Honeywell VideoBloX User manual

900.0855 - 10/06 – Rev 1.00
User Manual
VideoBloX
Matrix Switcher Chassis Only

History
Issue Date Revisions
Document 900.0855
1.0 October 2006 Initial Release
Rev 1.00 900.0855
10/06

VideoBloX User Manual
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Contents
Compliances and Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CANADIAN COMPLIANCE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EUROPEAN COMPLIANCE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EXPLANATION OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SYSTEM OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
RACK MOUNT SYSTEM CHASSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
REMOVING A MODULE FROM A VIDEOBLOX CHASSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INSTALLING A MODULE IN A VIDEOBLOX CHASSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 REAR CHASSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
POWER SUPPLY MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4U, 8U, 12U Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2U Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main Input Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Low Voltage Input Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chassis Sync In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CHASSIS EXPANSION DRIVER BOARD, HVBCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control Expansion Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Communications Expansion Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control Expansion and Communication Connector Pin-Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CONNECTING MULTIPLE CHASSIS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Two Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Three Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RESET PUSH BUTTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SYNC PHASE ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
LED INDICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3 VIDEO INPUT MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CROSS LINK VIDEO INPUT MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
VideoBloX Switching System with 128 Video Outputs (2 chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
VideoBloX Switching System with 192 Video Outputs (3 Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HVB16M16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
HVB16M32 and HVB16M64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LED INDICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Video Input Gain Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 VIDEO OUTPUT MODULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
VIDEO OUTPUT GAIN ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OUTPUT RANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5 TITLED VIDEO OUTPUT MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VIDEO OUTPUT GAIN ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
RESTORING FACTORY DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
DAUGHTER BOARD SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
MODULE BOARD SETTING, VIDEO OUTPUTS 1-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
MODULE BOARD SETTING, VIDEO OUTPUTS 1-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MODULE BOARD SETTING, VIDEO OUTPUTS 17-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MODULE BOARD SETTING, VIDEO OUTPUTS 33-48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
MODULE BOARD SETTING, VIDEO OUTPUTS 49-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6 AUDIO INPUT MODULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
CONFIGURATION JUMPERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Phantom Power Jumpers and 20dB Pad Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Low Pass and High Pass Filter Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Gain Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CMRR Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CONNECTING A MICROPHONE TO THE AUDIO INPUT MODULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
7 AUDIO OUTPUT MODULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8 CHASSIS INTERLINK INPUT AND OUTPUT MODULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
DIP SWITCH SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CONNECTIONS, HVB32RJ45X8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Appendix A BINARY ADDRESS VALUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Appendix B CONNECTING TO MAXPRO-Net SERVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
DIP Switch Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
VideoBloX Chassis Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
HVBMATPIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
LED OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Figures
Figure 1-1 VideoBloX Matrix Switcher Front View (HVB12U shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 1-2 VideoBloX Matrix Switcher Rear View (HVB4U shown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 1-3 Location of Phillips Screw and Pulling Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 1-4 Removing a Module from the VideoBloX Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 2-1 Power Supply Module (HVB4U, HVB8U, HVB12U) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 2-2 Power Supply Module, HVB2U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2-3 Connecting Communication Signals between Two Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 2-4 Connecting Communication Signals between Three Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 2-5 Chassis DIP Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Figure 2-6 System Reset Push Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 2-7 Sync Phase Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 3-1 Video Input Modules (2 front panel options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 3-2 Video Input Module (Standard - 16 BNC Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 3-3 Video Input Module (Looping BNC Inputs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 3-4 Type A, B and C Cross-Link Looping Input Termination Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 3-5 VideoBloX Matrix Switcher with 128 Video Outputs (2 Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 3-6 VideoBloX Matrix Switcher with 192 Video Outputs (3 Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 3-7 DIP Switches SW1 - SW3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-8 Video Input Gain Enable/Disable (SW2) and Termination (SW1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 3-9 Video Gain Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 4-1 8 and 16 Channel Video Output Modules - Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 4-2 8 and 16 Channel Video Output Rear Panel Termination Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 5-1 .Front and Rear Views of Titled Video Output Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 5-2 Location of Video Output Daughter Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 6-1 Front and Rear Views of Audio Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 6-2 Phantom Power Jumpers and 20dB Pad Jumpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 6-3 Low Pass and High Pass Filter Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 6-4 CMRR Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 6-5 Connecting a Microphone to an Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 7-1 Front and Rear Views of 8 and 16 Channel Audio Output Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 8-1 HVB32LKO Chassis Interlink Output Module with Rear Terminal HVBRJ45X8 . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 8-2 HVB32LKI Chassis Interlink Input Module with Rear Terminal HVBRJ45X8 . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 8-3 Jumper JP1 - JP4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 8-4 DIP Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 8-5 RJ45 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Figure B-1 Connecting Redundant MAXPRO-Net Servers to VideoBloX Matrix Switcher . . . . . . . . 57
Figure B-2 Connecting a Single MAXPRO-Net Server to VideoBloX Matrix Switcher . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Tables
Table 1-1 VideoBloX Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Table 2-1 Connector Pin-Outs, Female DB9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 2-2 DIP Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 2-3 Chassis Sync Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 2-4 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 3-1 Video Input Modules (Single Chassis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 3-2 HVB16M16 DIP Switch SW1 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 3-3 HVB16M16 DIP Switch SW2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 3-4 HVB16M32 and HVB16M64 DIP Switch SW1 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 3-5 HVB16M32 and HVB16M64 DIP Switch SW2 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 3-6 HVB16M32 and HVB16M64 DIP Switch SW3 Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 4-1 Video Output Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 5-1 Titled Video Output Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 5-2 DIP Switch S1 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 6-1 DIP Switch S1 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 6-2 DIP Switch S2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 8-1 DIP Switch S1 and S2 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 8-2 DIP Switch S3 and S4 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Table A-1 Binary Address Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table B-1 VideoBloX Chassis DIP Switch S1 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table B-2 HVBMATPIT DIP Switch S1 - S3 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Compliances and Safeguards
FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
INFORMATION TO THE USER: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with
the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the
equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of
this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
CANADIAN COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
Caution Users of the product are responsible for checking and complying with
all federal, state, ad local laws and statutes concerning the monitoring
and recording of video and audio signals. Honeywell video systems
shall not be held responsible for the use of this product in violation of
current laws and statutes.

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Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate
the equipment.
EUROPEAN COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio
interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Caution Users of the product are responsible for checking and complying with
all federal, state and local laws and statutes concerning the
monitoring and recording of video and audio signals. Honeywell
Video Systems shall not be held responsible for the use of this
product in violation of current laws and statutes.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS
1. READ INSTRUCTIONS - All safety and operating instructions should be read before
the unit is operated.
2. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS - The safety and operating instructions should be retained
for future reference.
3. HEED WARNINGS - All warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions should
be adhered to.
4. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS - All operating and use instructions should be followed.
5. CLEANING - Unplug the unit from the outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid
cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.
6. ATTACHMENTS - Do not use attachments not recommended by the product
manufacturer as they may result in the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons.
7. WATER AND MOISTURE - Do not use this unit near water or in an unprotected
outdoor installation, or any area which is classified as a wet location.
8. ACCESSORIES - Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket,
or table. The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious
damage to the equipment. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table
recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with the product. Any mounting of the
product should follow the manufacturer's instructions and should use a mounting
accessory recommended by the manufacturer. Wall or shelf mounting should follow
the manufacturer's instructions and should use a mounting kit approved by the
manufacturer.