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Orion X Installation and Operations Manual
Setting Up Matrix Cascading through the OSD
Select
Configuration > EXT Units
in the main menu of the master matrix.
Figure 68. Setting Up Matrix Cascading Through the OSD
1. Press the
New
button. A new Extender Unit that is to be connected with Tie Lines will be created.
2. Enter an appropriate extender name in the
Name
field.
3. Enter a port number in the
Port
field based where the Tie Line is to be connected.
4. If the Tie Line’s direction is to be from the Sub Matrix to the Master Matrix, set the
Cascade-CON
option to
Y
(
C#1
) in the
Input Signals
column. If the Tie Line’s direction is to be from the Master Matrix
to the Sub Matrix, set the
Cascade-CPU
option to
Y
(
C#1
) in the
Output Signals
column.
5. Save the settings by pressing the
Okay
button.
6. If a Master/Slave CON Unit was created, select
Configuration > CON Devices
in the main menu of
the master matrix and press the
New R
button. A switchable CON Device will be created.
7. If a Master/Slave CPU Unit was created, select
Configuration > CPU Devices
in the main menu of the
master matrix and press the
New R
button. A switchable CPU Device will be created.
8. Enter an appropriate Device name in the
Name
field.
9. Assign the previously configured Extender Unit to the newly created Device by moving the Unit’s
definition from the
Ext available
field to the
Ext assigned
field and save the settings.
10. Select
Configuration > EXT Units
in the main menu of the Sub matrix, and repeat steps 1 to 9 for the
Sub Matrix.
11. Select
Configuration > System
in the main menu of the Sub Matrix and set the
Sub Matrix
option to
Y
. The OSD of the Sub Matrix will immediately freeze and will be only accessible by using the keyboard
command <'Hot Key'>, <s>, <o>.
12. Restart all I/O boards on which any Master/Slave CON or CPU Units have been configured, or
alternatively restart the matrix switches.
13. Connect the Tie Lines to the matrix switches. Ensure that each
Master/Slave CON
on one matrix is
connected to the
Master/Slave CPU
on the other matrix to achieve the ability to switch between the
two matrices.
The Matrix Cascading is now configured and ready be used. Additional Tie Lines can be configured as needed.
The use of cascading is described in the Operations section.
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