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Matrix Switch Corporation

MSC-5-3248

Product Manual

4RU 32 input 48 output VGA Analog Video Router

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Page 1: ...Matrix Switch Corporation MSC 5 3248 Product Manual 4RU 32 input 48 output VGA Analog Video Router Revision 1 7 Page 1 of 60 2013 2018 Matrix Switch Corporation www matrixswitchcorp com...

Page 2: ...LITY PERFORMANCE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PURPOSE Matrix Switch Corporation disclaims all liability arising from this information and its use Use of Matrix Switch Corporation devices in life sup...

Page 3: ...for RS 232 and RS 485 serial port and GPIO Auxiliary interface Added XD series systems Revision 1 3 2016 05 17 Added MSC CP59X59E panel Revision 1 2 2015 08 20 Added protocol commands MtxGroup PanelDi...

Page 4: ...4 2 3 2 Saving Work Matrix to a target 14 2 3 3 Usage scenarios 14 2 4 Labels Tab 14 2 5 Config Tab 15 2 5 1 System Settings 16 2 5 2 Network Settings 16 2 5 3 Button Panel Settings 17 2 6 Command Tab...

Page 5: ...md Command 38 3 11 25 PanelCmdEn Command 39 3 11 26 PanelCond Command 39 3 11 27 PanelDis Command 40 3 11 28 PanelExtEn Command 41 3 11 29 PanelRate Command 41 3 11 30 PClr Command 42 3 11 31 ProtoSer...

Page 6: ...recovery procedure 54 4 3 TFTP Software 54 4 3 1 Windows 54 4 3 2 Mac OS X 55 4 3 3 Linux 55 5 Troubleshooting 57 5 1 Unknown IP address 57 5 2 No Ethernet link when connected to network switch 57 5...

Page 7: ...destinations to output connectors using standard D15 VGA connector cables Unused inputs or outputs can be left unconnected External Audio Router Optional An additional Matrix Switch Corporation AES or...

Page 8: ...255 255 0 A Gateway address is not necessary for this purpose but could be set to 192 168 2 1 3 Make sure the device is powered on 4 Using a web browser on the computer enter the device s IP address i...

Page 9: ...remote panel on the same Ethernet network Larger installations or integration with existing IP LAN networks require some network planning NOTE Matrix Switch Corporation can assist in planning and pre...

Page 10: ...etwork subnets but this setting is otherwise not needed After assigning device network settings including unique IP addresses remote panels need to be assigned the correct IP addresses to their Remote...

Page 11: ...stallation example consisting of a 32x32 SDI Video Router with a secondary level 32x32 Analog Audio router connected via the AFV DB 25 interface a 32x32 Remote Button Panel a 2RU LCD Remote Panel and...

Page 12: ...ines to aid in further description below The web page interface for other router systems is sized appropriately Remote Panels show only the Config and Command tabs Numbered sections in Figure 1 1 Syst...

Page 13: ...Destination or a single level is selected 2 2 2 Loading a preset Presets store connection states for one or more Destinations Loading a Preset on the Routing tab consists of simply clicking on the Lo...

Page 14: ...a Preset will store the Work Matrix state to non volatile memory which persists through device power cycles and can be recalled at a later time 2 3 3 Usage scenarios The flexibility of the Presets Ta...

Page 15: ...mns for Video and Audio Sources and Destinations Single level routers will have a column for Source labels and one for Destination labels On multi level routers secondary levels can be left blank to u...

Page 16: ...characters displayed at the top of the Web Page interface which is helpful when managing multiple systems Disable Reclockers Disable SDI reclockers not supported by all Routers 3D I O Pairing Enable...

Page 17: ...te panels control different levels of a Video Audio Router Control Mode Set the matrix control mode only present on Routers Available options include Local Button panel controls the router itself Remo...

Page 18: ...Command text entry line followed by pressing the Enter key to execute them The results will be displayed in the text area below the command line Clicking the Clear Output button will clear all comman...

