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Kramer VP-428H2 User Manual

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USER MANUAL
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VP-428H2
4K HDBT Transmitter/Scaler
P/N: 2900-300855 Rev 1
www.KramerAV.com

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL MODEL: VP-428H2 4K HDBT Transmitter/Scaler P/N: 2900-300855 Rev 1 www.KramerAV.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Getting Started Overview Functionality Typical Applications Controlling your VP-428H2 Defining VP-428H2 4K HDBT Transmitter/Scaler Connecting VP-428H2 Connecting to VP-428H2 via RS-232 Operating VP-428H2 Front Panel Buttons OSD Menu Firmware Upgrade Technical Specifications Default Communication Parameters Input Resolutions Output Resolutions...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Kramer Electronics Ltd. Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have...

  • Page 4: Overview

    European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN facility. For details of Kramer’s recycling arrangements in your particular country go to our recycling pages at www.kramerav.com/support/recycling.
  • Page 5 Kramer Electronics Ltd. Exceptional Quality  PixPerfect™ Scaling Technology – Kramer’s precision pixel mapping and high quality scaling technology.  Output resolutions – with selectable refresh rates up to 4K/UHD.  System Range – For the HDBaseT output, extended reach of up to 100m (330ft) using Kramer recommended cables.

  • Page 6: Typical Applications

    9), with on-screen menus (OSD Menu on page 9), or:  By RS-232 serial commands transmitted by a touch screen system, PC, or other serial controller (see Connecting to VP-428H2 via RS-232 on page 8). VP-428H2 - Introduction...

  • Page 7: Defining Vp-428H2 4K Hdbt Transmitter/Scaler

    Press to cycle between inputs. INPUT SELECT LEDs The selected input lights. STEP IN Button Press to activate the input on the switcher to which the VP-428H2 is connected. MENU Button Press to enter/exit the on-screen display (OSD) menu. Press together with the – button to reset to 1080p.
  • Page 8 Connect to a source for tunneling control commands via HDBaseT. Connectors CTRL (G, Rx, Tx)Terminal Block Connect to a PC or remote controller to control VP-428H2. Connectors ETHERNET RJ-45 Connector Connect to a PC via a LAN to tunnel Ethernet data via HDBT.

  • Page 9: Connecting Vp-428H2

    Kramer Electronics Ltd. Connecting VP-428H2 Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your VP-428H2. After connecting your VP-428H2, connect its power and then switch on the power to each device. To connect VP-428H2 as illustrated in the example in Figure 1.

  • Page 10: Connecting To Vp-428H2 Via Rs-232

    Kramer Electronics Ltd. Figure 3: Connecting to the VP-428H2 Connecting to VP-428H2 via RS-232 You can connect to the VP-428H2 via an RS-232 connection ( ) using, for example, a To connect to the VP-428H2 via RS-232 Connect the RS-232 rear panel port on the VP-428H2 unit to the RS-232 port on your PC.

  • Page 11: Operating Vp-428H2

    Step-in compatible device, see Using the Step-in Feature on page OSD Menu The control buttons let you control the VP-428H2 via the OSD menu. Press:  MENU to enter the menu. The default timeout is set to 10 seconds. ...
  • Page 12 Set the RED, GREEN and BLUE shades. Selecting the Input Signal To set the input source: 1. On the front panel click MENU. The menu appears. 2. Click INPUT and set select the input source: DP, HDMI or PC (default). VP-428H2 - Operating VP-428H2...
  • Page 13 Function DP SOURCE Set to ANALOG, EMBEDDED (default) or AUTOMATIC. HDMI SOURCE Set to ANALOG, EMBEDDED (default) or AUTOMATIC. DELAY Set the audio delay time to OFF (default), 40ms, 50ms, up to 200ms (in 10ms steps). VP-428H2 - Operating VP-428H2...
  • Page 14 – a test pattern (or some other picture) which has black along the entire top, bottom or one of the sides would not be suitable). FREEZE: Select to freeze and/or mute the display FREEZE ONLY / FREEZE + MUTE (default) / MUTE ONLY. VP-428H2 - Operating VP-428H2...
  • Page 15 EDID MANAGE: OUTPUT. Set HDMI EDID – to DEF. 1080P, DEF. 4K2K(3G), DEF. 4K2K(4:2:0) or OUTPUT. HDBT DATA: VP-428H2 can either pass data via HDBT OUT or use the Step-in feature (see Using the Step-in Feature on page 13). Set to: DATA PORT (default) –...

  • Page 16: Firmware Upgrade

    3. Plug the memory stick into the PROG USB port on the VP-428H2 front panel. 4. Press and hold the MENU button while reconnecting power to the VP-428H2. 5. When the ON LED flashes, release the MENU button (meaning the device is in the FW upgrading mode).

  • Page 17: Technical Specifications

    Source 48V DC, 1.36A Environmental Operating Temperature 0° to +40°C (32° to 104°F) Conditions Storage Temperature -40° to +70°C (-40° to 158°F) Humidity 10% to 90%, RHL non-condensing Regulatory Safety CE, UL Compliance Environmental RoHs, WEEE VP-428H2 - Technical Specifications...

  • Page 18: Default Communication Parameters

    Press the Reset to XGA/1080p Button while plugging the power to reset the machine Input Resolutions Resolution/Refresh Rate HDMI 480I/576I 480P/576P 720P@(60/50) 1080I@(60/50) 1080P@(60/50) 1080P@(24/25/30) 640x480@(60/67/72/75/85) 800x600@(56/60/72/75) 1024x768@(60/70/75) 1280x1024@(60/75) 1280X960@60 1280X720@60 1920X1080@60 1600X1200@60 1280x768@60 1280x800@60 1360x768@60 1366x768@60 VP-428H2 - Technical Specifications...

