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- Page 1 User's Manual Video Controller NovaPro HD Rev1.4.1 NS160100032 www.novastar.tech...
- Page 2 Welcome to use the product from Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “NovaStar”). It is our great pleasure to offer this manual to help you understand and use the product. We strive for precision and reliability during the compilation of this manual, and the content of this manual are subject to change without notice.
- Page 3 FCC Caution Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
6.6 Step 4: Output Settings ....................15 6.7 Display Control ........................18 6.8 Advanced Settings ......................20 6.8.1 Picture in Picture (PIP) ..................20 6.8.2 Advanced Configuration ..................22 6.8.3 Montage ........................24 6.8.4 Load Cabinet File ....................25 www.novastar.tech... - Page 5 NovaPro HD User's Manual 6.8.5 Alarm Threshold Settings ................... 28 6.8.6 Advanced Property ....................28 6.8.7 Save parameters to hardware ................29 6.8.8 Redundancy ......................29 6.8.9 DMX512 Channel Settings ................. 30 6.8.10 Factory Reset ......................31 6.8.11 Hardware version ....................31 6.9 Communication Settings ....................
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Page 6: Safety Statement
NovaPro HD User's Manual 1 Safety Statement To avoid potential hazards, please use this equipment according to the regulations. In case of damages, non-professionals are not allowed to disassemble it for maintenance without permission. Please contact the after-sales department of the company. -
Page 7: Overview
NovaPro HD User's Manual 2 Overview NovaPro HD is a professional LED display controller. Besides the function of display control, it also features in powerful front-end processing. It has integrated various professional interfaces. With excellent image quality and free image control, NovaPro HD has greatly satisfied the requirements of display industry. -
Page 8: Appearance
7) NovaPro HD is the flagship product of NovaStar new generation controllers. Being powerful in image processing, professional in image control and friendly in user- interface, NovaPro HD has brought unprecedented ease and pleasure in LED display control. - Page 9 NovaPro HD User's Manual like breathing when there are Ethernet ports of this unit in hot backup state. Red- Power indicator ③: Option buttons of six input sources and below is corresponding indicator lights. Short press a button to set it as the input source of main screen while long press to set as the source of PIP.
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Page 10: Rear Panel
NovaPro HD User's Manual 3.2 Rear Panel Note: In order to improve user’s experience, layout of the interfaces may be adjusted a little. The picture is only for reference. Inputs Audio Audio Input DP Input HDMI HDMI Input DVI Input... - Page 11 Ethernet Control (connecting PC for communication or ETHERNET accessing Network) IN: connecting PC for communication or cascade input; connecting USB OUT of last NovaPro HD USB Control OUT: cascade output, Cascading USB IN of next NovaPro IN: connecting all consoles that support DMX512 DMX Control interface protocol.
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Page 12: Signal Connection
NovaPro HD User's Manual 4 Signal Connection Signal Connection Connect the required hardware devices referring to the interface descriptions in previous chapters. Note: Please turn OFF POWER before signal connection. Fig. 4-1 Signal Connection www.novastar.tech... -
Page 13: Description Of Operation Modes
Fig. 4-3 Cascade Control Signal Connection 5 Description of Operation Modes NovaPro HD is not only powerful in functions but also easy to use. It supports three operating modes for users to choose in different occasions. Mode 1: Machine operation. All operations can be completed by a knob and a button on NovaPro HD without PC. -
Page 14: Machine Operation
LAN. Open up a browser on control computer and enter the IP of NovaPro HD to log in control page. Mode 3: NovaLCT client operation. Connect NovaPro HD to control computer and all configurations can be completed on NovaLCT-Mars client. Then send to NovaPro HD. -
Page 15: Main Interface
NovaPro HD User's Manual Unlocking: simultaneously press the knob and ESC button for more than three seconds to unlock the controller. 6.2 Main Interface After starting the controller, the main interface of LCD display is as follows: First row: product model, local IP/ device name (custom) INPUT: Main screen, signal source, input source signal format. -
Page 16: Step 1: Input Settings
When the voltage of NovaPro HD exceeds threshold value (able to be changed by users), the voltage value will turn red and blinks. Current effect is point-to-point display. -
Page 17: Step 2: Screen Settings
NovaPro HD User's Manual through NovaPro HD for digital input modes: DVI, HDMI and DP. For other input modes, resolution can only be changed on input devices. Input resolution can be set through two ways: I: Preset Resolution Choose a suitable resolution from the standard resolutions preset in the controller. If... - Page 18 NovaPro HD User's Manual cabinets is not integer multiples of the Ethernet ports, the remaining cabinets will be loaded by the last Ethernet port); 2) Regular screen, regular cabinets, each cabinet with the same size. Operating steps of screen settings: Step 1 Turn on the power of LED display.
