Colorlight S2 User Manual
Colorlight S2 User Manual

Colorlight S2 User Manual

Synchronous sender

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Synchronous Sender

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  • Page 1 Synchronous Sender...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    www.colorlightinside.com Contents 1. Introduction ..................................1 2. Interface Description ................................1 3. Hardware Connection ................................ 3 4. LEDVISION Installation and Preliminary Configuration ....................... 4 4.1 Computer Configurations ............................4 4.2 USB Driver Installation ..............................5 4.3 Graphic Card Settings ..............................7 5.
  • Page 3: Introduction

    1. Introduction As a new generation of sender, S2 Sender has updated its core chips, and the performance significantly improved. It adopts dual USB2.0 as the communication interface to achieve high speed communication between the PC and senders. S2 Sender realizes cascading between multiple senders and much more convenient.
  • Page 4 www.colorlightinside.com Name Function Remarks Indicator panel Adjust the brightness of the entire screen ( 16 levels ); Press “+”and “–“together to switch between and Configuration Display the whole screen test mode conversion brightness adjustment and testing mode. button Power Switch On/off Power Socket AC 100~240V...
  • Page 5: Hardware Connection

    Use a standard USB A/B cable to connect S2 with PC for S2 configuration. 4) Ethernet Cable (RJ45): Connect S2 sender with the receiving card via Ethernet cable for controlling receiving card and the screen (Note: The Ethernet cable must be CAT5E or CAT6).
  • Page 6: Ledvision Installation And Preliminary Configuration

    www.colorlightinside.com 4. LEDVISION Installation and Preliminary Configuration 4.1 Computer Configurations  CPU Frequency>= 2.0GHZ  Host Memory>=1G  Graphic card with DVI/HDMI interface: Memory ≥512MB  The resolution of PC’s graphic card should be equal to or larger than the actual LED display’s. Computer configuration can be adjusted according to the actual situation.
  • Page 7: Usb Driver Installation

    4.2 USB Driver Installation First download the installation package of LEDVISION software from Colorlight’s official website www.colorlightinside.com, and complete the installation according to the diagrams shown below. 1. Run the software package, and select [ English ] for installer language. Click [ OK ] to move on.
  • Page 8 www.colorlightinside.com 2. After selecting a language, an installation wizard like below will appear. Click [ Next ]; Then choose installation location, click [ Browse ] to change default target location, then click [ Next ] after completing. Choose components according to your own computer status, click [ Install ] to complete. After the installation is complete you are ready to use LEDVISION.
  • Page 9: Graphic Card Settings

    4.3 Graphic Card Settings Set up the working mode of the computer graphic card after completing hardware connection and powering S2 on, you can select Duplicate mode or Extend mode according to the different requirements.  Duplicate Mode: That the contents displayed on LED screen are consistent with computer, that is to say, copy the computer contents onto LED screen, as pic below.
  • Page 10 www.colorlightinside.com  Extend Mode:That the contents displayed on LED screen are inconsistent with computer’s, that is, to extend a display image from the right side of PC screen, which was consistent with LED display’s, we also call it “background playing”, as pic below. PC Screen LED Screen...
  • Page 11 www.colorlightinside.com For different computers, there are different ways to change the mode. Take WIN 7/8 system + NVIDIA graphics cards as an example, please read the following settings ways.  Method 1: Hold down the keys at the same time, and select the mode as you want in the pop-up window.
  • Page 12 www.colorlightinside.com Note: As for other kinds of graphic cards, if there is no corresponding window, please refer to the user manual of the graphic card.
  • Page 13: Parameter Configuration

    www.colorlightinside.com 5. Parameter Configuration First of all, please make sure the software under i Series Mode before setting. Click the “Setting” > “Software Setting” to enter the Software Management window, change the mode by inputting password: 168.
  • Page 14: Confirmation On Hardware Connection

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.1 Confirmation on Hardware Connection Please make sure the correctness of the hardware connection before setting, use LEDVISION to detect sender and all receiving cards. 5.1.1 Detect Sender and receiving card Run LEDVISION, click the “Control” > “Screen Control” to enter the Screen Control window.
  • Page 15 www.colorlightinside.com Select [ Sender Card ] for sending device, Click [ Detect Sender Cards ] in Sender Card Settings. Please check the hardware connection or the installation of relevant driver if cannot detect sender cards. Select network port and click “Detect Receiver Cards” respectively, the software will automatically acquire the Receiver (Receiving card) quantity for each network port of the sender.
  • Page 16: Led Screen Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.2 LED Screen Setting Click “LED Screen Settings” and input password [ 168 ] to enter the LED Screen Setting interface, and set up “Sending device”, “Screen parameters”, “Connection parameters”.
  • Page 17: Sending Device Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.2.1 Sending Device Setting Configure on the relevant parameters of the sender card. Sender Card Resolution: Generally, sender card resolution must be consistent with the graphic card’s.
  • Page 18 Input Type: DVI/HDMI, according to the actual using status. Sync Method: Default “Auto” Write logo: Custom, display before video signal input. The image formats should be bmp, jpg or png. 3D Setting: Works only for the function setting of 3D sender, did not apply for S2.
  • Page 19: Screen Parameters

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.2.2 Screen Parameters Observe the display screen with single cabinet as unit, if all cabinets display normally (it is normal circumstance even the picture between cabinets is not continuous), please ignore this step and directly go to the next step. Otherwise, enter the following configuration: Click [ Load ], choose the correct parameter file.
  • Page 20: Connection Parameters (Look From Front)

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.2.3 Connection Parameters (Look from front) You don’t need to set up the control area of each net port respectively under i series mode, but set up the connection relationship of the receiver card aiming at each net port loading via the sender, and the software will auto calculate and set up the control area according to the connection relationship.
  • Page 21 www.colorlightinside.com 2) Receiver Card Parameters Setting Select the target sender and the net port from the left side, then select the corresponding cabinets of net port actual control area and set the connection lines in the mapping area. There are two methods to set up: 1.
  • Page 22 www.colorlightinside.com A. In the mapping area, select the first receiving card based on the actual connection of the net port (view from the front), and then set up the actual loading width and height of the target receiving card in the right side (128*128 as an example). B.
  • Page 23 www.colorlightinside.com 3) Send to Receiver Cards & Save to Receiver Cards Set up all the receiving card parameters and connection line respectively, click [ Send ] to send the correct parameter to the receiving card, and the screen should display normally about this time. Then click [ Save to Receiver ] to save parameters to corresponding receiving card after confirming.

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