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User ’s Guide Video and Audio Fiber Optic T ransmitter and Receiver FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V 68-1466-01 Rev . A 10 08.
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FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Quick Start Guide QS-1 Quick Start Guide — FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Step 1 T urn off all equipment or disconnect it from power sour ces. Mount the transmitter and receiver as r equired. Step 2 Connect a low resolution video sour ce to the transmitter using the BNC connections for composite or component sources.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide — FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V , cont’d QS-2 Step 8 Connect the 12 VDC power supply to the transmitter's 2 pole captive screw connector (see page 2-10).
i FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • T able of Contents i Chapter One • Introduction .................................................... 1-1 About this Manual .................................................................... 1-2 About the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V ...
ii FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • T able of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d Windows ® -Based Progra Contr ol .................................... 3-15 Installing the software ........................................................ 3-15 Starting the progra .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Features FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Application Diagram.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Intr oduction Intr oduction About this Manual This manual contains information about the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V family of signal transmitters and receivers, with information on how to mount, install and operate these units.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Intr oduction 1-3 FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Featur es Digitized signal transmission — Ensures perfect image quality . The non-linearity of the ber components does not affect signal quality . Light can be distributed and repeated without signal degradation or compression.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Intr oduction Introduction, cont’d 1-4 FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Application Diagram FOX 2G Tx AV Y/VID I N P U T S RS-232 OVER FIBE R RS-232 REMOTE Tx Rx Tx Rx AUDIO L R ALARM 1 2 R-Y B-Y/C S-VID OPTICAL POWE R 12V 0.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Setup Mounting the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Front Panel Features Rear Panel Features Operation.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup Mounting the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V The 1U high, quarter rack wide units can be placed on a tabletop, mounted in a rack, or mounted under or through a desk or other furniture. In addition, the r eceiver can be mounted close to a projector , using the Extron PMK 350 (PN 70-563-0 x ).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Rack mounting procedur es The units can be mounted in the front or r ear of the: RSU 126 (6" deep, 1U rack shelf kit: PN • 60-190-10 ) RSB 126 (6" deep, 1U basic rack shelf: PN • 60-604-10 ) RSU 129 (9.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-4 Under -desk mounting Mount the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V under a desk or podium using the optional Extron MBU 125 under desk mounting kit (PN 70-077-01 ) as follows: 1 . Remove the rubber feet if these have been installed on the bottom of the unit.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-5 Through-desk mounting Mount the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V through a desk or podium using the optional Extron MBD 129 thr ough-desk mounting kit (PN 70-077-02 ) as follows: 1 . Remove the rubber feet if these have been installed on the bottom of the unit.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-6 Projector mounting Mount the FOX 2G Rx A V above a projector using an optional Extron Pr ojector Mounting Kit. The following intructions apply to the PMK 350 (PN 70-563-0 x ).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-7 8 . Pass the two legs of the U-bolt through the slotted holes in the back of the mounting plate, around the mounting pole, through the holes in the rubber contour ed base, and through the holes in the L bracket (see gure 2-5 below).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-8 Front Panel Featur es The illustration below shows the front panel featur es of the FOX 2G Tx A V (top) and FOX 2G Rx A.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-9 Rear Panel Features The illustration below shows the rear panel featur es of the FOX 2G Tx A V (top) and FOX 2G Rx A V (bottom): FOX 2G Tx AV Y/VID I N P U T S OVER FIBER REMOTE RS-232 Tx Rx Tx Rx AUDIO LR ALARM 12 R-Y B-Y/C S-VID OPTICAL POWER 12V 0.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-10 Operation Power Input 1. Connect the captive screw connector fr om the supplied 12 VDC power supply into the power receptacle. N The FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V does not have a remote powering feature.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-11 Video Connections The FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V accepts a single low resolution video signal (composite, S-video and low resolution component video) and outputs a single low resolution video signal (composite, S-video and low resolution component video).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-12 Audio Connections Audio input to the FOX 2G Tx A V and audio output from the FOX 2G Rx A V are made thr ough the 3.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-13 Alarm The alarm pins, labeled 1 and 2, (see gure at right) on the rear panel of the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V act as a short when activated. They do not produce any discrete on/of f voltage signals but, instead, act as an internal relay that will either connect or disconnect an external alarm circuit.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-14 Fiber Optic Cable Connector The transmitter and receiver units of the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V are connected by an LC duplex SFP connector . Fiber optic link 1 connects the Tx port of the transmitter and the Rx port of the receiver .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup 2-15 Daisy Chain Capability FOX 2G Rx A V receivers have a loop-out mode that allows a signal to be passed from the r eceiver along a daisy chain of to up to ten receivers, with a display device attached to each receiver .