Extron electronic MPX PLUS 866 A Switch User Manual


 
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MPX Plus 866 A Media Presentation Matrix Switcher • Operation
PRELIMINARY
Setting RGB delay (computer video group only)
The switcher can briefly blank the red, green, and blue planes of a Computer Video
output while a tie is made to it. This allows a brief delay for the display to adjust
to the tied input’s sync timing before displaying the new picture, which will appear
withoutglitches.RGBdelay,alsoknownasTriple-ActionSwitching
or video
mute switching, is user selectable from 0 to 5 seconds, in half-second increments.
TheRGBdelayintervalcanbesetonthefrontpanelorbyusingtheRS-232and
Ethernet ports and either the SIS, Windows control program, or HTML pages (see
chapter 4, “SIS Programming and Control”, chapter 5, “Switcher Software”, and
chapter6,“HTMLoperation”.SpecifytheRGBdelayintervalforaspecicoutput
on the front panel as follows:
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RGB delay is protected when front panel lock mode 2 is selected. You can view
the delay in lock mode 2, but not change it from the front panel. See “Setting
the front panel Locks (Executive modes)” on page 3-44.
1
. Press the Esc button to clear any input buttons, output buttons, or control
buttons that may be lit.
2
. To enter Video mode, press and hold the Video button until the button begins
to blink green, then release the button.
3
. Press and release an output button to select an output. Each lit input button,
fromInput1throughInput10,indicatesahalfsecondofRGBdelayinterval
for the selected output.
4
. Press and release the Esc (
>
) and View (
<
) buttons to increase and decrease
the interval.
5
. Press and release the Video button to exit the Video mode. The Video button
stops blinking.
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• VideoInputsbuttons9and10displaypartoftheRGBdelayvalue,butthe
delay is not applied to low resolution video ties.
• PressingtheEnterorPresetbuttonalsoexitsVideo mode. Pressing the
Preset button changes to Recall Preset mode.
• TheRGBdelayperiodforeachoutputisstoredinnon-volatilememory.
When power is removed and restored, the delay settings are retained.
• ExitingVideo mode by pressing the Video button always returns the I/O
configuration to video and audio selected for configuration (Video button and
Audio button both lit).