Extron electronic FPC 5000 manuel d'utilisation

FPC 5000 Matrix 12800 Switcher Fr ont Panel Controller 68-556-05 Rev. A Printed in the USA 05 03[...]

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i FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Table of Contents T able of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction ....................................................................................................... 1-1 About the Front Panel Controller ............................................................................... 1-2 About the Matrix 12800 [...]

ii FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d Admin Screens .................................................................................................................... 3-22 Status screens .................................................................................................................[...]

FPC 5000 Front Panel Contr oller 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About the Front Panel Controller About the Matrix 12800 System Definitions of Matrix Switcher T erms[...]

Introduction, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Introduction 1-2 Introduction About the Front Panel Contr oller The Extron FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller (figure 1-1) is an optional element of the Matrix 12800 family of matrix switchers. The FPC 5000 is a rack-mountable device that provides front panel control of the matrix, including c[...]

1-3 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Introduction About the Matrix 12800 System The Matrix 12800 system (figure 1-2) is made up of a series of matrix switcher basic module enclosures (BMEs). The family of BMEs allows you to create a video and/ or audio matrix system with up to 128 inputs and 128 outputs specifically tailored to meet your r equir[...]

Introduction, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Introduction 1-4 The Matrix 12800 Series includes: • W ideband video switcher BME — A rack-mountable 10U switcher that routes video (red (R), gr een (G), and blue (B) video planes, component video, S-video, and composite video) from any input to any one or more outputs. • Sync switche[...]

FPC 5000 Front Panel Contr oller 2 Chapter T wo FPC Installation and Operation Installation Overview Unpacking and Assembling the Front Panel Controller Rack Mounting the FPC Assembly Rear Panel Connections Front Panel Features and Operation Upgrading the Software[...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-2 FPC Installation and Operation Installation Overview The FPC 5000 assembly consists of the FPC computer and a rack-mountable, 7U high, 19” wide metal panel. As part of a complete Matrix 12800 system, the FPC 5000 can be installed in a r[...]

2-3 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2 . Remove the computer and the panel from the shipping carton. Support the FPC computer as shown in figure 2-1. Figure 2-1 — A pr operly supported FPC computer and panel 3 . Place the computer and panel on the tabletop with a book or other 1”-high object under the computer [...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-4 5 . Repeat step 4 for each of the remaining thr ee mounting blocks. 6 . Thread one of the included 60 mm panhead machine screws into the top of each mounting block. Repeat for the other screws. 7 . T ighten the screws until they just cont[...]

2-5 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation Rack Mounting the FPC Assembly The appropriate rack mounting hard ware is included with the controller . Rack mount the controller as follows: 1 . Insert the controller assembly into the rack, align the holes in the mounting panel with those of the rack. 2 . Secure the contr oll[...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-6 For direct connection to BME 0 — Plug the RJ-45 connector on the opposite end of the CA T 5e or higher cable dir ectly into the BME 0 Ethernet port (figure 2-6 ). Wir e the CA T 5e or higher cable as a crossover cable (See Cabling and R[...]

2-7 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 3 Power ( / ) switch — T oggle the power switch to the on ( ) position. After approximately 2 minutes, observe that the LCD touch panel displays the FPC start-up screen (figure 2-8). See chapter 3, Matrix 12800 Operation , for using the FPC to operate the Matrix 12800 system. [...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-8 Cabling and RJ-45 connector wiring It is vital that your cable between the FPC 5000 and the Matrix 12800 BME 0 or LAN be the correct cable, and that it be properly terminated with the corr ect pinout. This FPC link requires CA T 5e or CA [...]

2-9 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation Front Panel Featur es and Operation Other than the power switch, the r emaining control and all of the FPC 5000 indicators are on the front panel (figur e 2-10). MA TRIX SWICHER CONTROLLER PWR HDD T/R RESET FPC 5000 2 4 3 5 1 Figure 2-10 — Fr ont panel control and indicators 1[...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-10 Upgrading the Software The Front Panel Controller softwar e is factory installed on the FPC computer ’s hard drive and it is also included on a CD-ROM. Extron sends any needed softwar e upgrades on a CD-ROM. Upgrade the FPC software as[...]

2-11 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 6 . On the rear of the FPC, support the CD tray from behind with one hand while you snap the program CD onto the tray spindle with the unlabeled (program) side of the CD facing into the tray (figure 2-12). PRN AC 100V-230V INPUT DIO COM4 COM3 COM2 C O EXT. FDD MOUSE K/B NET Fig[...]

FPC Installation and Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • FPC Installation and Operation 2-12[...]