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Installation and Setup Installation and Setup, cont’d 2-16.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V 3 Chapter Thr ee Configuration RS-232 Ports RS-232 Control of Tx and Rx Units Simple Instruction Set (SIS) Commands Command/Response T able for SIS Commands Windows ® -Based Control.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration RS-232 Ports Both the FOX 2G Tx A V and FOX 2G Rx A V have a front panel TRS port and a rear panel captive scr ew port, which can provide SIS commands to congure the tranmitter/r eceiver settings when connected to a control device.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration As an alternative to the front panel TRS port, the RS-232 Remote port, on the rear panel, uses thr ee connectors in a 5-pole captive screw connector .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-4 RS-232 Control of Tx and Rx Units When the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V is congured by RS-232 commands, some commands are pr ocessed by the transmitter and others are pr ocessed by the receiver .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-5 Simple Instruction Set (SIS ™ ) Commands Introduction to SIS SIS commands consist of a string (one or more characters per command eld). For the FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V , apart from setting audio gain ("G") and attenuation ("g"), upper and lower case characters may be used interchangeably .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-6 Symbols used in this manual When programming in the eld, certain characters ar e most conveniently repr esented by the hexadecimal equivalent of their ASCII value.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-7 X$ — Output video type 0 = Follow input type 6 = Component 7 = S-video 8 = Composite X% — Audio gain (0 to 10) X^ — Audio attenuation (-18 to 0) X& .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-8 Command/Response T able for SIS Commands Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Input vide.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-9 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Adjust contrast Specify contrast value X@ ^ Con X@] Sets contrast value for .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-10 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Output video format Specify output setting 6* X$ #.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-11 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Increment audio level +G +g Aud X&] Aud X&] Increases gain (G) or attenuation (g) by 1.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-12 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Auto Image T rigger 55*2# Img ] Returns video adju.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-13 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Information Request General information I 1Link X# •2Link X# •V id X# .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-14 Command ASCII Command (host to unit) Response (unit to host) Additional description Status Request V iew Link 1 Status 1S X#] Displays.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-15 Windows ® -Based Program Contr ol The Extron FOX Extender W indows Control Program (WCP) communicates with the transmitter and receiver pair via the r ear panel Remote RS-232 port or front panel Conguration port of either unit.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-16 3 . Select the Com port to which your transmitter or receiver is connected and click Connect . The Communication Setup window closes and the FOX Extender WCP window comes into focus (see gur e 3-6).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-17 Loop-out indicator — • Only visible if the computer is connected to the receiver . Link 1 indicator — • Shows green when the r eceiver detects light on Link 1 (connecting the Tx port of the transmitter to the Rx port of the receiver).
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-18 Video Adjustment ar ea The V ideo Adjustment ar ea allows adjustments to the color , tint, contrast, and brightness of the picture that is displayed.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-19 Advanced Configuration area Figure 3-12 — Advanced Configuration ar ea Link 2/Daisy Chain Mode — Provides radio buttons to choose the mode for the receiver's Tx port. If it is connected to the transmitter , the link may be enabled or disabled.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-20 Audio Adjustment area Figure 3-13 — Audio Adjustment ar ea Audio Gain/Attenuation — Provides a click and drag slider control to select the input audio gain or attenuation value, fr om -18 dB to +10 dB in 1.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration 3-21 Firmware for FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V Firmware can be downloaded onto the unit fr om the Extron W eb site (www .extron.com). The transmitter and receiver r equire differ ent rmware and must both be upgraded separately .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Conguration Configuration, cont’d 3-22.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V A Appendix A Refer ence Information Specifications Included Parts Optional Accessories.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Refer ence Information A-2 Specifications N The FOX 2G A V consists of a transmitter (FOX 2G Tx A V) and a receiver (FOX 2G Rx A V) with one or two fiber optic cables linking the two units.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation A-3 Maximum receiver sensitivity Singlemode ......................... -18 dBm, typical Multimode .......................... -12 dBm, typical Optical loss budget Singlemode ......................... 13 dB, maximum Multimode .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Reference Information, co nt’ d Return loss ...................................... <-40 dB @ 5 MHz DC offset ......................................... + 350 mV , maximum, with input at 0 offset V ideo delay .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Control/r emote Serial control ports on each unit (transmitter and r eceiver) Control ................................ 1 RS-232, 3.5 mm captive screw connector , 5 pole (3 pins are used) (r ear panel) 1 RS-232, 2.
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Reference Information, co nt’ d Product weight .............................. 0.8 lbs (0.4 kg) Shipping weight ........................... 3 lbs (2 kg) per unit V ibration ................................
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Included Parts Included parts Replacement part number (1) FOX 2G Tx A V MM (transmitter) 60-941-1 1 or (1) FOX 2G Tx A V SM (transmitter) 60-941-12 or (1) .
FOX 2G Tx/Rx A V • Reference Inforation Reference Information, co nt’ d A-8.
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