Extron electronic YCS SW6 MX manual

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    User ’ s Manual Extron Electronics, USA 1230 South Lewis Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA 714.491.1500 F ax 714.491.1517 Extron Electronics, Europe Beeldschermweg 6C 3821 AH Amersfoort The Netherlands +31.33.453.4040 F ax +31.33.453.4050 Extron Electronics, Asia 135 Joo Seng R oad, #04-01 PM Industrial Building Singapore 368363 +65.6383.4400 F ax +65[...]

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    Precautions This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read In[...]

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    i YCS SW6 MX • Table of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction .......................................................... 1-1 Features ...................................................................................... 1-2 Chapter 2 • Installation and Operation ........................ 2-1 Installation ..........................................[...]

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    ii YCS SW6 MX • Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d YCS SW6 MX 1 Chapter One Intr oduction Features[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Introduction Introduction, cont’d YCS SW6 MX 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Operation Installation Operation Intr oduction The Extron YCS SW6 MX is a video decoder/encoder/switcher with both composite and S-video outputs. It separates input composite video signals into their YC (luminance and chrominance) components (S-video), or [...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-3 Installation and Operation Installation Rear panel features Figure 1 — YCS SW6 MX rear panel 1 AC power connector — One standard AC power connector attaches the switcher to any power source from 100V AC to 240V AC, operat[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-5 2-4 Figure 2 — Mounting the switcher 3. If a false front panel is requir ed, mount it on the shelf using the front two holes. Installing the rubber feet The switcher ships with four uninstalled rubber feet. Install the rubb[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d 2-6 Attaching remote contr ol devices The remote connector provides a way to contr ol the switcher by using contact closure devices such as the following: • Extron’s IR 20 infrar ed remote control (see “Installing an IR 20 [...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Installation and Operation Installation and Operation, cont’d YCS SW6 MX 2-8 3 Chapter 3 Serial Communication RS-232 Programmer’s Guide Universal SW Control Program Remote Contact Closure Operation[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Serial Communication YCS SW6 MX • Serial Communication Serial Communication, cont’d The YCS SW6 MX switcher can be contr olled by a host computer or other control device via an RS-232 connection with a protocol of 9600 baud, 1 stop bit, no parity , and no flow control. The control device can use either Extr on’s Simple Instruct[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Serial Communication YCS SW6 MX • Serial Communication Serial Communication, cont’d 3-4 Symbol definitions = CR/LF (carriage return/line feed) • = Space X1 = Input number 0 – 6 (0 = Muted output) X2 = Software version x.xx X3 = Format 0 = Muted output, 5 = NTSC/composite video, 6 = NTSC/S-video, 7 = P AL/composite video, 8 = [...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Serial Communication Serial Communication, cont’d YCS SW6 MX A Appendix Reference Information Specifications Part Numbers 3-6 Figure 9 — Universal SW Control Program For more information about pr ogram features, you can access the Help program in any of the following ways: • From the Extr on Electronics program folder or group,[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Reference Information YCS SW6 MX • Reference Information Reference Information, cont’d Rack mount ................................... Yes, with optional rack shelf, part #60-190-01 Enclosure type .............................. Metal Enclosure dimensions ................. 1.75" H x 8.75" W x 9.5" D (1U high, 1/2 rac[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Reference Information YCS SW6 MX • Reference Information Reference Information, cont’d Super high resolution cable Description Part number Single conductor SHR1-3’ 26-383-01 SHR1-6’ 26-383-12 SHR1-12’ 26-383-07 SHR1-25’ 26-383-04 SHR1-50’ 26-383-05 SHR1-75’ 26-383-06 SHR1-100’ 26-383-03 SHR1-150’ 26-383-08 SHR1-20[...]

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    YCS SW6 MX • Reference Information Reference Information, cont’d A-6[...]