How The System 5 Ip Works: System 5 Ip Components And Interactions - Extron electronics System 5 IP Series User Manual

Introduction, cont'd
How the System 5 IP Works:
System 5 IP Components and Interactions
Unlike previous models of Extron system switchers or the Extron MediaLink
Controller (MLC 206), the System 5 IP requires and uses event files to perform all
functions except basic input switching and volume control. The event files define,
monitor, and govern how the System 5 IP works. Below is an example of how the
System 5 IP interacts with its accessories, event scripts, drivers, ports, and input
and output devices.
PC
LAN
with
Port
Global
Config.
or
Host
Web
Port
Browser
FPC
Syst. 5 IP
Firmware
SCP
SCP's
Lights
CMs
IR 402
The System 5 can be configured completely via the Windows-based Global
Configurator software. Once you have set up how you want the switcher to work
(set up audio, assigned drivers to ports, configured buttons and relays, and set up
IP addresses and functions), that information is saved to a configuration file which
is uploaded into the switcher.
The configuration information is used to create the "main event" (0.evt) script file
that defines the switcher's operation. The main event file also controls and
monitors ports, optional SCP control panels, and changes made at the switcher's
front panel.
Each button on the switcher and on any connected SCPs, control modules (IRCMs,
ACMs, RCMs), or the IR 402 remote control has two switch numbers assigned to it:
one for the button press, one for release. Scripts are compiled to generate the main
event file to monitor any button press or release and to generate the actions (issuing
commands, triggering relays, switching inputs) associated with the buttons.
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System 5 IP
FPC's
Lights
Memory
Proj. Driver
(5.evt)
DVD
MAIN EVENT
Driver
(0.evt)
(1.evt)
VCR Driver
(7.eir)
Serial 2-way
RS-232
Proj Port
Driver RS-232
Serial 1-way
IR/Serial
Port A
Driver RS-232
IR
IR/Serial IR
Driver Port B
Out
Proj.
DVD
VCR