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title: "Replacing a broken paddle switch on an Infinity Panel"
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updated: 2025-09-30T14:22:32Z
published: 2025-12-30T15:19:33Z
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# Replacing a broken paddle switch on an Infinity Panel

### Scope

This document refers to the paddle switches which are used with Infinity rackmounted Master Panels and Desktop Stations.

- 2001-00511 Infinity 16-Key Master Panel
- 2001-00533 Infinity 16-Key Master Panel Base Model
- 2001-00516 Infinity 20-Key Expansion Panel
- 2001-00504 Infinity Master Desktop Station
- 2001-00532 Infinity Desktop Station Base

### The Switches

The Master and Expansion rack-mounted panels use different paddles than the Desktop Station units.

Desktop Stations use part number 1453-00283 shown here:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/8f0a665b-f55b-4a40-88b8-9693af19e21f-image.png)

All rack-mounted panels use part number 1453-00230 shown here:

![A black plastic frame with a small red button attachment for a device.](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/old swtich(2).jpg)

For a brief period in early 2025, rack-mounted panels also used the 1453-00283 paddle. While these paddles worked, they produced a less comfortable ‘feel’ than the original paddles that were used. In July of 2025, the original paddle (1453-00230) was again used in production of the rack-mounted panels.

### Removing a Switch

The Desktop Panel paddle (1453-00283) can simply be pried out of the panel using your finger.

A small flat-headed screwdriver is required to remove the 1453-00230 switch. The process is illustrated here:

> [!CAUTION]
> Be careful not to scratch the surface of the panel.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/fe48829c-bf47-4ea1-aa0b-6b3e178dbecd-image.png)

It should pop out with slight effort.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/3c9b9e06-1e94-4e44-97d3-42a90eee5041-image.png)

### Installing a Switch

The Desktop Panel paddle (1453-00283) can be pressed into the panel with gentle force.

The current rack-mounted unit switch (1453-00230) requires a little more effort. You will notice two pushable tabs on either side of the intercom display after removing a paddle switch.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/57e3cd80-d493-453c-9672-ad1b043dadc3/Images/Documentation/63535db4-0814-4153-8a28-997e4748c3c6-image.png)

With the new switch, push the non-tabbed side of the switch into the left side of the display first. Then gently push the right side into the panel, locking the new paddle switch in place.

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