UX

USB Smart Switch

Introduction

The UX BYOM Smart Switch is an intelligent USB switch/hub which allows the switching of USB peripherals between a room PC/NUC and a laptop.

The UX has:

2 host ports to connect to laptop/room PC
3 device ports for connecting speaker bars, cameras etc.

Designed to partner the Ashton Bentley Interconnect Kit (DX2 Room Hub + TX2 Table Hub).

View the UX Overview brochure

Two modes of operation:

Control.

The UX switches USB devices away from Room PC/NUC to the laptop. In this mode the UX is powered from the DX2 via the ABNET connection.

Standalone.

When a laptop USB connection is detected, the USB devices are automatically switched from Room PC/NUC to the laptop. When the laptop is disconnected, the devices switch back to the room PC. In this mode the UX requires a separate PSU.

Dynamic USB 3.0 5V power switching

Some Videobars can only switch in and out of device mode if 5v is present in the USB connection.

Most 3rd party USB hubs permanently power the USB sockets when a power supply is attached, and so the Videobar ‘remains’ in device mode and many fail to detect when a new laptop is connected. With our dynamic 5v switching, when the UX switches host, the 5v on the USB device ports are automatically turned off momentarily allowing the Videobar to revert to ‘normal’ mode.

This unique feature prevents devices locking up or going into ‘device mode’ when they should not.

UX Unit.