Page 19: ...ontrol system manufacturers who support MASCOT contact Matrix Switch Corporation 3 1 Protocol Changes As new commands are added or other changes occur the MASCOT protocol version is incremented The pr...

Page 20: ...prompt character 3 3 Serial Access Matrix Switch router systems come equipped with a serial port which can be used as another means of sending Mascot commands Connect a Computer system to the device u...

Page 21: ...CII 10 The Prompt A prompt character is displayed each time a command or chain of commands is entered to indicate readiness to receive additional commands If an error occurs in response to a command a...

Page 22: ...atically interpret argument as string spaces and commas not allowed Hex 0x3D 0xNN where NN are 2 hex digits from 0 9 A F or a f Double quoted One or more characters surrounded by double quotes An Argu...

Page 23: ...rted String String A generic string argument max length depends on the command Value A general value Value type depends on setting See System Parameters Table 6 Command Argument Types 3 7 System Param...

Page 24: ...ial port baud rate in bits second ctl serial2 log Boolean RW AS RS 485 serial port protocol log enable ctl serial2 proto String RW AS RS 485 serial port protocol selection mascot svs etc mtx serial Nu...

Page 25: ...mplementation and support variations between different system types Many of these commands have been superseded by System Parameters in Mascot protocol version 3 0 Command Arguments Description DHCP 0...

Page 26: ...ystems are supported RemoteSync 0 1 Query or assign remote router syncing Useful for creating a 3D system out of 2 routers 3 11 Command Reference This section documents each MASCOT command in detail P...

Page 27: ...thereby indicating that the first level label should be used 3 11 4 DHCP Command NOTE Superseded by the net dhcp System Parameter Query or assign DHCP enable A value of 0 disables DHCP client support...

Page 28: ...ng this feature may slow down the system significantly during excessive matrix routing changes especially when enabled on a serial port interface Also of note is that this option takes effect only whi...

Page 29: ...er Query or assign the network Gateway IP address This is usually only needed on Remote Panel systems which control a Router device on a different network This setting is saved and recalled on power u...

Page 30: ...ip 192 168 2 60 3 11 10 GetS Command Protocol version 3 0 Gets system parameter values in Stored memory The Get Command can be used to query current Active values of parameters and can also be refere...

Page 31: ...ckStatus Command Routers only Query the video lock status and video rate of a Video Router s outputs This command is only supported on some Router systems Unsupported systems will return an Unsupporte...

Page 32: ...e examples above are for a 2 level router The frst example queries the entire destination map which shows that destination 1 is remapped to physical destination 4 on both levels and destination 2 is r...

Page 33: ...6 on the second level only 3 11 17 MascotVer Command NOTE Superseded by the ctl mascot ver System Parameter Query Mascot protocol version This is useful for software which interacts with a device usin...

Page 34: ...pport Example MtxCfg 8 8 3 4 8 0 The example above is simple output no arguments for a matrix with 2 levels the first has 8 destinations 8 sources and supports mute and lock status query 1 2 3 The sec...

Page 35: ...or the level SRC_COUNT Count of sources for the level FLAGS A space separated list of flag keywords indicating support for various features as defined by the Name column in the Flags table above SRC S...

Page 36: ...l audio streams for example Command Description MtxGroup Query current I O grouping MtxGroup LEVEL1 Set level 1 I O grouping 0 or 1 disables grouping MtxGroup LEVEL1 LEVEL2 Set level 1 and level 2 I O...

Page 37: ...CP2U32 only Preset add command Adds a connection to a preset This can be used to incrementally create a preset without changing the active matrix routing 0 can be used for SRC for Mute if supported Th...

Page 38: ...button GPIO command macros This system provides a means to easily implement custom functionality in response to a panel button press or GPIO auxiliary port contact closure button or switch to ground P...

Page 39: ...s for more details Command Description PanelCmdEn Query panel button GPIO command and conditions enable PanelCmd 0 1 Enable or disable panel button GPIO command and conditions 0 disable 1 enable Examp...

