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- Page 1 USER MANUAL VX-HDMI-HDIP-TX, VX-HDMI-HDIP-RX MEDIACENTO IPX HD 24/7 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT 1.877.877.2269 OR VISIT BLACKBOX.COM MEDIACENTO IPX HD Power Link Video MEDIACENTO IPX HD Channel Power Link Video RECEIVER Channel TRANSMITTER...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 TABLE OF CONTENTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 1. SPECIFICATIONS ................................... 4 2. OVERVIEW ...................................... 6 2.1 Introduction .......................................6 2.2 Features ........................................6 2.3 What’s Included ......................................7 2.4 Hardware Description ....................................8 2.4.1 Transmitter .......................................... 8 2.4.2 Receiver..........................................10 3. - Page 3 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 TABLE OF CONTENTS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 APPENDIX A. REGULATORY INFORMATION ..........................43 A.1 CE and RoHS2 ......................................43 A.2 NOM Statement ....................................44 APPENDIX B. DISCLAIMER/TRADEMARKS ..........................45 B.1 Disclaimer .......................................45 B.2 Trademarks Used in this Manual ................................45 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
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Page 4: Specifications
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 1: SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 TABLE 1-1. SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATION DESCRIPTION Connectors Video Input: (1) HDMI female Transmitter Network Port: RJ-45 Ethernet Video Output: (1) HDMI female Receiver Network Port: RJ-45 Ethernet Audio Support Supports high-definition audio (HD) 5.1/6.1/7.1 surround sound: Transmitter and Receiver... - Page 5 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 1: SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 TABLE 1-1 (CONTINUED). SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATION DESCRIPTION Additonal Specs DDC Supported DDC, DDC2, DDC2B Extension Cable Type and Length Ethernet, CAT5e/6 up to 328 ft. (100 m) Maximum Video Resolution 1080p Power...
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Page 6: Overview
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 2.1 INTRODUCTION The MediaCento IPX HD extends HDMI over IP via CATx cable. The transmitters and receivers support multicasting. They can be connected in a crosspoint matrix architecture. A built-in Web-UI is included for convenient operation. 2.2 FEATURES •... -
Page 7: What's Included
TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 2.3 WHAT’S INCLUDED Your package should include the following items. If anything is missing or damaged, contact Black Box Technical Support at 877-877-2269 or info@blackbox.com MediaCento IPX HD Transmitter (VX-HDMI-HDIP-TX) includes: Š (1) MediaCento IPX HD Transmitter Š... -
Page 8: Hardware Description
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 2.4 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION The MediaCento IPX 4K consists of a Transmitter unit and a Receiver unit. 2.4.1 TRANSMITTER Figures 2-1 and 2-2 show the front and back panels of the transmitter. Table 2-1 describes its components. MEDIACENTO IPX HD Power Link... - Page 9 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 TABLE 2-1. TRANSMITTER COMPONENTS NUMBER IN COMPONENT DESCRIPTION FIGURE 2-1 OR 2-2 Power On status LED Lights steady when power on sequence is completed • Goes out when LAN link between Transmitter and Receiver/Gigabit Ethernet Switch is off •...
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Page 10: Receiver
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 2.4.2 RECEIVER Figures 2-3 and 2-4 show the front and back panels of the receiver. Table 2-2 describes its components. MEDIACENTO IPX HD Power Link Video RECEIVER Channel... - Page 11 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 2: OVERVIEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 TABLE 2-2. RECEIVER COMPONENTS NUMBER IN COMPONENT DESCRIPTION FIGURE 2-3 OR 2-4 Power On status LED Lights steady when power on sequence is completed • Goes out when LAN link between Transmitter and Receiver/Gigabit Ethernet Switch is off •...
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Page 12: Connections
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 3: CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 3.1 POINT-TO-POINT EXTENSION FIGURE 3-1. ROTARY SWITCH For point-to-point extension, the TX and RX must be on the same video channel (16 channels ranging from 0 to F on the rotary switch). - Page 13 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 3: CONNECTIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 MEDIACENTO IPX 2K MEDIACENTO IPX 2K MEDIACENTO IPX 2K MEDIACENTO IPX 2K Power Link Video RECEIVER Power Link Video RECEIVER Power Link Video RECEIVER Power Link Video RECEIVER...
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Page 14: Network Setup And Hardware Switching
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 4: NETWORK SETUP AND HARDWARE SWITCHING TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 1. Power on the Gigabit Switch and enable Jumbo Frame (8K) and IGMP v2. 2. Using CAT5e/6 cables, connect all transmitters and receivers to the Gigabit Switch. 3. -
Page 15: Hardware Operation
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 5: HARDWARE OPERATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 5.1 BUTTON SWITCHING FOR UNICAST MODE Table 5-1 describes the button operation for unicast mode. The Items with asterisks (*) are described in Table 5-2. TABLE 5-1. -
Page 16: Button Switching For Multicast Mode
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 5: HARDWARE OPERATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 5.2 BUTTON SWITCHING FOR MULTICAST MODE Table 5-3 describes the button operation for multicast mode. The Items with asterisks (*) are described in Table 5-4. TABLE 5-3. - Page 17 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 5: HARDWARE OPERATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 TABLE 5-4. BUTTON DESCRIPTIONS STATE/FEATURE DESCRIPTION User can select to change between Video Mode/Graphic Mode using this button. The button state will be saved to SPI flash, and will be retained after rebooting.
