Abtus MAX-RGB88A/P User manual

Matrix Switcher Operational Manual 2009/06/10 ver:1.1
■MAX-RGB88A/P
1. Front Panel View
Item Description
1. LCD display which shows the current system status
2. “Fn” Function key, entering into setup menu
3. “Up” selection
4. “Down” selection
5. “Enter” key
6. “Esc” key
7. Input Channel Select, Selection of the input port 1 to 8
8. Output Channel Select, Selection of the output port 1 to 8
2. Back Panel View
2
3
4
5
6
1
7 8
2 4 5
6
1 3

Item Description
1. 5xBNC RGBHV Input port 1 to 8
2. Balanced/Unbalanced Audio Input port 1 to 8
3. 5xBNC RGBHV Output port 1 to 8
4. Balance/Unbalance Audio Output port 1 to 8
5. Power Input plug. Before plugging in the power, please check if
power is AC 100~230V, 50/60Hz
6. RS-232 I/O control port
Balanced/Unbalanced Audio connections:

3. Function: 0 Function menu setup page
(1) Entering “Setup Menu page”
To enter “Setup Menu” press the “Fn” button once, LCD Display will shows the
function menu accordingly. Select the relevant function by using the “Up” and
“Down” button and confirm selection by pressing the “Enter” button.
(2) Setting up the I/O port
Enter the setup menu page and select “Set IN/OUT Port” function and press
“Enter”. LCD display will show “Select IN/OUT Port:”
By using the “Up” and “Down” button select the desire switching mode.
i.e. Video/Audio, Video Only or Audio Only and confirm by pressing the “Enter”
button. The LCD display will then show “IN, OUT” and the “Input Select”
buttons will be blinking. Select the desire Input port number by pressing the
respective buttons. Once selected the LCD will displayed the respective Input
port number and the buttons back light will stays ON.
Select the desired Input and Output ports by pressing the Input and Output
Channel Selection buttons or deselect by pressing the same button again.
Steps are as followed:
■Example:
1. Press “Fn” button to enter Setup Menu page, making use of the
Up/Down button and move to “Set Input/Output Port” function and press
“Enter”
2. Enter “Select I/O Port” function and again making use of the Up/Down
button to select the Video and or Audio switching mode i.e. Video/Audio,
Video Only or Audio Only.
Current function selected (0, 1, 2, 3
or 4)
Number of functions su
pp
ort
(
0~4
)
Shows the current “Function”

3. The front panel “Input Select” buttons will be flashing waiting for
selection.
Assuming that the current setup was Input port 1 is routed to Output
port 1 to 8.
Hence, if Input Select CH1 is pressed, all Output Port buttons from 1 to
8 will be lighted. And these Input/Output port number will also be shown
on the LCD display accordingly.
Therefore if any other Input Select Channel (Port 2 to Port 8) is selected
the Output Select Buttons will NOT be lighted up.
“Up” and “Down” can be used to scrow if Output select is more 6
4. And NOW if Input Channel 2 is to be routed to Output port 2, 4, and 5.
The settings up are as follows:
Select the “Input Select” button CH2 and select the “Output Select” Ch2,
Ch4 and CH5. Back light for all selected buttons will be will stays ON.
And these Input and Output port number will also be shown on the LCD
display accordingly.

Press the respective button again to “Cancel” a selection when required
and the respective button will go off together with the displayed port
number on the LCD.
Then press the “Enter” button to confirm and store the setting.
The LCD Menu display will then return to “IN, OUT” page and the “Input
Select” buttons will now flashing waiting for selection.
Repeat step number 3 to set another I/O routing or if different “Video”
and or “Audio” channel switching model is required press “Esc” to return
to “Select I/O Port” page and repeat Step number 2.

And just press the “Enter” button again if other I/O setting is required.
5. Now assuming that the setup was Input Channel 1 was routed to Output
Channel 1, 3, 6, 7 and 8. And to remove the output rout “Output port” 3
and 8. Follows the steps as followed:
Follows the steps as shown:
6. Base on the above steps press “Input Select” CH1 then follow by Output
Select CH3 and CH8. The buttons will stays ON and it LCD display will
the channel selected accusingly.
Press “Enter” to confirm setting.
Notes:
Setting will NOT be stored if “Fn” or “Esc” is press instate of “Enter”
And all setting will remain as before.

(3) Function 1: Video and Audio Gain Control
The Gain adjust function allows user to set the Video/Audio IN and OUT
gain accordingly for every single port independently.
■Steps are as followed:
1. Press “Fn” to enter Function Menu, making use of the Up/Down button
and select “Gain Adjust” function and select Enter for confirmation.
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2. In “Select I/O Gain :” Menu, making used of the Up/Down button to
select the desired channel to be adjusted.
Namely: VIDEO IN Gain or VIDEO OUT Gain, AUDIO IN Gain.
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3. If the above selection was “VIDEO IN Gain” the LCD display will
shows ”Select Port :” accordingly and the INPUT SELECT buttons will
be flashing indicates that the system is waiting for selection.
4. Select the desired IN port by selecting form the INPUT SELECT buttons
Select 1  2 6  4 and press “Enter”. The Input gain level will
then base on port 1 as reference.

