ORION LC Installation and Operations Manual
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Crosspoint-Switch Installation – 7 x 1
The 7 x 1 configuration allows you to connect seven computers to the Orion
LC and display any video on one DVI monitors.
To configure Orion LC for a 7 input, 1 output Crosspoint switch, set the dip
switches and CATx or fiber cabling as shown below.
The 7 x 1 configuration allows you to
connect 7 computers to the Orion
LC and display the selected
computer’s video (+audio option) on
1 DVI monitors.
To configure Orion LC for a 7 input,
1 output Cross-Point Switch, set the
dip switch 1, 4, and 5 ON and 2 and
3 OFF and connect the CATx or
fiber cabling as shown.
Connect a DVI MM video cable from
the CPU’s DVI graphic cards to the
DVI-In ports on the transmitters.
Connect 7 CATx or fiber cables from
the transmitters to the seven Orion
LC port labeled “T”.
Connect a CATx or fiber cable from
the Orion LC ports labeled “R” to a
receiver.
Connect a DVI monitor to the
receiver’s DVI output.
Figure 11. Cross Point Switch - 7 x 1
The 7 x 1 configuration allows you to route the video from any of the 7
computers to a single monitor. In the above example, computer #1’s video
is displayed on 1 monitor, computer #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7 are not
connected to a monitor. Issuing serial commands can route any selected
computer to the connected monitor.
The serial switching commands for this configuration is:
0x02, 0x47, 0x81, 0x81, 0x03 (Switch output 1 to input 1)
(Inputs 2—7 are not displayed)
