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The Universal Switch Panel (USP) is a panel of multi-purpose pushbutton switches designed to meet the wide range of pushbutton control needs for broadcast, production, A/V, and industrial environments.   On the face of each pushbutton switch is an LCD display with backlight.  The USP is available in a 1 RU rackmount housing with eight or 16 front panel switches.

 

EMULATES THE OPERATION OF MECHANICAL PUSHBUTTONS

ˇ         Front panel tactile pushbutton switches 

ˇ         Isolated relay contact ?switch closure?

ˇ         Internal switch tally indicator

 

PLUS MORE FUNCTIONALITY ?   FOR EACH SWITCH

ˇ         Configure switch closure action - Momentary, Latched, Follow, or Radio Group

ˇ         Define Momentary switch closure ON Time

ˇ         Create Radio Groups (interlock) of two or more switch closures

ˇ         Define ON and OFF text legends to be displayed on LCD switch face.  Three Font sizes¯ 1 row of 3 characters, 2 rows of 4 characters,  3 rows of 6 characters

ˇ         Define switch tally (backlight) ON and OFF colors¯ Red, Green, or Amber, Flashing or Solid

ˇ         Define switch tally source¯ internal or external GPI

 

AND EVEN MORE ?

ˇ         Isolated relay contact ?switch? closure (GPO) simplifies interface

ˇ         Opto-isolated Tally Input (GPI) for real-time statusing of external devices

ˇ         Control more than one switch closure from a button press.  Drive more than one switch tally from an external device

ˇ         Ethernet connection to interconnect multiple USP panels across a facility.  Configure USP?s IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address

ˇ         Press a local USP button to control a remote USP switch closure.  Create a Radio Group (interlock) of switch closures across multiple remote USP panels

 

CONFIGURE IT YOUR WAY

The Universal Switch Panel is easily configured using an off-the-shelf web browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, or other commonly available browser.   Configuration changes are immediately active, no reboot required.  All configuration settings are retained in non-volatile memory.

 

           Model# Displayed on Product Web Page

MODEL#

Front Panel Switches

GPI

GPO

USP-8

8

8

8

USP-8A

8

16

16

USP-16

16

16

16

USP-EM-8

None

8

8

USP-EM-16

None

16

16

 


              Software Options Displayed on Product Web Page

Option

 

SNMP

Add ?-SNMP? suffix to displayed model number