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Article NO: RGB-RD-UM-Q2 E002
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Version NO: V1.2

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  • Page 1 Q2 Series User Manual Article NO: RGB-RD-UM-Q2 E002 Version NO: V1.2...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Content Content..............................2 Declarations............................3 FCC/Warranty..........................3 Operators Safety Summary......................4 Installation Safety Summary......................4 Chapter 1 Your Product.......................... 6 1.1 In the Box...........................6 1.2 Product Overview........................7 1.2.1 Key Features........................7 1.2.2 Front Panel........................8 1.2.3 Rear Panel........................10 1.2.4 Dimension........................13 Chapter 2 Install Your Product......................16 2.1 Plug in Power...........................16 2.2 Connect Input Signal Source....................

  • Page 3: Declarations

    RGBlink. If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on goods delivered by RGBlink, or if the goods are handled incorrectly, in particular if the systems are commissioned operated incorrectly or if, after the transfer of risks, the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract, all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid.

  • Page 4: Operators Safety Summary

    Operators Safety Summary The general safety information in this summary is for operating personnel. Do Not Remove Covers or Panels There are no user-serviceable parts within the unit. Removal of the top cover will expose dangerous voltages. To avoid personal injury, do not remove the top cover. Do not operate the unit without the cover installed. Power Source This product is intended to operate from a power source that will not apply more than 230 volts rms between the supply conductors or between both supply conductor and ground.
  • Page 5 Unpacking and Inspection Before opening product shipping box, inspect it for damage. If you find any damage, notify the shipping carrier immediately for all claims adjustments. As you open the box, compare its contents against the packing slip. If you find any shortages, contact your sales representative.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Your Product

    Chapter 1 Your Product 1.1 In the Box AC Power Cord DVI Cable HDMI-DVI Cable Network Cable Anti-Static Bag Note: AC Power Cable supplied as standard according to destination market. User Manual...

  • Page 7: Product Overview

    1.2 Product Overview Q2 adopts modular design, supporting 8 layers on each output module.Each layer supports for scaling, moving, crossing and overlying. Besides,It supports custom output resolutions. It also supports RGBlink XPOSE 2.0 software operation. Q2 SYSTEM CONNECTION DIAGRAM 1.2.1 Key Features ●...

  • Page 8: Front Panel

    1.2.2 Front Panel Q2-2 Q2-4 User Manual...
  • Page 9 Q2-8 1/2/3 Power Switch User Manual...

  • Page 10: Rear Panel

    1.2.3 Rear Panel Q2-2 Input slots 1-3,supporting DVI,HDMI, DP modules and other Purple Input 1-3 optional modules. Blue Output 1-2 Output slots 1-2,supporting HDMI and other optional modules. Communication board with LAN and RS232 port ， to connect Yellow COMM router or computer to realize software control.
  • Page 11 Q2-4 Input slots 1-9,supporting DVI,HDMI,DP,H.264 modules and Purple Input 1-9 other optional modules. Output slots 1-5,supporting HDMI,DVI and other optional Blue Output 1-5 modules. Communication board with LAN and RS232 port,to connect Yellow COMM router or computer to realize software control. Power Interface,4U and above supports double power.
  • Page 12 Q2-8 Input slots 1-18,supporting DVI,HDMI, DP,H.264 modules Purple Input 1-18 and other optional modules. Output slots 1-10, supporting HDMI,DVI and other Blue Output 1-10 optional modules. Communication board with LAN and RS232 port ， to Yellow COMM connect router or computer to realize software control. Power Interface，4U and above supports double power.

  • Page 13: Dimension

    1.2.4 Dimension Q2-2 Following is the dimension of Q2-2 for your reference: 446mm×370mm×89mm User Manual...
  • Page 14 Q2-4 Following is the dimension of Q2-4 for your reference: 484mm×373mm×178mm User Manual...
  • Page 15 Q2-8 Following is the dimension of Q2-8 for your reference: 488mm×370mm×355.6mm User Manual...

  • Page 16: Chapter 2 Install Your Product

    Take Q2-4 as example Connect power and Q2-4 with standard AC Power Cord. 2.2 Connect Input Signal Source Q2 series supports HDMI、DVI、SDI、DP1.2、HDBaseT and other optional input modules. Connect Q2-4 with IP Camera,PC,DVD,laptop and other device as shown in the figure above. User Manual...