FPC 5000 Front Panel Contr oller 3 Chapter Thr ee Matrix 12800 Operation Introduction Operating the T ouch Panel Starting Up the Controller and Logging In and Out Demo Mode Navigating the Screens User Screens Admin Screens Setup Screens Subnetting — A Primer[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-2 Matrix 12800 Operation Introduction This chapter details operation of a Matrix 12800 system using an FPC 5000 front panel controller . The chapter assumes that the Matrix 12800 is properly installed, virtualized, and operating correctly . The FPC 5000 so[...]

3-3 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation • T o dismiss the on-scr een keyboard without entering the typed in characters, touch the Cancel key . Using the keypads An on-screen keypad (figur e 3-2) is integrated into the I/O screens. A similar keypad is available from the TCP/IP screens and appears when you take a step that re[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-4 Starting Up the Controller and Logging In and Out Use the FPC to contr ol the matrix as follows: 1 . Ensure that all BMEs that are part of the system have been connected to each other and their BME numbers have been set correctly (r efer to the Matrix 12[...]

3-5 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation T o log on to the Matrix 12800, the FPC 5000’s IP addr ess and Subnet Mask fields must be set to values that identify them as being on the same subnet as the Matrix 12800 BME 0. See Subnetting — A Primer at the end of this chapter . • In general, you probably do not need to edit t[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-6 If the local system administrators have not changed the value, the factory- specified default, 192.168.254.253, is the correct value for this field. d . If you want to use the factory defaults , touch the Use Factory Defaults button and proceed to step 5[...]

3-7 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation c . T ouch the on-screen keyboar d's Enter key to accept the password and dismiss the keyboard from the display . 8 . T ouch the Connect button. The FPC software looks for the Matrix 12800 system and reads its hard ware configuration: the type and size of each BME. The softwar e th[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-8 Administration Screens See figure 3-7b User Screens Setup Screens See figure 3-7b User Screens Adminstration Screens Setup Screens View Input Ties by Output Screen View Output Ties by Input Screen View Output Ties Alternate Screen View Input Ties Alterna[...]

3-9 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Administration Screens Setup Screens Audio Screen Reset Screen User Screens Adminstration Screens Setup Screens Status Screen TCP/IP Screen E-mail Screen Miscellaneous Screen User Screens See figure 3-7a Delay Screen Figure 3-7b — FPC 5000 Startup scr een and menu flowchart (part 2)[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-10 In the following procedur es, access to a specific screen is described by assuming you are beginning at the startup screen and listing the color of the buttons and their displayed message, in order , separated by a > symbol. For example, to access th[...]

3-11 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation When you touch the green View Outputs/View Inputs selection button on the screen, the FPC toggles between the two View Ties screens. The green selection button changes when touched; it is labeled View Inputs on the outputs-by- input-selection screen and View Outputs on the input-by- ou[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-12 V iew the ties as follows: 1a . From any screen other than the Make T ies Screen , touch the blue User > amber I/O buttons. 1b . From the Make T ies screen , touch the green V iew T ies button. The FPC displays one of the V iew T ies screens. The scr[...]

3-13 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Viewing outputs tied to a specified input V iew the output tied to a selected input as follows: 1 . If necessary , touch the V iew Outputs button. The most r ecently selected V iew Ties: output-by-input-selection screen appears. See 2 and 4 on figure 3-8. 2 . If necessary , touch the C[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-14 Creating ties There are two ways to make ties (figure 3-9): • Y ou can select an input and an individual output on the Make T ies: dual keypad scr een ( 5 ). • Y ou can select and input and then select one or a gr oup of outputs on the Make T ies: a[...]

3-15 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation T ie an input to an output as follows: 1 . T ouch the blue User > amber I/O > gr een Make T ies buttons. The FPC displays one of the I/O Make T ies screen (figure 3-9). The scr een view that the FPC displays is the last Make T ies screen that was active. 2 . Select the video and/[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-16 5 . T o add the potential tie that you have just created to a queue of tie commands that take affect all at once , touch the gr een Queue button. The FPC displays the equivalent SIS commands in the Pending T ie commands field. The example above shows a [...]

3-17 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 5 . T o add the potential tie or set of ties that you have just created to a queue of tie commands that take affect all at once , touch the gr een Queue button. The FPC displays the equivalent SIS commands in the Pending T ie commands field. 6 . T o add more potential ties to the queue[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-18 3 . T ouch the gr een Save , Recall , or Delete button. stores the current configuration in memory . If the global pr eset you selected was previously unassigned, the name in the preset button changes to “Preset nnn ”. retrieves the configuration to[...]

