Twenty years of running cables to a fixed-port matrix ends here. MXnet is the last video distribution system you'll ever need to learn — and it's made entirely in-house, end to end, by AVPro Edge.
Find Your MXnet TierThree tiers. One ecosystem. Choosing the right one isn't complicated — once you know what question to ask. Answer a few prompts and we'll point you straight at the right product family.
The workhorse of residential AVoIP. Native 4K/30 with the original platform, upgraded to 4K/60 4:4:4 with full Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and Dolby Atmos in Evolution II. Purpose-built for the residential dealer who wants a rock-solid, scalable distribution platform without the complexity of a 10G network infrastructure investment.
Built for commercial environments where digital signage, multiview, and AV interoperability matter as much as video routing. USP uses H.265/H.264 for highly efficient bandwidth, has a built-in digital signage player in every endpoint, and connects natively to third-party IP cameras and streaming platforms via AVPro Flow. Mix and match USP tiers on the same network.
This is the big leagues. Uncompressed video distribution over a 10GbE network — zero latency, zero artifacts, zero compromise. Built on SDVoE Alliance standards, with copper and fiber options, KVM support, and Genlock mode that matches traditional matrix performance to within 0.1ms. For live events, broadcast, private cinema, large campus deployments, or any client who demands perfection.
Every component purpose-built and QA-tested together in a 1,000+ endpoint lab. Click any component to understand what it does and why it matters.
The diagram to the left shows a standard MXnet 1G system. Click any component — Encoder, Switch, CBOX, or Decoder — to understand exactly what it does, why AVPro built it in-house, and what makes it different from everything else on the market.
Every single component shown here — switches, encoders, decoders, the CBOX, the Mentor software — was designed, engineered, and manufactured by AVPro Edge. That's not something any other AVoIP vendor can say.
You've been working around a traditional matrix for years. Here's why that era is over — and why MXnet is the upgrade that makes your installs more flexible, more profitable, and more future-proof.
| Capability | Traditional Matrix | HDBaseT Point-to-Point | MXnet AVoIP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scalability | Fixed I/O — buy a new matrix to grow | Fixed 1:1 — one cable, one display | ✔ Unlimited sources and displays — add endpoints as needed |
| Source Location | Must be rack-centralized | Near-rack required | ✔ Sources go anywhere on the network — decentralized freedom |
| Max Distance | Limited by HDMI run length | 100m maximum over Cat6a | ✔ 100m copper / 18.6 miles via single-mode fiber (10G) |
| Video Wall Support | Expensive dedicated hardware add-on | — Not supported | ✔ Native, software-configured, with Genlock sync |
| Multiview | ~ Add-on hardware only | — Not supported | ✔ Native (USP Pro: 16-source; 10G: built-in) |
| KVM / USB | — Separate KVM system required | ~ Some extenders only | ✔ Full KVM and USB extension over network (1G EVO II & 10G) |
| Control Integration | Custom drivers per device | Separate matrix needed | ✔ Open API + native drivers for RTI, Crestron, C4, Savant, ELAN, URC, AMX |
| Latency | Near-zero (direct hardware) | Near-zero (direct hardware) | ✔ <4ms ULLM · 16ms typical (1G) · 0.1ms Genlock (10G) |
| Digital Signage | — Separate system required | — Not supported | ✔ Built into every USP endpoint — no extra hardware |
| US Manufacturing / TAA | ~ Varies by brand | ~ Varies by brand | ✔ AVPro assembles in Sioux Falls, SD — TAA compliant, GSA eligible |
| Warranty | Typically 2–5 years | Typically 2–3 years | ✔ 10-year industry-leading warranty |
Five real installs. What tier fits, why, and what the BOM looks like. These are the conversations you're going to have in NorCal — from wine country residences to Bay Area sports venues to university conference centers.
A 7,500 sq ft Napa estate with a dedicated home theater, outdoor living, pool house, and wine cellar media room. The client has two Apple TV 4K sources, a Kaleidescape server, a 4K Blu-ray player, and a cable box — and wants every display to access any source at full quality. RTI T4x control system throughout.
MXnet 1G EVO II handles this perfectly. Native 4K/60 4:4:4 with Dolby Vision to every display, all sources distributable anywhere, and native RTI driver integration means the whole system runs from one control interface.
The Kaleidescape server supports Dolby Vision passthrough — EVO II handles it natively. RTI integration is plug-and-play with the published driver. And when the client adds a guest house next year, you add endpoints, not a new matrix.
A 4,000 sq ft San Jose sports bar with 40 displays across three zones — bar top, dining, and a VIP lounge. Six sources: DirecTV/NFL Sunday Ticket, two cable boxes, a digital menu signage server, a promotions PC, and a DJ booth feed. Audio zones are independent of video zones — the bar needs different audio than the dining room even when showing the same game.
