Extron Electronics MGP Pro Series User Guide - Manual (Page 107)

MGP Pro Series • Special Applications 101
1. 8-window configuration: Two MGP Pros are daisy-chained together, so that eight
windows (four from each MGP Pro) are displayed on the output screen. (On the
MGP 462 Pro, this is a 2-window configuration.)
MGP 464 Unit B
Output display with the 4 windows
from unit B as background image and
the 4 windows from unit A laid on top
HDMI output from first
MGP output to live
background input
1B 2B
3B 4B
1A 2A 3A
4A
HDMI out
Live BKG In
8-window Configuration
1B 2B
3B 4B
To display
4 video windows on output display
Output rate = any
factory rate
MGP 464 Unit A
Output rate = HDMI
background rate
Figure 42. Daisy Chaining Application, 8 Windows
• The HDMI Output of the first MGP Pro (unit B) is connected to the HDMI
Background input of the second MGP Pro (unit A).
• The first diagram in the row shows the output display with one MGP Pro attached.
The second diagram shows the display with two MGPs attached.
2. 12-window configuration: Three MGPs are daisy-chained so that 12 windows
are displayed on the output screen. (On the MGP 462 Pro, this is a 6-window
configuration.)
4 video windows on output display Output display with the 4 windows
from unit C, and the 4 windows
from unit B laid on top
HDMI output from first
MGP output to live
background input
HDMI out
Live BKG in
1B 2B 3B 4B
Output display with the 8 windows
from unit C and unit B, and the 4
windows from unit A laid on top
HDMI output from
second MGP output to
live background input
HDMI out
1A 2A 3A 4A
1B 2B 3B 4B
1C 2C 3C 4C
Live BKG in
1C 2C 3C 4C 1C 2C 3C 4C
To display
12-window Configuration
MGP 464 Unit C
Output rate = any
factory rate
MGP 464 Unit B
Output rate = live
background rate
MGP 464 Unit A
Output rate = live
background rate
Background
Unit A
Windows
Background
Figure 43. Daisy Chaining Application, 12 Windows
• The HDMI Output of the first MGP Pro (unit C) is connected to the HDMI
Background input of the second MGP Pro (unit B).
• The HDMI Output of the second MGP Pro (unit B) is connected to the HDMI
Background input of the third MGP Pro (unit A).
• The first diagram in the row shows the output display with one MGP Pro attached.
The second diagram shows the display with two MGPs attached. The third diagram
shows the display with all three units connected.