Extron Electronics Fiber Matrix 6400 - Manual (Page 7)

Refer also to the Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher User’s Manual at www.extron.com .
N The FOX 500 transmitter-to-receiver communications,
including the serial link, occupy one matrix switcher input
and output.
This matrix switcher also supports the FOX 500 return
(receiver-to-transmitter) serial communications, but
returning this signal stream to the transmitter occupies a
separate matrix switcher input and output.
Configurability and transmission modes
The Fiber Matrix is assembled from individual input/output
(I/O) boards. The switcher can include up to eight I/O boards,
each of which supports eight inputs by eight outputs. The three
types of I/O boards are:
• Singlemode fiber optic 8x8 I/O board, equipped with
removable fiber optic transceiver modules
• Multimode fiber optic 8x8 I/O board, equipped with
removable fiber optic transceiver modules
• SDI/HD-SDI 8x8 I/O board, equipped with permanent
BNC connectors
N As listed above, two versions of the fiber optic I/O boards
are documented in this manual. They are categorized by
the type of fiber optic cable, multimode or singlemode,
which defines the effective range of transmission:
• Singlemode — Very long distance, up to 30 km
(18.75 miles)
• Multimode — Long distance, up to 150 m (450 feet)
By adding or removing I/O boards, you can expand and
contract the Fiber Matrix from an 8-input by 8-output matrix to
a 64-input by 64-output matrix.
N On a fiber optic I/O board as delivered from Extron, all
transceiver modules are configured the same: either all
multimode or all singlemode. You can mix multimode
and singlemode fiber optic I/O boards in a Fiber Matrix
switcher, but you must ensure that you connect the proper
transmission mode fiber cables to the board.
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Chapter Two
Installation
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Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher • Introduction
Introduction, cont’d
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Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher