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Colorlight Z4 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Z4 Super Controller...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content 1 Overview ............................1 2 Appearance ............................. 2 3 Signal Connection .......................... 3 4 LEDVISION Installation ......................... 4 5 Parameter Configuration ....................... 5 5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card .................. 5 5.2 LED Screen Setting ......................6 5.2.1 Sending Device Setting .................... 7 5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting ..................

  • Page 3: Overview

    1 Overview Z4 is a professional LED display controller. As video splicer, processor and sender in one combined, Z4 has high capability of video signal reception, processing and transmission. It achieves excellent high-definition images and flexible image control function. Z4 can be applied to popular rental display and common fixed display perfectly.

  • Page 4: Appearance

    2 Appearance Front Panel Name Function 1.8-inch LCD Display operation menu and system information Knob Turning knob to select or adjust OK: Enter key ESC: Escape current operation or selection Function keys Bright: Brightness option Black: Blank screen Mode: Output mode selection of images Freeze: Freeze screen Selection keys Lock: Lock keys...

  • Page 5: Signal Connection

    3 Signal Connection...

  • Page 6: Ledvision Installation

    4 LEDVISION Installation Please download the installation package of the LEDVISION software from Colorlight’s official website, 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 7: Parameter Configuration

    5 Parameter Configuration Please make sure the correctness of the hardware connection before setting, use LEDVISION to detect sender and all receiving cards. 5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card 1. Run LEDVISION, click [Control] – [Screen Control] to enter the Screen Control window.

  • Page 8: Led Screen Setting

    5.2 LED Screen Setting Click [LED Screen Settings] to enter the LED Screen Setting interface, and set up “Sending Device”, “Screen Parameters”, “Connection Parameters”.

  • Page 9: Sending Device Setting

    1. Output ① Signal Source When the input signal source of Z4 is normal, the upper right of the software interface will display the input signal information auto acquired via the software. Users can select specific signal source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) according to needs in [Main]; If PIP mode has been open, users can also select specific signal source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) in [PIP].
  • Page 10 ③ Scaling In Image View Area, select the image that needs to be scaled, set X, Y, width and height of it in [Main] or [PIP], or you can click the white box in the bottom right corner of the image and drag it with the mouse, finally click [Save].
  • Page 11 ④ Clipping Select signal source of the image that needs to be clipped in Input Signal Area, click [Set] to enter the clipping interface. In the clipping interface, check [Crop], and set X, Y, width and height in [Cropping Settings], then click [Save] to complete.
  • Page 12 ⑤ Picture Adjustment Click [Picture Adjustment], enter the interface of picture adjustment. Check [Enable], and adjust hue, saturation, brightness compensation and contrast ratio of the whole image, then click [Save] to complete. After setting, you can click [Default Settings] to restore the default values of every parameter, that is, hue and brightness compensation default to 0, saturation and contrast ratio default to 100.
  • Page 13 2. In Control Area, it displays the control area of each net port of Z4. Click [Import] and select correct parameter file, click [Save] to save parameters into corresponding sender; or set up the control area of each net port respectively (X, Y, Width, Height), click [Save].
  • Page 14 Click the dropdown button to display the resolution list to select the mainstream resolution, and you can also customize the sender resolution, by setting the width/height and frame rate. Click [Save] after setting. 4. Network: Set up IP address, select “Obtain an IP Address Automatically”, then the sender would auto obtain the IP address;...
  • Page 15 5. Other: Advanced Parameters Setting (Better Graylevel on Low Brightness, Mapping From Sender, Output Mode, Sender Name), Test Mode Selection, Factory Restore. 6. Detect Receivers: Detect receivers under each net port of Z4 controller, and acquire relevant information about the receivers (Port, Index, Version, Run Time, Support Chips).

  • Page 16: Screen Parameters Setting

    5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting Observe the display screen with single cabinet as a unit, and if all cabinets themselves could 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, configuration must be done as follows: Click [Load], choose the correct parameter file.
  • Page 17 2. Receiving Card Parameters Setting Select the target sender and the net port from the left side, then select the corresponding cabinets within net port actual control area and set the connection lines in the mapping area.
  • Page 18 There are two methods to set up: ①Use mouse to select one by one 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).
  • Page 19 3. Send & Save to Receiving Card After setting up all the receiving card parameters and connection lines respectively, click [Send] to send the correct parameter to the receiving card, and the screen should display normally at this time. Then click [Save to Receiver] to save parameters to corresponding receiving card after confirming.

  • Page 20: Lcd Operation Instruction

    ESC: Return key, exit current menu or operation. 6.2 Main Interface After starting Z4, main interface of LCD display is as follows: First row: Company name. Second row: Image resolution.

  • Page 21: Display Setting

    6.3.1 Display Setting Rotate the knob to select display setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Display Setting”. 1. Brightness: Enter the adjustment interface of “Brightness”, press the knob/OK to turn on/off the function of broadcast in the option of “Broadcast”, and rotate the knob to change the percentage of brightness in the option of “Brightness”.

  • Page 22: Edid Setting

    6.3.2 EDID Setting Rotate the knob to select EDID setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “EDID Setting”. Enter the EDID setting interface of “HDMI” or “DVI” or “DP”. Rotate the knob to select conventional resolution; or set width, height and frame rate by knob in the option of “Custom”.

  • Page 23: Output Setting

    knob/OK to turn on/off crop. If it has been enabled, set X, Y, width and height of input signal by knob then save the data. 6.3.4 Output Setting Rotate the knob to select output setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Output Setting”;...

  • Page 24: Preset Setting

    6.3.6 Preset Setting Rotate the knob to select preset setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Preset Setting”. In the submenu, 16 preset parameters can be saved, and every preset parameter includes all parameter information of image output (signal source, PIP, scaling, clipping, picture adjustment), users can also directly load the saved preset parameter to display the image according to needs, and don’t need to set up all parameters again.

  • Page 25: Output Shift

    6.3.8 Output Shift Rotate the knob to select output shift, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Output Shift”. Output shift includes two ways: “Whole” and “By Port”. In the setting interface of “Whole”, you can rotate the knob to set X and Y of the whole image and save it; in the setting interface of “By Port”, you can set X and Y of the image of each net port respectively, then save it.
  • Page 26 via the knob. Language: Enter the setting interface of “Language”, press the knob/OK to switch the language. System Setting: In “System Setting”, users can set date and time, restore factory settings and check current firmware information.

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