Series 1000 User Manual
13 July 2001
Page 1: ...Series 1000 User Manual 13 July 2001 ...
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Page 3: ...ds 22 8 4 Connection Commands 23 8 4 1 Serial Connections 24 8 5 Entity Commands 25 8 6 Macro Commands 26 8 6 1 Autoexec Macro 27 8 7 Password Commands 27 Appendix A Control Card Settings 29 Appendix B Pinouts 31 Appendix C Sample Matrix Hub Session 36 Matrix Hub Series 1000 User Manual 13 July 2001 Copyright 1999 2000 Lightwave Communications Inc 100 Washington Street Milford Ct 06460 USA All rig...
Page 4: ...controlled The matrix switchis controlled through a DB9 serial connector that may be connected to a network an attached server an industry standard controller i e Dataton or a plain ASCII terminal The switch is capable of routing RGB video signals to any number of destinations simultaneously while keyboard mouse and serial signals are routed to single destinations only The Matrix Hub Series 1000 m...
Page 5: ...d with rubber feet attached to allow airflow through the bottom of the unit when placed on a surface The electroluminescent front panel display allows access to the Matrix Hub s internal diagnostic and connection displays see section 7 0 Electroluminescent Display The Series 1000 has redundant power supplies with separate AC inputs Each power supply is a set of two individual power supplies that p...
Page 6: ...e user interface There is one control card in every chassis The control card coordinates actions within the chassis and provides a serial port for user interface and control Several attributes of the Matrix Hub are user defined and may be set using the control card see Appendix A Control Card Settings The user specified input and output cards allow individual users to access computer resources thr...
Page 7: ...s not necessary to power down the unit when adding or removing cards When removing a card use the two black plastic ejectors located at the top and bottom of each card to help pull the card out of its slot Push the tabs apart vertically and they will lever the card back out of its slot The card may then be slid out If removing a switch card be sure to first loosen the screws located inside the met...
Page 8: ...ejector tabs together vertically so the card is levered in to the slot and is firmly seated If resistance is encountered removing an adjacent card and inserting both simultaneously will often reduce the force required All cards for the Series 1000 have metal key tabs protruding along their inside edge near the backplane connectors These tabs prevent the insertion of keyboard mouse serial or contro...
Page 9: ...tput 2 2 Replacing Failed Power Supplies If a power supply fails in a unit it may be replaced in the field if necessary Be sure the failure is not due to a damaged power cord or a faulty outlet The power supplies are NOT hot swappable Contact Lightwave Communications for more instructions if the power supply must be replaced ...
Page 10: ... 1001 and video output cards part number 400 100 1002 are located in the four slots immediately surrounding the switch cards two to each side The input cards are located to the left while output cards are located to the right Ports are numbered from 1 to 10 starting at the top outermost port and ending at the bottom innermost port ...
Page 11: ...ard connector s The matrix switch will also handle connections that use composite sync but not over as great a distance as native HD15 connections The input cards should be connected to the monitor output of a CPU or other video source If necessary an adapter may be used to convert to the HD15 connector to the required connector The output cards should be connected to a monitor or other video dest...
Page 12: ...9 4 0 Keyboard Mouse Cards PS 2 Input Card Part Number 400 100 2001 PS 2 Output Card Part Number 400 100 2002 RJ 45 Extender Input Card Part Number 400 000 2009 ...
Page 13: ... 2002 or RJ 45 part number 400 000 2010 are located in the four slots immediately outboard from the video cards two to each side The input cards are located on the left while the output cards are located on the right Ports keyboard mouse pairs in the case of the PS 2 cards are numbered from 1 to 10 starting at the top outermost port or pair of ports and ending at the bottom innermost port or pair ...
Page 14: ...d mice with non PS 2 connectors may be attached the Matrix Hub using commercially available adapters e g USB to PS 2 so long as the keyboard and or mouse is PS 2 compatible i e Sun keyboards and mice will not work with a simple adapter a third party converter is required The RJ 45 Extender cards have five female RJ 45 ports each The user may connect the port to either a PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Cat5 Ex...
Page 15: ...12 Extender card Contact Lightwave for more information regarding the use of the Matrix Hub with VDEs and CAT5 Keyboard Mouse Extenders ...
