Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MT110-100/102 Altinex
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MULTITASKER ™ MANUAL PART NUMBER: 400 - 0132 - 00 5 16 - IN, 8 - OUT AUDIO MATRIX SWITCHER CARD FOR MULTI TASKER ™ USER’S GUIDE MT110 - 10 0/102.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 1 1 TA BLE OF CONTENTS Page PRECAUTIONS / SAFETY WA RNINGS ............... 2 GENERAL .......................................................... 2 INSTALLATION ................................................. 2 CLEANING .
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 2 2 PRECA UTIONS / SA FETY WA RNINGS 1 Please read this manual carefully before using you r MT110 - 100/102 . Keep this manual handy for future reference. These safety instructions are to ensure the long life of your MT110 - 100/102 and to prevent fire and shock hazard.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 3 3 AB OUT YOUR MT110 - 100/102 2 MT 110 - 100/102 16- In 8 -O ut Audio Matrix Switcher Card The MT110 - 100 and MT110 - 102 are b alanced input Audio Matrix S witching Cards. Each card allows any input to be independently switched to any of the outputs.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 4 4 DESCRIPTION OF MT110 - 100/102 4.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 5 5 AP PLICA TION DIA GRA M 5 Diagram 1 : TYPICA L SETUP.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 6 6.
MULTITASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 7 7 Diagram 2 : Inte rnal View MT110 - 100 OUT 1 TERMINAL BLOCKS OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 OUT 5 OUT 6 MATRIX SWITCHER + - IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 TERMINAL BLOCKS IN 5 IN 6 IN 7 .
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 8 Diagram 3 : Internal View MT110 - 10 2 OUT 1 TERMINAL BLOCKS OUT 2 S/W GAIN OUT 3 OUT 4 OUT 5 OUT 6 MATRIX SWITCHER + - IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 TERMINAL BLOCKS IN 5 I.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 9 INSTA LLING YOUR MT110 - 100/102 6 Step 1. Turn off power to the MultiTasker™ enclosure. Step 2. Slide the MT110 - 100/102 into an available slot in the MultiTasker™ Basic E nclosure in order to connect to the bus.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 10 The Card ID is a unique identifier. It is equal to the enclosure slot number, or it may be an assigned value. As the slot number, the value can range from 1 to 4 up to 1 to 20 depending on the enclosure. If the value is assigned, the ID may be a maximum of 99.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 11 Example: If Input 1 is connected to all outputs, but only 1 through 4 are on, the feedback after sending the command [C4S], for slot 4, would be similar to the f.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 12 The matrix I/O connections are also read left to right representing outputs 1-8 and the input to which each is connected. The first two digits show the input nu mber to which Output 1 is connected. The third and forth digits are for Output 2 and so on.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 13 PATH OPERATION The path for outputs on the same or multiple cards may be preloaded. This will set the path for the output, but it is not active until the switch command, [SW ], is executed. Commands e nding in ‘P’ are not executed immediately.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 14 If ‘F’ is included, use th e [OFFmCnPF] command or the [OFFmCnFP] command. FEEDBACK OPERATION After processing a command, an “OK” or “[ERR001]” will be returned as feedback if ‘F’ is included at the end of a command string.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 15 Command Format: [ImO * CnUi] m = Input (m = # from 1 to 8) Cn = Card ID (n = slot # from 1 to max slots) Ui = Unit ID (i = # from 0 to 9) Example: Connect Input 1 to all outputs for the MT110 - 10 2 in slot 5. Send the command [I1O*C5] and Input 1 will be co nnected to all outputs.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 16 Some cards require more than one slot in the MultiT asker™ system. As an example, some matrix switcher cards require 4 slots. If there are five of these cards installed, they would be numbered C4, C8, C12, C16 and C20.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 17 Connect the computer to the second unit only and send [SID+20] to set the ID of all the cards in the enclosure to their slot number plus 20.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 18 Example: Group 5 consists of the cards located in slots number 2 , 4 and 6 . Remove all cards from the group by sending the command [RMG 5 ]. The system will return the following feedback: [G 5 =0] REMOVE ALL GROUPS Remove all the members from every group, effectively deleting all groups.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 19 Example: There is an MT110 - 10 2 card in slot 8. Adjust the volume level on Out put 2. The current level is set to 10. After sending the following commands, a better le vel of 15 is obtained: 1. [SEL2C8] The current out put level is 10.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 20 35. [RDN] MT110 - 10 2 ONLY This command ramps the output volume down to a level of 00 at a rate defined using the [ RAMP] command.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 21 39. [RDNm=xx] MT110 - 10 2 ONLY This command ramps a specified output ’s volume down to a user defined level at a rate defined using the [RAMP] command.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 22 43. [MUT0] MT 110 - 10 2 ONLY This command turns on the all the outputs without changing the input port selected and without changing any volume settings.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 23 Example: In order to display the RS - 232 commands available for the MT110 - 10 2 card in slot 2, send the command [HELPC2] . The commands along with a brief descri ption will be displayed in the t erminal w indow.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 24 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 8 We have carefully tested and have found no problems in the supplied MT110 - 10 0 /10 2 ; however, we would like to offer suggestions for t he following: 8.1 LED IS NOT LIT Cause 1: Card cage is not plugged in.
M ULTI TASKER ™ 400 - 0132 - 00 5 25 Solution 2 : Set the volume of the destination amplifier to a reasonable level . If there is still no sound, call ALTINEX at (714) 990 - 2300. 8.4. DISTORTED SOUND Cause 1: The source level is above 1Vp -p Solution: Make sure that the source level is below 1V p - p.
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