Binary B-500-MTRX-230-4x4 - IR Pass-Through from Rooms to Sources

B-500-MTRX-230-4x4 Installation Manual
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7.10.2. IR Pass-Through from Rooms to Sources
ThediagramaboveillustratesatypicalinstallationwithaB-500-MTRX-230-4X4wherealloftheequipmentisbeing
controlledbyIRremotesineachoutputzone.
• In each room with a connected display, an entry-level universal IR remote is being used to control the display
andsourcesinuse.CustomprogrammingsetupineachremotebytheinstallersendsIRcommandsoutofthe
remotemeantforthedisplaydeviceintheroom,thesources,andthematrixswitchersimultaneously.Thematrix
commandsareprogrammedtobesentautomaticallyasneededsotheenduseronlyhastoselectthesourcethey
want to watch.
• To make this system work seamlessly, two advanced IR options have been enabled in the matrix switcher
CongurationUtility“OtherSettings”menu:IRSourceRoutingandIRMatrixControlfromroom.
 o IR Source Routing allows the commands from the room to be routed directly to the source selected to be
displayedintheroom.ThissimpliesIRroutingbecauseonlyoneasherhastoconnecttothesource.
 o IRMatrixControlsetsthematrixswitchersothatanycommandsentfromanyHDBaseToutputtocontrolthe
matrixisautomaticallyreceivedinternally,eliminatingtheneedforanexternalconnectionbacktothematrix
forcontrol.SeeSection9.AdvancedSetupUsingtheCongurationUtilityonpage20formoreinformationon
changing these settings.
• Whenthecommandsaresent,thedisplaydeviceiscontrolleddirectlybytheremote.Thecommandsforthematrix
switcherandsourcesarepickedupbytheIRreceiverconnectedtothe B-500-RX-230-IR and sent back to the
correctIROUTPUTTOSOURCEportandtothematrix.
• Whenthesystemisinuse,iftwooutputsareconnectedtothesameinput,thesourcewillchangeonbothoutputs
withanycommandsentsinceitcan’tsendtwoHDMIstreamsatonce.Thismustbeconsideredwhendecidingon
thesourcestoconnectfordistribution.
Example: In a home with four displays connected, if users in every room want to watch satellite on different
channels, there must be four satellite receivers set up as sources. With custom programming, each output
can be programmed to use only one of the satellite source inputs, giving each output a dedicated cable box
while allowing other less-used sources to connect to any output.
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1 3
2 4
1 3
2 4
24V DC 2.7A
Projector
PLAY
HDMI Source HDMI Source
HDTV
IR Receiver
IR Receiver
B-500-RX-230-IR
IR Receiver
IR Receiver
HDMI
HDMI
IR Flasher IR Flasher
HDMI
B-500-RX-230-IR
HDMI
Cat5e/6Cat5e/6