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a) For buttons that not set by default, assignment is required in the Setup 
menu.
b) Dual background bus mode can be selected.
c) Can also be assigned using utility bus mode.
d) Can be assigned to the 1st row and 2nd row in key bus mode, or to the 1st 
row to 4th row in free assign mode.
Dual background bus mode
You can select the background A bus (3rd row) shifted 
signal in the 1st row, and the background B bus (4th row) 
shifted signal in the 2nd row.
To set dual background bus mode, press the [DUAL 
BKGD BUS] button on the cross-point pad, turning it on.
• The [DUAL BKGD BUS] button requires an assignment 
to have been made in the Setup menu (see page 434).
• For the following state of the switcher banks, dual 
background bus mode is not available.
- When set to [Dual M/E Assign]
- When the operation mode (M/E Config) is set to DSK 
mode
• Not available in free assign mode.
Utility bus mode
The following buses can be assigned to the 1st row to 4th 
row while the [UTIL] button is pressed on the cross-point 
pad of the cross-point control block.
While the [UTIL] button is pressed, the cross-point pad 
displays buttons for utility bus mode, and you can switch 
the assignment in the 2nd row by pressing the [DME 
UTL1] button or [DME UTL2] button.
• 1st row: DME external video bus
• 2nd row: DME utility 1 bus (when [DME UTL1] button 
indicator is lit) or DME utility 2 bus (when [DME 
UTL2] button indicator is lit)
• 3rd row: Utility 1 bus
• 4th row: Utility 2 bus
You can change the bus assignments of the 1st row to 4th 
row in the Setup menu. The following bus assignments are 
supported.
- Background A bus, B bus
- Key 1 bus to key 8 bus
The [UTIL] button operation can be set to hold mode or 
lock mode.
For details, see “Setting Utility Bus Mode” (page 437) 
and “Setting the [UTIL] button operation mode” 
(page 432).
• Not available in key/AUX bus delegation mode and free 
assign mode.
• Not available when dual background bus mode is set.
• If a key bus is assigned using the [UTIL] button, the key 
source signal cannot be selected.
Signal Assignment and Selection
Assigning signals to buttons
Each cross-point button has a button number, which you 
use to assign a signal.
Signals input to the input connectors (primary inputs) and 
signals generated within the switcher can be selected.
Each button has assigned to it a video signal and a key 
signal, forming a pair. You can set the video and key 
combinations in the Setup menu.
For details, see “Creating Cross-Point Assign Tables” 
(page 414).
AUX bus control 
block (AUX bus 
operation mode)
M/E-1 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-2 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-3 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-4 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-5 key 1 to key 8 source buses
P/P key 1 to key 8 source buses
3rd row, 4th row Press the following buttons in the 1st row/2nd 
row, turning them on.
[M/E1 KEY1 K] to [M/E1 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E2 KEY1 K] to [M/E2 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E3 KEY1 K] to [M/E3 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E4 KEY1 K] to [M/E4 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E5 KEY1 K] to [M/E5 KEY8 K] buttons
[P/P KEY1 K] to [P/P KEY8 K] buttons
M/E-1 DME external video bus
M/E-2 DME external video bus
M/E-3 DME external video bus
M/E-4 DME external video bus
M/E-5 DME external video bus
P/P DME external video bus
3rd row, 4th row Press the following buttons in the 1st row/2nd 
row, turning them on.
[M/E1 DME EXT] button
[M/E2 DME EXT] button
[M/E3 DME EXT] button
[M/E4 DME EXT] button
[M/E5 DME EXT] button
[P/P DME EXT] button
DME utility 1 bus
DME utility 2 bus
3rd row, 4th row Press the [DME UTIL1] and [DME UTIL2] 
buttons in the 1st row/2nd row, turning them on.
Control block Bus name Cross-point button 
rows
Delegation operation
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