Extron Electronics FPC 5500 - Manual (Page 27)

Extron FPC 5500 • Matrix System Operation 21
In the following procedures, access to a specific screen is described by assuming you are
beginning at the startup screen and listing the color of the buttons and their displayed
message, in order, separated by a > symbol. For example, to access the Make Ties screen,
touch the blue User > amber I/O > green Make Ties buttons.
NOTE: The button progression lists all buttons that may be necessary to access a
specific screen. You will frequently find that you do not need to touch one of the
buttons listed, either because it is selected by default or it is selected because
you are already in that family of functions and screens. You can omit touching
those buttons, but there is no effect if you do touch them.
User Screens
The User family of screens include the I/O screens (four View Ties and two Make Ties
screens—the most-recently-viewed I/O View Ties screen is the default screen), the Preset
screens (Global Preset and Room Preset), the Mute screen, and the DSVP screen.
I/O Screens
There are six I/O screens: four for viewing ties and two for making ties. When you touch
the amber I/O button, the FPC displays one of the View Ties screens by default. The green
Make Ties button on the screen changes when touched; it is labeled Make Ties on the
View Ties screen and View Ties on the Make Ties screen. To toggle between the two
screens, touch the green Make Ties or View Ties button.
NOTE: On a Matrix 12800 system, each screen has a Signal Type field that indicates
in green those signal types for which the matrix has been virtualized. If the
switcher is not configured for a given signal type, that indicator remains white.
To update each I/O screen, touch the Update button . This will ensure that the
configuration that is displayed reflects ties created from other control points (such as other
FPCs, the Windows Matrix Control program, or an RS-232 connection).
Viewing Ties
There are three ways to view ties (see figure 20 on page 22):
• View which input is tied to a selected output on the View Ties: input-by-output-selection
screen (
a ).
• View which output is tied to a selected input on the View Ties: outputs-by-input
selection screen (
b ).
• View all ties on either View Ties: alternate view screen ( c and d ).