Matrix 12800 Switcher Front Panel Controller
68-556-05 Rev. A Printed in the USA
Consignes de Sécurité Français
Precautions
Safety Instructions English
Sicherheitsanleitungen Deutsch
Unpacking and Assembling the Front Panel Controller
Table of Contents
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Table of Contents
Starting Up the Controller and Logging In and Out
Table of Contents, cont’d
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Introduction
Definitions of Matrix Switcher Terms
Chapter1One
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller
Figure 1-1 - Front panel controller
Introductiontroduction, cont’d
About the Front Panel Controller
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FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Introduction
About the Matrix 12800 System
Figure 1-2 - Typical Matrix 12800 system application
BME COMM Interconnecting Cable
Introduction, cont’d
Definitions of Matrix Switcher Terms
Configuration - One tie or one or more sets of ties
1-4 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Introduction
Rack Mounting the FPC Assembly Rear Panel Connections
FPC Installation and Operation
Installation Overview
Front Panel Features and Operation Upgrading the Software
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FPCInstallationdandOperation,Operationcont’d
Installation Overview
Unpacking and Assembling the Front Panel Controller
Figure 2-1 - A properly supported FPC computer and panel
Figure 2-2 - Computer and panel mounting block installation
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller FPC Installation and Operation
Figure 2-3 - Inserting the machine screws
FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d
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Figure 2-4 - Fully assembled Front Panel Controller
Rear Panel Connections
Rack Mounting the FPC Assembly
Figure 2-5 - FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller rear panel features
The FPC 5000 ships with a 10-foot crossover CAT 5e cable
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Figure 2-6 - Connecting the FPC directly to a switcher BME
Figure 2-7 - Connecting the FPC through a LAN
FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d
Figure 2-8 - FPC 5000 Start-up screen
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller FPC Installation and Operation
Figure 2-9 - RJ-45 connector pinout tables
Cabling and RJ-45 connector wiring
Do not stretch or bend cables. Transmission errors can occur
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FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller FPC Installation and Operation
Front Panel Features and Operation
Figure 2-10 - Front panel control and indicators
chapter 3, Matrix 12800 Operation
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Upgrading the Software
Figure 2-11 - Eject button location
Figure 2-12 - Inserting the program CD into the CD tray
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller FPC Installation and Operation
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FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d
Chapter3Three
Starting Up the Controller and Logging In and Out Demo Mode
Navigating the Screens User Screens Admin Screens Setup Screens
Matrix 12800 Operation
Introduction
Using the keyboards
Matrix12800Operation,c t’d
Operating the Touch Panel
Figure 3-2 - I/O and TCP/IP on-screen keypads
Using the keypads
Using on-screen scroll boxes
Figure 3-3 - On-screen scroll box
Starting Up the Controller and Logging In and Out
Figure 3-5 - Address and password entry
Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d
Figure 3-4 - Startup screen
Figure 3-6 - FPC 5000 TCP/IP Properties screen
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
Touch the OK button to force the FPC computer to reboot to make the
If you touch the Cancel button, proceed to step
If you touch the OK button, the FPC computer will reboot
changes you entered or touch the Cancel button
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
Demo Mode
Navigating the Screens
User Screens Preset Screens
Figure 3-7a - FPC 5000 Startup screen and menu flowchart part
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Adminstration Screens
User Screens See figure 3-7a Administration Screens
Figure 3-7b - FPC 5000 Startup screen and menu flowchart part
User Screens Adminstration Screens Setup Screens
Setup Screens
Viewing ties
User Screens
I/O screens
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View ties screens flowchart
Matrix 12800 Operation
ViewTies input-by-output alternate screen
From the Make Ties screen , touch the green View Ties button
Available signal types are indicated by a green circle next to the
buttons. Selected signal types are indicated by a red ring around
View Inputs button
The Audio Only signal type does not include any video planes
Available signal types are indicated by a green circle
Video signal types RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB, YUV, YC, and
Viewing outputs tied to a specified input
Make Ties dual keypad screen
Figure 3-9 - Make ties screens flowchart
Creating ties
Make Ties alternate view screen
For an immediate tie , proceed to step
Creating ties using the Make Ties dual keypad screen
Leading zeroes are not required
If you enter a number for a virtual input that does not exist in the
To add another potential tie to the queue, repeat steps 1 through
Wideband, Sync, or Audio Switchers User’s Manual, part #68-556-01
Creating ties using the Make Ties alternate view screen
end of the sequence
Save, recall, or delete a global preset
Preset screens
You cannot create rooms or assign outputs to the room using the FPC
From the Room Preset screen , touch the green Global button
Figure 3-10 - Preset screens flowchart
Global Presets screen
Room Presets screen
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Presets that are unassigned cannot be named
Save, recall, or delete a room preset
Name a global or room preset
Only personnel logged in as administrators can name presets
marked by “n/a”
Mute screen
Figure 3-11 - Mute screen
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FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
DSVP screen
Figure 3-12 - DSVP screen
Figure 3-13 - Status screen
Admin Screens
Status screen
Status screen, System area
Figure 3-14 - Remotes screen
Remotes screen
Status screen, BME area
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
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TCP/IP screen
Figure 3-15 - TCP/IP screen
Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d
Date field
Password fields
Only personnel logged in as administrators can set and read passwords
Time GMT field
Subnet Mask field
Enter the desired parameter using the keyboard
E-Mail screen
FPC IP Address field
Mail Server IP Address field
Cancel button
Mail Server Password field
Address field
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Miscellaneous screen
Figure 3-17 - Miscellaneous screen
Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
File Manager screen
Figure 3-18 - File Manager screen - files shown are for example only
Figure 3-19 - Function Keys screen
Only personnel logged in as administrators can set User Function keys
Function Keys screen
Show 8 - 14 button
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I/O Physical Connectors screen
Figure 3-20 - I/O Physical Connectors screen
Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d
Re-Install FPC Software button
Setup Screens
Or, touch the on-screen keyboards Cancel key
Only personnel logged in as administrators can install FPC firmware
Figure 3-21 - Delay screen
Delay screen
Only personnel logged in as administrators can set the RGB delay
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Figure 3-22 - Audio screen
Only personnel logged in as administrators can set the audio level
Audio screen
FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
Blank button
Reset screen
Figure 3-23 - Reset screen
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FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller Matrix 12800 Operation
Subnetting - A Primer
Figure 3-24 - Comparing the IP addresses
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Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d
and Central America
USA, Canada, South America
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Asia
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Extron Electronics, USA
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Extron Electronics, Japan
stores the current configuration in memory. If the global preset you selected was previously unassigned, the name in the preset button changes to “Preset nnn”. 
retrieves the configuration to be the current configuration. 
clears the configuration information and clears the preset name.
On the Gobal Preset screen, this button reads Room and selects the Room Preset screen when touched.