- Page 19 NovaPro HD User's Manual Step 5 Set data flow of the screen and please see the Notes c), d), e) of screen settings. Notes for screen settings: a) If the number of ports with loads is n Example: (n≤4), the quantities of cabinets loaded by...
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Page 20: Step 3: Brightness Control
NovaPro HD User's Manual data flow connection. 6.5 Step 3: Brightness Control Return to main menu interface. Press the knob and select the corresponding value. At this time, the knob can be turned to adjust brightness value. 6.6 Step 4: Output Settings Output settings can be divided into three cases: ... - Page 21 NovaPro HD User's Manual Effects of scaling disabled II: Output image is adjusted to the size of display screen, namely it is self-adaptive to the size of display screen. Operation: Enable scaling and auto fit to screen. III: Custom Scaling Operation: Enable Scaling and disable Auto Fit To Screen to customize scaling.
- Page 22 NovaPro HD User's Manual Operating steps of custom scaling: a) Input Capture setting, i.e., to capture the part of the image from one start position of the input image and display it on the LED screen. It is needed to set horizontal width(≤horizontal resolution of input source) and vertical...
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Page 23: Display Control
NovaPro HD User's Manual After setting according to the above two steps, the captured content will be only displayed on the set area of the LED display, as shown below: Custom Scaling Effect 6.7 Display Control Normal Freeze: same as the function of FRZ button. - Page 24 NovaPro HD User's Manual Picture quality adjustment Set contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, color temperature, red brightness, green brightness, blue brightness and Gamma as required. Save these parameters to hardware after adjusting to satisfaction Channel Effect The software supports three effects: cut, fade and pop-up. Select Off to if off to switch off Channel Effect.
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Page 25: Advanced Settings
NovaPro HD User's Manual 6.8 Advanced Settings Several options of major function setting are included in advanced settings, as shown in the figure below, including PIP, Advanced Configuration, Montage, etc. Operation of each function will be detailed for users in the following chapter. - Page 26 NovaPro HD User's Manual position and transparency of PIP and PIP crop settings. PIP: Switching on/off PIP is the same as the function of PIP button on front panel and synchronous with it. Main source/PIP source: Input source switching of main screen and PIP is the same as the function of input source switching button on front panel.
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Page 27: Advanced Configuration
Operating steps of advanced configuration are shown as below: 1) Enable Advanced Config Please enable Advanced Config first since it is disabled by default in NovaPro HD. Advanced Config defaults to “Disabled”. After the function is enabled, the rows and columns of the cabinets loaded by each port, offset, and data flow can be set respectively. - Page 28 NovaPro HD User's Manual 2) Ethernet Port Settings Set the rows and columns of the cabinets loaded by each port, horizontal and vertical offset as well as data flow according to the actual layout of the cabinets. Precautions for advanced mapping screen:...
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Page 29: Montage
NovaPro HD unit. Total sizes of loading area of all NovaPro HD units are the total sizes of LED display. Montage Example: the total number of pixels of the LED display is 4000×1000, which has exceeded the load of a single Pro HD unit. -
Page 30: Load Cabinet File
Custom Scaling, namely, set Scaling as enable while Custom Scaling as disable. 6.8.4 Load Cabinet File Connect NovaPro HD to PC and run NovaLCT-Mars on PC. Import cabinet configuration file saved before into the controller. 1) Save cabinet configuration file www.novastar.tech... - Page 31 NovaPro HD User's Manual After receiving card is configured, click Save File to save cabinet configuration file (.rcfg) to local file on PC. www.novastar.tech -26-...
- Page 32 NovaPro HD User's Manual 2) Import cabinet configuration file into NovaPro HD. Operating steps are shown in the figure below: 3) Load Cabinet File www.novastar.tech -27-...
