Lightware VINX-120-HDMI-ENC User Manual
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- Page 1 User’s Manual VINX-120-HDMI-ENC VINX-110-HDMI-DEC Networked AV Scaling Multimedia Extender...
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Important Safety Instructions Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Common Safety Symbols WEEE Class II apparatus construction. This marking shown on the product or its literature, Symbol Description The equipment should be operated only from the power source indicates that it should not be disposed with other indicated on the product. -
Page 3: Vinx-1X0-Hdmi Extenders – User's Manual
VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Symbol Legend Document Information The following symbols and markings are used in the document: All presented functions refer to the indicated products. The descriptions have been made during testing these functions in accordance with the WARNING! Safety-related information... - Page 4 VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Table of Contents 4.5.3. Modifying a Video Wall ..............21 5.8.5. Querying the HDCP State ..............31 1. INTRODUCTION ...................6 4.5.4. Deleting a Video Wall ..............21 5.8.6. Setting the HDCP State ..............31 1.1.
- Page 5 VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 7.2. HDCP Management ..............42 7.2.1. Protected and Unprotected Content ..........42 7.2.2. Disable Unnecessary Encryption ............ 42 8. APPENDIX ..................43 8.1. Specification ................43 8.2. Mechanical Drawings ..............44 8.3. Output Resolutions (Scaler) .............45 8.4.
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Page 6: Introduction
Pre-programmed factory EDID presets and user EDIDs are stored in the Encoder. Thank you for choosing Lightware’s VINX Video Network Extender devices. In the first chapter we would like to introduce the device by highlighting the most Devices feature embedded web for control. -
Page 7: Features Of The Device
1. Introduction VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 1.3. Features of the Device Video Wall Application Local HDMI Output Image Adjustment The VINX devices can be arranged to a Video wall up A display device can be connected to the Encoder for The extended video can be rotated or flipped at the to 8x8 Display devices. -
Page 8: Installation
INFO: In order to get the necessary mounting accessory please VINX devices and put them into a standard rack cabinet (width of the contact sales@lightware.com. Rack shelf is 448 mm – without the ears). Fix the device to the Rack 2.1.1. VESA100 Mounting Adapter for Extenders... -
Page 9: Connecting Steps
Keyboard 1 2 3 4 8-4-2-1 1GbE LAN HDMI OUTPUT (AV INPUT) Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 Switch RS-232 By default, Lightware Video-over-IP Encoders and Decoders use LINK ACT. POWER CHANNEL ID CONNECT VIDEO ON DIP 1 2 3 4... -
Page 10: Product Overview
3. Product Overview VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 3.1. VINX Encoder Front and Rear View 3.2. VINX Decoder Front and Rear View Product Overview The following sections are about the physical structure of the device, input/ output ports and connectors VINX Encoder Front and Rear View Ý... -
Page 11: Electrical Connections
3. Product Overview VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 3.3. Electrical Connections 3.4. Front Panel LEDs 3.6. VINX Device Concept POWER LED The key feature of the VINX series is the A/V signal transmission from 1 GbE LAN an Encoder to many Decoder devices. -
Page 12: Video Interface
3. Product Overview VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 3.7. Video Interface 3.7.1. One-to-one Video Transmission (Unicast Mode) 3.7.2. One-to-All Video Transmission (Multicast Mode) The Encoder and the Decoder devices are arranged in a LAN by The Encoder and Decoder devices are arranged in a LAN by connecting The following chapters describe the modes of the video transmissions. -
Page 13: Layout Examples
3. Product Overview VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 3.7.3. Layout Examples Two Video Walls and Local Monitors with One Encoder Small View and Large View Combined in Multicast Mode The Layout The Layout Multicast Mode with Video Wall The Layout L3 Switch L3 Switch... -
Page 14: Usb Interface
3. Product Overview VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 3.8. USB Interface 3.9. RS-232 Interface Command Injection Mode DEFINITION: The Command Injection mode is like an RS-232 USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 data transmission works between an Encoder and Serial data transmission works between an Encoder and all the bidirectional converter. -
Page 15: Software Control - Using The Built-In Website
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.1. Establishing the Connection Decoder Assignment The list contains the VINX devices which are available within the same ATTENTION! The supported web browsers are Mozilla Firefox and subnet. -
Page 16: Video Status And Settings
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.2.2. Video Status and Settings The properties of the incoming and outgoing video signals are displayed with the followings: Selecting the emulated EDID (see the EDID Operations section). -
Page 17: Edid Menu
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.3. EDID Menu DEFINITION: The Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is the passport of display devices. It contains information about the capabilities of the display, such as supported resolutions, refresh rates, the type and manufacturer of the display device, etc. -
