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- Page 1 User’s Manual MX8x8HDMI-Pro MX8x8DVI-HDCP-Pro Multimedia Signal Distribution Amplifier...
- Page 2 MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Important Safety Instructions Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Common Safety Symbols WEEE Class I apparatus construction. Symbol Description This marking shown on the product or its literature, This equipment must be used with a mains power system with a indicates that it should not be disposed with other protective earth connection.
- Page 3 The following symbols and markings are used in the document: All presented functions refer to the indicated products. The descriptions Lightware Visual Engineering supports green technologies and have been made during testing these functions in accordance with the Eco-friend mentality. Thus, this document is made for digital usage...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...................6 6. SOFTWARE CONTROL - LIGHTWARE DEVICE CONTROLLER ..19 7.3. Port Settings ................35 7.3.1. Switch One Input to One Output ............. 35 1.1. Description ...................6 6.1. Install and Upgrade ..............19 7.3.2. Switch One Input to All Outputs ............. 35 1.2. Box Contents ................6... - Page 5 MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.7. Programmers' Reference – Quick Summary .......47 8. FIRMWARE UPGRADE ..............49 8.1. Short Instructions ..............49 8.2. Detailed Instructions ..............49 9. TROUBLESHOOTING ................52 10. TECHNOLOGIES ................53 10.1. EDID Management ..............53 10.1.1. Understanding the EDID ..............53 10.1.2. Advanced EDID Management ............53 10.2. HDCP Management ..............54...
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Page 6: Introduction
MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 1.1. Description 1.2. Box Contents MX8x8HDMI-Pro digital video router is the most advanced HDMI router that supports DVI 1.0 HDCP 1.3 and even HDMI 1.3 deep color standards. This highest performance routing switcher offers 8 inputs and 8 outputs with HDMI connectors. The built-in sophisticated... -
Page 7: Features Of The Device
60-meter monitor's EDID in 100 internal memory locations, cable length at 24bpp, which extends installation upload and download EDID files using Lightware Device possibilities even at the highest HDTV or computer Controller software. resolutions. -
Page 8: Installation
MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 2.1. Mounting The housing of MX8x8HDMI-Pro series matrix contains built-in rack ears with mounting holes for the easy setup in rack-mount enclosures and any rack environment. C C O O N N T T R R O O L L... -
Page 9: Product Overview
3. Product Overview MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 3.1. Front View MX8x8HDMI-Pro and MX8x8DVI-HDCP-Pro P roduct Overview Control Lock button Locking the front panel operation. Button lights red when the function is The following sections are about the physical structure of the device, input/ enabled. -
Page 10: Rear View
3. Product Overview MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 3.2. Rear View 3.2.2. MX8x8DVI-HDCP-Pro 3.2.1. MX8x8HDMI-Pro AC power connector Standard IEC power connector. The router works with 100 to 240 Volts, 50 or 60 Hz power sources. AC power connector Standard IEC power connector. -
Page 11: Electrical Connections
The matrix switcher provides standard RJ45 connectors for LAN port. Always use high quality Ethernet cable. Wiring LAN cables Lightware recommends the termination of LAN cables on the basis of TIA/EIA T 568 A or TIA/EIA T 568 B standards. Bottom... -
Page 12: Operation
4. Operation MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 4.1. Powering On Step 2. Press and release the desired destination buttons which have to be (dis)connected to/from the selected source. The preselected Connect the power cord to the device’s IEC C14 standard power input destination buttons will blink. -
Page 13: View Crosspoint State
4. Operation MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 4.2.2. View Crosspoint State 4.2.4. Preset Operations View current state in AUTOTAKE mode In AUTOTAKE mode only states of destinations can be viewed. User can check the current switching status on the front panel 4.2.4.1. Save or Load Presets... -
Page 14: Output Lock
4.2.5. Output Lock selected destination button and the currently configured source Using Lightware routers it is possible to lock a destination. This feature button light up (view mode). C C O O N N T T R R O O L L... -
Page 15: Control Lock
