CrossPoint 450 Plus Series MAV Plus series
Large Scale Matrix Switchers
68-521-03 Rev. A
 Consignes de Sécurité  Français
Precautions
Safety Instructions  English
Sicherheitsanleitungen  Deutsch
 I/O Connections
Quick Start - CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers
Installation of multiple BME system
Step 1 - Numbering the BMEs
 Front Panel Controls
Quick Start - CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers, cont’d
Step 6 - Power
Step 4 - Outputs
 Table of Contents
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Table of Contents, cont’d
Optimizing the Audio Systems with Audio BMEs
Chapter Four  SIS Programming and Control
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68-521-03 A
 Chapter1One
CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers
About this Manual About the Matrix Switchers Definitions Features
Introduction
 About this Manual
Installation
About the Matrix Switchers
1-2 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers Introduction
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Introduction
Figure 1-1 - CrossPoint 450 Plus / MAV Plus application
 Introduction, cont’d
1-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Introduction
 Features
Definitions
 Input #
1-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Introduction
Figure 1-2 - DSVP data display
 Tie any input to any or all outputs
 1-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Introduction
 Mounting the Switcher Rear Panel Views Front Panel Configuration Port
Installation
Chapter2Two
 Rear Panel Views
Mounting the Switcher
2-2 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
Video or sync input and output video and sync BMEs
Figure 2-2 - MAV Plus 6464 Stereo Audio BME
 Audio input and output systems wtih audio BMEs
Installation, cont’d
Sync termination switches systems with sync BMEs
Figure 2-3 - Captive screw connector wiring for stereo audio inputs
 Figure 2-5 - Typical audio connectors
Figure 2-4 - Captive screw connector wiring for mono audio inputs
Figure 2-6 - Captive screw connector wiring for stereo audio output
 Figure 2-8 - Setting a BME address video BME shown
BME connection and selection
Figure 2-7 - Captive screw connector wiring for mono audio output
2-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
 Figure 2-9 - Daisy-chaining BMEs video BME shown
From BME
 Figure 2-10 - RS-232/RS-422 connector
RS-232/RS-422
Ethernet
2-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
 Cabling and RJ-45 connector wiring
Figure 2-11 - RJ-45 connector and pinout tables
 External sync systems with MAV Plus Video BMEs
Reset button
2-10 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
 Figure 2-13 - Multiple device external sync connection example
Power
Figure 2-12 - Simple external sync connection example
Extron MAV Plus
 Computers signal ground
Front Panel Configuration Port
2-12 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Installation
POWER SUPPLY
 Chapter3Three
Front Panel Controls and Indicators QS-FPC Front Panel Operations
Troubleshooting Configuration Worksheets
Operation
 3-2 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Front Panel Controls and Indicators
Operation
Figure 3-1 - CrossPoint 450 Plus 6464 series with integrated QS-FPC
 Input and output buttons
Definitions
CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Control buttons
Operation, cont’d
3-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers Operation
 In the I/O Group mode, select group 2. See I/O grouping on page
 3-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 I/O controls
g RGBHV CrossPoint 450 Plus button or Video MAV Plus button - The
 3-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Power indicators
Button icons
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 QS-FPC Front Panel Operations
Creating a configuration
 Figure 3-4 - Clear all selections
3-10 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Example 1 Creating a set of video and audio ties
Figure 3-5 - Select RGBHV or video and audio
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1  2  3  4  5  6  7 17  18  19  20  21  22  23
1 2 3 4 5 6
Press the Enter button to confirm the configuration change
 The button is unlit or background illuminated when deselected
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3-12 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Example 2 Adding a tie to a set of video and audio ties
 to outputs 3, 4, and
Figure 3-14 - Press the Enter button
Input 5 video tied to outputs 1, 3, 4, and Input 5 audio tied
Figure 3-15 - Example 2, final configuration
