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B-500-MTRX-230-8x8 Installation Manual
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7.10. IR Application Diagrams
7.10.1. IR Pass-Through from Control System
ThediagramaboveillustratesatypicalinstallationwithaB-500-MTRX-230-8X8wherealloftheequipmentisbeing
controlledbyacontrolsystemthatusesRF(RadioFrequency)remotesineachoutputzone.
• TheRFremotestransmitcommandsbacktothecontrolsystemwhichthensendscommandstoeachdevice
beingcontrolled.Customprogrammingbytheinstallersetsthecontrolsystemuptoautomaticallyswitchinputs
andoutputsinthematrixswitcherasneeded,sotheenduseronlyhastoselectthesourcetheywanttowatch.
• Eachdisplay(onlyoneispicturedforreference)requiringIRcontrolisconnectedtothesystemviatheHDBaseT
outputofthematrixswitcher.Cat5e/6cableconnectstoaB-500-RX-230-IRReceiver,whichisattachedtothe
displayviaHDMIforsignal.AnIRasherconnectedtotheIRasherportsendstheIRcommandstothedisplay.
Sourcesaredirectlycontrolledbythecontrolsystem.
• IRcontrolfordisplaysisroutedfromthecontrolsystemtothematrixswitcherusing3.5mmmonominicables
pluggedintoIRINPUTTOROOMports.ThecommandspassfromamatrixswitcherporttotheHDBaseToutput
ofthesamenumber.Inthediagramthemonocableusedtosendcommandstotheoutput8zoneispluggedinto
IRINPUTTOROOMport8.Thisallowsdiscretecontrolofeachdisplayconnected,eveniftheyaremodelswith
thesamecodes.
• SomedisplaysandprojectorscanbecontrolledbyothermethodsthanIR.TheprojectorpicturedfeaturesIP
control,soitisreceivingcommandsfromthecontrolsystemoveranEthernetconnection.AnHDMIcableis
connectingittothematrixswitcheroutputsinceitisinstalledcloseenoughtotheequipmentandrequiresnoIR
asher.
• 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cablebox,whileallowingotherless-usedsourcestoconnecttoanyoutput.
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IR IN
ALL IR OUT
B-500-RX-230-IR
IR Outputs
RS232
IR Inputs
Projector
RS232 Cable
HDMI
HDMI
Cat5e/6
HDMI
PLAY
HDMI Source
256
HDMI
Source
IR Flasher
IR Flasher
3.5mm Mono
HDMI
HDTV
IR Flasher
Cat5e/6
Ethernet Connection
Cat5e/6Ethernet Connection