Page 18: Edid Operations
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.3.2. EDID Operations 4.4. Advanced Settings USB Settings (Multicast Mode) The Encoder displays the name Changing the Emulated EDID The submenu contains two tabs: Multicast and Unicast. The currently of the currently connected valid mode is highlighted with blue. -
Page 19: Lw3 Terminal
VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.4.1. LW3 Terminal This window is the surface of the Lightware Protocol 3 (LW3) tree with a terminal window. Commands and specific parameters (which are not available on the graphical user interface of the LDC) can be run and set. -
Page 20: Video Wall Setup
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.5. Video Wall Setup ATTENTION! This tab is displayed only when the device is in Multicast mode. Although changing parameters usually takes effect within an acceptable period of time, it might happen that feedback is not received and not visible on the web page for several seconds. -
Page 21: Gap And Bezel Settings
4. Software Control - Using the Built-in Website VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 4.5.2. Gap and Bezel Settings 4.5.3. Modifying a Video Wall Bezel Gap X Width ATTENTION! Always press the Apply changes button if you want to The Name of the Video Wall save the changes of the below mentioned parameters. -
Page 22: Programmers' Reference
5.1. Overview Lightware 3 (LW3) protocol is used by more and more Lightware products ; the protocol is ASCII-based and all commands are terminated with a carriage return (Cr, ‘\r’) and line feed (Lf, ‘\n’) pair. It is organized as a tree structure that provides outstanding flexibility for implementing a human readable, but programmatically still ease to parse, which is suitable for different products with a different feature list. -
Page 23: Property
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Following example presents the structure of the tree traversal: Path of the nodes: Example: The following two ones are read-only properties: node1 n- /node1 pr●/node1/node12.ReadOnlyProperty=value1 n- /node1/node11 node11 pr●/.DeviceName=VINX-110-HDMI-DEC node12 n- /node1/node12... -
Page 24: Controls And Prefixes
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.3. Controls and Prefixes 5.3.3. Prefix Summary The following prefixes are defined in the LW3 protocol: 5.3.1. Escaping Property values and method parameters can contain characters that are used as control characters in the ‘n-’: a node, protocol. -
Page 25: Lw3 Commands
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.5. LW3 Commands Example: 5.5.1. Get Command ˃ GET /EDID.* ˂ pr /EDID.EdidStatus=F47:E1 The ‘GET’ command can be used to get the child nodes, properties and methods of a specific node. It can also be used to get the value of a property. -
Page 26: Set Command
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.5.2. Set Command Legend: The setter command can be used to modify the value of a property. X can be: Command format: SET●[nodePath].[propertyName]=[newPropertyValue] ‘O’: if the execution is successful. ‘F’: if the execution is failed, but the method could be executed. -
Page 27: Signature
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.5.6. Subscription Example: (for a property) A user can subscribe to any node. Subscribe to a node means that the user will get a notification if any of ˃... -
Page 28: Notifications About The Changes Of The Properties
Command format: CLOSE●[nodePath]/* Example: Response format: c-●[nodePath]/* Example: ˃ GET /.ProductName ˂ pr /.ProductName=VINX-120-HDMI-ENC ˃ CLOSE /MEDIA/VIDEO/* ˂ c- /MEDIA/VIDEO/* 5.6.2. Setting the Device Label 5.5.7. Notifications about the Changes of the Properties ATTENTION! This property is a writable parameter and not the same as the ProductName. -
Page 29: Querying The Core Version
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.6.5. Querying the Core Version 5.7.2. Changing the DHCP State Command format: GET●/SYS/MB.CoreVersion Command format: SET●/MANAGEMENT/NETWORK.DhcpEnabled=true|false Response format: pr●/SYS/MB.CoreVersion=<core_version> Response format: pw●/MANAGEMENT/NETWORK.DhcpEnabled=true|false Example: ˃ GET /SYS/MB.CoreVersion ˂ pr /SYS/MB.CoreVersion=v1.0.0b4 r7 ˃... -
Page 30: Setting A Static Subnet Mask
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.7.6. Setting a Static Subnet Mask 5.8. Encoder-related Commands When the DhcpEnabled property is false you can set a static subnet mask. 5.8.1. Querying the Input Video Signal Presence Command format: SET●/MANAGEMENT/NETWORK.StaticNetworkMask=<netmask>... -
Page 31: Setting The Video Quality Mode
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.8.4. Setting the Video Quality Mode 5.9. Decoder-related Commands The extended video signal is compressed which allows setting the desired video quality in the Encoder; see 5.9.1. Querying the Resolution of the Output Video Signal the details in the previous section. -
Page 32: Setting The Resolution Of The Output Video Signal
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.9.4. Setting the Resolution of the Output Video Signal 5.9.6. Setting the Signal Type of the Output Video Signal The resolution and the refresh rate of the outgoing video signal can be set. Command format: SET●/MEDIA/VIDEO/O1/SCALER.SignalType=DVI|HDMI Command format:... -
Page 33: Serial Port Settings