Matrix routers can be controlled with multiple control protocols. SIGNAL Step 4. EDID Lightware routers have a special protocol, but to interoperate with PRESENT third-party devices, a secondary protocol is also provided. a) If you do not want to change the protocol, release the Output Step 2. -
Page 16: Front Panel Lcd Menu Operation
4. Operation MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 4.3. Front Panel LCD Menu Operation Press the Left or the Right button to jump between the menus and ATTENTION! New settings cannot be applied while an active parameters Use the Enter or Take buttons to enter a menu or execute connection is alive on the Ethernet port. -
Page 17: Edid Mode
Factory Default Settings section. memory. By default all user programmable memory slots are empty. Lightware Device Controller (LDC) - you can connect to the device ▪ IO card reset Resets all settings related to the IO cards via our control software using RS-232 or Ethernet interfaces Press the EDID button to exit. -
Page 18: Software Control - Using The Built-In Web
Step 2. Change to the desired IP settings if it is needed. The MX8x8HDMI-Pro series matrix has a feature which allows to connect and Step 3. Type the IP address to the address bar and press enter (factory default address is 192.168.254.254). -
Page 19: Software Control - Lightware Device Controller
The device can be controlled by a computer through the RS-232 and Ethernet Available for Windows Available for Windows port using Lightware Device Controller (LDC). The software can be installed Step 3. Click the Download update button to start. The updates can be and Mac OS on a Windows PC or Mac OS. -
Page 20: Connecting To A Device (Device Discovery Window)
▪ Favorite devices: You can add any Lightware device that is connected via Ethernet and no need to browse all the available devices. All devices: The Lightware devices are listed which are available in the network. ▪ Further Tools The Tools menu contains the following options: ▪... -
Page 21: The Crosspoint Menu
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.4. The Crosspoint Menu Main Menu The available menu items are displayed. The active one is highlighted with a dark grey background color. 6.4.1. Grid View... - Page 22 6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.4.1.1. The Legend Window 6.4.1.2. Crosspoint Operations The meaning of the symbols and applied colors in the Grid view are described in this window: Switching For making a connection click on the desired square. If there is no connection between the desired input and output (the square is dark grey), the mouse pointer becomes a hand (link pointer) before the clicking.
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Page 23: Tile View
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.5. Tile View Legend Input Each tile represents an input port. If the window The tile view is to display the input and output ports by tiles. Each tile means an input or output port and additionally shows the most important port and... -
Page 24: Port Tiles
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.5.1. Port Tiles 6.5.2. Display Modes The colors of the port tiles and the displayed icons represent different states and information: View Mode Output1 Port name The mode allows to display the current crosspoint-state. -
Page 25: Port Properties And Settings
Frame detector button. Frame Detector Window Lightware’s frame detector function works like a signal analyzer and makes possible to determine the exact video format that is present on the port, thus helps to identify many problems. E.g. actual timing parameters may differ from the expected and this may cause some displays to drop the picture. -
Page 26: Presets
6.5.6. Presets Preset operations can be done in Crosspoint submenu on the Preset tab. Each Lightware matrix routers has 32 preset memories that can be loaded and saved at any time. INFO: A preset setting stores a full configuration of all outputs. The preset loading has an effect on every output, except the locked ones. -
Page 27: Edid Menu
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.6. EDID Menu The Advanced EDID Management is available in 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. -
Page 28: Edid Operations
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.6.1. EDID Operations 6.6.2. EDID Summary Window Select an EDID from Source panel and press Info button to display EDID summary window. Changing the Emulated EDID Step 1. -
Page 29: Editing An Edid
Select an EDID from Source panel and press Edit button to display Advanced EDID Editor window. The editor Since above mentioned Advanced EDID Editor needs more complex knowledge about EDID, Lightware can read and write all descriptors, which are defined in the standards, including the additional CEA extension. -