 Figure 3-16 - Clear all selections
3-14 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Example 3 Removing a tie from a set of video and audio ties
Figure 3-17 - Select audio only
 Figure 3-20 - Press the Enter button
Figure 3-21 - Example 3, final configuration, audio switcher
Figure 3-19 - Deselect the output
Input 5 video tied to outputs 1, 3, 4, and
 Viewing a configuration
3-16 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Figure 3-22 - Clear all selections
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Example 4 Viewing video and audio, audio only, and video only ties
Figure 3-23 - Select RGBHV or video and audio
 Press and release the Input 5 button. The button lights amber
3-18 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers Operation
Figure 3-25 - Deselect RGBHV or video to view audio ties only
Amber for audio and RGBHV or video ties audio follow
 Figure 3-27 - Press the View button to exit View-Only mode
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I/O grouping
3-20 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
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 3. Press and release one of the Control buttons to select a group
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1  2  17
3-22 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Example 5 Grouping inputs and outputs
 Figure 3-33 - Select an I/O group
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Figure 3-32 - Assign inputs and outputs
Figure 3-34 - Assign inputs and outputs
 3-24 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Setting RGB delay systems with wideband BMEs
Example 6 Setting the RGB delay for an output
Figure 3-35 - Clear all selections
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1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Figure 3-38 - Adjust the RGB delay interval
 3-26 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Using presets
Example 7 Saving a preset
Figure 3-39 - Deselect RGB Delay mode
 Figure 3-41 - Enter Save Preset mode
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Figure 3-42 - Select the preset
 Figure 3-46 - Select the preset
Example 8 Recalling a preset
Figure 3-45 - Enter Recall Preset mode
3-28 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers Operation
 Muting and unmuting video and/or audio outputs
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Figure 3-47 - Press the Enter button
 Figure 3-48 - Clear all selections
3-30 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Example 9 Muting and unmuting an output
Figure 3-49 - Select RGBHV or video and audio
 Figure 3-50 - Mute the outputs
Figure 3-51 - Unmute the outputs
 Figure 3-52 - Press the View button to exit View-Only mode
Viewing and adjusting the input audio level systems with audio BMEs
3-32 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Figure 3-53 - Audio gain and attenuation
 Figure 3-54 - Clear all selections
Example 10 Viewing and adjusting an input audio level
Figure 3-55 - Select Audio mode
 Figure 3-57 - Adjust the input audio level
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1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  O
3-34 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Viewing and adjusting the output volume systems with audio BMEs
Figure 3-58 - Deselect Audio mode
 Reading the displayed volume
3-36 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 = blinking LED
Audio volume adjustment settings
None
 3-38 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
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Example 11 Viewing and adjusting an output volume level
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 Figure 3-62 - Adjust the output audio volume
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32.5 dB attenuation 51.25% volume
 Power
Performing a system reset from the front panel
Locking out the front panel Executive mode
Figure 3-65 - System reset
 Background illumination
Figure 3-66 - Toggle background illumination on or off
 Figure 3-67 - RS-232/RS-422 and baud rate display
Selecting the rear panel Remote port protocol and baud rate
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Release the Control buttons
 Performing soft system resets
Rear Panel Controls
 Figure 3-70 - Whole switcher and absolute resets
3-44 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Optimizing the Audio Systems with Audio BMEs
Performing a hard reset
Figure 3-71 - Hard reset
 Configuration Worksheets
Troubleshooting
Plasma display S-video problem CrossPoint 450 Plus wideband BMEs only
General checks
 Input sources
Preset #