5. In the “Gain Level” Menu, and making use of the Up/Down button and
select the desire gain level accordingly and press “Enter” once confirm.
The gain level selected will then be stored accordingly
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The system will then return to “Select Port:” Menu and the “INPUT
SELECT” buttons will be flashing again indicates that the system is
waiting for selection. Repeat step number 3 to select other ports.
If a new I/O Gain selection is required, press “Esc” return to “I/O Gain:”
Menu and repeat steps number 2 accordingly.
Notes:
Setting will NOT be stored if “Fn” or “Esc” is press instate of “Enter”
And all setting will remain as before.

(4) Function 2: Volume Adjust
The Volume adjust function allows user to set the Audio Output volume
accordingly for every single port independence.
■Steps are as followed:
1. Press “Fn” to enter Function Menu, making use of the Up/Down button
and select “Volume Adjust” function and select Enter for confirmation.
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2. In “Select Port:” Menu, “OUTPUT SELECT” buttons will be flashing
indicates that the system is waiting for a selection.
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3. Select the desired Output port by selecting form the OUTPUT SELECT
buttons. Select 2  3  6  4 and press “Enter”. The Output gain
level will then base on port 2 as reference.
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4. In the “Volume Level” Menu, and making use of the Up/Down button
and select the desire Volume level accordingly and press “Enter” once
confirm.
The Volume level selected will then be stored accordingly.

The system will then return to “Select Port:” Menu and the “OUTPUT
SELECT” buttons will be flashing again indicates that the system is
waiting for selection. Repeat step number 2 to select other ports.
To setup a new Volume Setting, returning to the “Volume Adjust:”
function can be done by pressing “Esc” and repeat steps number 2
accordingly.
Notes:
Setting will NOT be stored if “Fn” or “Esc” is press instate of “Enter”
And all setting will remain as before.
(5) Function 3: Save Preset
The “Save Preset” function allows user to store the Audio/Video routing
configuration. A total of 10 different of such configuration can be stored
which also has the availability of “Naming” each of these Preset accordingly.
■Steps are as followed:
1. Press “Fn” to enter Function Menu, making use of the Up/Down button
and select “Save Preset” function and select Enter for confirmation.

2. In “Save to Preset” Menu, again making used of the Up/Down button
and select the desire Preset number. The respective Preset number will
be displayed on LCD display with “<empty>”.
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3. And press “Enter” to confirm the Preset Number selected. A curser will
appear flashing indicate that the system is waiting user to “Name” the
Preset selected. A total of 5 characters can be entered accordingly with
the use of the Up/Down button.
Press “Fn” to back space when required
4. Last press “Enter” to confirm the Preset Name. the “Preset” will be
stored and the system will return to it Main Menu page as shown.
Notes:
Setting will NOT be stored if “Fn” or “Esc” is press instate of “Enter”
And all setting will remain as before.

(6) Function 4: Recall Preset
The “Recall Preset” function allows user to recall a stored Audio/Video routing
configuration preset. A total of 10 different of such configuration can be stored
and recalled base on the setting which also make easy identification with
its different “Naming” for each of these Preset accordingly.
■Steps are as followed:
1. Press “Fn” to enter Function Menu, making use of the Up/Down button
and select “Recall Preset” function and select Enter for confirmation.
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2. In “Load from Preset” Menu, making used of the Up/Down button and
select the desire Preset number. The respective Preset number will be
displayed on LCD display together with the Preset Name “e.g. ROOM1”
accordingly. Press “Enter” to confirm selection.
When a “empty” shown with a Preset, this indicate that there no Preset
stored in the selected Preset Number.

3. Press “Enter” once a selection is confirmed and the system will
executed the function and display will return to it’s main Menu as shown.
If “Enter” is press within a “<empty>” Preset number, the system will
ONLY sound with a beeps indicating an error operation.
(7) Status display and temporally muting the I/O routing setting
■Steps are as followed:
1. Assume that the current routing setting is Video/Audio Input port 3 to
Video/Audio Output port 1, 2, 4 and 6.
In the main Menu, Pressing the “INPUT SELECT” CH3 or “OUTPUT
SELECT” CH1, CH2, CH4 or CH6 the status display will be shown
accordingly and the respective button will stays ON

2. In the main Menu, making the use of the Up/Down button to select the
“VIEW” function and press “Enter” to confirm
3. within the “VIEW” Menu, making the use of the Up/Down button again to
select the desire Video/Audio, Video ONLY or Audio ONLY channel to
be “Viewed”.
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4. If a temporally muting of routing is required. One can select the desire
routing mode i.e. VIDEO/AUDIO for both Video and Audio channel
together, VIDEO for Video ONLY or AUDIO for Audio ONLY by using
the Up/Down button as above.
Then press and hold the desire Input or Output channel directly from the
front panel “INPUT SELECT” or “OUTPUT SELECT” respective for 1 to
2 sec and the respective channel will be temporally “MUTE” and the
button will now stay flashing after two beeps.

