Remote Control Connections; Bme Connection And Selection - Extron electronics CrossPoint 450 Plus Series Setup Manual

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Audio inputs (audio BMEs) — Connect stereo or mono audio
sources to the 5-pole or 3-pole captive screw connectors.
Tip
Sleeve
Tip
Sleeve
Unbalanced Stereo Input
Do not tin the wires!
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Audio outputs (audio BMEs) — Connect stereo or mono audio
devices to the 5-pole or 3-pole captive screw connectors.
Tip
NO GROUND HERE.
Sleeve(s)
Tip
NO GROUND HERE.
Unbalanced Stereo Output
CAUTION For unbalanced stereo audio, connect the
sleeve(s) to the ground contact. DO NOT
connect the sleeve(s) to the negative (-) contacts.
Do not tin the wires!

Remote control connections

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Remote port — If desired, connect a control system or computer
to the rear panel Remote RS-232/RS-422 port.
N Remote port defaults: RS-232, 9600 baud, no parity, 8-bit,
1 stop bit, no flow control.
Pin RS-232 Function
1 — Not used
2 TX Transmit
3 RX Receive
1
6
4 — Not used
5 Gnd Ground
9
5
6 — Not used
7 — Not used
8 — Not used
9 — Not used
2-4 CrossPoint / MAV Matrix Switchers • Installation
Refer also to the CrossPoint 450 Plus / MAV Plus User's Manual at www.extron.com.
Tip
Ring
Sleeve (s)
Tip
Ring
Balanced Stereo Input
Tip
Ring
Sleeves
Balanced Mono Input
Tip
Ring
Sleeve(s)
Tip
Ring
Balanced Stereo Output
Tip
Ring
Sleeves
Balanced Mono Output
RS-422 Function
— Not used
TX– Transmit (–)
RX– Receive (–)
— Not used
Gnd Ground
— Not used
RX+ Receive (+)
TX+ Transmit (+)
— Not used
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LAN port — If desired, connect a network WAN or LAN hub, a
control system, or computer to the Ethernet RJ-45 port.
• Network connection — Wire as a patch (straight) cable.
• Computer or control system connection — Wire the
interface cable as a crossover cable.
N The factory default IP address is 192.168.254.254.

BME connection and selection

N BME 0 should house the front panel controller (if included
in your system) and be the BME used for system control
and monitoring via the serial and Ethernet LAN ports.
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BME address switch — Each BME must be set to a unique
address of 0 through 5 (addresses 6 through 9 are invalid).
BME COMM
4
Tx Tx Tx
Rx Rx Rx
IN OUT
10
Sync BMEs cannot be set to address 0.
The addresses used in the system must be sequential with no
skipped numbers.
j
BME COMM interconnect ports — The BMEs in multiple BME
systems must be daisy-chained.
Connect an RJ-45 cable from BME 0's BME Comm Out connector
to the nearest BME's BME Comm In connector (usually BME 1).
BME
M
O M BME COMM ADDRESS
E C
B M Tx Tx
Rx Rx
IN OUT
T
O U
I N
10
9
To Next BME
From Previous BME
Connect the next RJ-45 cable from BME 1's BME Comm Out
connector to the nearest unconnected BME's BME Comm In
connector (usually BME 2).
Continue connecting RJ-45 cables from each daisy-chained
module's BME Comm Out connector to the next module's BME
Comm In connector until all modules are included in the chain.
CrossPoint / MAV Matrix Switchers • Installation
Refer also to the CrossPoint 450 Plus / MAV Plus User's Manual at www.extron.com.
BME REMOTE
ADDRESS LAN
Tx
-
Rx
4
+
ACT LINK RESET
9 8 7
REMOTE
LAN
Tx
-
Rx
4
+
ACT LINK RESET
8 7
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