NCompatible optical signals are digital signals from 270 Mbs through 4.25 Gbps that are sent and received via fiber optic small form factor pluggable (SFP) modules. The Fiber Matrix 6400 supports all compatible optical signals, whether transmitted or received by an Extron FOX system component or not.

NThe FOX 500 transmitter-to receiver communications, including the serial link, occupy one matrix switcher input and output.

This matrix switcher also supports the FOX 500 return (receiver-to-transmitter) serial communications, but returning this signal stream to the transmitter occupies a separate matrix switcher input and output.

The matrix switcher is a single box solution to complex fiber optic and/or SDI/HD-SDI signal routing applications. Each input and output is individually isolated and buffered, and any input(s) can be switched to any one or all outputs with virtually no crosstalk or signal noise between channels.

The Fiber Matrix is assembled from individual input/output (I/O) boards. The switcher can include up to eight I/O boards, each of which supports 8 inputs by

8 outputs. By adding or removing I/O boards, the Fiber Matrix is expandable and contractable, from an 8-input by 8-output matrix to a 64-input by 64-output matrix. The matrix switcher inputs and outputs the optical signals that it routes on fiber optic transceiver modules and the SDI/HD-SDI video signals on BNC connectors.

The matrix switcher can be remotely controlled via its rear panel RS-232/RS-422 Remote port, its rear panel LAN port, and its front panel Configuration (RS-232) port using either Extron’s Windows®-based Matrix Switchers Control Program or the Simple Instruction Set (SIS). The SIS is a set of basic ASCII code commands that provide simple control through a control system or PC without programming long, obscure strings of code. SIS commands can be entered via either serial port.

The switcher can be operated remotely by any of the following connected to either serial port:

a control system

a PC

an Extron MKP 2000 remote control panel

an Extron MKP 3000 remote control panel

(RS-232/RS-422 only) an Extron MCP 1000 remote control panel and/or MKP 1000 remote keypad

The matrix switcher is housed in a rack-mountable, 7U high metal enclosure with mounting flanges for standard 19" racks.

Fiber cable transmission modes

Two versions of Fiber Matrix switcher fiber optic I/O boards are documented in this manual. They are categorized by the type of fiber optic cable, multimode or singlemode, which defines the effective range of transmission:

Multimode — Long distance, up to 150 m (450')

Singlemode — Very long distance, up to 30 km (18.75 miles)

NAll transceiver modules on a fiber optic I/O board, as delivered from Extron, are configured the same; either all multimode or all singlemode.

NYou can mix multimode and singlemode fiber optic I/O boards in a Fiber Matrix switcher, but you must ensure that you connect the proper transmission mode fiber cables to the board.

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6400s specifications

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