Page 30: Settings Menu
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.7. Settings Menu 6.7.1. Configuration Tab Settings about establishing the connection to the matrix are available on this tab. IP Configuration Getting the IP Address Automatically The feature means that the matrix gets the IP address from the DHCP server on the LAN. -
Page 31: Device Information Tab
LDC is able to collect information from the Download report device and save it to a report file. This information package can be sent to Lightware when a problem may arise with the device. ATTENTION! When a report is necessary to generate, always let the devices be connected to the device, do not disconnect them. -
Page 32: User Preferences
6. Software Control - Lightware Device Controller MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 6.7.5. User Preferences The tab shows some settings in connection with the LDC displaying/ working mode. These settings are saved by the LDC and applied next time when the software is started (independently from the type of the matrix). -
Page 33: Programmers' Reference
The device can be controlled through a command set of protocol commands <id²> id number in 2 digit ASCII format to ensure the compatibility with other Lightware products. The supported commands are described in this chapter. CrLf Carriage return, Line feed (0x0D, 0x0A) •... -
Page 34: View Serial Number
Response (PROTOCOL•#<x>•SELECTED!)CrLf (PROTOCOL #1 SELECTED!) Response (CF•<DESC>)CrLf (CF MX-CP FW:1.0.8 @ 0x10) (CF•<DESC>)CrLf Explanation: The communication protocol is set to Lightware protocol. (CF MX-DVI-EDID FW:2.3.5r @ 0x20) … (CF END)CrLf (SL END) Explanation: The device has two control panels. -
Page 35: Count Hdcp Keys
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.2.11. Count HDCP Keys 7.3.2. Switch One Input to All Outputs Description: If there is an HDCP source on any input of the matrix, the matrix can ask the source whether it Description: Switch input <in>... -
Page 36: Unlock The Output
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.3.6. Unlock the Output 7.3.9. Save Preset Description: Unlock an output port. The connection on output can be changed. Description: Save current ties to a preset memory location. Format Example... -
Page 37: Name Inputs
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.3.13. Name Inputs 7.3.18. Reload Default Preset Names Description: Allows storing names for each input. Any 16- byte long string is allowed. Description: Renames all preset to the default setup Preset 1..32 respectively. -
Page 38: Network Configuration
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.4. Network Configuration 7.5. EDID Router Commands 7.4.1. Query the Current IP Configuration 7.5.1. Change EDID on Input Description: IP address settings can be queried as follows. Description: Copy EDID from memory location <loc> to input port <in>. -
Page 39: View Emulated Edids On All Inputs
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.5.4. View Emulated EDIDs on All Inputs 7.5.6. View EDID Header Description: Shows the currently emulated EDIDs for each input. The response length depends on the Description: Shows basic information about EDIDs in the memory. -
Page 40: Upload Edid Content To The Router
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.5.9. Upload EDID Content to the Router 7.6. Port Status Commands Description: EDID hex bytes can be written directly to the user programmable memory locations. The 7.6.1. Input Port Status sequence is the following: Description: Shows the actual status of the input ports. -
Page 41: Get Information About Input Port
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.6.3. Get Information about Input Port Legend of <VIDEO> INFO: This block is present only if valid video signal is present on the selected port. Description: You can get more detailed information about an input HDMI port with this command. The... - Page 42 7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Channel number Identifier Parameter description Parameter values <ff> value 0 = no audio data is present 2 = Compressed audio <a> Audio type 1 = PCM audio 4 = High bitrate audio J = 768 kHz A = 44.1 kHz...
- Page 43 7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Legend of <ADV_INFO> Legend of <IN_SET> For advanced users this block provides information which could be useful during debugging process. The You are able to verify the actual settings on the selected input ports with this block. This block is always first character of this block must be I.