Page 16: ...t number 400 100 3002 are located in the four slots immediately to the left of the control card Unlike other card types any combination of inputs and outputs may be mixed in the four serial slots so long as the inputs are to the left and the outputs are to the right Input cards have five female DB9 connectors each while output cards have five male DB9 connectors each ...
Page 17: ...14 Numbering Scheme for Two Input Cards and Two Output Cards Numbering Scheme for One Input Card and Three Output Cards ...
Page 18: ...onnections through DB9 connectors The serial protocol is determined by the command used at the control card to make the connection see section 8 4 1 Serial Connections The serial cards will also support the stereo emitter used with 3D visualization The Matrix Hub must be configured for RS 422 to accomplish this ...
Page 19: ...ssis The switch cards part number 400 100 1003 route one aspect red green or blue of video signal each In addition the left switch card routes mouse signals between keyboard mouse input and output cards while the right switch card routes keyboard signals between mouse keyboard input and output cards Monitor ID lines are switched directly between video input and output cards without any routing fro...
Page 20: ...face through the female connector labeled IN the male connector labeled OUT has not been implemented yet The IN port baud rate for the control card s serial port and other options are changeable using DIP switches mounted on the surface of the control card The user may alter the settings by removing the card from the chassis and turning the switches on or off according to the tables in Appendix A ...
Page 21: ...ent EL display allows the user to access the Matrix Hub s internal diagnostics and active connection list through the front panel The two buttons located immediately below the display control the EL display When not in use the display goes into a screen saver mode and displays a moving Matrix Hub logo ...
Page 22: ...o and keyboard mouse have ten columns each while serial has fifteen An X will appear between whichever inputs and output are actively connected The active connection list also displays the software version number power supply status and switch card temperatures Power supplies will be reported as OK or Failed If a power supply fails contact Lightwave for further information regarding replacement Sw...
Page 23: ...ed as SI for input cards and SO for output cards when installed The port numbering scheme is also displayed for installed cards If a slot has no numbers there is no card installed in that slot The control card is not displayed on the cards list It is assumed that the control card is present if the EL display is operational The installed cards list also displays the communication and options settin...
Page 24: ...ould be followed by the ENTER key Commands are not case sensitive but appear in the manual as all capital letters for clarity 8 1 Logging In Before using the Matrix Hub a device capable of serial communications must be connected to the control card IN port The Matrix Hub control card IN port uses 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 8N1 The baud rate can be set to several values see Appendix A Con...
Page 25: ...S chassis ID Lists active connections The CH command simply lists an abridged help screen list of commands for reporting chassis status The CL command lists all cards installed in a chassis with the exclusion of the control card which is assumed to be present if the user is accessing the user interface The cards are listed on separate lines according to internal chassis number Upper case letters d...
Page 26: ... D chassis ID input output Disconnect input port from output port D chassis ID ALL Disconnect all connections CLEAR chassis ID Clear current connections no restore possible RESTORE Restore previously broken connections The C or connect command is the most basic method to connect an input port to an output port For single connections the user must specify the chassis ID the input port number and th...
Page 27: ... inadvertent disconnection of active connections The RESTORE command re establishes connections that were broken using the D command The command is not selective and all connections that have been broken and not cleared will be reconnected If a connection exists between two ports and one of those ports is included in a new connect or broadcast command then the existing connection will be broken in...
Page 28: ...umber of the inputs or outputs that are associated with that entity name The EN command creates new entities The name of the new entity must be entered at the same prompt as the command The Matrix Hub will prompt the user for the type of entity source or destination and then will ask for the internal chassis number and port number of the inputs or outputs that are to be associated with that entity...
Page 29: ... series of input and output ports Any number of commands may be specified in a macro but only as many connections may be made as there are available ports Macros are available for use by level two password users but in a limited capacity All macros must be defined before use they cannot be defined as the user enters individual commands MH List macro commands MR macro Run a macro ML macro List all ...
Page 30: ... macro named AUTOEXEC at power up if a macro with that name has been created This macro could contain system default connections or connections for management of power problems The execution of the macro cannot be halted unless the macro itself is deleted before power is turned off and back on If there is no macro named AUTOEXEC then no macro will execute at power up 8 7 Password Commands Users ar...