This is exactly what MXnet 1G EVO II was built for. Breakaway audio means video and audio route independently. HDMI passthrough at every decoder means display brightness controls work through the existing IR scheme. And the operator can swap sources from a wall tablet in under a second.
This is a Tier 1 ISP design consult project — the system design, VLAN configuration, and switch recommendations are all part of The Rapp Firm's zero-cost pre-sales support. Bring it to us before you quote it.
A San Francisco financial services firm with a 20-person boardroom, six huddle rooms, a broadcast-quality exec briefing center, and a digital signage lobby. The briefing center runs live feeds — zero latency is a hard requirement. KVM extension lets presenters run laptops from anywhere in the room. USB HID routing means a single keyboard and mouse can be routed to any source.
This is a MXnet 10G deployment. Uncompressed at 0.1ms Genlock latency, copper in-room and fiber between floors, full KVM integration. The open API means their existing Crestron control system integrates without a custom driver build-out — it's already published.
If this client is a government agency or has government contractors on site, TAA compliance is a hard requirement. MXnet 10G is one of the only AVoIP platforms that qualifies — assembled in Sioux Falls, SD.
A UC campus conference center with 18 meeting rooms, a 300-seat lecture hall, and a digital wayfinding system throughout. Sources include IP cameras, lecture capture systems, streaming from a broadcast studio, and room-local laptops via USB-C. Each room needs digital signage between events. AVPro Flow lets USP interoperate with third-party IP cameras and the existing lecture capture platform directly on the same network.
USP is the right call here. H.265/H.264 compression keeps bandwidth manageable across the campus network, the built-in digital signage player means no extra hardware in each room, and the single USB-C input on USP Pro delivers DP video, USB HID, and 60W charging from one cable to a presenter's laptop.
The campus already has an IP camera infrastructure and a separate lecture capture system. AVPro Flow's open-standard H.26x technology integrates them all into the same MXnet USP fabric — no parallel systems, no extra gear.
A 120-room Sonoma County boutique hotel with a rooftop bar, three event rooms, a restaurant, and a lobby with digital art installations. The property needs digital room information at every TV, event rooms that can be combined or separated with independent content, rooftop bar displays running promotions and live sports, and lobby displays running curated visual content.
A mixed deployment: USP for the event rooms and lobby (digital signage player built in, flexible source routing for events), and 1G EVO II for the guest room TVs and rooftop bar (full 4K source routing, breakaway audio for zone control).
This operator runs events, a restaurant, and a bar. Every display is a revenue surface. MXnet means a coordinator can push a cocktail promotion to all bar displays with one command through the Mentor interface, without touching a single physical cable.
Mentor is the most underrated part of the MXnet story. Every competitor makes you open three different tabs to manage a system. Mentor runs everything — routing, diagnostics, video walls, VLAN config, Dante — from a single web interface. Here's what that actually means in the field.
Every MXnet endpoint — encoders, decoders, switches — auto-discovered and managed from one browser tab. Name endpoints, set routing, preview live source thumbnails, configure VLANs, run diagnostics. No IP address hunting, no separate switch management software, no separate audio control window.
The Mentor interface shows a live thumbnail sub-stream from every connected encoder. You can see exactly what's on each source before you route it anywhere — and so can the operator at the bar or the AV coordinator at the hotel front desk. No more "what channel is that?" calls to the installer.
Software-defined video walls with built-in bezel correction. Build a 2×2, a 4×1, or an asymmetric array directly in Mentor's interface. Genlock synchronizes all decoders frame-for-frame — no tearing, no sync drift. Change the layout tomorrow without touching hardware.
The CBOX can act as a hardware-based Dante Controller. Enable Dante Controller Mode and it discovers, manages, and routes audio across any Dante-enabled device on the network — eliminating the need for a separate Mac or PC running Dante Controller software. One box, one interface.
Native published drivers for RTI, Crestron, Extron, Q-SYS, Control4, Savant, ELAN, URC, and AMX. Or use the open API to write custom integration from scratch. Either way, your control system gets full MXnet routing, source preview, and system status in the native control interface.
The OLED display on every EVO II encoder and decoder shows IP address, MAC address, firmware version, and custom device name at a glance — no hunting in the rack. Mentor adds signal status, EDID info, and error logging. When a client calls with a black screen, you'll know what it is before you get in the car.