Page 40: ...ll clear the condition two consecutive single or double quotes represents an empty string Examples PanelCond 1 P0 2 P1 67 P0 PanelCond 1 1 P0 PanelCond 68 P1 PanelCond 68 The first example above queri...

Page 41: ...n 0 PanelExtEn 1 The first command queries the current external panel interface setting 0 disabled The second command enables the external panel interface 3 11 29 PanelRate Command Protocol Version 2...

Page 42: ...serial2 proto System Parameters Query or assign the serial protocol The only available option is currently the case insensitive value Mascot however additional control protocols may be added in the f...

Page 43: ...command changes preset data which is stored and persists through power cycles Command Description PSub PRESET DEST Remove any existing connection to DEST in PRESET for any level PSub PRESET DEST LEVEL...

Page 44: ...11 35 Reboot Command Instructs the system to reboot which is done after a brief delay Ensures that all outstanding data writes are written to non volatile memory prior to the reboot 3 11 36 ReclkDis...

Page 45: ...e final command sets the IP address of the router to sync secondary router 3 11 38 S Command Routers and MSC GCP2U32 only Query the current matrix routing state Source values for all levels of every d...

Page 46: ...d or Stored parameter values Behavior depends on the parameter and is defined in the System Parameter Table Values in Stored memory are loaded at system startup See System Parameters for more details...

Page 47: ...ystem parameter Stored values only Values set with this command will not take effect until the system is restarted NOTE Some parameters may not be assignable in Stored memory for example if it does no...

Page 48: ...level label should be used 3 11 44 SysName Command NOTE Superseded by the sys name System Parameter Query or assign system name The system name is provided for convenience when managing multiple Matr...

Page 49: ...ystem with older firmware not supporting the SysType command the second example is what might be returned by an MSC GCP2U32 LCD panel 3 11 46 Vars Command Protocol Version 2 3 Display all system confi...

Page 50: ...PRESET Write current matrix routing state to PRESET Example to save state to preset 1 W 1 3 11 48 WebPass Command Assign a web password to password protect the web page interface The serial and TCP IP...

Page 51: ...an be used for SRC to Mute a destination if supported for a given level Examples X 1 1 2 2 3 8 0 4 X 3 3 8 X 3 4 X 4 0 2 In the above examples the first command queries the matrix routing state typica...

Page 52: ...fixed update IP address of 192 168 2 59 whereas CSU uses the device s configured IP address POSU should be available even if a device s firmware gets corrupted from a previous update attempt whereas...

Page 53: ...s an Ethernet switch between the device and update PC Steps for executing a Command Software Update 1 Ensure that the Software Update Requirements are met 2 Configure the PC for a unique IP address on...

Page 54: ...communication with the device is not working ensure network cabling and interconnect hardware is functioning ensure the proper IP address is being used to connect to the device is unique on the netwo...

Page 55: ...at Users your_user_name 2 Open a terminal Applications Utility Terminal 3 Use cd commands to change to the location of the firmware file for example cd Users your_user_name followed by the ENTER key...

Page 56: ...use the device s configured IP if the update method being used utilizes the devices IP address tftp 192 168 2 59 5 Execute the following commands from within the tftp program pressing ENTER after each...

Page 57: ...minal application once connected and a prompt character should be displayed Type the following commands pressing ENTER after each one to get the IP address and netmask ip netmask 5 2 No Ethernet link...

Page 58: ...all hostile 40dB at 40MHz all hostile S N Ratio 75dB 0 to 5MHz 40dB 0 to 100MHz HV Channels Input Impedance 200 Ohms Output Impedance 75 Ohms Input Level 2V 4V P P Output Level 2V 4V into 75 Ohms Ban...

Page 59: ...proTocol An ASCII text based protocol for interfacing to Matrix Switch Corporation devices Matrix Used when referring to a Router s entire routing state Mute When supported a destination can be muted...

Page 60: ...hich shall be placed on the outside of the shipping package 6 This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by accident abuse misuse misapplication or modification EXCEPT AS SET FORTH A...

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