Page 31: ...splay the passwords on the Matrix Hub The PD command deletes a password from the Matrix Hub When using this command the Matrix Hub will prompt the user for the password to delete and then to confirm that password by retyping it The password will then be permanently deleted and is not recoverable The name of the password must be known to delete it The password currently in use may not be deleted Th...
Page 32: ...ce of the control card that allow the user to change the control card parameters One DIP switch SW1 is reserved for system use and should not be changed The other switches SW2 and SW3 change the control card IN port baud rate and user interface options Control Card DIP Switch Locations ...
Page 33: ...ture in F Display temperature in C 2 Do not echo characters Echo Characters 3 Do not send error messages Send error messages 4 Do not add line feed to output Add line feed to output 5 7 Not used Not used 8 Disable diagnostic commands Enable diagnostic commands The diagnostic command setting on position 8 of SW3 is not enabled in normal operation of the Matrix Hub It allows the use of a more basic ...
Page 34: ...3 Horizontal Sync 14 14 Vertical Sync 11 11 Monitor ID 0 12 12 Monitor ID 1 4 4 Monitor ID 3 Video Input Video Output HD15F HD15F Analog Inputs Analog Outputs TTL Inputs TTL Outputs TTL Inputs TTL Outptus 8 10 7 6 5 7 8 10 6 Red Return Green Return Blue Return Sync Return ...
Page 35: ...PTION INPUT OUTPUT 1 NC 2 RD Receive Data Output 3 TD Transmit Data Input 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready Input 5 GND Signal Ground N A 6 DSR Data Set Ready Output 7 RTS Request to Send Input 8 CTS Clear to Send Output 9 NC DB9 Female Connector 4 7 2 3 9 8 6 1 5 ...
Page 36: ...ut 7 RTS Request to Send Input 8 CTS Clear to Send Output 9 RI Ring indicator Output RS 422 PIN SIGNAL NAME DESCRIPTION INPUT OUTPUT 1 DCD Carrier Detect Output 2 RXDL Receive Data Low Output 3 TXDL Transmit Data Low Input 4 TXDH Transmit Data High Input 5 GND Signal Ground N A 6 RXDH Receive Data High Output 7 HSKOA Handshake Output Input 8 HSKIA Handshake Input Output 9 RI Ring Indicator Output ...
Page 37: ...nput 7 RTS Request to Send Output 8 CTS Clear to Send Input 9 RI Ring Indicator Input RS 422 PIN SIGNAL NAME DESCRIPTION INPUT OUTPUT 1 DCD Carrier Detect Input 2 RXDL Receive Data Low Input 3 TXDL Transmit Data Low Output 4 TXDH Transmit Data High Output 5 GND Signal Ground N A 6 RXDH Receive Data High Input 7 HSKOA Handshake Output Output 8 HSKIA Handshake Input Input 9 RI Ring Indicator Input D...
Page 38: ... Output N A Matrix Hub Serial Drawing Number N A Matrix_Serial_IO vsd 1 4 6 8 7 2 3 5 Tx Rx RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD SG Matrix Hub Serial Input RS 232 RI 9 DB9F 1 4 6 8 7 2 3 5 Tx Rx RTS CTS DTR DSR DCD SG Matrix Hub Serial Output RS 232 9 RI DB9M 100 Washington Street Milford CT 06460 800 871 9838 Fax 203 874 0157 www lightwavecom com ...
Page 39: ...ing chassis id restores only that chassis connections VER SION display version information Entity Commands EH Entity Help EL entity List entities list entity definition EN entity create New entity ED entity Delete entity ES entity Entity Status Macro Commands MH Macro Help MR macro Run a macro press any key to continue ML macro List current macros list macro definition MN macro create New macro MD...
Page 40: ...TO 1 success MatrixHub c 3 6 6 3C6 6 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 1 TO 1 3S 6 TO 6 success MatrixHub d 3 1 1 3D1 1 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 6 TO 6 success MatrixHub c 3 101 101 3C101 101 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 101 TO 101 3S 6 TO 6 success MatrixHub c 3 2 102 Error 08 3C2 102 Chassis error 08 MatrixHub cs 3 3S 101 TO 101 3S 6 TO 6 success MatrixHub d all 1I 2I 3I success MatrixHub cs 1 success Mat...
