Our Omega™ Series AT-OME-MS42 is a 4×2 matrix switcher for USB-C, HDMI, and DisplayPort sources that feeds into HDBaseT and HDMI outputs. The OME-MS42 has been extremely popular for meeting room installations, and is one of our best-selling matrix switchers over the past five years.
Shortly after InfoComm in June 2024, we released the AT-OME-MS42-HDBT, a new version with a long-requested feature: HDBaseT input. To accommodate this in the original product design, we opted to remove the DisplayPort interface, knowing that for typical meeting room applications, HDMI and USB-C would be the much more typical interfaces for presenters connecting their laptops, or installing a PC for the room.
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While our AT-OME-PS62 does offer HDBaseT input (as well as output), many of you have noted that this 6×2 matrix switcher is too large for your needs. We’re therefore pleased to make HDBaseT input available in the smaller OME-MS42.
Why does HDBaseT input matter?
It’s common to see AV switchers installed below a conference table so that it’s within easy reach of participants. But in many scenarios, it may be preferable to install the AV switcher on a wall behind the display, or in a credenza below it. For an installation with a display and a conferencing bar underneath, it may be desirable to have the AV switching near both products.
Having an HDBaseT input for the switcher allows placing a transmitter at a separate location for the meeting table, or nearby on a wall, or in a floor box below the table. Signals from the transmitter are extended over to the OME-MS42-HDBT.
In a meeting room, the OME-MS42-HDBT can support a remote location for AV input on a wall. It can also provide a secondary output to a remote display. |
In a classroom, there is often similar appeal for a remote input connection point at a lectern or instructor’s desk. The OME-MS42-HDBT may be placed behind the wall-mounted display, or in an enclosure above the projector.
Switching AV and USB
The OME-MS42-HDBT, as with its predecessor, provides AV and USB host switching. This lets you switch, for example, between a PC installed for the room, and a BYOD connection from a laptop, both with AV and USB host connections to the switcher. The interfacing be USB-C, which combines AV and USB data, or HDMI together with USB host (USB type B interface).
With the HDBaseT input, you can also switch to a laptop connected to the remote transmitter. Atlona offers Omega HDBaseT transmitters that work together with the OME-MS42-HDBT, with USB-C, or HDMI and USB host interfacing available.
The laptop connected to the transmitter will be able to access USB peripherals connected to the OME-MS42-HDBT, as well as devices connected to the HDBaseT receiver at the display.
For more information, please visit the product page for the OME-MS42-HDBT.