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Page 44: Get Information About The Output Port
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.6.4. Get Information about the Output Port Legend of <SINK_INFO> This block provides some general information about the attached sink device based on the EDID and the Description: This command gets more detailed information about an output HDMI port. The response will HDCP cypher engine. -
Page 45: Set Hdmi Output Port Parameters
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.6.5. Set HDMI Output Port Parameters Legend of <OUT_SET> This block contains information about the actual settings of the selected HDMI output port. The first Description: HDMI output cards have various settings, which can be set with this command. Every setting character of the block is O. -
Page 46: Measure Timing Parameters
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.6.7. Measure Timing Parameters Use the following formula to calculate the actual pixel clock frequency: = 58003,46 / V Description: The system continuously measures the parameters of the incoming signals such as pixel clock pixelclock frequency, horizontal and vertical back porch, front porch etc. -
Page 47: Programmers' Reference - Quick Summary
7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 7.7. Programmers' Reference – Quick Summary General Commands Operation See in section Command Operation See in section Command Query Preset Name 7.3.15 {PNAME#<id>=?} View Product Type 7.2.1 Query Input Name 7.3.16... - Page 48 7. Programmers' Reference MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Port Status Commands Operation See in section Command Input Port Status 7.6.1 {:ISD} Output Port Status 7.6.2 {:OSD} Get Information about Input Port 7.6.3 {:HDMIIGET<in>} Get Information about the Output Port 7.6.4...
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Page 49: Firmware Upgrade
TIPS AND TRICKS: If you do not know the IP address of the matrix, close the bootloader and launch the Lightware Device Controller software. The desired device and its IP address must be listed in the Device Discovery window if a proper connection has been established. - Page 50 ATTENTION! The bootloader application will restart the matrix when it establishes the connection. All connected DVI sources and monitors will act as if the matrix was powered down. The matrix beeps when Make sure that no other active connection is established to the matrix (running the Lightware Device it is rebooted.
- Page 51 8. Firmware Upgrade MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Select the desired controllers by clicking the checkboxes. Load the new firmware files for each controller; click on the cell in the Browse New Firmware column of the desired controller (see the pointer on above picture). A dialog pops up to confirm if you really want to load a new firmware (modify the path).
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Page 52: Troubleshooting
9. Troubleshooting MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual Symptom Root cause Action Refer to Video signal No picture on the Device or devices Check the extenders and the video output are not powered other devices if they are properly properly powered;... -
Page 53: Technologies
(dynamic EDID emulation). information about additional Detailed Timings, audio capabilities, For example, the Lightware device can be set up to emulate a sink speaker allocation and HDMI capabilities. It is important to know that device, which is connected to one of the outputs. -
Page 54: Hdcp Management
HDCP enabling/disabling function: the HDCP capability can be protected content with encryption. If HDCP is enabled on the input disabled in the Lightware device. If HDCP is disabled, the connected Inter-pair skew port of the matrix, the source will send encrypted signal. The sink... -
Page 55: Appendix
11. Appendix MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 11.1. Specifications DVI-I port with DVI-D support DVI port connector type .............29-pole, DVI-I General Standard ..................DVI 1.0 Compliance ..................CE Max. video resolutions .........2048x1080@60 Hz, 36 bit EMC compliance (emission) ......... EN 55032:2015 Color depth ....Deep color support up to 36 bits, 12 bit/color... -
Page 56: Factory Default Settings
11. Appendix MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 11.2. Factory Default Settings 11.3. Factory EDID List Mem. Resolution Parameter Setting/Value Mem. Resolution 1600 x 1200 @ 50.0 Port settings 640 x 480 @ 60.0 HDCP Enabled 1600 x 1200 @ 60.0 640 x 480 @ 75.0... -
Page 57: Mechanical Drawings
11. Appendix MX8x8HDMI-Pro series – User's Manual 11.4. Mechanical Drawings The following drawings present the physical dimensions of the receiver. Dimensions are in mm. Front View Top View Rear View HDCP HDCP HDCP HDCP HDCP HDCP HDCP... -
Page 58: 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.
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