Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VS-84H Kramer Electronics
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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Prelimin ary USER M ANUA L Model: VS -84H 8x4 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 - 84H 8x 4 HDMI Mat rix S witche r 5 4.
Content s KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY ii Tables Table 1: V S - 84H 8x 4 HDMI Mat rix Swit cher F ront Pa nel Fe ature s 6 Table 2: V S - 84H 8 x4 HDMI Matrix Swit cher Rear P anel Featur es 7 T.
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 - 84H is a hi gh q ualit y 8 x 4 ma tr i x s witcher 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 - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matrix Sw itcher 5 copyrighted material. To protect copy r ight ho lde rs (suc h as movi e stud ios) 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 - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matr ix Swi tcher KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 6 Figure 1: VS - 84 H 8x4 HDMI Ma trix S witch er Fro nt Pane l Table 1: VS - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matr ix Swi tcher Fro n.
Defining the VS - 84H 8x4 HDMI Matri x Swit cher 7 Figure 2: VS - 84 H 8x4 HDMI Ma trix S witch er Rear P anel Table 2: VS - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matr ix Swi tcher Rear Pan el F eatures # Fe atur e Function .
Defining the VS - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matr ix 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 - 84H in a Rack 9 5 Installing the VS - 84H i n a R ack . 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 - 84H 8x 4 HD MI Ma trix S wit cher KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 10 6 Connecting the VS - 84H 8x4 HDMI Matr i x Sw it che r To connect 1 Figur e 3 the VS - 84H 8x4 HDM I Matrix Switcher as illustrat ed in the exa mple in : 1.
Operating the VS - 84 H 8x4 HDMI Matrix Switcher 11 7 Operating the VS - 84H 8x4 HDMI Ma trix Switcher 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 - 84H 8x 4 HDM I 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 4 to IN 3): 1. Connect the display d evices to t he out put s fro m whic h you wa nt to acquire the EDID s.
Operating the VS - 84H 8x4 HD MI M atrix Sw itche r 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 sto re and recall up to 1 2 setup s whic h are assi gned usi ng the 4 o utput (preset 1 to 4 ) a nd 8 input (pr eset 5 to 12) butt ons .
Operati ng the V S - 84H 8x 4 HDM I Matr ix Sw itc her KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 14 7.6 Con necting to the VS - 84H 8x4 HDM I M atrix Swit cher via E thernet You can connect the VS - 84H via the Et herne t, usi ng a cross over cable (see Section 7.
Upgr ading t he Firmware 15 6. Select Use the follo wing IP Addr ess, and fill in the detail s as sho wn in Figur e 5 . 7. Click OK . Figure 5 : In terne t Prot ocol ( TCP /IP) Prope rtie s Window 7 .
Technical S pecificati ons KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 16 9 Technical Specifications The VS - 84H technical s pecifications are shown in Table 3 . Table 3 : Techni cal Specifi cation s 1 INPUTS: of the VS - 84H 8x4 HDMI Matrix Swi tcher 8 HDMI C on nec tor s OUTPUT S: 4 HDMI C on nec tor s BANDW IDTH: 2.
Default EDID 17 Timing characteristics Horizontal sca n range.... 31 - 94kHz Vertical scan r ange...... 50 - 85Hz Video bandwidth...... .... 170MHz CVT standard............. Not supported GTF standard............. Not supported Additiona l descriptors.
Default EDID KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 18 Detailed t iming #5....... 128 0x720p at 50Hz (16:9) Modeline....... ........ " 1280x720" 74.
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 - 84H is compati ble with Kramer’ s Protocol 20 00 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 machine 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 - T he reply is as in T YPE 3 abo ve, except that here the OUTPUT is assi gned with the value 0 if the setup is not defined / no valid input is detected; or 1 if it is defined / valid input is detected.
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