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IN NO EvENT SHALL DSE bE LIAbLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SpECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEqUEN- TIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR THE INAbILITy TO USE DSE’S pRODUCT OR ITS DOCUMENTATION, EvEN IF ADvISED OF THE pOSSIbILITy OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Care ..................8 Maintenance ..................9 System Setup and Installation ............9 Display Connectors, pressure Equalizer valve ......10 HDRM Main Menu ................14 view Mode, pIp, pOp, NvIS Menus ..........15 NvIS Option Settings Menu............21 Date Time Menu ................22 bIT System, I-bIT Menu ............24 Utility Menu ................28...
High Definition Rugged Monitor, the HDRM, we welcome you to Digital Systems Engineering’s family of harsh-duty mobile display products. Housed in an ultra-thin milled billet aluminum case, the slim-profile HDRM is light weight and watertight, with fully sealed Ip68 connectors;...
GeNerAL sAFeTY sAFeTY ICoNs Safety icons are displayed throughout the HDRM User Manual to draw attention to specific User Caution and warning statements. CAuTION! INSTRuCTIONAL This icon is intended to tell the User of important operating and/or maintenance instructions. WARNING! ShOCk hAzARDS This icon is intended to tell the User of a potential risk of electrical shock.
LCD AND eLeCTrICAL sAFeTY LCD DIsPLAY sAFeTY It is recommended Users adhere to personal safety in the instance the HDRM display screen should be shattered. Aside from obvious glass shards, the fluids in the LCD are a known skin irritant.
ProDUCT CAre ProDUCT CAre This HDRM Display has been designed to provide optimum performance and service without any required scheduled maintenance other than occasional cleaning. prior to use, remove the protective film from the Display screen. Disconnect Display from power source before cleaning Display, optional Touch Screen or Display’s enclosure.
Shipping box contents are: • HDRM Display INsTALLATIoN The HDRM can be installed as: panel Mount (M4); vESA Mount (75mm / M4) or RAM Mount (M4). Follow known-good practices during installation. Do not block the pressure equalizer valve.(See Figure 1, #11)
All cables are supplied by End User; the HDRM is not shipped with cables. Use caution when coupling or uncoupling cables and connectors. CoNNeCTors Connectors are located on the HDRM chassis. From left to right, see Figure 1, Table 1 for connector assignments. FIGUre 1...
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• Add a turn to lock ANALOG bLUE • Connector is sealed ANALOG H SyNC • End-user supplies cables ANALOG GROUND AMph LTwDID-29pFFp-SL8001 MATE LTwDID-29AMMM-SL7Axx sDI - oUT SIGNAL TAbLe 2 CENTER COAx CORE SHIELDED bRAID ShELL TAbLe 4 UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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See Table 7. COAx CORE CENTER • Align with C4 - OUT connector; See Figure 1, #8 SHIELDED bRAID ShELL • Add a turn to lock TAbLe 7 • Connector is sealed • End-user supplies cable UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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There is a pressure Equalizer valve on the chassis, (Figure 1, #11). See Figure 2 for close-up. In the final installation, do not block or constrain this valve. DDC CEC GROUND +5v pOwER NO CONNECT LTwHj-19pFFR-qS7001 AMph LTwHp-19AMMM-qL7A MATE FIGUre 2 UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
FIGUre 3 MAIN MeNU ACCess Several User Menus are factory-set in the HDRM. To access the Main Menu (Figure 3) which allows access to HDRM’s submenus, hold down the pOwER button for three (3) seconds. Rapid power cycling (ON/OFF/ON) is not supported.
On the right side of the bezel are the ‘R’ (RIGHT) softkeys. Softkey R1 allows the user to turn ON or OFF specific physical ports. keys (R2 - R3) are used for selecting dual video feeds, and how they display on the screen. UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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Video Feed Settings are set independent of each other. vIDeo sCALING oPTIoNs There are vIDEO SCALING OpTIONS available to customize the video feed view on the HDRM’s display screen. These control softkeys are located on the front bezel, left. STRETChED (L1). STRETChED changes the scaling of current input to stretch the video feed across the display screen.