Example:
To temporally “MUTE” the Video and Audio of the Input channel 3, in
“VIEW” Menu select “VIDEO/AUDIO mode. Then press and hold the
“INPUT SELECT” button CH3 for 1 to 2 sec till a two beep sound is
heard. Now both the Video and Audio are temporally “MUTE” and the
“INPUT SELECT” CH3 button will the be flashing
Cancelation of the “MUTE” can be done by press and hold the same
button for 1 to 2 sec again till two beeps sound is heard. The button will
stay ON

To temporally “MUTE” the Video/Audio of the Output channel 4, in
“VIEW” Menu select “VIDEO/AUDIO mode. Then press and hold the
“OUTPUT SELECT” button CH4 for 1 to 2 sec till a two beep sound is
heard. Now both the Video and Audio are temporally “MUTE” and the
“OUTPUT SELECT” CH4 button will the be flashing
Cancelation of the “MUTE” can be done by press and hold the same
button for 1 to 2 sec again till two beeps sound is heard. The button will
stay ON
The ‘Use Preset :” within the “VIEW” Menu indicate that the system is
set to rout according to the Preset stored.
“Use Preset : 2” means that there is a “Recall Preset” done and the
system is now routing base of the stored preset number 2

Notes:
All “temporally mute” setting will be reset once any of the following is performed:
1. Power reset
2. “Set IN/OUT” setting
3. “Gain Adjust”
4. “Volume Adjust”
(8) Panel Lock and Unlock
Panel lock, disable the use or control from all the front panel buttons.
In Main Menu, press and hold both Up and Down button for 1 to 2 sec
till two beep sound is heard. And a “Panel Lock” will be displayed
accordingly as shown.
Cancellation of “Panel Lock” can be done by press and hold the
Up/Down button again for 1 to 2 sec till two beeps sound is heard. The
“Panel Lock” will go off accordingly.
Note:
The “Panel Lock” will also be disable once a power reset is performed

(9) System Initial
This will allow the system to be reset to factory preset mode.
■Steps are as followed:
1. Remove the AC power source
2. Press and hold “INPUT SELECT” button CH1 and CH3
3. Then apply AC power source
The LCD Display will shown “SYSTEM INITIAL” indicating the system is now
back to initial setting and it will then return to “Main Menu”

RS-232 Protocol and Control Command
(1) Parameter setting
Baud Rate: 9600 bps
Data Length: 8 bits
Parity: Non parity
Stop bit: One bit
X on/off: None
(2) RS-232 Connection
(3) RS-232 Command Code
Item Function Command Code Return Code
1
Power on SETC10P31 RETC10P31
2
Power off SETC10P30
RETC10P30
3
Panel Lock SETC10L31 RETC10L31
4
Panel Unlock. SETC10L30 SETC10L30
5
Video Source Select. SETC60S3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….
RETC60S3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….

6
Audio Source Select. SETC60g3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….
RETC60g3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….
7
Video/Audio Source
select
SETC60j3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….
RETC60j3xxxyyy
xxx is input source.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is output source.
yyy = 001,002,….
8
Turn off video
channel
SETC40m3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output
z = 1, setting input
xxx is port select.
xxx = 001,002,….
RETC40m3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output port.
z = 1, setting input port.
xxx is port select.
xxx = 001,002,….
9
Turn off audio
channel
SETC40n3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output
z = 1, setting input
xxx is port select.
xxx = 001,002,….
RETC40n3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output port.
z = 1, setting input port.
xxx is port select.
xxx = 001,002,….
10
Turn off video/audio
channel
SETC40p3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output port.
z = 1, setting input port.
xxx is port select.
RETC40p3zxxx
z is in/out port setting.
z = 0, setting output port.
z = 1, setting input port.
xxx is port select.
11
Volume Level Setting SETC70V30xxxyyy.
xxx is output port.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is volume level.
yyy = 001,002,….
If xxx = 000, indicates that Volume
Level will take effect on all the
Audio Output Port.
RETC70V30xxxyyy.
xxx is output port.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is volume level.
yyy = 001,002,….
If xxx = 000, indicates that
Volume Level will take effect on
all the Audio Output Port.
12
Volume Level
up/down
SETC50r30xxxy
xxx is output port.
xxx = 001,002,….
y is up/down setting.
y = 0, Volume up.
y = 1, Volume down.
If xxx = 000, indicates that Volume
Level will take effect on all the
Audio Output Port.
RETC70V30xxxyyy.
xxx is output port.
xxx = 001,002,….
yyy is volume level.
yyy = 001,002,….
If xxx = 000, indicates that
Volume Level will take effect on
all the Audio Output Port.