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Orion XC Installation and Operations Manual

Setting Up Matrix Cascading through the OSD

 Select Configuration > EXT Units in the main menu of the master matrix.

Figure 75. Setting Up Matrix Cascading Through the OSD

1. Press the New button. A new Extender Unit that is to be connected with Tie Lines will be created.

2. Enter an appropriate extender name in the Name field.

3. Enter a port number in the Port field based where the Tie Line is to be connected.

4. If the Tie Line’s direction is to be from the Sub Matrix to the Master Matrix, set the Cascade-CON

option to Y (C#1) in the Input Signals column. If the Tie Line’s direction is to be from the Master

Matrix to the Sub Matrix, set the Cascade-CPU option to Y (C#1) in the Output Signals column.

5. Save the settings by pressing the Okay button.

6. If a Master/Slave CON Unit was created, select Configuration > CON Devices in the main menu

of the master matrix and press the New R button. A switchable CON Device will be created.

7. If a Master/Slave CPU Unit was created, select Configuration > CPU Devices in the main menu

of the master matrix and press the New R button. A switchable CPU Device will be created.

8. Enter an appropriate Device name in the Name field.

9. Assign the previously configured Extender Unit to the newly created Device by moving the Unit’s

definition from the Ext available field to the Ext assigned field and save the settings.

10. Select Configuration > EXT Units in the main menu of the Sub matrix, and repeat steps 1 to 9 for

the Sub Matrix.

11. Select Configuration > System in the main menu of the Sub Matrix and set the Sub Matrix option

to Y. The OSD of the Sub Matrix will immediately freeze and will be only accessible by using the

keyboard command <'Hot Key'>, <s>, <o>.

12. Restart all I/O boards on which any Master/Slave CON or CPU Units have been configured, or

alternatively restart the matrix switches.

13. Connect the Tie Lines to the matrix switches. Ensure that each Master/Slave CON on one matrix

is connected to the Master/Slave CPU on the other matrix to achieve the ability to switch between

the two matrices.

The Matrix Cascading is now configured and ready be used. Additional Tie Lines can be configured as

needed. The use of cascading is described in the Operations section.