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Selects CH1 input for configuration in pIp view. Ch2 INpuT (L4). Selects CH2 input for configuration in pIp view. SAVE (R4). Opens SAvE vIEw MENU (See Section Save view Menu, Figure 7). bACk (R5). Returns to vIEw MODE MENU (Figure 4). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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Cycles bottom window options: Stretched; Cropped Ch1 INpuT (L3). Changes CH1 input source. Ch2 INpuT (L4). Changes CH2 input source. SAVE (R4). Opens SAvE vIEw MENU (See Section SAvE vIEw MENU, Figure 7). bACk (R5). Returns to vIEw MODE MENU (Figure 4). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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Saves to pIp/pOp vIEw 2 entry. NAME ENTRy MENU opens. VIEW 3 (R3). Saves to pIp/pOp vIEw 3 entry. NAME ENTRy MENU opens. VIEW 4 (R4). Saves to pIp/pOp vIEw 4 entry. NAME ENTRy MENU opens. bACk (R5). Returns to pIp or pOp MENU (Figure 5 or UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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Adds an empty SpACE (as in a spacebar press) CLEAR (R1). Clears the Text Entry. bACkSpACE (R2). Deletes Last Character. SELECT (R3). Enters Character. SAVE (R5). Exits Menu while saving changes. bACk (b5). Returns to SAvE vIEw MENU (Figure 7). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
NvIS viewing color selections. NVIS RED (L1). Selects the NvIS RED view color. NVIS GREEN (L2). Selects the NvIS GREEN view color. Default is GREEN. bACk (R5). Returns to MAIN MENU (Figure 3). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
DATe / TIMe MeNU (DeFAULT vIew) The DATE / TIME MENU allows the user to adjust the DATE and TIME settings of the HDRM according to the specific geographical region of field use. Figure 10 represents the DEFAULT/NON-EDITING vIEw MENU.
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DATe / TIMe MeNU (eDITING vIew) The DATE / TIME MENU (Figure 11) allows the user to adjust the DATE and TIME settings of the HDRM according to the specific geographical region of field use. Increment Value (L1) . Increases DATE or TIME value.
Table 10 provides the HDRM bIT System Test Summary with brief definitions of the bIT available for the HDRM. Tests are designed to assess the health of the display and to improve diagnostics, minimize maintenance, and reduced debugging time.
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FIGUre 12 I-bIT (INITIATeD bIT) MeNU The HDRM supports three (3) built-In-Test (bIT) components: Continuous bIT (C-bIT), Initiated bIT (I-bIT), and power-up bIT (p-bIT). bIT processes detect and isolate faults of the display to help the user identify the operational readiness, or where necessary, identify degraded or failed system conditions.
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I-bIT MeNU (CoNTINUeD) ERROR CODES . If there are conflicts within the HDRM, they may be indicated by the following ERROR CODES (Table 10). The Error Code is displayed in the on-screen Error Log Message (Figure 12). Example: “ERROR 1 (IF ANy)”.
Cycle through the options of 1: Always ON (default). 2: hide. 3: Timeout 3 sec. 4: Timeout 5 sec. 5: Timeout 7 secs. STARTup (L4). Opens STARTUp MENU (Figure 14). bACk (R5). Returns to MAIN MENU (Figure 3). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
From the UTILITy MENU (Figure 13), the STARTUp MENU is accessed through softkey button L4. bACkLIGhT (L1). Enters bRIGHTNESS STARTUp MENU (Figure 15). VIEW (L2). Enters vIEw STARTUp MENU (Figure 17). bACk (R5). Returns to UTILITy MENU (Figure 13). This section is intentionally left blank. UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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DAy vALUE on power ON. NIGhT (L3). Opens DAy / NIGHT bRIGHTNESS ADjUST MENU (Figure 16) with NIGHT brightness range profile. backlight starts at NIGHT vALUE at power ON. bACk (R5). Returns to STARTUp MENU (Figure 14). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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ILLUMINATIoN buttons are illuminated in Day or Night modes, and adjusted with backlight brightness set- tings. Illumination is OFF when unit is powered OFF. Night luminance is subdued to match existing platform night lighting. UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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VIEW 3 (R3). Starts with pIp/pOp view 3. VIEW 4 (R4). Starts with pIp/pOp view 4. SAVE (R5). Saves Selection for power ON screen. Auto-returns to STARTUp MENU. CANCEL (b5). Cancels entry. Returns to STARTUp MENU (Figure 14). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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Dse’s ALTerNATe ProGrAMMING soFTwAre DSE’s Alternate programming Software allows for customizing the OSD labels, button func- tions, and key Down/Up messages. See DSE’s website www.digitalsys.com...
VIEW 4 (R4). User-configured layout entry 4 toggles ON and OFF. ‘Empty’ displays or the saved pIp/pOp view name. bACk (R5). Returns to bUTTON ASSIGNMENT MENU, (Figure 18). CANCEL (b5). Cancels entry. Returns to UTILITy MENU (Figure 13). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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CH1 displays the Composite 1 Input. C2 (R2). CH1 displays the Composite 2 Input. C3 (R3). CH1 displays the Composite 3 Input. bACk (R5). Returns to SET bUTTON FUNCTION MENU (Figure 19) CANCEL (b5). Cancels entry; returns to UTILITy MENU (Figure 13). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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LEfT (L3). Navigates Selection Cursor LEFT. DOWN (L4). Navigates Selection Cursor DOwN. SAVE (R5). Exits Menu and Saves Changes. bACk (b1). Returns to SET bUTTON FUNCTION MENU (Figure 19). CANCEL (b5). Cancels entry; returns to UTILITy MENU (Figure 13). UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
ID, comma delimited fields, a checksum field and a two-character checksum. A response message is transmitted from the HDRM upon receiving a message. It will either be the spe- cific response for the command, a general DSACk response, or a DSNAk response if the command is not recognized or the packet is invalid.
