Magenta Research MultiView AK500 Quick Reference & Setup Manual

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MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES
MultiView
AK500
Receiver

Quick Reference

&

Setup Guide

Magenta Research
Magenta Research
128 Litchfield Road, New Milford, CT 06776 USA
128 Litchfield Road, New Milford, CT 06776 USA
(860) 210-0546 FAX (860) 210-1758
(860) 210-0546 FAX (860) 210-1758
www.magenta-research.com
www.magenta-research.com
PN 5310148-01, Rev 04, Oct-2007
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  • Page 1: Quick Reference

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES MultiView AK500 Receiver Quick Reference & Setup Guide Magenta Research Magenta Research 128 Litchfield Road, New Milford, CT 06776 USA 128 Litchfield Road, New Milford, CT 06776 USA (860) 210-0546 FAX (860) 210-1758 (860) 210-0546 FAX (860) 210-1758 www.magenta-research.com www.magenta-research.com...
  • Page 2: Specifications

    This document and the Magenta Research products to which it relates, and the copyright The manufacturer declares that this product meets the requirements of in each, is the property of Magenta Research. Neither the document nor the products may EU Directive 89/336/EEC.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES CHAPTER 1: Specifications Contents 1. Specifications Chapter Page Cable Required: Category 5, 5e, 6 shielded or unshielded twisted pair Specifications....................3 Compliance: CE; FCC Class A, IC Class/class A Video Support: VGA, SVGA, XGA, XGA-2, RGBHV, RGB, Composite, S-Video, Introduction ........…............4 Component Video modes 2.1 Overview.....................4...
  • Page 4: Overview

    NOTE: all units must be the same type for all supported features to function correctly. Magenta Research products are compatible with Cat5/5e/6 data cabling as well as For example, a UTX 232 must be connected to an AK500 232 for the serial signals to skew free CAT5/5e cabling manufactured for video applications.
  • Page 5: Connections On The Single-Port Vga/Audio

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES CHAPTER 3: Setup and Installation 4. Connect the CAT5 cable to the transmitter. 5. Apply power on the transmitter. The LED should light and, if there’s a local monitor attached, a video image should appear on the monitor’s screen. At the receiver end: 1.
  • Page 6 MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES CHAPTER 3: Setup and Installation 3.3.5 CONNECTIONS ON THE SINGLE-PORT VGA SA and SAP The Single-Port MultiView™ CAT5 Video System SA/SAP series supports RS-232, video and stereo audio signals over CAT5 cable. SAP offers pollable serial modes so a bi-directional serial session can be established with a receiver in a daisy chain.
  • Page 7: Troubleshooting

    Solution: • Powered speakers are required. Make sure speaker power is Skew Free CAT5 cable. Contact Magenta Research for details. Using the skew compensation switches, 10 nanoseconds of skew may be compensated • Check input source levels from the source device. Make sure for each color pair.
  • Page 8: Appendix A. Cabling Pinouts

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX A: Cable Pinning Appendix A. Cabling Pinouts Problem: Serial communication doesn’t work correctly. Solution: • Are the serial devices connected properly? Are the serial parameters correct for source/destination devices? • Are the serial cables terminated correctly? If a null-modem cable is used, it must be placed at the receiver end.
  • Page 9: Appendix B. Setting Sync Signal Output Termination

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX B: Sync Termination Appendix B. Setting Sync Signal Appendix A. Cabling Pinouts Output Termination In some cases, it may be necessary to disable the 75-ohm termination of the video outputs on the MultiView™ CAT5 Video System units. This can be done by opening the case of each unit and installing jumpers on the circuit board.
  • Page 10: Appendix C. Ak500 Configuration Settings

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX C: AK500 Configuration Settings Appendix C. AK500 Configuration Settings Table C-1: MultiView AK500 Configuration Jumper Settings Configuration Option (all options utilize JP10 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP6 JP7 JP8 JP9 JP13 Note: AK500 receivers are typically pre-configured at time of order and will have factory...
  • Page 11: Appendix D. Serial Daughterboard Sdb Setting

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX D: Serial Settings Appendix D. Serial Daughterboard Appendix D. Serial Daughterboard (SDB) Settings (SDB) Settings, cont Table D-2. Receiver SDB jumper settings The single-port serial transmitters and single-port and dual daisy chainable serial receivers contain an internal serial daughterboard (SDB) that can be Mode Type Baud...
  • Page 12: Appendix F. Pollable Serial Mode

    MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX F: Pollable Serial Mode Appendix E. Rackmounting Units Appendix F. Pollable Serial Mode The SAP pollable serial daisychainable receivers with video, audio and RS232 serial The Rackmount Kits include brackets for mounting a single transmitter, single feature the ability to open a bi-directional session between a pollable transmitter and a receiver, or a single dual daisychainable receiver.
  • Page 13 MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES APPENDIX F: Pollable Serial Mode Appendix F. Appendix F. Pollable Serial Mode Address Chart Pollable Serial Mode Address Chart (cont.)
  • Page 14 MAGENTA MULTIVIEW™ SERIES...

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