3-19 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Save, recall, or delete a room pr eset See 8 on figure 3-10. Save, recall, or delete a room preset as follows: 1 . T ouch the blue User > amber Preset > green Room buttons. The FPC displays the Room Pr eset screen. 2 . Select the room to which the desired preset is or will be ass[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-20 Mute scr een The Mute screen (figure 3-1 1) lets you mute the audio or RGBHV or RGBS video (black screen) for an individual virtual output or all virtual outputs. Access the Mute screen by touching the blue User > amber Mute buttons. Figure 3-11 — [...]

3-21 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation DSVP scr een Y ou can monitor each RGBHV and RGBS input to see if active sync signal(s) ar e present on the DSVP™ (Digital Sync V alidation Pr ocessing™) screen (figure 3-12). Access the DSVP screen by touching the blue User > amber DSVP buttons. Figure 3-12 — DSVP scr een Whe[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-22 Admin Screens The Admin family of scr eens include the functions that are typically reserved for or applicable to maintenance personnel only . The family consists of the Status screen (the default), the TCP/IP screen, the E-mail scr een, and the Miscell[...]

3-23 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Status screen, BME area The BME area of the Status screen shows mor e detailed status for a specific, selected, BME. BME 0 is the default display . T o select another BME for display , touch the gray BME button in the System ar ea. Selecting another BME does not update the System statu[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-24 TCP/IP screen The TCP/IP scr een (figure 3-15) consists of fields from which administrators can observe and edit IP administration and system settings. Figure 3-15 — TCP/IP screen There are two levels of FPC 5000 passwor d protection: administrator an[...]

3-25 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Password fields Only personnel logged in as administrators can set and read passwords. The two Password fields on the TCP/IP screen are for entering administrator and/or user passwords. Passwor ds are case sensitive and are limited to 12 upper case and/or lower case alphanumeric charac[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-26 Subnet Mask field Only personnel logged in as administrators can edit the Subnet Mask field. The Subnet Mask field is used to determine whether the Matrix 12800 is on the same subnet as the mail server when you are subnetting. See Subnetting — A Prime[...]

3-27 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 4 . T o change the e-mail notification settings , use a pencil eraser or other small, soft, object to touch the r ound radio buttons and square check boxes. A or appears when an item is selected. 5 . T ouch the gr een T ake button to accept the changes or touch the green Cancel button [...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-28 Miscellaneous screen The Miscellaneous screen (figure 3-17) pr ovides the pathway to a series of functions that are not easily categorized elsewher e, such as a file manager , function key programming, the I/O connectors, the scr een saver , touch scree[...]

3-29 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation File Manager screen The File Manager screen (figure 3-18) is a r eference scr een only , with no active functions. The screen displays the user -supplied files that have been downloaded into the Matrix 12800 BME 0 to support user- created web pages. Access the File Manager scr een by t[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-30 Function Keys screen Only personnel logged in as administrators can set User Function keys. The Function Keys screen (figure 3-19) lets you program an SIS command or a series of commands (a macro) to the 14 white/purple User Function buttons or to edit [...]

3-31 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 5 . Use a pencil eraser or other small, soft, object to touch the None , Momentary , or T oggle radio button to select that how the User Function button functions. appears in the radio button when it is selected. None — The User Function button is not active. The none function is hel[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-32 I/O Physical Connectors screen The I/O Physical Connectors screen (figure 3-20) shows how the Matrix 12800 system is virtualized. The screen shows the virtual numbers, names, signal types, video and audio planes, and physical connectors associated with [...]

3-33 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Naming inputs and outputs Only personnel logged in as administrators can name video and audio inputs and outputs. Change the input or output name from the I/O Physical Connectors screen as follows: 1 . Use the slide bar to scroll through the valid inputs or outputs until the screen dis[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-34 Delay scr een Only personnel logged in as administrators can set the RGB delay. The Delay screen (figure 3-21) displays and provides contr ols to adjust the RGB delay for RGBHV or RGBS video. W ith RGB delay , the Matrix 12800 switches to the new sync s[...]

3-35 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Audio screen Only personnel logged in as administrators can set the audio level. The audio level of each input can be displayed and adjusted through a range of -24dB to +9dB to ensure that ther e is no noticeable volume differ ence among sources. The Audio screen (figure 3-22) displays[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-36 Reset screen Personnel logged in as users can reset all curr ent ties and all mutes. All other selections are reserved for administrators only . The Reset screen (figure 3-23) provides several dif ferent Matrix 12800 reset functions, that allow you to c[...]

3-37 FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation Subnetting — A Primer It is not the purpose of this manual to describe TCP/IP protocol in detail. However , some understanding of TCP/IP subnetting ( sub set of a net work) is necessary in order to understand the interaction of the Matrix 12800 system components (consisting of the Ma[...]

Matrix 12800 Operation, cont’d FPC 5000 Front Panel Controller • Matrix 12800 Operation 3-38[...]

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