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Page 33: Alarm Threshold Settings
6.8.5 Alarm Threshold Settings Set the threshold values of temperature and voltage. When temperature or voltage of NovaPro HD exceeds the threshold value, temperature or voltage on the home page of the screen will turn red and blink. 6.8.6 Advanced Property... -
Page 34: Save Parameters To Hardware
DNR Settings: It is available when image input port is not VGA and there are five modes of noise reduction: "Off", "Auto", "Low", "Medium" and "High". 6.8.7 Save parameters to hardware Save all the configurations of NovaPro HD to hardware and the data will not be lost after power off. 6.8.8 Redundancy Set this controller as primary control or backup. -
Page 35: Dmx512 Channel Settings
NovaPro HD User's Manual 6.8.9 DMX512 Channel Settings Set the starting channel of DMX512. NovaPro HD currently has extracted 16 property channels. 0~8 have been defined with properties and the rest are not defined for the moment. For example, if the starting channel is set as 1, the controller will take 16 channels from the 1st channel as available channels. -
Page 36: Factory Reset
NovaPro HD User's Manual Color temperature Red component brightness Green component brightness Blue component brightness Gamma Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined Undefined 6.8.10 Factory Reset Restore NovaPro HD to factory settings. 6.8.11 Hardware version View hardware version of NovaPro HD. www.novastar.tech -31-... -
Page 37: Communication Settings
NovaPro HD User's Manual 6.9 Communication Settings Set communication mode and network parameters of NovaPro HD. There are two communication modes, one is USB Preferred and the other is LAN Preferred. If both USB and LAN port are connected to control computer and LAN Preferred is selected, system will use LAN to control. -
Page 38: Web Interface Operation
NovaPro HD User's Manual 7 Web Interface Operation Access Web control interface of Pro HD through browser. Main operating steps, functions and corresponding parameter configuration requirements are the same as the operation of the controller. This chapter only covers network establishment, motion description and features of Web interface operations. - Page 39 NovaPro HD User's Manual Toolbar: The toolbar will be highlighted when you move the mouse over it. By clicking the toolbar, you can get into the configuration pages of sub menus. The functions are the same as the menus in the bottom left of the page.
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Page 40: My Device
NovaPro HD User's Manual Three display control buttons: the indicator lights default to blue and turn green when enabled. 7.3 My Device The name of the device can be modified, which is a unique function of Web interface operation. www.novastar.tech... -
Page 41: Lct Client Operation
NovaPro HD User's Manual 8 LCT Client Operation Communication between control computer and Pro HD is via USB control cable. Compared with the operation through controller and Web, LCT client can provide users with the most comprehensive functions and configuration parameters. -
Page 42: Firmware Upgrade
NovaPro HD User's Manual 9 Firmware Upgrade There are two ways to upgrade the firmware of Pro HD: upgrade by U disk and LCT client. 1) Upgrading firmware by U disk Firmware upgrade by U disk must meet two conditions: a) The format of the U-disk must be FAT12/16/32。... - Page 43 NovaPro HD User's Manual the program loading page will pop up. www.novastar.tech -38-...
- Page 44 NovaPro HD User's Manual Current operation communication port: Choose the serial port, the hardware program of which is to be upgraded. Program path: Select the hardware program to be upgrade currently. Sending card: Check to update all the programs of sending card.
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Page 45: Troubleshooting And Precautions
NovaPro HD User's Manual Refresh all: Check this option and click Refresh to refresh and display the program versions of all sending card and receiving card of current serial port. Set refresh: Click “Refresh” to set refresh and display the version information of one receiving card. - Page 46 NovaPro HD User's Manual Check whether monitor output is connected correctly and the connection is not loose. If connecting Pro to display, please confirm whether the display supports the output resolution of Pro. Try to cut the power and restart the device. Then reset Pro and do the operations again.
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Page 47: Technical Specifications
NovaPro HD User's Manual display via machine operation, Web operation and LCT client operation. Please troubleshoot the devices according to above steps. If problems cannot be solved, please contact our local dealers or customer service department. Since there are components with high voltage inside the controller, please DO NOT maintain it by yourself for the sake of your safety. - Page 48 NovaPro HD User's Manual Outputs Port Number Resolution Ratio Specs DVI input loop In accordance with DVI input, supporting HDCP loop （DVILOOP） 1280×1024/60Hz 1440×900/60Hz HDMI 1680×1050/60Hz 1600×1200/60Hz 1600×1200/60Hz – Reduced 1920×1080/60Hz/50Hz 2560×816/60Hz 2048×640/60Hz 1920×1200/60Hz 2304×1152/60Hz 2048×1152/60Hz 1024×1280/60Hz 1536×1536/60Hz Custom output resolution (band-width optimization)
- Page 49 NovaPro HD User's Manual Control Interface Port Number Instruction Upper computer control interface RJ45 Multi-units communication interface Connected to all kinds of control interfaces that support DMX512 interface protocol. Overall Specifications Input power AC 100-250V, 50/60Hz Overall power consumption Operating temperature -20~60℃...
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Page 50: Installation Dimensions
NovaPro HD User's Manual 12 Installation Dimensions (Unit: mm) www.novastar.tech -45-...
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