Figure 3-72 - Worksheet example 1 System equipment
21  22
 Worksheet example 2 Daily configuration
3-48 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Figure 3-73 - Worksheet example 2 Daily configuration
 3-50 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
Worksheet example 3 Test configuration
Figure 3-74 - Worksheet example 3 Test configuration
 Input sources
Blank configuration worksheet
Preset #
Output destinations
 3-52 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Operation
 Using the Command/Response Tables
RS-232 and RS-422 Links Ethernet Link Host-to-Switcher Instructions
Switcher-Initiated Messages Switcher Error Responses
Command/Response Table for SIS Commands
 Rear panel Remote port
SIS Programming and Control
RS-232 and RS-422 Links
Figure 4-1 - Remote connector pin assignments
 Front panel Configuration port
Figure 4-2 - Optional 9-pin TRS RS-232 cable
 Ethernet Link
Default IP addresses
SIS Programming and Control, cont’d
Ethernet connection
 Host-to-Switcher Instructions
Switcher-Initiated Messages
 Switcher Error Responses
Using the Command/Response Tables
 X1# =
Symbol definitions
X1! =
X1$ =
 ASCII command
Command/response table for SIS commands
Command
Response
 RGB / Video mute
Command/response table for SIS commands continued
Digital Sync Validation Processing DSVP
RGB delay
 Audio mute
Audio output volume
Names
 Audio output volume settings table
 GroX1 1X1 2X1 3  ... X1 n
EX1 1X1 2X1 3  ... X1 n O
X1 1X1 2X1 3  ... X1 n
I/O grouping
 E+27P22*5!15*29%13*26$3*8
Save, recall, and directly write presets
X2!,Y!,Y@,Y#, ..., Y
 Front panel security lockout Executive mode
Save, recall, and directly write presets continued
Resets
ZppX**X1@
 View ties, gain, volume, mutes, presets, and DSVP
CrossPoint 450 Plus
 Command description
EX1! *X# *2VC
View ties, gain, volume, mutes, presets, and DSVP continued
X@ nX@ n+1X@ n+2  ... X@ n+15 Aud
 ASCII command
 with a connected audio
Information requests
MAV 450 Plus
X2@X2@X2@X2@X2@X2@X2@X2#X2$X2$XX
 Command/Response table for IP SIS commands
 Security level
= Administrator
= RAM has been saved ok to power off / reset
= Anonymous
 Command/response table for IP SIS commands
 Special Characters
 Matrix Software
Matrix Switchers Control Program Special Characters
Chapter5Five
Button-Label Generator
 Matrix Software
Matrix Switchers Control Program
Installing the software
Software operation via Ethernet
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Using the software
Ethernet protocol settings
Figure 5-1 - Comm port selection window
 Figure 5-2 - Address and password entry
Matrix Software, cont’d
5-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
 Figure 5-3 - Matrix Switcher Control Program window no ties or icons
 5-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers Matrix Software
 IP Settings/Options window
Figure 5-5 - Control program IP setting/options window
 Matrix IP Address field
5-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Extron Name/Descriptor field
 Hardware Address field
Gateway IP address field
Subnet Mask field
Use DHCP checkbox
 Sync Time to PC button
5-10 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Time local field
GMT offset field
 Administrator Password field
User Password field
 Mail Server Domain Name field
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Mail Server IP Address field
N The following characters are invalid in a domain name
 E-mail Addressee fields
Miles Standish
Figure 5-6- Typical CrossPoint 450 Plus e-mail
 5-14 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Update firmware
Figure 5-7 - Open window
 Upload HTML files
Figure 5-8 - HTML Files List window
 5-16 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Windows buttons, drop boxes, and trash
Windows menus
File menu
 Tools menu
Audio-Output volume settings - Displays the audio
Figure 5-9 - Status window
 Green - Proper operation Red - Component has failed
White - Components are not installed
5-18 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
Preferences menu
 Figure 5-11 - Ties shown as crosspoints
Master-Reset selection
set this option to Automatically every 10 seconds
 Button-Label Generator
Using emulation mode
Using the help system
5-20 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Matrix Software
 Download the Startup Page System Status Page System Configuration Page
Chapter66
HTML Operation
File Management Page Set and View Ties Page Special Characters
 Figure 6-1 - Enter Network Password page
HTML Operation
Download the Startup Page
6-2 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
System Status Page
Figure 6-2 - System Status page
