User guide

Fiber optic boards
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
OUT
IN
1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b
1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1a
Figure 6. Fiber Optic Board
a Fiber optic board, connectors (see figure 3 on page 8 and figure 4 on page 9)—
WARNING: Risk of serious physical injury — The FOX matrix switchers fiber
optic I/O boards output continuous invisible light, which may be harmful to the
eyes; use with caution.
• Do not look into the fiber optic cable connectors or into the fiber optic cables.
• Plug the attached dust caps into the optical transceivers when the fiber cable
is unplugged.
NOTES:
• Ensure that you use the proper fiber cable for your I/O board. Typically,
singlemode fiber has a yellow jacket and multimode cable has an orange or
aqua jacket.
• Unlike most Extron transmitters and receivers, which output an optical stream
on one connector in a block and receive a return optical stream on the second
connector in the same block, the FOX matrix switchers uses one connector
on the block as an input and the second connector on the same block as a
separate output.
• All transceiver modules on a fiber optic I/O board,
as delivered from Extron, are configured the same:
either all multimode or all singlemode.
• You can mix multimode and singlemode fiber optic
I/O boards in a FOX matrix switcher, but you must
ensure that you connect the proper transmission
mode fiber cables to the board.
Ä Input connector and LED — For all one-way
video, audio, and serial communications output by a
transmitter, connect a fiber optic cable to the Input LC
connector (see figure 7).
Connect the far end of this fiber optic cable to the
Optical Tx LC connector on a FOXBOX Tx transmitter
or to any other compatible Extron fiber optic device.
NOTES:
• For a FOX 500 transmitter, connect this fiber
optic cable to the Optical 1 LC connector.
• Alternatively, for the serial return, (receiver-to-
transmitter) function, connect the far end of the
cable to the Optical 2 connector on a receiver.
Input LED — See Fiber optic I/O board LED
indications on the next page.
OUT
IN
Extron
Fiber Optic
Transmitter
Extron
Fiber Opti
c
Receiver
FOX
Matrix
Switcher
OPTICAL
LINK LINK
RxTx
Rx is optional
connection
Tx is optional
connection
LINK LINK
RxTx
1b 1a
Figure 7. Optical Connections
FOX Matrix 320x and FOX Matrix 14400 • Installation
11