Page 41: ...sis did not respond to command MatrixHub cs 3 Success MatrixHub clear Are you sure y n Y 1I 2I 3I success MatrixHub eh MaxtriX Hub System Help Entity Commands EH Entity Help EL entity List entities list entity definition EN entity create New entity ED entity Delete entity ES entity Entity Status success MatrixHub el Entity List No entity names defined MatrixHub en onyx2 src Enter entity item chass...
Page 42: ... 1 3B1 1 success MatrixHub es Entity Status ONYX2 TO CONF_ROOM_1 success MatrixHub cs 1 1S 1 TO 1 success MatrixHub cs 2 2S 1 TO 1 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 1 TO 1 success MatrixHub en octane src Enter entity item chassis id port 1 1 2 Enter entity item chassis id port 2 2 Enter entity item chassis id port 3 2 Enter entity item chassis id port success MatrixHub en eng_lab src Enter entity item cha...
Page 43: ...id port 1 3 Enter entity item chassis id port 2 3 Enter entity item chassis id port 3 3 Enter entity item chassis id port success MatrixHub el Entity List Entity type name SRC ONYX2 Entity type name DST CONF_ROOM_1 Entity type name SRC OCTANE Entity type name DST ENG_LAB Entity type name SRC O2 Entity type name DST SOFTW_LAB success MatrixHub c octane eng_lab 1B2 2 2B2 2 3B2 2 success MatrixHub c ...
Page 44: ...ccess MatrixHub cs 1 1S 1 TO 3 success MatrixHub cs 2 2S 1 TO 3 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 1 TO 3 success MatrixHub c o2 conf_room_1 1B3 1 2B3 1 3B3 1 success MatrixHub es Entity Status ONYX2 TO SOFTW_LAB O2 TO CONF_ROOM_1 success MatrixHub cs 1 1S 1 TO 3 1S 3 TO 1 success MatrixHub cs 2 2S 1 TO 3 2S 3 TO 1 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 1 TO 3 3S 3 TO 1 success MatrixHub c 3 110 110 3C110 110 success M...
Page 45: ... macro success MatrixHub ml Macro List No macros defined MatrixHub mn setup_1 Enter macro item c onyx2 eng_lab Enter macro item c octane softw_lab Enter macro item c o2 conf_room_1 Enter macro item success MatrixHub ml Macro List Macro SETUP_1 success MatrixHub ml setup_1 Macro List Macro name SETUP_1 CONNECT ONYX2 TO ENG_LAB CONNECT OCTANE TO SOFTW_LAB CONNECT O2 TO CONF_ROOM_1 success MatrixHub ...
Page 46: ...lab Enter macro item c o2 eng_lab Enter macro item success MatrixHub ml Macro List Macro SETUP_1 Macro SETUP_2 success MatrixHub mn setup_3 Enter macro item c onyx2 conf_room_1 Enter macro item c octane eng_lab Enter macro item c o2 softw_lab Enter macro item success MatrixHub ml Macro List Macro SETUP_1 Macro SETUP_2 Macro SETUP_3 success MatrixHub mr setup_2 mr SETUP_2 1B1 3 2B1 3 3B1 3 mr SETUP...
Page 47: ...xHub cs 2 2S 1 TO 1 2S 2 TO 2 2S 3 TO 3 success MatrixHub cs 3 3S 1 TO 1 3S 2 TO 2 3S 3 TO 3 success MatrixHub ph MaxtriX Hub System Help Passwords PH Password Help PL List number of passwords defined PD Delete a password PN access level New password success MatrixHub pl Number of passwords defined 2 success MatrixHub pn 1 Enter new password Re enter password success MatrixHub pl Number of passwor...
Page 48: ...1PP0 Power Supply B 5V OK 1PT 88ßF 1PT 91ßF 1PT 89ßF success MatrixHub cs 1 Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub eh Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub el Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub en etest src Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub ed onyx2 Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub es Command not allowe...
Page 49: ...ph Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub pl Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub pd Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub pn 1 Command not allowed for current access level MatrixHub lo success Enter password ...
