CP-1601
Rev. 2
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6 Operating the CP-1601
6.1 PANEL ENABLE button
After powering-up the control panel will be disabled. Press the PANEL ENABLE button to start
operating. If you want to lock the control panel after use you simply disable by operating the PANEL
ENABLE button once again.
Please note!
The panel will not show any status information without being connected to a Triton router
either via NCB or RS-232. In case you do not get any status information please check the interface cables
and re-start the panel by pressing PANEL ENABLE 2x.
6.2 V/A TOGGLE button
After powering-up the control panel will operate audio follow video. The V/A TOGGLE button is
illuminated. By operating the V/A toggle button you can select the layer you want to switch. Red colour
means only audio. Green colour means only video. Orange colour means audio follow video.
6.3 Selecting
input
You select the input you want to operate on the INPUT BUTTON row. The crosspoint operation will be
executed when pressing the input button. The panel updates the button after receiving an acknowledge
message from the router. If the acknowledge is missing the button will start to blink. In this case please
check the interface connection (NCB or RS-232) and if the router is powered up. In case you press a
button outside the routing area (e.g. when controlling an 8x8 router with a 16x16 panel) the INPUT
BUTTON will start to blink indicating that you try to operate without having access.
6.4 TAKE
function
The CP-1601 provides a TAKE function, which can be activated by pressing the TAKE ON/OFF button.
The TAKE ON/OFF button will show green light if the TAKE function is activated. After selecting input,
as described above, the INPUT button and the TAKE button will start to blink. The crosspoint operation
will be executed by pressing the TAKE button. If you work with video/audio breakaway you can first
select the video layer, afterwards the audio layer and finally execute both operations at the same time
with the TAKE button.
Note: All buttons are provided with backlight in addition to the other colours.
