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B-500-MTRX-230 Installation Manual
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7.10.2. IR Pass-Through from Rooms to Sources
ThediagramaboveillustratesatypicalinstallationwithaB-500-MTRX-230wherealloftheequipmentisbeing
controlledbyIRremotesineachoutputzone.
• Ineachroomwithaconnecteddisplay,anentry-leveluniversalIRremoteisbeingusedtocontrolthedisplay
andsourcesinuse.CustomprogrammingsetupineachremotebytheinstallersendsIRcommandsoutofthe
remotemeantforthedisplaydeviceintheroom,thesources,andthematrixswitchersimultaneously.Thematrix
commandsareprogrammedtobesentautomaticallyasneededsotheenduseronlyhastoselectthesourcethey
want to watch.
• Tomakethissystemworkseamlessly,twoadvancedIRoptionshavebeenenabledinthematrixswitcher
CongurationUtility“OtherSettings”menu:IRSourceRoutingandIRMatrixControlfromroom.
  ᵒ IRSourceRoutingallowsthecommandsfromtheroomtoberouteddirectlytothesourceselectedtobe
displayedintheroom.ThissimpliesIRroutingbecauseonlyoneasherhastoconnecttothesource.
  ᵒ IRMatrixControlsetsthematrixswitchersothatanycommandsentfromanyHDBaseToutputtocontrol
thematrixisautomaticallyreceivedinternally,eliminatingtheneedforanexternalconnectionbacktothe
matrixforcontrol.
   SeeSection9.AdvancedSetupUsingtheCongurationUtilityonpage22formoreinformationon
changing these settings.
• Whenthecommandsaresent,thedisplaydeviceiscontrolleddirectlybytheremote.Thecommandsforthe
matrixswitcherandsourcesarepickedupbytheIRreceiverconnectedtotheB-500-RX-230-IRandsentbackto
thecorrectIROUTPUTTOSOURCEportandtothematrix.
• Whenthesystemisinuse,iftwooutputsareconnectedtothesameinput,thesourcewillchangeonbothoutputs
withanycommandsentsinceitcan’tsendtwoHDMIstreamsatonce.Thismustbeconsideredwhendecidingon
thesourcestoconnectfordistribution.
Example:Inahomewithvedisplaysconnected,ifusersineveryroomwanttowatchsatelliteon
differentchannels,theremustbevesatellitereceiverssetupassources.Withcustomprogramming,
eachoutputcanbeprogrammedtouseonlyoneofthesatellitesourceinputs,givingeachoutputa
dedicated satellite box while allowing other less-used sources to connect to any output.
12V DC 11.2A
INPUT
IR INPUT
TO ROOM
IR INPUT
TO ROOM
IR OUTPUT
TO SOURCE
IR OUTPUT
TO SOURCE
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UTPUTS
12V DC 11.2A
INPUT
LINK
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ON
B-500-RX-230-IR
PLAY
HDMI Source
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HDMI Source
IR Flasher
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HDMI HDMI
HDTV
IR Receiver IR Receiver
B-500-RX-230-IR
HDMI
IR Receiver
HDMI
IR Receiver
Cat5e/6 Cat5e/6
Projector