PESA Switching Systems, Inc., (PESA) warrants this equipment against defective workmanship or materials for a period of one (1) year from date of shipment. The sole warranty responsibility of PESA, shall be to replace or repair product proved to be defective. During the warranty period, defective parts will be replaced at no charge.
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INTRODUCTION The PESA PRO-8X8-DVI 8X8 DVI Router provides the most flexible and cost effective solution in the market to route high definition video sources from any of the eight DVI source devices to any eight digital displays at the same time.
Operation temperature 32-104°F / 0-40°C Storage temperature -4-140°F / -20-60°C Relative humidity 20-90% RH (no condensation) 1x PRO-8X8-DVI 1x UL AC C13 power cord 1x IR receiver cable 1x Installation CD Package Contents 1x IR remote control 1x User manual 2x 1RU rack mounting ear USB or RS-232 control must be connected either one at a time.
Front Panel OUTPUT PORT INPUT CHANNEL Ext. IR 8X8 DVI Router PRO-8X8-DVI IR SENSOR 1. Power on/off control switch 2. 3.5mm IR socket for plugging in the external IR receiver 3. LED indicators for output port and input channel mapping display 4.
Firmware update only can be done via RS-232 port and connection to PC set at COM1 1. Turn off the PRO-8X8-DVI. Execute the firmware update program on your PC via COM1 port connection to the RS-232 port of the PRO-8X8-DVI.
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IR EXTENDER 3.5mm IR Socket IR Receiver 1=Power 2=IR signal [36-40KHz] 3=Grounding 1 2 3 Ext. IR: Plug the IR receiver here to receive all IR command signals from the IR remote control ~ 5 ~...
2. Connect all displays to DVI-D outputs on the PRO-8X8-DVI. 3. Connect the IR receiver to the Ext. IR jack on the front panel of PRO-8X8-DVI and direct the IR receiver to where it can receive IR commands from the IR remote reliably.
CHANNEL CONTROL Method A: Push Button 1. Press the buttons on OUTPUT PORT to select which port to be changed. “ ”: change selected output port in ascending order “─“: change selected output port in descending order 2. Press the buttons on INPUT CHANNEL. The source will be sequentially changed. After few seconds, the setting will be active.
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Method C: Software Control through RS-232 or USB Software Control Panel 1. Setting Click on Get to read back device ID. Click on Set to write device ID. Click on Rename to open the String Table. In the String Table, assign the captions for each input and output port for easy recognition. For example: Rename the Input1 to “Desktop PC1”, Input2 to “Laptop2,”...
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Click on Save String Table to save the caption setting (turn effective after program restart) Click on Set Default to pop up the confirmation message below to erase the captions and reset the string table back to default setting. (turn effective after program restart) 2.
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3. Linkage: Click on Linkage to read back all status. 4. Open/Close: Click on Open or Close to close or open COM port. 5. Mapping Select All Output Click on Select All Output”, and then select the source on main menu. You can quickly set all output to the same source.
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7. Output Port: Pull down menu and select which source to be sent to this output port. One by one setting On main menu screen. First select input source. Then select the output ports which you want to send the video and audio from this source. When you select the input source, the source will change to gray.
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Command Set: COMMAND ACTION COMMAND ACTION System Status Firmware Version Output A selects Input 1 Output E selects Input 1 Output A selects Input 2 Output E selects Input 2 Output A selects Input 3 Output E selects Input 3 Output A selects Input 4 Output E selects Input 4 Output A selects Input 5...
EDID LEARNING The PRO-8X8-DVI has a built-in EDID profiles designed to cover most of the widely used resolutions for the ease of installation. Default EDID Native/preferred timing: 1680 x 1050p at 60Hz (16:9) Detailed timing #1: 1920 x 1200p at 60Hz (16:9)
TROUBLESHOOTING 1. Why the buttons on the front panel and remote control are all out of control? It might be because of a function called System Lock which can prevent unnecessary misusage after installation. Please refer to the CHANNEL CONTROL section to know how to unlock. 2.
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PRO-8X8-DVI 8X8 DVI Router PESA Switching Systems, Inc. 103 Quality Circle, Suite 210 Huntsville, Alabama 35806 Tel: +1 (256) 726-9222 Fax: +1 (256) 726-9268 Email: service@pesa.com...
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