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.10. Serial Port Settings 5.10.4. Setting the Stop Bits Command format: SET●/MEDIA/UART/P1.StopBits=<Stopbits_value> ATTENTION! The new port settings are stored but applied only if the applySettings method is called which will reboot the device. -
Page 34: Arranging The Extenders To Groups
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.11. Arranging the Extenders to Groups 5.11.4. Querying the DIP Switch State The current state of the DIP switch can be queried as follows: 5.11.1. Querying the Working Mode (Unicast/Multicast) Command format: GET●/SYS/MB/GPIO.DipSwitch Command format:... -
Page 35: Video Wall Settings
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.12. Video Wall Settings 5.12.2. Assigning a Decoder to a Video Wall ATTENTION! Setting the name of the video wall is highly recommended (see the previous section). Basic Rules Command format: SET●/MEDIA/VIDEO/O1/VIDEOWALL.Layout=<wall_parameters>... -
Page 36: Setting Up A Video Wall (Example)
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.13. Setting up a Video Wall (Example) Commands Sent to the Decoder (A2) The following list of commands show how a video wall can be created by sending LW3 commands. The ˃... -
Page 37: Edid Management (Encoder)
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.14. EDID Management (Encoder) 5.14.3. Querying the Preferred Resolution of an EDID Command format: GET●/EDID/<EDID_mem>/<EDID_mem><loc>.PreferredResolution The Advanced EDID Management is available also by sending LW3 protocol commands. The structure of the EDID memory can be found in the EDID Menu section. -
Page 38: Lw3 Commands - Quick Summary
5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 5.15. LW3 Commands - Quick Summary System Commands Operation / Path Operation / Path Querying the Product Name Querying the Gateway Address 5.6.1 5.7.7 /.ProductName /MANAGEMENT/NETWORK.GatewayAddress Setting the Device Label Setting a Static Gateway Address 5.6.2 5.7.8... - Page 39 5. Programmers' Reference VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Operation / Path Operation / Path Querying the Signal Type of the Output Video Signal Querying the Video Stream ID Setting Method 5.9.5 5.11.3 /MEDIA/VIDEO/O1/SCALER.SignalType /SYS/MB/PHY.ChannelIdSetBySoftware Setting the Signal Type of the Output Video Signal Querying the DIP Switch State 5.9.6 5.11.4...
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Page 40: Firmware Upgrade
(*.lfp file) for your specific control device (computer/mobile device). device is recommended. product, please contact support@lightware.com. Step 2. Establish the connection from the computer/mobile device to the desired VINX extender as described in the... -
Page 41: Technologies
7.1. EDID Management Problem: “I have changed to a different EDID on an input port of the Lightware device to have a different resolution but 7.1.1. Understanding the EDID nothing happens.” The Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is the passport of... -
Page 42: Hdcp Management
Protected VINX Encoder VINX Decoder Non-HDCP disabled in the Lightware device. If HDCP is disabled, the connected content compliant sink source will detect that the sink is not HDCP capable, and turn off The layout is the same as in the previous case: non-HDCP compliant authentication. -
Page 43: Appendix
8. Appendix VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 8.1. Specification Data Communication Ports USB Ports General USB Port Type (Encoder) ........mini-B type receptacle Compliance ..................CE USB Port Type (Decoder) ........ type A receptacle, 4 pcs. EMC Compliance (Emission) .........IEC/EN 55032:2015 ........ -
Page 44: Mechanical Drawings
8. Appendix VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 8.2. Mechanical Drawings INFO: The dimensions of the Encoder and Decoder devices are the same. Front View Top View Bottom View LINK ACT. POWER CHANNEL ID CONNECT 67.5 VIDEO 8-4-2-1 1GbE LAN DECODER... -
Page 45: Output Resolutions (Scaler)
8. Appendix VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 8.3. Output Resolutions (Scaler) Resolution Frame rate HEX identifier Resolution Frame rate HEX identifier Resolution Frame rate HEX identifier 640x480 81004054 1280x960 81004063 1920x1200 810040C8 640x480 59.94 81004055 1280x960 59.94 81004064 1920x1200... -
Page 46: Factory Edid List
8. Appendix VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual 8.4. Factory EDID List 8.5. Factory Default Settings Mem. Resolution Type Mem. Resolution Type Parameter Setting/Value 1920 x 1080 @ 60.00 Hz 640 x 480 @ 60.00 Hz IP address Dynamic (DHCP is enabled) 1920 x 1080 @ 60.00 Hz... - Page 47 1 GbE L2 switch suggests involvement of both AV and IT departments in any installation. VLAN Voice/Data VLAN Voice/Data CATx CATx Lightware products are designed to be plug-and-play. The figures in LINK ACT. LINK ACT. POWER CHANNEL ID MODE CHANNEL ID...
- Page 48 8. Appendix VINX-1x0-HDMI Extenders – User's Manual Managed Switch Properties in Details Multicast Filtering IGMPv2 Some control information from VINX devices is transmitted via multicast packets. However, these packets are not registered during IGMPv2 is version 2 of the Internet Group Management Protocol. This certain startup intervals or not registered at all.
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Page 49: Further Information
1.4. Product failures from six (6) months to the end of the warranty period will either be repaired or replaced at the discretion of Lightware. If Lightware chooses to replace the product then the replacement will be warranted for the remainder of the original unit’s warranty period.