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Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher • Installation
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Fiber optic connectors and LEDs —
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This unit outputs continuous invisible light, which may be harmful and
dangerous to the eyes; use with caution. For additional safety, plug the
attached dust caps into the optical transceivers when the fiber optic cable is
unplugged.
N
Ensure that you use the proper fiber cable for your I/O board. Typically, singlemode
fiber has a yellow jacket and multimode cable has an orange jacket.
N
Unlike the FOX 500 transmitters and receivers, which output an optical stream
on one connector in a block and receive a return optical stream on the second
connector in the same block, the Fiber Matrix 6400 uses one connector on the block as
an input and the second connector on the same block as a separate output.
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Input connector — For all one-
way video, audio, and/or serial
communications output by a
transmitter, connect a fiber optic cable
to the Input LC connector.
Connect the free end of this fiber optic
cable to the Optical 1 LC connector
on a FOX 500 Tx transmitter
or to
any other compatible Extron FOX 500
device.
N
Or, f
or the FOX 500 serial return, (receiver-
to-transmitter) function, connect the free end
to the Optical 2 connector on a FOX 500 Rx
receiver
.
Input LED — When lit, the link is
active (light is received).
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Output connector — For all one-
way video, audio, and/or serial
communications output to a receiver,
connect a fiber optic cable to the
Output LC connector.
Connect the free end of this fiber optic
cable to the Optical 1 LC connector on
a FOX 500 Rx receiver
or to any other
compatible Extron FOX 500 device.
N
Or, f
or the FOX 500 serial return, (receiver-
to-transmitter) function, connect the
free end to the Optical 2 connector on
a FOX 500 Tx transmitter
.
Output LED — Light is always
output, even when no input is
tied to the output. This LED is always lit.
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BNC connectors —
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Multi-rate SDI Input connectors — Connect HD-SDI, SDI, or 3G-SDI
video inputs to these BNC connectors.
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Multi-rate SDI Output connectors — Connect digital displays to these
BNC connectors.
OUT
IN
OPTICAL
2* 1
*
OPTIONAL FOR
RETURN DATA
LINK
LINK
OPTICAL
FOX 500 Tx
Transmitter
FOX 500 Rx
Receiver
Fiber Matrix
6400
Switcher
12*
*
OPTIONAL FOR
RETURN DATA
LINK
LINK
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Figure 2-3 — Optical connections