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SmartPanel Configuration and Installation Guide
PANEL AND PROJECTOR POWER .................................................................................................. 25
POWER CONTROLS AND INDICATION ..................................................................................................... 25
POWER STATES .................................................................................................................................. 25
Projector power is more complex than on and off......................................................................... 25
Projector Power States.................................................................................................................. 25
Panel vs. Projector Power ............................................................................................................. 26
POWER STATUS INDICATORS ............................................................................................................... 26
THE WARM-UP TIMER ......................................................................................................................... 27
THE LOCKOUT TIMER ........................................................................................................................... 27
How the Lockout Timer affects users............................................................................................ 27
THE INACTIVITY SHUTDOWN TIMER ....................................................................................................... 28
Configuring the Inactivity Shutdown Timer.................................................................................... 29
How the Inactivity Shutdown Timer affects users ......................................................................... 29
PROJECTOR POWER STATUS FEEDBACK .................................................................................... 31
How Power Status Feedback affects users .................................................................................. 31
USING RS-232 POWER POLLING ......................................................................................................... 32
USING A POWER CURRENT SENSOR ..................................................................................................... 32
DOING WITHOUT POWER FEEDBACK ...................................................................................................... 32
VOLUME .............................................................................................................................................. 34
VOLUME CONTROLS AND INDICATION .................................................................................................... 34
Relative vs. absolute volume modes............................................................................................. 34
USING THE PROJECTOR’S SPEAKERS ................................................................................................... 35
USING THE AUDIO FOLLOW VIDEO PREAMPLIFIER ................................................................................. 35
When you need the Preamplifier................................................................................................... 36
What the Audio Follow Video Preamplifier does for you............................................................... 37
A functional description of the Audio Follow Video Preamplifier................................................... 37
CONFIGURING THE AUDIO FOLLOW VIDEO PREAMPLIFIER ...................................................................... 38
EQUALIZATION ..................................................................................................................................... 39
Defeating equalization................................................................................................................... 39
GAIN ................................................................................................................................................... 40
Defeating Gain (converting the Preamplifier into a switcher)........................................................ 41
VIDEO SWITCHING WITH THE AUDIO FOLLOW VIDEO PREAMPLIFIER........................................................ 41
CONTROL WIRING OPTIONS ............................................................................................................ 42
DECIDING BETWEEN WIRED REMOTE AND THE IR EMITTER.................................................................... 42
Using wired remote ....................................................................................................................... 42
Using the included IR Emitter........................................................................................................ 42
WHEN THE PANEL USES RS-232 AND WIRED REMOTE/IR ..................................................................... 43
Why the Panel uses both RS-232 and Wired Remote/IR ............................................................. 43
RELAYS ............................................................................................................................................... 44
POWER RELAYS .................................................................................................................................. 44
SELECTION RELAYS ............................................................................................................................. 47
MODULES AND LEGENDS ................................................................................................................ 49
LEGENDS ............................................................................................................................................ 49
SELECTING AND ARRANGING MODULES OR AUXILIARY PATCH POINTS ................................................... 49
AUXILIARY PATCH POINTS .............................................................................................................. 51
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