  • Page 19: Output Resolutions

    1024x768 60Hz 1280x768 60Hz 1360x768 60Hz 1280x720 60Hz 1280x800 60Hz 1280x1024 60Hz 1440x900 60Hz 1400x1050 60Hz 1680x1050 60Hz 1920x1080 60Hz 1920x1200 RB 60Hz 480P 60Hz 576P 50Hz 720P (50/60Hz) 1080P (24/25/30/50/60Hz) 4K2K (24/25/30Hz) 4K2K (4:2:0) (50/60Hz) VP-428H2 - Technical Specifications...

  • Page 20: Protocol 3000

    You can enter commands directly using terminal communication software (e.g., Hercules) by connecting a PC to the serial or Ethernet port on the VP-428H2. To enter CR press the Enter key (LF is also sent but is ignored by the command parser).

  • Page 21: Understanding Protocol 3000

    Spaces between parameters or command terms are ignored. Commands in the string do not execute until the closing character is entered. A separate response is sent for every command in the chain. VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...

  • Page 22: Kramer Protocol 3000 Syntax

    Kramer Electronics Ltd. Kramer Protocol 3000 Syntax The Kramer Protocol 3000 syntax uses the following delimiters:  CR = Carriage return (ASCII 13 = 0x0D)  LF = Line feed (ASCII 10 = 0x0A)  SP = Space (ASCII 32 = 0x20) Some commands have short name syntax in addition to long name syntax to enable faster typing.

  • Page 23: Protocol 3000 Commands

    Description Syntax Set: Protocol handshaking Get: Response ~nn@SPOKCR LF Notes Validates the Protocol 3000 connection and gets the machine number. Step-in master products use this command to identify the availability of a device. K-Config Example “#”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 24 Get command list or help for specific #HELPCR Get: command Response Multi-line: ~nn@Device available protocol 3000 commands:CR LFcommand,SP command...CR LF Parameters COMMAND_NAME – name of a specific command Notes To get help for a specific command use: HELPSPCOMMAND_NAMECR LF K-Config Example “#HELP”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 25 To avoid locking the port due to a USB bug in Windows, disconnect USB connections immediately after running this command. If the port was locked, disconnect and reconnect the cable to reopen the port. K-Config Example “#RESET”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 26 Response is sent after every change in output HPD status OFF to ON and ALL parameters (new EDID, etc.) are stable and valid (new EDID, etc.) are stable and valid. K-Config Example Get the output HPD status of HDMI 1: “#DISPLAY?”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 27 Get: Response ~nn@NAME-RSTSPOKCR LF Notes Factory default of machine (DNS) name is “KRAMER_” + 4 last digits of device serial number K-Config Example Reset the machine name (S/N last digits are 0102): “#NAME-RST KRAMER_0102”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 28 – 3 type – video port type: 2 (HDMI), 3 (DisplayPort), 6 (VGA) Notes If a module does not support step-in it might respond with an error “command not supported”. K-Config Example Get step-in capabilities: “#STEPIN-CP?”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...

  • Page 29: System Commands

    Set HDCP working mode on the device input:  HDCP supported – HDCP_ON (default)  HDCP not supported – HDCP OFF HDCP supports changes following a detected sink - MIRROR OUTPUT K-Config Example Set the DP input HDCP off: “#HDCP-MOD 0,0,0”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 30 Set freeze video on output #VFRZ?SPout_idCR Get freeze on output status Get: Response Set / Get: ~nn@VFRZSPout_id,freeze_flagCR LF Parameters Out_id – 1 (Scaler) Freeze_flag – freeze status: 0 (Off), 1 (On) K-Config Example Set video freeze off: “#VFRZ 1,0”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 31 After execution, response is sent to all com ports if CMD-NAME was set any other external control device (button press, device menu and similar) or genlock status was changed. Notes Trigger the Auto Adjust feature of PC input K-Config Example Set the PC auto sync of the scaler to yes: “#SCLR-PCAUTO 1,1”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 32 Get: End User Description Syntax #MENU-CMDSPparamCR Set menu navigation Set: Get: Response nn@MENU_CMDSPparamCR LF Parameters Param –1 (Menu), 2 (Enter), 6 (Right), 7 (Left) Notes This command emulates menu navigation. K-Config Example Select menu: “#MENU-CMD 1”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 33 The auto-sync feature determines whether the outputs are turned off when no video is detected on the selected input Notes Sets the Auto Sync features for the selected Scaler. K-Config Example Set the auto sync off timer to slow: “#SCLR-AS 1,2”,0x0D VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 34 1920x1080P 60 1280x768 60 1920x1200 60 4K2K 24 1360x768 60 720x480P 60 4K2K 25 1280x720 60 720x576P 50 4K2K 30 1280x800 60 1280x720P 60 4K2K(4:2:0) 50 1280x1024 60 1280x720P 50 4K2K(4:2:0) 60 1440x900 60 1920x1080P 24 VP-428H2 - Protocol 3000...
  • Page 35 What Kramer Electronics Will Do Kramer Electronics will, at its sole option, provide one of the following three remedies to whatever extent it shall deem necessary to satisfy a proper claim under this limited warranty: Elect to repair or facilitate the repair of any defective parts within a reasonable period of time, free of any charge for the necessary parts and labor to complete the repair and restore this product to its proper operating condition.
  • Page 36 SAFETY WARNING Disconnect the unit from the power supply before opening and servicing For the latest information on our products and a list of Kramer distributors, visit our Web site where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcome your questions, comments, and feedback.

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