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Matrix Switch Corporation

MSC-XE4832S

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2RU 48 input 32 output AES Audio Router with Status Panel

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Page 1: ...Matrix Switch Corporation MSC XE4832S Product Manual 2RU 48 input 32 output AES Audio Router with Status Panel Revision 1 8 Page 1 of 60 2013 2020 Matrix Switch Corporation www matrixswitchcorp com...

Page 2: ...ALITY 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 su...

Page 3: ...commands and Panel GPIO commands Improved Software Update documentation Added pinouts for RS 232 and RS 485 serial port and GPIO Auxiliary interface Added XD series systems Revision 1 3 2016 05 17 Ad...

Page 4: ...x from a source target 14 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 Set...

Page 5: ...md Command 38 3 11 24 PanelCmdEn Command 39 3 11 25 PanelCond Command 39 3 11 26 PanelDis Command 40 3 11 27 PanelExtEn Command 40 3 11 28 PanelRate Command 41 3 11 29 PClr Command 41 3 11 30 ProtoSer...

Page 6: ...53 4 3 1 Windows 53 4 3 2 Mac OS X 54 4 3 3 Linux 54 5 Troubleshooting 56 5 1 Unknown IP address 56 5 2 Unexpected reboots 56 6 Reference 57 6 1 Specifications 57 6 2 Serial Interface Pinout 57 6 3 G...

Page 7: ...additional Matrix Switch Corporation AES or analog audio router can be utilized with this router by connecting it to the AUX GPIO connector with a 25 pin straight through cable NOTE The audio router...

Page 8: ...face All Matrix Switch Corporation router and panel devices come with a built in web page interface This is the recommended interface for configuration and is also a convenient way to control the matr...

Page 9: ...k Planning section for assistance with developing a network plan for multi device applications 1 4 3 Matrix Routing The Routing tab of the Web Page Interface provides a convenient way to view and chan...

Page 10: ...mote device configuration or control is desired over public networks or the Internet it is strongly recommended that some form of inter network security is utilized such as VPN This is necessary to pr...

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: ...lines 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 Sys...

Page 13: ...e 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 L...

Page 14: ...o 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 T...

Page 15: ...umns 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...

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 p...

Page 17: ...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 Remote...

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: ...without modification using this protocol For information about other third party control system manufacturers who support MASCOT contact Matrix Switch Corporation 3 1 Protocol Changes As new commands...

Page 20: ...nd 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 devic...

Page 21: ...ters ASCII 13 followed by ASCII 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 occur...

Page 22: ...hesis Arg Square brackets indicate an optional argument and parenthesis indicate a required argument Any optional argument specified requires that all prior optional arguments are also specified Table...

Page 23: ...arameter values Set Parameter Value Set Active Stored parameter value depends on parameter SetA Parameter Value Set Active value of a parameter only SetS Parameter Value Set Stored value of a paramete...

Page 24: ...erface mask pnl cmdEn Boolean RW AS Panel command macro enable pnl ip IP RW AS Remote IP address for panel interface to control sys arch String R System architecture Pyxis Carina Lynx etc sys firmware...

Page 25: ...dEn 0 1 Enable panel button GPIO command macros PanelCond Button Cond Panel button GPIO status conditions PanelDis 0 1 Internal panel button interface disable PanelExtEn 0 1 External panel interface e...

Page 26: ...ames Command Routers and MSC GCP2U32 only Query or assign destination names This command has 4 variations described by the following table Destination names are saved and recalled on power up Command...

Page 27: ...ss to use when accessing the Web Page or other control interfaces In the event that the IP address or Netmask of a system is unknown consult the Unknown IP Address section for this device Command Desc...

Page 28: ...e router will synchronize to when using the RemoteSync command This can also be enabled on Router systems with a local button panel to configure the Router s panel to control a different Router set to...

Page 29: ...ee System Parameters for more details Command Description Get Display all system parameter Active values Output consists of one parameter per line with the parameter identifier separated by an equals...

Page 30: ...E Superseded by the net ip System Parameter Query or assign the system IP address This setting is saved and recalled on power up WARNING Maintaining the ability to access a device s web page and for R...

Page 31: ...Command Routers only Protocol version 3 0 Query or assign matrix destination mappings Destination mappings provide a means to remap logical destinations to different physical destinations for an added...

Page 32: ...of convenience when allocating and defining system I Os Command Description MapSrc Display source matrix map Only sources are shown which have been remapped One source number per line is shown separa...

Page 33: ...ix dimensions labels current matrix state and preset data The information to return is specified by the sum of the flags values listed in the following table Flag Information Fields in JSON data 1 Ret...

Page 34: ...NAME NAME Table of information on values in capital letters above Label Description STATUS Matrix status OK UPDATING DISCONNECT or ERROR Returned if the matrix is OK updating from a remote router for...

Page 35: ...ssigned No Change Note that future protocol versions may support more than 10 presets and therefore may return information for more or less than 10 presets for the psetData and psetNames arrays 3 11 1...