Filter by tier to see exactly what each MXnet platform supports. Use this to right-size your bid, answer client questions on the spot, or make the case for upgrading.
| Feature | 1G Gen 1 | 1G EVO II | USP | 10G SDVoE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4K/30 4:4:4 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4K/60 4:4:4 | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Dolby Vision / HDR10+ | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Dolby Atmos / DTS:X | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| JPEG 2000 Compression | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| Uncompressed Transport | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Ultra-Low Latency Mode (<4ms) | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Genlock Mode | — | ✔ | — | ✔ 0.1ms |
| Video Wall (Native) | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Multiview / Multi-Window | — | ✔ | ✔ USP Pro: 16-src | ✔ |
| KVM / USB Extension | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| Built-in Digital Signage Player | — | — | ✔ Every endpoint | — |
| AVPro Flow (IP Camera Interop) | — | — | ✔ | — |
| USB-C Single-Cable Input | — | — | ✔ USP Pro only | — |
| Audio Breakaway Routing | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| IR / RS-232 Signal Routing | ✔ | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| OLED Status Display on Device | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| TAA Compliance (US-Made) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CBOX-HA (Failover Redundancy) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fiber Distance (Single-Mode) | — | — | — | ✔ 18.6 miles |
| SDVoE Alliance Certified | — | — | — | ✔ |
The number one thing that kills MXnet sales at the dealer level is the moment someone says "but I don't do networking." This section ends that conversation. AVPro designed MXnet specifically so AV integrators — not IT departments — can deploy it successfully.
AVPro's purpose-built MXnet switches come pre-configured for AVoIP out of the box. VLAN, QoS, and IGMP settings are already optimized — no CLI, no SNMP, no IT department required. Plug in. Connect endpoints. Done. MXnet switches maintain less than 10 microsecond delivery time ensuring smooth video playback.
If a client already has a Netgear infrastructure, AVPro's engineers worked directly with Netgear to certify an "AVPro Edge AV Profile." Load it on the switch, and MXnet encoders and decoders work seamlessly. One click, not a day of configuration.
AVPro is the first professional AV manufacturer to implement Dante-oriented QoS traffic prioritization at the switch level. On the E-Series switches, MXnet video and Dante audio traffic are both handled with optimized priority queuing — no manual configuration, no tradeoffs.
Sometimes, with caveats. MXnet can run on a properly configured managed L3 switch that supports multicast routing and IGMP snooping. However, AVPro strongly recommends a dedicated AV VLAN — not because it won't work on a shared network, but because you want zero IT department variables in your support calls. The CBOX provides a bridge between the AV network and the enterprise control LAN, which is exactly the right architecture. When in doubt, run it separate.
The installation maximum is 4 switch hops for MXnet 1G systems. Plan your topology accordingly on large multi-floor or multi-building installations. For MXnet 10G with fiber SFP+ uplinks, signal can span 18.6 miles on single-mode fiber — campus-scale is not a problem.
For runs under 100 meters: Cat-6a copper is AVPro's recommendation for 1G systems (Cat-5e works but 6a is cleaner). For any run that approaches or exceeds 100m, fiber is the answer. MXnet 10G supports both copper (100m/Cat6a) and single-mode fiber up to 18.6 miles through standard SFP+ modules — the transceiver is dual-function regardless of connection type. Mix copper and fiber in the same system.
State and federal funding requirements often mandate TAA compliance. MXnet qualifies — and it's the best AVoIP platform for education use cases anyway.
Federal facilities require TAA for all AV procurements. This was previously a wall for AVoIP dealers. MXnet breaks through it entirely.
Large enterprise IT departments with supply chain compliance requirements increasingly specify TAA. You're no longer disqualified for the big jobs.
AVPro offers official MXnet certification training. This isn't box-checking — it's the difference between a dealer who quotes MXnet and a dealer who wins with MXnet.
AVPro's training portal walks through system design fundamentals, Mentor configuration, switch setup, control integration, and troubleshooting. The certification gives you credibility with commercial clients, speeds up your first deployment, and keeps your support calls shorter.
Start Training ↗Before you sit down with the training modules, a conversation with me usually saves a few hours of confusion. I can walk you through which tier fits your typical project profile, what your first MXnet demo should look like, and how to position it against what you're currently running. That conversation is free. It comes with the territory.
Reach Out to Evan →The questions that come up on every MXnet service call, answered in plain English. Bookmark this page. Better yet — print the reference card at the bottom.
OLED display codes to know: BOOT = starting up · DISC = discovering · LINK = connected · ERR = check Mentor diagnostics
Yes and no — with an important caveat. EVO II (Gen 2) encoders and decoders can coexist in the same physical system as Gen 1 units on the same switch. However, EVO II encoders must pair exclusively with EVO II decoders, and Gen 1 encoders must pair exclusively with Gen 1 decoders. You cannot route a Gen 2 encoder stream to a Gen 1 decoder or vice versa. In practice: use the generation tags in Mentor to keep track of which endpoints are Gen 1 vs. Gen 2, and assign routing accordingly.
