Extron Electronics Fiber Matrix 6400 User Manual

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Fiber Matrix 6400 Switcher • Installation

Fiber optic connectors and LEDs —

This unit outputs continuous invisible light, which may be harmful and
dangerous to the eyes; use with caution. For additional safety, plug the
attached dust caps into the optical transceivers when the fiber optic cable is
unplugged.

N Ensure that you use the proper fiber cable for your I/O board. Typically, singlemode

fiber has a yellow jacket and multimode cable has an orange jacket.

N Unlike the FOX 500 transmitters and receivers, which output an optical stream

on one connector in a block and receive a return optical stream on the second
connector in the same block, the Fiber Matrix 6400 uses one connector on the block as
an input and the second connector on the same block as a separate output.

Input connector — For all one-

way video, audio, and/or serial

communications output by a

transmitter, connect a fiber optic cable

to the Input LC connector.

Connect the free end of this fiber optic

cable to the Optical 1 LC connector

on a FOX 500 Tx transmitter or to

any other compatible Extron FOX 500

device.

Or, for the FOX 500 serial return, (receiver-

to-transmitter) function, connect the free end

to the Optical 2 connector on a FOX 500 Rx
receiver

Input LED —

When lit, the link is

active (light is received).

Output connector — For all one-

way video, audio, and/or serial

communications output to a receiver,

connect a fiber optic cable to the

Output LC connector.

Connect the free end of this fiber optic

cable to the Optical 1 LC connector on

a FOX 500 Rx receiver or to any other

compatible Extron FOX 500 device

Or, for the FOX 500 serial return, (receiver-

to-transmitter) function, connect the

free end to the Optical 2 connector on
a FOX 500 Tx transmitter

Output LED —

Light is always

output, even when no input is

tied to the output. This LED is always lit.

BNC connectors —

Multi-rate SDI Input connectors — Connect HD-SDI, SDI, or

3G-SDI video inputs to these BNC connectors.

Multi-rate SDI Output connectors — Connect digital displays

to these BNC connectors.

OUT

OPTICAL

2* 1

OPTIONAL FOR

RETURN DATA

LINK

OPTICAL

FOX 500 Tx

Transmitter

FOX 500 Rx

Receiver

Fiber Matrix

6400

Switcher

1 2*

OPTIONAL FOR

RETURN DATA

LINK

Figure 2-3 — Optical connections