Operation, cont’d

F

Esc button — The Esc button has two primary functions (•) and four

 

secondary functions (❏):

 

• Cancel operations or selections in progress and reset the front panel

 

button indicators.

NThe Esc button does not reset the current configuration or any presets.

•Flashes once to indicate that the escape function has been activated.

❏In the I/O Group mode, select group 4 and indicate its selection. See “I/O grouping” on page 3-17.

❏With the Enter, Preset, and View buttons, select Serial Port Selection and Configuration mode. See “Selecting the rear panel Remote port protocol and baud rate” on page 3-27.

❏Select 115200 baud for the RS-232/RS-422 port in Serial Port Selection and Configuration mode and indicate its selection. See “Selecting the rear panel Remote port protocol and baud rate” on page 3-27.

❏With the Enter button, toggles the front panel lock on and off. See “Locking out the front panel (Executive mode)” on page 3-25.

Power indicators

G Primary and Redundant Power Supply LEDs —

POWER SUPPLY

Green — Indicates that the associated power supply is

PRIMARY

operating within normal tolerances.

REDUNDANT

 

Red — Indicates that the associated power supply is operating outside the normal tolerances or has failed. See

chapter 7, “Maintenance and Modifications”, to replace the power supply.

Button labels

The numbered translucent covers on the input and output pushbuttons can be removed and replaced to insert labels behind them.

Input and output labels can be created easily with Extron’s Button-Label Generator software, which ships with every Extron matrix switcher. Each input and output can be labeled with names, alphanumeric characters, or even color bitmaps for easy and intuitive input and output selection (figure 3-2). See chapter 5, “Matrix Software”, for details on using the labeling software. See chapter 7, “Maintenance and Modifications”, for blank labels and a procedure for removing and replacing the translucent covers.

D

VCR

Computer

13 Computer

15

VTG 200

DocumentCamera

28 29 30 31 32

Figure 3-2 — Sample button labels and icons

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6400s specifications

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