Extron electronic MGP 464 HD-SDI Front Panel Features, MGP 464 front panel, MGP 464 Operation

PRELIMINARY

Operation

You can set up and operate the MGP 464 by using:

•The front panel controls

•A computer, a touch screen panel, or any other device that can send and receive serial communications through either serial port or through the LAN port.

Settings can be adjusted through the host computer using Extron’s Simple Instruction Set (SIS™) or the Windows-based control software.

•A computer or other device using an Ethernet connection and IP protocol (Telnet or a Web browser).

This chapter discusses the functions available through the front panel. For details on setup and control via RS-232/RS-422, see chapter 4, “Software Configuration and Control”; for Ethernet, see chapter 5, “HTML Configuration and Control.”

Front Panel Features

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						VIRTUAL VIDEO INPUTS
									WINDOW
					5	8	11	14	17	SELECT
		RGB / HD / VIDEO INPUTS
									1	2	PRESET	WINDOW/	BRIGHT/	DETAIL
											RECALL	IMAGE
													CONT
	1	2	3	4	6	9	12	15	18		/SAVE	SIZE
FREEZE												WINDOW/		WINDOW/	ADJUST
									3	4	ENTER		COLOR/
												IMAGE		IMAGE
													TINT
					7	10	13	16	19			POSITION		ZOOM
												CONFIG		MENU	NEXT

MGP 464

MULTI-GRAPHIC PROCESSOR

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MGP 464 front panel

1Freeze button — Press this button to freeze the image in the currently selected window on the display. The image remains frozen until the Freeze button is pressed again, or a different input is selected.

2RGB/HD/Video Inputs selection buttons — Press these buttons to select fully configurable inputs 1 through 4. On the MGP 464 DI, these buttons can also select the four DVI inputs depending on the unit’s input configuration. On the MGP 464 HD-SDI, input buttons 1 and 2 can select the HD-SDI inputs and buttons 3 and 4 can select the DVI inputs. When one of these buttons is pressed, its input signal switches to the window that is currently selected.

When an input is selected, pressing its button again mutes the input. The input’s signal turns off and the window closes. The button flashes while the input remains muted. To unmute the input, press its input button again.

When an input is muted or unmuted, the window in which it was displayed opens or closes with the currently selected window transition effect. The

Window Configuration menu lets you select a transition effect (e.g., dissolve, curtain, or square wipe) with which the window will open or close (the default effect is cut). See “Window Configuration menu,” later in this chapter.

3Virtual video input selection buttons — Press these buttons to select inputs

5 through 19. These inputs can be configured to accept standard definition component video, S-video, or composite video signals only.

These inputs are referred to as “virtual” inputs because they can be configured as a variety of combinations of component, S-video, and composite video through SIS commands, the Windows-based control software, or the MGP 464 Web pages. They cannot be configured via the front panel.

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