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Page 18: Access To Web Ui
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 6: ACCESS TO WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 1. Power on the Gigabit Switch and enable Jumbo Frame and IGMP. 2. Connect all transmitters and receivers to the Gigabit Switch using CATx cable to set up the matrix extension network. 3. - Page 19 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 6: ACCESS TO WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 Selected RX’s IP address FIGURE 6-2. ON-SCREEN DISPLAY (OSD) 8c. Re-link the selected receiver to the matrix extension network by re-connecting the CATx cable. 8d.
- Page 20 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 6: ACCESS TO WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 8e. When the access is done, the home page of Web Interface Control Software will appear as follows. FIGURE 6-3. WEB INTERFACE CONTROL SOFTWARE HOME PAGE 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
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Page 21: Operation For Web Ui
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 7.1 CONFIGURING IP MODE By default, the transmitter unit (TX) and the receiver unit (RX) are set to Auto IP Mode, automatically using IP addresses in the 169.254.xxx.xxx range with subnet mask 255.255.0.0. -
Page 22: Casting Mode For Extension Application
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 7.2 CASTING MODE FOR EXTENSION APPLICATION The Extension application has two casting modes: Multicast and Unicast. In Multicast mode, multiple Receiver (RX) units can receive signals from multiple (or a single) Transmitter (TX) units(s) in the same network. -
Page 23: How To Change To Multicast Mode
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 4. After a few seconds, another message will be displayed stating that the TX unit must be rebooted for the new setting to take effect. -
Page 24: Output Video Scaling In Receiver
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 FIGURE 7-7. MULTICAST BUTTON 7.3 OUTPUT VIDEO SCALING IN RECEIVER This function allows the specified receiver to scale its output video based on the resolution settings. The default setting is “Auto Detect (Per EDID),”... -
Page 25: Last Image Output Time For Source Content Lost
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 7.4 LAST IMAGE OUTPUT TIME FOR SOURCE CONTENT LOST When the transmitter’s source content is lost, the receiver’s video output will be frozen in the last image for a time period from 3 sec to 60 sec. - Page 26 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 FIGURE 7-10. VIDEO WALL SETUP SCREEN 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
- Page 27 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 5. Follow these steps for set up the video wall: STEP 1: Set common values of all devices. 1a. Set bezel and gap compensation: •...
- Page 28 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 1b. Set Wall Size: • Set “Vertical Monitor Count” from 1 to 8 based on the real application • Set “Horizontal Monitor Count” from 1 to 16 based on the real application FIGURE 7-12.
- Page 29 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 1c. Select “All” in “Apply To” list and press the “Apply” button. FIGURE 7-13. SELECT ALL AND PRESS APPLY BUTTON • The video wall layout will be refreshed accordingly. STEP 2: Set up the row and column position for each display attached to receivers.
- Page 30 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 FIGURE 7-15. 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
- Page 31 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 FIGURE 7-16. 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
- Page 32 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 7: OPERATION FOR WEB UI TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 2c. Un-check “Show OSD” when completed. STEP 3: Basic Video Wall setup is completed FIGURE 7-17. 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
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Page 33: Advanced Setup
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 8: ADVANCED SETUP TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 The Advanced Setup in the web UI is used to perform special effects that are not included in Basic Setup. For most cases, Advanced Setup is never used. There are two steps in advanced setup: Š... - Page 34 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 8: ADVANCED SETUP TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 Following is the explanation of Step 2: Š Reset to Basic Setup Š - Reset the target to the setting of “Basic Setup” - Apply to: host (TX), client (RX) Š...
- Page 35 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 CHAPTER 8: ADVANCED SETUP TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 Š Vertical Scale Up Š - Vertical Scale up target - Apply to: client (RX) - Unit: (1/row count) pixel Š Console API Command Š...
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Page 36: Appendix A. Regulatory Information
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 TECHNICAL APPENDIX A: REGULATORY INFORMATION SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 A.1 CE AND ROHS2 This product complies with CE and ROHS2 certifications. 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM... -
Page 37: Nom Statement
NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 APPENDIX A: REGULATORY INFORMATION TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 A.2 NOM STATEMENT 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. -
Page 38: Appendix B. Disclaimer/Trademarks
B.1 DISCLAIMER Black Box Corporation shall not be liable for damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, punitive, consequential or cost of cover damages, resulting from any errors in the product information or specifications set forth in this document and Black Box Corporation may revise this document at any time without notice. - Page 39 NEED HELP? LEAVE THE TECH TO US LIVE 24/7 NOTES TECHNICAL SUPPORT 1.877.877.2269 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.877.877.2269 BLACKBOX.COM...
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