Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VS-66H3 Kramer Electronics
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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Prelimin ary USER M ANUA L Model: VS -66H3 6x6 HDMI Mat rix Sw itch er.
Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rte d 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 Defining the EDID 3 3.2 About HD MI 4 3.3 About HDCP 4 3.4 Recommendations for Best Performance 5 4 Defining the VS - 66H3 6 x6 HD MI Matrix S witc her 5 4.
Content s KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY ii Tables Table 1: V S - 66H3 6x6 HDM I Ma trix Swit cher F ront Pa nel Fe ature s 6 Table 2: V S - 66H3 6x6 HDMI M atrix Switcher R ear Pan el Featu res 7.
Intro ducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of un ique , creativ e, and a ffordabl e solu tions t o the va st rang e of probl ems th at conf ront t he video, audio, pre sent ation an d broadcasting professional on a daily basis.
Getting Started KRAMER: SIMPLE CRE ATIVE TECH NOLOGY 2 2.1 Quick Start This quick start chart s ummarizes the basic se tup and oper ation steps..
Overvi ew 3 3 Ove rvi ew The VS - 66H3 is a hi gh q ualit y 6 x 6 ma tr i x switcher for HDMI signals t hat fits into one vertical space of a standard 19” professional rack en closure .
Overvi ew KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 4 3.2 A bout HDMI High - Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an uncompressed all - digital 1 In particular, HDMI: audio/video inter face , widely suppor ted in the ente rtainment a nd home c ine ma ind ust ry.
Defining the VS - 66H3 6x 6 HD MI Ma trix Swi tcher 5 copyrighted material. T o protect c o pyri ght hold er s (suc h as movie s tudio s) from having t heir pr ograms c opied an d share d, the H DCP st andard provi des for the secure and en crypted transmission of digital signals.
Defining the VS - 66H3 6x 6 HD MI Ma trix Swi tcher KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 6 Figure 1: VS - 66 H3 6x6 HDMI Matri x Switc he r Front Panel Table 1: VS - 66H3 6x6 HDMI Matr ix Swit cher Fron.
Defining the VS - 66H 3 6x 6 HD MI Ma trix Swit cher 7 Figure 2: VS - 66 H3 6x6 HDMI Matri x Switc he r Rear Panel Table 2: VS - 66H3 6x6 HDMI Matrix Switcher R ear P anel Feat ures # Fe atur e Functi.
Defining the VS - 66H3 6x 6 HD MI Ma trix Swi tcher KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 8 4.1 Using the I R Transmitter You c an use the RC - IR3 IR tr ansmitter to control the dev ice via the built - in IR receiver on th e front panel or, instead, via an optional external IR receiver 1 .
Installing the VS - 66H3 in a Rack 9 5 Installing the VS - 66H3 i n a Rack . Thi s sect ion p rovi des i nstr uc tio ns for rac k mo unti ng t he device .
Connec ting the V S - 66H3 6x 6 H DMI Ma trix S wit cher KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 10 6 Connecting the VS - 66H3 6x6 HDMI Ma trix Switcher To connect 1 Figur e 3 the VS - 66H3 6x6 H DM I Ma trix S wit che r as illustrat ed in the exa mple in : 1.
Operating the VS - 66H3 6x6 HD MI M atrix Sw itche r 11 7 Operating the VS - 66H3 6x6 HDMI Matrix S witcher This section describes: • Switching an i npu t to an out p ut (see Sectio n 7.1 ) • Acq ui r ing t he EDID (see Sect ion 7.2 ) • Stor ing a nd recall ing swi tc h setting s (see Sec tion 7.
Operati ng the V S - 66H3 6x 6 HD MI Matr ix Sw itc her KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 12 7 . 2 . 2 Acqu ir ing the EDID fro m Se ve ral Outputs To acquire the ED ID fro m several output s (for exam ple, OUT 1 to IN 1 and OUT 6 to IN 3): 1. Connect the display devices t o the o ut p ut s fr om wh ich yo u want to acquire the EDID s.
Operating the VS - 66H3 6x6 HD MI M atrix Sw it cher 13 7.3 Storing a nd Recalling a Switching Settin g from a Pres et The ST O and RCL butt o ns are used to store and recall up t o 1 2 set up s whic h are assi gned usi ng the 6 outpu t (prese t 1 to 6 ) and 6 input (pr eset 7 to 12) butt ons .
Operati ng the V S - 66H3 6x 6 HD MI Matr ix Sw itc her KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 14 To c onnec t to the p rod uct via RS - 232: • Connect the RS - 232 9 - pin D - sub on t he re ar panel o.
Operating the VS - 66H3 6x6 HD MI M atrix Sw itche r 15 Figure 4 : L ocal Are a Co nnec tion Proper ties Wind ow 6. Select Use the follo wing IP Addr ess, and fill in the detail s as sho wn in Figur e 5 .
Upgr ading the Firmware KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 16 7 . 6 . 2 Connec ting the E thernet Port via a N etwork Hub You can connect the Ethernet port of the VS - 66H3 to the Et herne t po rt o n a netwo rk hub o r net work r out er , via a stra ight thr ou gh cable with RJ - 45 connectors .
Default EDID 17 --------- ------ -------- -- DDC/CI................... Not s upported Color character istics Default color space...... Non - sRGB Display gamma............ 2.20 Red chromaticity......... R x 0.640 - Ry 0.341 Green chromaticity....... Gx 0.
Default EDID KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 18 Basic audio.............. Sup ported YCbCr 4:4:4............. . Not supported YCbCr 4:2:2............. . Not supported Native formats........... 1 Detailed t iming #1....... 720x 480p at 60Hz ( 4:3) M odeline.
Default Communi cation Parameters 19 11 Default Communication Parameters Table 4: Default Comm unic ation Par amet ers EDID EDID data is pass ed between Out put 1 an d In put 1 RS - 232 Protoco l 200 .
Kr a mer Protocol 20 00 KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 20 12 Kramer Protocol 2000 The VS - 66H3 is compatible with Kra mer’s Protoc ol 2000 1 Table 5 : Protocol De finitions (ver sion 0 . 50 ). This RS - 232/RS - 485 com muni cation protocol u ses four byt es of inform ation as def ined below .
Kramer Protocol 2000 21 For a single machine controlled via the seri al port, always se t M4…M0 = 1, and make sure that the machin e itself is configured as MACHINE NUMBER = 1. Table 6 : Ins truct ion C odes f or Pr otoc ol 200 0 Note: All values in the table are decimal, unless otherwise stated.
Kr a mer Protocol 20 00 KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 22 NOTE 8 - The reply is as in TYPE 3 abo ve, except that here the OUTPU T is assigned with the value 0 if the setup is no t defined / no valid input is detected; or 1 if it is defined / valid input is detected.
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