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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Please read all instructions before attempting to unpack, install or operate this equipment and before connecting the power supply. Please keep the following in mind as you unpack and install this equipment: • Always follow basic safety precautions to reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock and injury to persons.
1. INTRODUCTION This HDMI Switcher is a high performance, low latency, multi- windowing system that can be easily configured for a variety of professional video processing tasks. Up to 4 different input sources may be freely selected and arranged and output to a single display. When switched into single window mode the unit can be a seamless switcher with cross-fade support, or two sources can be combined with the use of chroma keying.
5. FEATURES • Seamless switching between sources and windows • Supports PiP, PoP, and multi-window display • Easy individual window size and position and layer priority adjustment • Enlarge or shrink up to 4 input windows • Crossfade, chroma key, mirror, and rotation (90˚ left/right and 180˚) functions •...
(1~4). It is possible for a single input to be displayed in multiple windows simultaneously. WINDOW A~H: Press buttons A~D will put the unit into full screen single window mode and display the associated channel’s currently selected source (1~4). Switching between windows A~D is seamless, and if the “Fade”...
USB cable. The unit should appear as an empty USB drive on your PC named “USB UPDATE”. Drag or copy the logo file into the new “USB UPDATE” drive on your PC and the upload will automatically proceed. All Window and Channel buttons will be illuminated while the upload is in process.
Chroma Key*: Press to toggle the Chroma Key function on/off. Note: Channel 1 is always the background and channel 2 is always the keyed foreground image. Mirror*: Press to display current channel mirrored (left/right). Rotation*: Press to rotate the image 90˚ left, 90˚ right or 180˚. Note: For functions with asterisks (*) only work on Windows A~D.
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LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Window A I/O Setup Output (cont.) Windows Window B Window C Window D Window E Window F Window G Window H Output Win Fav 1 Windows Win Fav 2 Win Fav 3 Win Fav 4 Menu Exit OSD Settings...
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LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 Window Label Select Video 1 Setup Video 2 (cont.) Video 3 Video 4 Menu Exit Fav. Store FAV 1 Store On/Off FAV 2 Store On/Off FAV 3 Store On/Off FAV 4 Store On/Off Menu Exit Menu Exit...
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LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 000~255 (233/0/0) Chromakey Green Minimum for R/G/B Setup 222~255 (255/16/16) Maximum for R/G/B (cont.) 000~255 (0/233/233) Magenta Minimum for R/G/B 222~255 (16/255/255) Maximum for R/G/B 000~255 (0/233/0) Minimum for R/G/B 222~255 (0/233/0) Maximum for R/G/B 000~255 (0/0/232) Blue...
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Note: • Values in bold or ( ) are factory default settings. • The “Chromakey Setup” feature only works with Inputs 1 & 2. Input 1 is always the background video and Input 2 is always the top layer with the key applied to it. The part of Input 2 that is to be keyed out (removed) should, ideally, be a single color that is not used anywhere else in the source signal.
6.6 RS-232 and Telnet Commands COMMAND DESCRIPTION HELP/? Displays all available commands. SPOW M Turn the unit’s power on or off (stand-by). M = 0 [off], 1 [on] RPOW Display the current power state. SRES M Set the output resolution. Available values for M: 0 [480p@60Hz] 1 [576p@50Hz]...
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION SOSDH M Set the OSD’s horizontal position. M = 0~20 (Default = 5) ROSDH Display the OSD’s current horizontal position. SOSDV M Set the OSD’s vertical position. M = 0~20 (Default = 5) ROSDV Display the OSD’s current vertical position. SOSDT M Set the OSD’s visibility duration.
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RSAT N Display the current saturation value for the specified channel. N = 0 [all channels], 1~4 [single channel] SHUE N M Set the hue value for a channel. N = 0 [all channels], 1~4 [single channel] M = 0~100 (Default = 50) RHUE N Display the current hue value for the specified channel.
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RSWAP M Display current image swap settings for the specified channel pairs. Available values for M: 0 [CH1 & CH2 current sources] 1 [CH1 & CH3 current sources] 2 [CH1 & CH4 current sources] 3 [CH2 & CH3 current sources] 4 [CH2 &...
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RVSIZE Display the current vertical size of the specified channel. N = 1~4 [channel] SHPOS N M Set the horizontal position (in pixels) of the top- left pixel of the specified channel. N = 1~4 [channel] M = 0~X (Max value of X depends on the current resolution.) RHPOS Display the current horizontal position of the...
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RPRI N Show the selected channel’s window layer priority. N = 0 [all channels], 1~4 [single channel] SLABEL N “Name” Assign a name to a channel. N = 1~4 [channel] “Name” = Up to 9 alphanumeric characters. RLABEL Display the selected channel’s name.