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= pos(‘$’, text) + 1; //start at character after ‘$’ in string endInx = pos(‘*’, text) - 1; //end at character before ‘*’ in string crc = 0; for(int n = startInx; n < = endInx; n++) crc = crc ^ text[n]; return crc; UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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CoMMUNICATIoN ProToCoL (CoNTINUeD) CoMMANDs The following table references the commands the HDRM supports (Table 14). COMMAND DIRECTION RESpONSE DESCRIpTION DSkDN From HDRM key pressed DSkUp From HDRM key released (from press) DSCDv To HDRM DSACk/DSNAk Change Display video DSIbT To HDRM...
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NAME DATA bTNID L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, b1, b2, b3, b4 or b5 Factory Default: $DSkUp,L1*08[CR][LF] Factory default transmit message for top left button (L1) when released (from press Down). Response: N/A UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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DSIbT (initiate bIT) is received, HDRM immediately transmits a bIT response with status flags bit 7 set low. Upon completion of DSIbT, HDRM transmits a second re- sponse message with status flags bit 7 set high, with test results. See Table 11 (page 37) for events performed at bIT.
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BIT complete and failed response message Example: $DSbTR,C0,0000*20[CR][LF] BIT complete and successful response message Response: N/A DsFwq “reqUesT FIrMwAre versIoN” CoMMAND The DSFwq Request Firmware version command requests DSFwR (Firmware version Response) from the HDRM. fIELD NAME DATA placeholder UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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01-12 Day of Month 01-31 Example: $DSFwR,13,07,08*75[CR][LF] HDRM reported Firmware version is July 08 2013 Response: N/A DsPkM “ProGrAM keY MoDe” CoMMAND The DSpkM command can be used to set the DSpkD, DSpkU, DSpkF and DSpkT operating mode. This is useful for disabling drawing until all keys are programmed and for disabling saving key setting to non-volatile storage.
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NONE, COMM, SRC, SwAp, vIEw1, vIEw2, vIEw3, vIEw4, SDI, HDMI, C1, C2, or C3 Note. After Factory Reset, button Functions are set to NONE. Example: $DSpkF, L1, SRC*75[CR][LF] Top left button (L1) set to cycle the video input Response: DSACk or DSNAk UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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DSkUR or DSNAk DskFq “reqUesT ProGrAM keY FUNCTIoN TrANsMIT MessAGe” CoMMAND Request a DSkFR response message fIELD NAME DATA bTNID L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, b1, b2, b3, b4 or b5 Example: $DSkFq,L1*1A[CR][LF] UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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40 bytes, which will represent up to 20 hex bytes a key can transmit. Example: $DSkUR,L1,4C31550D0A*56[CR][LF] Top left button (L1) set to transmit “L1U\r\n” when pressed. ‘\r ‘and ‘\n’ are escape sequenc- es for carriage return and newline characters. UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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12 bytes representing up to 6 characters. Example: $DSkTR, L1, 535243*21[CR][LF] Top left button (L1) text is “SRC” Response: DsACk “ACkNowLeDGe resPoNse” CoMMAND The DSACk Acknowledge Response command is the HDRM’s response to valid com- mands. fIELD NAME DATA placeholder UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
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(Command runs.) Response: N/A DsNAk “NoT ACkNowLeDGe resPoNse” CoMMAND The DSNAk Not Acknowledge Response command is the HDRM’s response when it re- ceives a command it does not recognize or the received command has errors such as the checksum failed.
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$DSkUp,b1*06[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,b2*0A[CR][LF] $DSkUp,b2*05[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,b3*0b[CR][LF] $DSkUp,b3*04[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,b4*0C[CR][LF] $DSkUp,b4*03[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,b5*0D[CR][LF] $DSkUp,b5*02[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,R1*19[CR][LF] $DSkUp,R1*16[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,R2*1A[CR][LF] $DSkUp,R2*15[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,R3*1b[CR][LF] $DSkUp,R3*14[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,R4*1C[CR][LF $DSkUp,R4*13[CR][LF] DOwN $DSkDN,R5*1D[CR][LF] $DSkUp,R6*11[CR][LF] 15 (CoNTINUeD FroM PrevIoUs PAGe) This ends Section Communication Protocol. UM-HDRM(G) 4/17...
TsHArC ToUCH CoNTroLLer DrIver/wINDows oPerATING sYsTeMs The HDRM’s touch screen function requires the download of a TSHARC Touch Controller Driver application installed on the device to which the HDRM is connected. To download the latest compatible drivers, go to www.digitalsys.com Operating Systems compatible with TSHARC Touch Controller Driver are: Microsoft’s®...
Mount diagrams and dimensions may be of assistance in installation. Overview drawings may be found on the corresponding product page on the DSE website (www.digitalsys. com). when on the product page, scroll down and select the Download tab and follow instructions.
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