Extron electronics Quantum Ultra Series Setup Manual page 5

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Name the Canvas. By default, the first videowall configuration (Canvas) you define is named Canvas 1 (see figure 4,
In the Canvas Name field, you can customize the name if desired (
assigned an incremented number that appears in the Canvas ID field and is used in SIS commands.
NOTE: The Quantum Ultra Connect models support only one canvas.
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Select the number of displays. In the incremental spin boxes labeled Number of Displays (
number of displays that will be in the columns and the rows of the videowall. In the example, the wall has five columns by
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three rows ( ).
Wall Configuration Window
Figure 4.
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Configure the outputs. The settings on the menus in the output configuration panel apply to all displays in the Canvas:
Resolution (
5 ) — From this drop-down list, select the output resolution for the displays.
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Master Refresh Rate (
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NOTE: Quantum Ultra 610 and 305 only: This rate not only applies to all the displays on the first Canvas, but limits
selectable refresh rates on all other Canvases that are added (see the VCS help file to use multiple Canvases).
Output format ( 7 ) — From this drop-down list, select the output format (AUTO, DVI RGB 444 or
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HDMI RGB 444). The default is Auto.
HDCP Mode ( 8
) — From this drop-down list, select how to manage HDCP encryption on the
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outputs. You can select to always encrypt the output (default), to never encrypt the output, or to
attempt to encrypt the output for 1 minute, then revert to an unencrypted state (not allowing display
of HDCP encrypted sources if authentication with the sink device fails).
HDCP Notification (
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notification when the input signal contains HDCP-protected content and the outputs cannot be
encrypted.
Display Rotation (
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physically rotate: +90° (90 degrees clockwise), -90° (90 degrees counterclockwise) or 0° (no
rotation). The example at right shows a videowall that has four rotated displays.
NOTE: Output rotation is available only on the even numbered channels and disables the odd numbered channels.
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Define the Quantum device and output in the output assignment panel (
the following methods:
Automatic method — (Recommended) Click the Auto Assign Outputs button (
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and an output channel to each display in the videowall. Output card slot and connector numbers are assigned to the
displays in numerical order. The displays are shown on the Canvas numbered from left to right, starting in the upper-left
corner with Display 1.
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) — From this drop-down list, select the refresh rate for the displays.
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) — From this drop-down list, select to enable or disable a green screen
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) — In this panel, select the radio button for the angle at which the displays
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). Each Canvas that is created (a maximum of 10) is
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) for each display on the videowall by either of
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) select or enter the
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