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Summary of Contents for Colorlight X4e

  • Page 1 X4e Controller...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content 1. Overview .......................... 1 2. Appearance ........................2 3. Signal Connection ......................4 4. LEDVISION Installation ....................5 5. Parameter Configuration ....................7 5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card ................. 7 5.2 LED Screen Setting ....................8 5.2.1 Sending Device Setting .................. 9 5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting ................
  • Page 3: Overview

    X4e adopts 4 Gigabit Ethernet outputs, and it supports LED display of 4096 pixels in maximum width or 4096 pixels in maximum height. Also, X4e equips a series of versatile functions which provide flexible screen control and high-quality image display, it has significant advantages in LED engineering applications.
  • Page 4: Appearance

    www.colorlightinside.com 2. Appearance Front Panel Name Function 1.8-inch LCD Display operation menu and system information Turning knob to select or adjust Knob OK: Enter key ESC: Escape current operation or selection Bright: Brightness option Function Keys Black: Blank screen Mode: Output mode selection of images Freeze: Freeze screen Lock: Lock keys DVI/HDMI/SDI 1/SDI 2/DP: Video source selection...
  • Page 5 www.colorlightinside.com Back Panel Input Interface 2 SDI inputs, 1080P DP input, VESA Standard, support input resolution up to 1920*1200@60Hz HDMI input (with loop), EIA/CEA-861 Standard, support HDMI 1920*1200@60Hz, support HDCP input (with loop), VESA Standard (support 1920*1200@60Hz), support HDCP Audio input, input audio signal and transmit to the AUDIO multifunction card Output Interface...
  • Page 6: Signal Connection

    www.colorlightinside.com 3. Signal Connection...
  • Page 7: Ledvision Installation

    4. LEDVISION Installation Please download the installation package of the 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 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: Parameter Configuration

    www.colorlightinside.com 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]—[Device Information] to enter the Device Information window.
  • Page 10: Led Screen Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 5.2 LED Screen Setting Click [Control]—[LED Screen Settings] and a Password Input box will appear. Enter the authorization password [168] to enter the LED Screen Setting interface, and set up “Sending Device”, “Screen Parameters” and “Receiver Mapping”.
  • Page 11: Sending Device Setting

    1. Source Setup ① Signal Source When the input signal source of X4e 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 12 www.colorlightinside.com 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 13 www.colorlightinside.com ④ Cropping Select signal source of the image that needs to be cropped in Input Signal Area, click [Set] to enter the cropping interface. In the cropping interface, check [Crop], and set X, Y, width and height in [Cropping Settings], then the cropping setting is auto saved.
  • Page 14 www.colorlightinside.com ⑤ Picture Adjustment Click [Picture Adjustment], and 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 15 2. Control Area In Control Area, it displays the control area of each net port of X4e. 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 16 www.colorlightinside.com 3. EDID Set sender resolution, the first one is the default as current resolution. 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.
  • Page 17 5. Detect Receivers Detect receivers under each net port of X4e controller, and acquire relevant information about the receivers (Port, Index, Version, Run Time, Support Chips).
  • Page 18: Screen Parameters Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 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 19 www.colorlightinside.com Detailed setting steps as follows: 1. Set up the quantity of receiving card Set how many receiver (receiving card) that one port manages in Row Count and Col Count (6*6 as an example) according to the actual loading of LED display, you will see LED display mapping area from the right side (Viewing from the front of LED display).
  • Page 20 www.colorlightinside.com ② Connection Pattern Aiming at the LED screen with standard connection lines, firstly set up the receiving card information according to the actual loading width and height (128*128 as an example). Select the connection line you want from the right side, then cover the corresponding area of net port loading in mapping area, finally complete setting.
  • Page 21 www.colorlightinside.com Note: As the cabinets have multiple and different specification (that is the inconsistent capacity of the receiving card), you can select the different one to adjust separately after completing setting. 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.
  • Page 22: Lcd Operation Instruction

    ESC: Return key, exit current menu or operation. 6.2 Main Interface After starting X4e, main interface of LCD display is as follows: First row: Company logo Second row: Image resolution Third row: Screen brightness, Output mode 6.3 Operation Instruction...
  • Page 23: Display Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 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”, and rotate the knob to change the percentage of brightness. 2. ColorTemp Enter the adjustment interface of “ColorTemp”, rotate the knob to change the value of color temperature in the option of “Color Temperature”, and you can also press the knob/OK to reset the value of color temperature as 6500 in the option of “Default”.
  • Page 24: Edid Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 4. Test Mode Enter the setting interface of “Test Mode”, rotate the knob to select test mode, press ESC back to normal mode. 5. Picture Adjustment Enter the setting interface of “Picture Adjustment”, and press the knob/OK to turn on/off “Enable”.
  • Page 25: Cropping Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.3 Cropping Setting Rotate the knob to select cropping setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Cropping Setting”. Enter the cropping interface of “HDMI” or “DVI” or “DP” or “SDI1” or “SDI2”, press the 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.
  • Page 26: Preset Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.5 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 source setup (signal source, PIP, scaling, cropping, 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 27: Tile Mapping

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.7 Tile Mapping Rotate the knob to select tile mapping, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Tile Mapping”. In the submenu, press the knob/OK to set sender as the connection source. At this time, rotate the knob and press the knob/OK to enter the setting interface, select the net port of which need to be set and set offset values of X and Y, also, you can set the width, height, row, column and link type of corresponding cabinets, then save all the parameters.
  • Page 28: Language Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.9 Language Setting Enter the setting interface of “Language”, press the knob/OK to switch the language. 6.3.10 System Setting Enter the setting interface of “System Setting”, you can restore factory settings and check current firmware information.

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