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION SFADE M Set the fade in/fade out time. Available values for M (in seconds): 0 [off] 1 [1.0] 2 [1.1] 3 [1.2] 4 [1.3] 5 [1.4] 6 [1.5] 7 [1.6] 8 [1.7] 9 [1.8] 10 [1.9] 11 [2.0] 12 [2.1] 13 [2.2] 14 [2.3]...
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION SCHRKS M Select a key color preset for the chroma key. Available values for M: 0 [User 1] 1 [User 2] 2 [White] 3 [Yellow] 4 [Cyan] 5 [Green] 6 [Magenta] 7 [Red] 8 [Blue] 9 [Black] (Default = 0) RCHRKS Display the current chroma key preset selection.
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RCHRC N Display the current brightness value of the selected chroma key item. Available values for N: 0 [User 1, G max] 1 [User 1, G min] 2 [User 1, R max] 3 [User 1, R min] 4 [User 1, B max] 5 [User 1, B min] 6 [User 2, G max] 7 [User 2, G min]...
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION SETHT M Set the Ethernet timeout. Available values for M: 0 [off] 1 [10 min] 2 [20 min] 3 [30 min] 4 [40 min] 5 [50 min] 6 [60 min] (Default = 0) RETHT Display the current Ethernet timeout value. RELINK Re-link the unit after 2 seconds.
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION RBIOS Display the BIOS version. SLOGOD M Enable or disable the logo display. M = 0 [off], 1 [on] (Default = 0) RLOGOD Display the current state of the logo display. SLOGOH M Set the horizontal position (in pixels) of the top- left pixel of the logo.
6.7 Telnet Control Before attempting to use telnet control, please ensure that both the unit and the PC/Laptop are connected to the same active networks. To access Telnet in Windows 7, click on the “Start” menu and type “cmd” in the search field, then press “Enter”. Under Windows XP go to the “Start”...
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This will connect us to the unit we wish to control. Type “help” to list the available commands. Type “IPCONFIG” to list all IP configurations. Type “IPMODE” to put the unit into static IP/DHCP mode. For a full list of commands, see section 6.6. Note: •...
6.8 WebGUI Control All primary functions of this unit are controllable via the built in WebGUI. This control is presented across 8 separate tabs, including Image Adjust, Image Swap, Output Resolution, Windows Setup, OSD/ LOGO Settings, Window Convert, Chromakey Setup, and Ethernet. Depending on the unit’s current operation mode, some tabs will be disabled.
6.8.1 Image Adjust Select the “Image Adjust” tab to adjust the contrast, saturation, brightness, brightness and hue of each channel window. Additionally, each channel can be paused/un-paused independently, or all at the same time. 6.8.2 Image Swap (Multi-Window Mode [E~H] only) Click on the “Image Swap”...
6.8.3 Output Resolution Click on the “Output Resolution” tab to set the output resolution for the unit. 6.8.4 Windows Setup (Multi-Window Mode [E~H] only) Click on the “Windows Setup” tab to configure each channel window’s size, position, depth priority, and label. The individual channels may also be enabled/disabled.
Notes: • The positioning coordinates are measured from the upper-left corner of each channel window and the values depend on the selected output resolution. • All changes made via mouse control occur immediately and are saved to the current Window Mode. To apply and save changes made via text entry the “Save”...
6.8.6 Window Convert (Single Window Mode [A~D] only) Click on the “Window Convert” tab to access controls for mirror mode, 90° rotation and crossfade length. Note: When rotation is enabled, crossfade and chromakey functionality is disabled. 6.8.7 Chromakey Setup (Single Window Mode [A~D] only) Click on the “Chromakey Setup”...
Note: When Chromakey is enabled, crossfade and rotation functionality is disabled. 6.8.8 Ethernet Click on the “Ethernet” tab to access control of the IP configuration for the unit. The IP Address, Netmask and Gateway can be set manually, or DHCP can be enabled for automatic IP configuration if your local network supports it.
7. CONNECTION DIAGRAM Camera Set-top Box DVD/Blu-ray Player Game Console HDMI Inputs Internet Connected Router 4 3 2 1 Power Supply HDMI IN HDMI OUT CONTROL RS232 DC 12V SERVICE ONLY HDMI Output RS-232 RS-232 Enabled PC/Laptop or Control System HDTV Screen Configurations: Window E...
9. ACRONYMS ACRONYM COMPLETE TERM Command Line Interface Digital Visual Interface EDID Extended Display Identification Data Graphical User Interface High-Definition HDCP High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface Infrared LPCM Linear Pulse-Code Modulation On-Screen Display Personal Computer Pulse-Code Modulation Universal Serial Bus Video Graphics Array (640×480@60Hz) WUXGA...
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