Extron electronic SW6 VGA A setup guide Installation, Operation

Setup Guide —­ SW6 VGA A Switcher

This card provides quick start instructions for an experienced installer to set up and operate the Extron® SW6 VGA A switcher with audio.

Setup Guide —­ SW6 VGA A Switcher, cont’d

f	Remote connector — Connect an RS-232 OR a contact	REMOTE
	closure device, such as a KP 6 Keypad Remote Control.
	RS-232 communications protocols:

Installation

Step 1 — Mounting

Turn off or disconnect all equipment power sources and mount the switcher as required.

100-240V 0.3A

•	9600 baud	•	8 data bits
•	1 stop bit, no parity	•	no flow control

For contact closure control, short the pin for the desired input to pin 5 to select that device. To force an input to be always selected, leave the short in place.

NFor contact closure control, auto switch mode must be off. See “Switch mode“ below. Contact closure control overrides front panel input selections.

		Contact
PIN	RS-232	Closure	Function
1	—	In #1	Input #1
2	TX	—	Transmit data
3	RX	—	Receive data
4	—	In #2	Input #2
5	Gnd	Gnd	Ground
6	—	In #3	Input #3
7	—	In #4	Input #4
8	—	In #5	Input #5
9	—	In #6	Input #6

50/60 Hz
1	2	3

Step 2 — Connections

aAC power connector — Plug a standard IEC power cord between this connector and a 100 VAC to 240 VAC, 50-60 Hz power source.

bVideo Input connectors — Connect up to six RGBHV computer video (VGA–QXGA) inputs to these 15-pin HD connectors.

NThe switcher can also accept RGBS, RGsB, RsGsBs, and HDTV component video.

cVideo Output connectors — Connect an RGBHV (VGA-QXGA) video display to this female 15-pin HD connector.

L 1 R L 2 R L 3 R L 4 R L 5 R L 6 R L 1 R

4 5 6

dAudio Input connectors — Connect balanced or unbalanced audio inputs to these 3.5 mm, 5-pole captive screw connectors. Wire the connectors as shown below.

Tip	L	Tip	L
Sleeve		Ring
		Sleeve (s)
Tip	R	Tip	R
Sleeve		Ring

	Unbalanced Stereo Input		Balanced Stereo Input
	(high impedance)		(high impedance)
Do not tin the wires!	Tip	L	Tip	L
	NO GROUND HERE.		Ring
	Sleeve(s)		Sleeve (s)
	Tip	R	Tip	R
	NO GROUND HERE.		Ring
	Unbalanced Stereo Output		Balanced Stereo Output

CAUTION For unbalanced audio output, connect the sleeve(s) to the ground contact.

DO NOT connect the sleeve(s) to the negative (-) contacts).

eAudio Output connector — Connect a balanced or unbalanced stereo or mono audio device to this 3.5 mm, 5-pole captive screw connector. Wire the connectors as shown above.

Operation

Select an input

NSwitcher must be in normal (manual) mode.

Press and release an input button to select that input. That Input LED lights.

Switch mode

In auto switch mode, the switcher selects the highest-numbered input with sync signals present. Toggle auto switch mode on and off as follows:

1.Press and hold the Mode (Input 1) button.

2.Press and release either the Auto (Input 3) or Normal (Input 2) button. The Auto Switch Mode Active LED lights or goes out.

3.Release the Mode button.

Set an input audio level in the range of -15 dB to +9 dB

1.Press and hold the Audio Conf/Save button until the Audio Conf/Save LED begins to blink, then release the button. See the SW6 VGA A User’s Manual to read the audio level display.

2.Press and release the >and <buttons to increase and decrease the audio level by 1 dB or press and hold the button to increase or decrease the level by 3 dB per second.

3.Press and hold the Audio Conf/Save button until the Audio Conf/Save LED turns off to save the gain value in memory and exit the audio display and adjustment mode.

Resetting all audio levels

To reset the audio level to 0 dB for all inputs, press and hold the Audio Configuration/

Save button. The Audio Configuration/Save LED begins to blink after approximately 1 second. Continue to hold the button for approximately 10 seconds until the LED turns off. All input audio levels are reset to 0 dB.

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