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B-500-MTRX-230-8x8 Installation Manual
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7.10.2. IR Pass-Through from Rooms to Sources
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Engineered in the USA
Manufactured in Taiwan
IR IN
ALL IR OUT
B-500-RX-230-IR
Projector
HDMI
Cat5e/6
HDMI
PLAY
HDMI Source
256
HDMI Source
IR Flasher
IR Flasher
HDMI
HDTV
IR Receiver
IR Receiver
B-500-RX-230-IR
Cat5e/6
IR Receiver
IR Receiver
HDMI
ThediagramaboveillustratesatypicalinstallationwithaB-500-MTRX-230-8X8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20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 cable box while allowing other less-used sources to connect to any output.