Extron electronic FPC 5000 manual Introduction, cont’d, Definitions of Matrix Switcher Terms

Introduction, cont’d

The Matrix 12800 Series includes:

•Wideband video switcher BME — A rack-mountable 10U switcher that routes video (red (R), green (G), and blue (B) video planes, component video, S-video, and composite video) from any input to any one or more outputs.

•Sync switcher BME — A rack-mountable 10U switcher that routes horizontal

(H) and vertical (V) or composite sync from any input to any one or more outputs.

•Audio switcher BME — A rack-mountable 10U switcher that routes balanced or unbalanced stereo or mono audio from any input to any one or more outputs.

•FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller — A rack-mountable 7U device that permits front panel configuration of the inputs and outputs and control of additional system features.

The front panel controller interfaces with the master BME (BME 0) of a Matrix 12800 system via the BME’s Ethernet port, either directly or as part of an Ethernet local area network (LAN).

Definitions of Matrix Switcher Terms

The following terms apply to Extron matrix switchers, and are used throughout this manual:

Tie — An input-to-output connection.

Set of ties — An input tied to two or more outputs. (An output can never be tied to more than one input.)

Configuration — One tie or one or more sets of ties.

Current configuration — The configuration that is currently being used (also called configuration 0).

Global memory preset — A configuration that has been stored. The Matrix 12800 can support up to 64 global presets. When a global preset is retrieved from memory, it becomes the current configuration.

Room — A room consists of a smaller subset of virtual outputs that are logically related to each other, as determined by the operator. The

Matrix 12800 supports up to 32 rooms, each of which consists of from 1 to 16 virtual outputs. Each room can have up to 10 presets.

Room memory preset — A configuration consisting of virtual outputs in a single room that has been stored. When a room preset is retrieved from memory, it becomes the current configuration.

BME 0 — The BME that has been configured as master in a multiple-BME

Matrix 12800 system.

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