Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product vs-48hdcpx1 Kramer Electronics
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VS -48HDCPxl – Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Start ed 2 2.1 Achieving the Bes t Perfor mance 2 2.2 Safety Instruction s 3 2.3 Recycling Kra mer Products 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Defining the V S-48HDCPx l 4x8 DVI Matrix Sw itcher 5 3.2 Using the IR Transmitter 8 4 Installing in a Rac k 9 5 Connecting the VS-48HDCPxl 10 5.
VS -48HDCPxl - Intr oduction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kra mer Electroni cs! Since 198 1, Kramer Electronic s has been providing a w orld of unique, creative, and af fordable solu tions to the vast range o f problems that con front the vide o, audio, presenta tion, and br oadcas ting professional on a daily ba sis.
2 VS -48HDCPxl - Get ting Started 2 Getting Started We recommend that you: Unpack the equip ment carefully and save the original box and pack aging materials for po ssible future shipme nt Review the con tents of this user man ual Go to http://www .
VS -48HDCPxl - Get ting Started 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no ope rator serv iceable par ts inside the unit Warning: Use only the pow er cord that is sup plied with the uni t Warning: Do not open the un it.
4 VS -48HDCPxl - Over view 3 Overvie w The high quality Kramer VS -48HDCPxl is an H DCP compa tible 4 x 8 DVI Matrix Switcher that a ccepts up to four DVI inputs and route s the sele cted DVI inpu t signal to any or al l of eight DVI ou tputs. Note that only the digi tal signal (DVI D) is avail able on the DVI co nnector.
VS -48HDCPxl - Over view 5 You can control the VS -48HD CPxl using the front panel bu ttons or remotely via: RS -232 serial command s trans mitted by a tou ch screen sy stem, PC o r other serial controller The Kramer infrar ed remote control tran smitter The Ethernet port 3.
6 VS -48HDCPxl - Over view Figure 1 : VS -48HDCP xl 4x8 DVI Matri x Switcher Front Pan el # Feature Function 1 IR Receiver and LED IR remote control se nsor. LED lights ye llow when receiving an I R signal 2 POWER LED Lights green whe n the unit is turned on 3 ALL Button Press to select all i nputs or all outputs ( see Section 6.
VS -48HDCPxl - Over view 7 VS - 48 HDCPxl – Overview 7 Figure 2 : VS -48HDCP xl 4x8 DVI Matri x Switcher Rear Pa nel # Feature Function 13 INPUT DV I Connectors Connect to the DV I sources (from 1 t.
8 VS -48HDCPxl - Over view 3.2 Using the IR T ransmitter You can use the RC IR3 IR trans mitter to con trol the machine via the built-in IR receiver on the front panel or , instead , via an optional ex ternal IR re ceiver (M odel: C-A35M/IRR-50 ). The extern al IR receiver can be located up to 15 meters away from the machine.
VS -48HDCPxl - Instal ling in a Rack 9 9 4 Installing in a Rac k.
10 VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl 5 Connecting the VS -48HDCPxl Always switch off the pow er to each device before connecting it to your VS -48HDCPxl . After conne cting your VS -48HDCPxl , conne ct its power and then switch on the power to each device .
VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl 11 11 Figure 3 : Conne cting the VS -4 8HD CPxl 4x8 DVI Matrix Sw itcher 5.1 Connecting to the VS -48HD CPxl via RS- 232 You can conne ct to the VS -48HDCPxl via an RS-232 conn ection us ing, for example, a PC.
12 VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl 5.2 Operating v ia Ethernet You can conne ct to the VS -48HDCPxl via Ethernet u sing either of t he following methods: Directly to the PC using a cro ssove r cable (see Section 5.2.1 ) Via a netwo rk hub, switch, or router, using a straigh t -throug h cable (see Section 5.
VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl 13 13 Figure 4: Local Area Connection Prope rties Window 4. Highlight either Internet Pr otocol Version 6 (TCP/ I Pv6) or Internet Protocol Versio n 4 (T CP/IPv4) de pending on the requirements of yo ur IT system.
14 VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl Figure 5: Internet P rotocol Version 4 Pr operties W indow Figure 6: Internet P rotocol Version 6 Pr operties W indow.
VS -48HDCPxl - Conne cting the VS-48HDCP xl 15 15 6. Select Use the fol l owing IP A ddress for static IP addressing and fill in the details as show n in Figure 7 . For TCP/IPv4 you can use any IP address in the range 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255 (ex cluding 192.
16 VS -48HDCPxl - Oper ating the VS-48 HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matr ix Switcher 6 Operating the VS - 48HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matrix Switcher This section des c ribes how to: Route inputs to ou t pu t s (see Section 6.1 ) Disconnect outpu ts ( s ee Section 6.2 ) Store and recall a setup (see Section 6.
VS -48HDCPxl - Oper ating the VS-48 HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matr ix Switcher 17 17 Figure 8: SELECT OR Buttons The gray nu m bers (1 to 12) in Fig ure 8 that illustrate the corr esponding store/recall conf iguration numbers are for the pu rpose of illustration only and do not actually app ear on the button s .
18 VS -48HDCPxl - Oper ating the VS-48 HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matr ix Switcher 6.4 A c quiring the EDID You can acquire t he EDID from: One output se t to one or more of the four inputs ( s ee Section 6.4.1 ) Different outputs set t o dif ferent inputs (see Section 6.
VS -48HDCPxl - Oper ating the VS-48 HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matr ix Switcher 19 19 3. Press the SELECT I N button to w hich the first EDID is to be c opied (for example, IN 1). The selected inpu t number flashes on the dis play . 4. Press the SELECT OUT button from w hich the first ED ID is to be acquired (for exa m ple, OUT 1).
20 VS -48HDCPxl - Oper ating the VS-48 HDCPxl 4x8 DVI Matr ix Switcher 4. Press the EDID bu tton. The process is c o m plete w hen the display returns to nor m al. 6.5 Locking and U nlocking the Front Panel To prevent unintended tampering with the unit via the front panel buttons, lo c k your VS -48H DCPxl .
VS -48HDCPxl - Tech nical Specifications 21 21 7 Technical Specif ications INPUTS: 4 DVI connectors OUTPUTS: 8 DVI connectors MAX. DATA RATE : 6.75Gbps (2.
22 VS -48HDCPxl - Defa ult Communication Parame ters 8 Default Communi cati on Pa rameters RS -232 Protocol 2000 Baud Rate: 9600 Data Bits: 8 Stop Bits: 1 Parity: None Command Format: HEX Example (Output 1 to Input 1): 0x01, 0x81, 0x81, 0 x81 Ethernet IP Address: 192.
VS -48HDCPxl - Kram er Protocol 2000 23 23 9 Kramer Protoco l 2000 The Kramer Proto col 2000 RS-232/RS-485 co mm uni c ation use s four bytes of information as de f ined below .
24 VS -48HDCPxl - Kram er Protocol 200 0 Instruction Codes for Protocol 2000 Instruction Definition for Spe cific Instruction Notes # Description Input Output 0 RESET VIDEO 0 0 1 1 SWITCH VIDEO Set eq.
VS -48HDCPxl - Kram er Protocol 2000 25 25 NOTE 8 - The reply is as in TYPE 3 above, except th a t here the OUT PUT is assigned with the value 0 i f the setup is not defined / no valid input is d e tected; or 1 if it is defined / valid input is detected.
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