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  • Page 1 X4 Controller...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    www.colorlightinside.com Content 1. Overview .......................... 1 2. Appearance ........................2 3. Signal Connection ......................4 4. LEDVISION Installation ....................5 5. Parameter Configuration ....................6 5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card ................. 6 5.2 LED Screen Setting ....................7 5.2.1 Sending Device Setting .................. 8 5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting ................
  • Page 3: Overview

    1. Overview X4 is a professional LED display controller, it possesses powerful video signal receiving capacity, and supports multiple signal inputs, in which max input resolution is 1920*1200 pixels. Meanwhile, 4 Gigabit Ethernet outputs support arbitrary splicing. X4 adopts dual USB2.0 interfaces for high-speed configuration and easy cascading, and the operation is simple and convenient.
  • Page 4: Appearance

    www.colorlightinside.com 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 BRIGHT: Brightness option Function Keys BLACK: Blank screen TAKE: Switch input signal source PART: Screen clipping FREEZE: Freeze screen Selection Keys...
  • Page 5 www.colorlightinside.com Audio input, input audio signal and transmit to the AUDIO multifunction card Output Interface Port1/2/3/4 RJ45,4 Gigabit Ethernet outputs Controlling Interface USB_OUT USB output, cascading with next controller USB_IN USB input, which connects with PC to configure parameters...
  • 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: 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] – [Screen Control] to enter the Screen Control window.
  • Page 9: Led Screen Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 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 10: Sending Device Setting

    1, Output ① Signal Source When the input signal source of X4 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/SDI/VGA/AV) according to needs in [Main], at the moment, the image of selected signal source will display in the Image View Area on the left of the software interface.
  • Page 11 www.colorlightinside.com ③ 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 [Clipping], and set X, Y, width and height in [Clipping...
  • Page 12 www.colorlightinside.com Information], then click [Save] to complete. 2, 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 13: Screen Parameters Setting

    4, Detect Receivers: Detect receivers under each net port of X4 controller, and acquire relevant information about the receivers (Port, Index, Version, Run Time, Support Chips). 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.
  • Page 14: Connection Parameters Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com Click [Load], choose the correct parameter file. Click [Send], to send the loading parameters to the receiving cards. At the moment, each cabinet should display normally (it is normal circumstance even the picture between cabinets is not continuous), then click [Save to Receiver] to save the parameters to the receiving cards.
  • Page 15 www.colorlightinside.com 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). 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 16 www.colorlightinside.com There are two methods to set up: ◆Use 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 17 www.colorlightinside.com 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 18: Lcd Operation Instruction

    ESC: Return key, exit current menu or operation. 6.2 Main Interface After starting X4, main interface of LCD display is as follows: First row: Company name. Second row: Image resolution.
  • Page 19: 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: Rotate the knob to change the brightness. ② CCT: Enter the adjustment interface of CCT, 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 20: Edid Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com ⑥ Video Change: Enter the setting interface of “Video Change”, and press the knob/OK to turn on/off the option of “By Take”. If “By Take” is in the closed status, you can directly press the selection key of video source to switch the playing video; if “By Take” has been turned on, you must continue pressing “Take”...
  • Page 21: Input Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.3 Input Setting Rotate the knob to select input setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Input Setting”. In the submenu, press the knob/OK to turn on/off “VGA/CVBS”. If “VGA/CVBS” is in the closed status, CVBS signal is regarded as video input resource in preference to VGA signal;...
  • Page 22: Output Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.5 Output Setting Rotate the knob to select output setting, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Output Setting”. Continue pressing the knob/OK to enter the output setting interface, rotate the knob to adjust X, Y, width and height of output, then save it. 6.3.6 Output Shift Rotate the knob to select output shift, then press the knob/OK to enter submenu of “Output Shift”.
  • Page 23: Language Setting

    www.colorlightinside.com 6.3.7 Language Setting Enter the setting interface of “Language”, press the knob/OK to switch the language. 6.3.8 System Setting In “System Setting”, users can set date and time, restore factory settings and check current firmware information.

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