User Guide Manual

SMX System MultiMatrix Switcher • Operation 15

Control Buttons

d Control selection buttons — These four buttons give direct access to the enter

(save), preset, view, and Esc (exit) controls. Each button has a separate function.

NOTES:

• See Conﬁguring the Rear Panel RS232/RS422 Port on page 26 for serial

port conﬁguration details.

• See Setting the Front Panel Locks (Executive Modes) on page 25 for

executive modes details.

Enter button — The Enter button flashes green when a change to an input or output

tie is pending, or red when a preset recall is pending. Pressing the flashing button saves

the change or recalls the preset, and the Enter button and any lit input and output

buttons extinguish (see Front Panel Operation on page 16).

Preset button — The Preset button gives access to recall or save up to 32 global

presets (using I/O buttons 1 through 16), and 10 plane presets (using input buttons 1

through 10). The button lights red when pressed. Upon recalling or saving the preset,

the button and all input and output buttons (lit red) are extinguished (see Front Panel

Operation on page 16 and Saving and Recalling I/O Presets on page 22).

NOTE: Global presets save and recall the configuration for all planes. Plane presets

save and recall the configurations for a specific plane without affecting the other

plane connections.

View (

) button — This button, when pressed and released, lights red and allows

quick viewing of existing input and output ties. When the button is lit, after selecting

a plane and an associated input, muted outputs flash and untied outputs light the

appropriate signal color (red, green, or amber). Tied outputs remain unlit.

NOTE: Use this button to decrease settings for RGB delay, input audio level, and

output audio volume. This button also mutes and unmutes outputs (see Muting or

Unmuting a Video, Audio, or Video and Audio Output on page 20).

Esc (>) button — This button, when pressed, flashes green once and all lit control,

plane, input, and output buttons are extinguished.

NOTE: Use this button to increase the RGB delay, input audio level, and output

audio volume.

Also, when used in combination, the buttons have the following functions:

Control Button Combination Function

Enter Preset View Esc Selects the serial port configuration.

Preset View Esc Toggles between executive modes 2x and 0x.

View Esc Toggles between executive modes 2x and 1x

or initiates a system reset.

Power Indicator LEDs

e Power indicator LEDs — These two LEDs, labeled “Main” and “I/O Cards,” light green

when power is applied to the unit. The LEDs light red when the main or redundant

power supply fails.