 system with 2 levels >PView 1 Page 40 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 41: Reboot Command
When enabled, this option synchronizes matrix crosspoint changes to the router IP address assigned with the FrameIP Command. This command should only be enabled with one of the two routers (the primary router). This value is stored and recalled on power up. Page 41 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 42: S Command
Routers and MSC-GCP2U32 only Query or assign source names. This command has 4 variations, described by the following table. Source names are stored and recalled on power up. Command Description Page 42 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 43: Sysname Command
Switch Corporation systems. This value is stored and recalled on power up. Command Description SysName Query system name. SysName STR Set system name (up to 15 characters). Example for querying and assigning system name >SysName MSC-Router >SysName “MyRouter” > Page 43 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 44: 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 45: 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 Page 45 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... - Page 46 >X1,4#X2,3#X3,2#X4,1 > 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 46 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv...
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Page 47: Software Updates
3. The device to update with its Ethernet port connected to the same network as the PC. 4. A firmware file image for the device from Matrix Switch Corporation. The file name is of the form MatrixFirmware-x.x.x.hex, where x.x.x is the version number. -
Page 48: Power On Software Update
IP address into the browser's Location bar and pressing ENTER. Navigate to the command tab, where the command will be typed into the text entry field at the top. Page 48 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 49: Tftp Software
◦ If the device is a Matrix Switch Corporation router, then you can connect a serial cable between it and the PC. Use a terminal program, such as Hyperterm, and configure the serial settings for 9600 Baud 8N1 (8 data bits, No parity, 1 stop bit). -
Page 50: Windows Vista And Windows 7
The tftp application can easily be installed with your distributions package manager from a terminal, below are some example commands for various distributions. Commands for installing tftp on different Linux distributions: Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install tftp • Page 50 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 51: Software Update Errata
Additional requirements and steps with 4.x.x or older firmware: 1. Some Matrix Switch Corporation routers are not supported by newer firmware and therefore a software update to version 5 should not be attempted on those devices. This includes 4x4 and 8x8 HD-SDI routers pre serial number 9000 (systems sold before mid year 2011). -
Page 52: Downgrading From Version 5.4.0 To A Previous Version
If downgrading from Carina firmware version 5.4.0 or newer to a version prior to 5.4.0, the system configuration will not be retained. Please contact Matrix Switch Corporation in the event that this is required and we can assist you in the process of backing up and restoring your device's configuration. -
Page 53: 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 (12 Volt 3 Amp). Page 53 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 54: Reference
800 mV P-P +/- 5% Output Impedance 75 Ohms +/- 1% Output Jitter < 0.2 UI Reference Signal Connector Type Analog BNC with pass-through Format NTSC, PAL and Tri-level sync Page 54 of 56 © 2013 Matrix Switch Corporation www.matrix-switch.tv... -
Page 55: Glossary
Network router, which is referred to as a Network Switch in this manual). 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 56: Matrix Switch Corporation Warranty
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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