Page 36: ...P address of the system and is used for IP communications over the Ethernet network This setting is saved and recalled on power up WARNING Maintaining the ability to access a device s web page and for...

Page 37: ...estination 3 on Level 2 in Preset 1 3 11 22 PairIO Command Routers only Protocol Version 2 1 NOTE Superseded by MtxGroup Command I O pairing is used for pairing destinations sources for 3D support Whe...

Page 38: ...or details NOTE Panel commands must be enabled with the PanelCmdEn Command or by setting the pnl cmdEn System Parameter to activate them Command Description PanelCmd Query all assigned panel button GP...

Page 39: ...are numbered beginning with ID number 1 Panel button order depends on the panel but generally has the top left button as button 1 followed by number 2 in the lower left corner number 3 in the top seco...

Page 40: ...ton 1 The third command assigns the condition P1 to GPIO pin 4 ID 68 The fourth command clears the condition assigned to GPIO pin 4 3 11 26 PanelDis Command Protocol Version 2 4 Query or assign intern...

Page 41: ...nd recalled on system power up The default refresh rate is 5 seconds This value is stored and recalled on power up Command Description PanelRate Query current panel refresh rate in seconds PanelRate R...

Page 42: ...the protocol used on the serial port the only valid value is currently Mascot Examples ProtoSer Mascot 3 11 31 PsetNames Command Routers and MSC GCP2U32 only Query or assign preset names Preset names...

Page 43: ...DEST LEVEL in PRESET Example PSub 1 2 PSub 1 3 2 The first command removes any connection to Destination 2 in Preset 1 The second command removes any connection to Destination 3 Level 2 on Preset 1 3...

Page 44: ...e or disable reclockers 0 or 1 respectively Examples ReclkDis 0 ReclkDis 1 The first command above queries the current reclocker disable value which returns 0 the default reclockers enabled The second...

Page 45: ...Lvl1 DestNLvl2 SrcLvl2 Example S1 Dest1 Src4 Dest1 Src4 Dest2 Src3 Dest2 Src3 Dest3 Src2 Dest3 Src2 Dest4 Src1 Dest4 Src4 The example above is output from a two level Video and Audio for example 4x4 m...

Page 46: ...f listing all writable parameters and setting the net ip parameter Set ctl serial baud ctl serial log ctl serial proto ctl serial2 baud ctl serial2 log ctl serial2 proto dbg i2cAckFails dbg i2cArbLoss...

Page 47: ...s Stored value 3 11 42 SrcNames Command Routers and MSC GCP2U32 only Query or assign source names This command has 4 variations described by the following table Source names are stored and recalled o...

Page 48: ...and assigning system name SysName MSC Router SysName MyRouter 3 11 44 SysType Command Protocol Version 2 3 NOTE Superseded by the sys arch System Parameter Query the system series type which is curre...

Page 49: ...ration parameters Note that variables consisting of JSON data simply show the string JSON to keep the output concise The output consists of one line per variable with the variable name followed by an...

Page 50: ...11 48 X Command Routers and MSC GCP2U32 only Query or make changes to the matrix routing state This command comes in several variations described by the following table Command Description X Query com...

Page 51: ...stination 3 on all levels and the fourth command mutes destination 4 level 2 Command stacking Command stacking is especially useful for the X command since it allows for several connections to be perf...

Page 52: ...image has been transferred to the device s FLASH storage area 5 The device will automatically reboot to perform the remainder of the software update during which the web page interface may display a...

Page 53: ...to the IP address 192 168 2 59 Consult the TFTP Software section for details 4 3 TFTP Software There are many different options for TFTP client programs the choice of which depends on what operating s...

Page 54: ...put MSC Pyxis Firmware x x x img 6 Make sure to replace MSC Pyxis Firmware x x x img with the correct version number of the file 7 Pressing ENTER after the put command will initiate the TFTP transfer...

Page 55: ...TFTP transfer binary put MSC Pyxis Firmware x x x img 6 Make sure to replace MSC Pyxis Firmware x x x img with the correct version number of the file 7 Pressing ENTER after the put command will initi...

Page 56: ...unning A computer system can then be configured with an IP address on the same IP subnet and the webpage configuration can be loaded for viewing and changing the IP address as described in the section...

Page 57: ...wer 12 VDC 5 Amp Power Connector DE 9 Male Storage Temp 10 Through 100 Deg C Operating Temp 0 Through 75 Deg C Humidity 0 Through 90 Non Condensing Warranty 2 Years Parts Labor Control Specifications...

Page 58: ...erminated by default for use as an endpoint of 2 or more RS 485 connected devices Pin Name Function 1 4 6 7 NC Not Connected 2 TX RS 232 Transmit 3 RX RS 232 Receive 8 D RS 485 Data Positive 9 D RS 48...

Page 59: ...means it is silenced Output Synonymous with Destination Preset Matrix Switch Corporation Router devices provide 10 presets which store matrix Routing connections When a preset is recalled zero or more...

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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