Edid Menu; Edid Operations - Lightware UMX-OPT-TX150R User Manual

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5. Software Control – Lightware Device Controller
5.6. EDID Menu
EDID management can be accessed by selecting the EDID menu. There are two panels: left one contains
Source EDIDs, right one contains Destination places where the EDIDs can be emulated or copied.
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Control Buttons
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Exporting an EDID
Save
(save to a file)
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Importing an EDID
Upload
(load from a file)
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Display EDID
Info
Summary window
Opening Advanced
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Edit
EDID Editor with the
selected EDID
Opening Easy EDID
Create
Creator
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Executing EDID
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emulation or copying
(Transfer button)
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Deleting EDID (from
Delete selected
User memory)
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Selecting all memory
Select All
places in the right panel
Selecting none of the
Deselect All
memory places in the
right panel
UMX-OPT-TX150R – User's Manual
5.6.1. EDID Operations
After the list is downloaded, the current status is shown. The EDID memory consists of four parts.
The Emulated EDID List shows the currently emulated EDIDs for each input. It contains the input description,
manufacturer, resolution, monitor name, source name for each input separately. The source column displays
the memory location that the current EDID was routed from.
The Dynamic EDID List contains the resolution, manufacturer and vendor name of the display devices
connected to device's output. The device remembers the last display device's EDID, so there is an EDID
shown even if there is no device attached to the transmitter's output at the moment.
The Factory EDID List shows the factory memory locations (01# - 20#) with preprogrammed EDID.
The User EDID List shows the memory locations (51# - 66#) which can be used by the user to save custom EDIDs.
Any source reads the EDID from the Emulated EDID memory for the corresponding port. The user can select
an EDID with the rotary switches to the desired input's memory location. This is called EDID switching. There
are two types of the emulation: static and dynamic.
Static EDID emulation happens, when an EDID from the Factory or User EDID list is selected by the
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Rotary switches (#1 .. #). In this case the Emulated EDID will remain the same until the user emulates
another EDID.
Dynamic EDID emulation can be enabled by selecting #0 on the EDID Rotary switch. The attached
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monitor's EDID is copied to the INPUT, if a new monitor is attached to the output, the emulated EDID
changes automatically.
Changing Emulated EDID
To change the emulated EDID use the EDID Rotary switches on the rear panel of the device. For more
information see EDIDs Are Referred with Rotary Switches
INFO: If dynamic emulation is established, the emulated EDID will be changed on the input every time
a new monitor is connected to the output. If the monitor is disconnected from the output, the last EDID
remains emulated for the source. This feature helps especially rental technicians or system integrators
to keep the source continuously transmitting the signal, and adopt the system for new incoming display
devices.
INFO: Power ON/OFF cycle will not affect the emulated EDID or other settings.
INFO: EDID routing procedure causes a status change, hence it is reported back to the control software
within 2-3 seconds.
Learning an EDID
The system is able to learn the EDID from a connected display device and store it in one of the user
programmable memory locations.
Step 1. Select the Dynamic EDID list from the Source panel (line will be highlighted with yellow).
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Step 2. Select the User EDID list from the Destination panel (line will be highlighted with yellow).
Step 3. Press button to save the EDID into the selected User memory.
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