 6-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
HTML Operation, cont’d
DSVP page systems with a sync BME only
Figure 6-3 - DSVP page
 System Configuration Page
Figure 6-4 - System Configuration page
 Unit Name field
IP Settings fields
6-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
DHCP radio buttons
 Date/Time Settings fields
Figure 6-5 - Date/Time Settings fields
 Figure 6-6 - Passwords page
Passwords page
6-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
 Mail IP Address field
Email Settings page
Figure 6-7 - Email Settings page
Domain Name field
 6-10 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
Firmware Upgrade page
Figure 6-8 - Firmware Upgrade page
Email address fields
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers HTML Operation
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File Management Page
Figure 6-9 - File Management page
 Figure 6-10 - Set and View Ties page
Set and View Ties Page
The amber buttons indicate video and audio ties
 Figure 6-11 - RGB and Audio Settings page
RGBHV and Audio Settings page
Create a tie
6-14 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers HTML Operation
 Figure 6-12 - Input selection drop box
Change the input gain and attenuation systems with audio BMEs
Figure 6-13 - Input Audio Level drop box
 Figure 6-14 - Output selection drop box
6-16 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
Mute and unmute one or all outputs
Figure 6-15 - Mute status indications
 Figure 6-16 - Output selection drop box
Change the RGB delay sytems with CrossPoint 450 Plus sync BMEs
Figure 6-17 - RGB delay drop box
 6-18 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
Change the output volume level systems with audio BMEs
Figure 6-19 - Volume drop box
Figure 6-18 - Output selection drop box
 Audio volume adjustment settings
 Save a preset
Global Presets page
Figure 6-20 - Global Presets page
Recall a preset
 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
 6-22 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  HTML Operation
 Ethernet Connection
AAppendix A
Ethernet Link Subnetting - A Primer
 Figure A-1 - RJ-45 connector pinout tables
Default address
Ethernet Connection
A-2 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Ethernet Connection
 Figure A-2 - Ping response
CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Ethernet Connection
Pinging to determine Extron IP address
Pinging to determine Web IP address
 A-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Ethernet Connection
Connecting as a Telnet client
Ethernet Connection, cont’d
Figure A-3 - Telnet screen
 Set carriage return-line feed
Escape character and Esc key
Local echo
Close
 Local and remote devices
Subnetting - A Primer
Gateways
IP addresses and octets
 Masked octets are not compared indicated by X in figure A-6
Determining whether devices are on the same subnet
Unmasked octets are compared indicated by ? in figure A-6
Figure A-6 - Comparing the IP addresses
 A-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Ethernet Connection
 Reference Information
Part Numbers and Accessories Button Labels
AppendixBB
CrossPoint 450 Plus Specifications MAV Plus Specifications
 Video
Reference Information
CrossPoint 450 Plus Specifications
Video input
 General
Control/remote - switcher
CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Reference Information
 Audio - audio BMEs
Reference Information, cont’d
MAV Plus Specifications
B-4 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Reference Information
 Audio output - audio BMEs
Audio input - audio BMEs
N 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms, 0 dBV = 1 Vrms, 0 dBV  2 dBu
 B-6 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Reference Information
 Model
Part Numbers and Accessories
CrossPoint 450 Plus system part numbers
Part number
 MAV Plus system part numbers
B-8 CrossPoint 450 Plus and MAV Plus Switchers  Reference Information
 BME part numbers
 CrossPoint 450 Plus sync BMEs
CrossPoint 450 Plus wideband video BMEs
MAV Plus video BMEs
 MAV Plus mono audio BMEs
Replacement parts
MAV Plus stereo audio BMEs
Included parts
 Adapters, power supplies, labels
Optional accessories
Cables
RG6 super high resolution cable
 MHR mini high resolution cable
Terminated cable assemblies
 Installing labels in the matrix switcher’s buttons
Button Labels
 Button label blanks
 Reference Information, cont’d
 USA, Canada, South America
Extron’s Warranty
FCC Class A Notice
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
 Extron Electronics, Asia
Extron Electronics, USA
Extron Electronics, Europe
Extron Electronics, Japan