User's Manual
Connection requirements for an MTX system Chapter 1. An overview of MTX Editor
MTX Editor User’s Manual
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Connection requirements for an MTX system
The requirements for an MTX system are as follows.
Overall MTX system (1 in diagram below)
• The XMV is controlled from MTX Editor via the MTX
• A maximum total of 20 devices such as MTX or XMV units can belong to one MTX
system
• Only one computer at a time can access the MTX system
Devices connected to each other via YDIF connection (
2
in diagram below)
• Maximum total of eight units (maximum of four MTX units)
• At least one MTX unit must be included
Control panels connected to the MTX (3 in diagram below)
• For each MTX unit, there can be a maximum of eight digital control panels (DCP)
belonging to the MTX system
• For each MTX unit, there can be a maximum of eight wireless DCP units belonging
to the MTX system
Control panels connected via analog to the MTX (4 in diagram below)
• A maximum of 20 units for the entire MTX system, including the XMV units
included here
Devices connected to the MTX via Dante (5 in diagram below)
• A maximum of 20 units for the entire MTX system, including the XMV units
included here
The following diagram shows these requirements applied in MTX Editor’s Project screen.
1
4 5
3
2
Project
MTX system
MTX system
Audio connections
(up to a total of 20 units)
DCP (up to 8 units per MTX unit)
Wireless DCP
(up to 8 units per MTX unit)
Control panel
Line
(analog)
connections
YDIF connections
(up to 4 MTX units,
up to a total of
8 units)
MTX system
MTX system
Dante
connections