Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VP-411DS Kramer Electronics
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Kramer Ele ctronics, Ltd. USER MANUAL Model: VP-411DS 4x1 Automa tic UXGA / Audio Switcher.
Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overview 3 4 Your VP-411DS 4 x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 5 4.1 Using the IR Transmitter 6 5 Using the VP-411DS 4 x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5.1 Connecting the VP-411 DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5.
Introduction 1 1 Introduction Wel com e t o K ram er Ele ct ron ics! S in ce 1 981, Kr am er Ele ct ron ics has be en prov i ding a wo rld of uni que , crea tiv e, an d af fo rda ble s olut ion s t o t h e v ast ran ge of pro blem s tha t conf ron t the vid eo, au di o, pres en ta tion , a nd broa dca s ting prof e ssi ona l on a da ily ba sis .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Getting Started 2.
Overview 3 3 Overvie w The Kr ame r V P- 411D S i s a high perf orm an ce 4x1 au tom ati c sw it che r f or UXGA s ign als an d ste reo au dio s ig na ls.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 4 To ac hiev e the best perform ance: C onnect only g ood qu ality conne ction cab les, thu s av oiding inte rferen ce, det eriora tion in sign al qu al.
Your VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 5 4 Your VP-411DS 4x1 A u tomatic UXGA / Aud i o Switcher Figu re 1 and Ta ble 1 defin e the V P-411D S : Figure 1: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audi.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 6 Figu re 2 and Ta ble 2 defin e the u nders ide of the VP- 411DS : Figure 2: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio S.
Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5 Using the VP-411D S 4x1 Automatic UXGA / A u dio Switcher Thi s sec tion d escrib es how to: C onnect the V P-411DS (see secti on 5.1) S elect the d efau lt m a ste r sour ce sign al (s ee se ction 5.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 8 Figure 3: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Connections.
Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 9 5.2 Setting the PRIORIT Y Dipsw itches Figu re 4 and Ta ble 3 desc r ibe the VP-411DS unit dipsw itches and the pr iority se tup, r espect ively .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 10 5.3 Connecting the REM OT E Connector The co ntact closu re rem ote c o ntr ol pin s ope rate in a sim ilar way to th e Inpu t se lector butto n. Usin g the contac t cl o su re rem ote con trol y ou can selec t the UXGA input or c ut off the inputs.
Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 11 5.4 Connecting a PC You can connec t a PC (or oth er con trol ler) t o the VP-411 DS via the RS- 232 port for rem ote c ontrol , and fo r u p gr ading the fi rmwar e.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 12 6 Flash Memory Upgrade The VP -411DS firmw are is locat ed in FLASH mem ory, w hich l ets y o u upg rade t o the lates t Kram er firm wa re vers ion in minut es! T he proces s inv olves : Dow nloa ding f rom th e Inte rnet (s ee se ction 6.
Flash Memory Upgrade 13 6.3 Upgrading Firmw are Fol low th ese s teps t o upg rade th e firmw are: 1 . D ou bl e cl ic k th e d es kt o p ic on : “ Fl as h M agi c. EX E ” . Th e Fl as h M ag ic sc re en ap pe ar s a s il lu s tr at ed i n F ig u re 7 .
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 14 2 . Un de r th e “ St e p 1 – C om mu ni ca ti on s” a re a , se t th e d ef in it io ns on t he s cr ee n as f ol lo w s : C OM Po.
Technical Specifications 15 7 Technical Spec ifi cation s Tabl e 4 in clud es the techn ical sp eci ficat ions: Table 4: Technical Specifications 1 of the VP-411DS INPUTS: 4 UXGA on 15-pin HD connectors 4 unbalanced stere o audio on 3.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 2000 16 9 Kramer Protoco l 2000 1 The VP -411DS is c ompa tible w ith K ramer’s Prot ocol 2 000 (v ersion 0.50) (bel ow). This R S-232 /RS-48 5 commu nicati on pro toc ol us es four bytes of inf ormati on as defin ed bel o w.
Kramer Protocol 2000 17 4 th BYTE: Bit 7 – Defined as 1. Bit 5 – Don’t care. OVR – Machine number override. M4…M0 – MACHINE NUMBER. Used to address machines in a system via their machine numbers.
KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 2000 18 NOTE 5 - This is a request to identify the switcher/s in the system. If the OUTPUT is set as 0, and the INPUT is set as 1 the machine will send its name. The reply is the decimal value of the INPUT and OUTPUT.
19 LI MI T ED W A RR A NTY WHO I S P RO T EC T ED? WHA T I S C OVER ED AN D WHA T I S NOT C OV ERE D WHAT WE WIL L PA Y F OR AN D W HAT W E W IL L N OT P AY F OR HOW Y O U CAN G ET W ARR ANT Y S ERVIC.
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