  • Page 17: Connect Output Source

    Connect Q2-4 with monitors. 2.4 Connect control Computer Q2 series is operated by XPOSE,so it is necessary to connect device with control computer. Method 1：Direct Connection:Connect Q2-4 with computer via network cable as shown in the figure below.It is suitable for single user to control the device.
  • Page 18 2.5 Connect PVW Module Q2 series supports preview input source via control computer or output image via monitor. LAN:preview input and output HDMI monitor:preview input source 2.6 Turn on Your Q2 After connection,slightly press the power button in the front panel to turn on Q2.

  • Page 19: Chapter 3 Use Your Product

    Chapter 3 Use Your Product 3.1 XPOSE 2.0 Installation Note ： The following XPOSE operation takes Q2-4 as an example, and other U models operate the same except for the difference of interface. Environment Requirements: Window Processor: 1 GHz or above 32 bit or 64 bit processor Memory: 4 GB or more Graphics: Support Direct X9 128M or above (open AERO effect) Hard disk space: Above 16G (primary partitions, NTFS format)
  • Page 20 2. Click “Next” to install 3. Click “Browse...” to select the XPOSE software install location Click “Install” 4. During installation, it will pop up the window of Install Shield Wizard for Virtual Com port User Manual...
  • Page 21 5. click “Next” 6. Then click “Install", as shown in the figure 7. Click “Finish” and complete the installation, as shown in the figure below User Manual...

  • Page 22: Xpose Operation

    Please note that the email shall be invalid and complete otherwise Registration&Activation code cannot be received. Click Activate and scan the QR code an email from ill be sent to the RGBlink Registrations w Register email address. Type in the activate code and confirm. User Manual...
  • Page 23 Type in the activate code and confirm. Keep the user name as “Admin” and password blank and then click Start Now. If exact Name and Password are needed, users can set up them in Authorization Setting under System Setting. After login, users can find the management including:Topology Diagram,Search,Display System,Layer Management, Preset Management, Keyboard Settings.

  • Page 24: System Setting

    3.2.2 System Setting Click to enter <System Setting>interface. Find Device ： New version of XPOSE 2.0 is blank default in Find Device. Users are supposed to choose the device needed in System Setting. Software Version：check current version Language：Chinese/English/Russia Keyboard Management: click <keyboard> it will redirected to keyboard setting window.
  • Page 25 Drag Input, Output, Layer and Preset from the list to the keys you desired as shown in the figure: Please note the keyboard area where allows to set short cut keys If the setting goes wrong or no need for short cut keys any more, click to clear some keys or clear all.
  • Page 26 Communication Setting：The default is <search>, if it is< direct>,users need to type the corresponding IP address Serial Port：search only those connect via serial port. Ethernet Connection：search only those connect via ethernet. Both Are Chosen： click both, both connections change synchronously. Prompt Message: open and close unlock prompt and guide prompt.
  • Page 27 Authorization Set: click on the function that allows other users to take action Slave Unit： Click Slave Unit Slave Unit is to control multiple devices simultaneously, which are connected to same network. (“In the same network” means that the the third section in the IP address digits are the same ) XPOSE do operation on one device, same operation synchronized to other devices.

  • Page 28: Output|Input|Overview

    3.2.3 Output|Input|Overview Click to enter interface as shown in the right figure： Note： purple tip indicates input, blue tip indicates output, yellow tip indicates communication. Device Connection 1. Click the device you need in the <All Devices> list,such as Q2 SN: ffff, IP: 192.168.0.20 2.
  • Page 29 Standard Resolutions can be chosen as shown in the right figure. Customize Resolution Q2 supports to customize output resolutions. Click any output port and type in width,Height and Refresh Rate. OSD: Q2 module which supports OSD as shown below: ● 2K DVI Output Module （ With OSD and background） ●...
  • Page 30 Background ：Transparent Color：background color Scroll Speed：0-16 Scroll Direction：Scroll Off, Scroll Left, Scroll Right Input Text：The exact content of the text. After setting, users choose Save OSD,Clear OSD(if the setting is not desired) or Close All OSD Steps of OSD Set are as follows： Precondition: The Display Management of output ports has been completed before the OSD Set.
  • Page 31 Input Setting Click any input port in purple area, the board where the port locates is selected. Users can do settings to the board now. A red rectangle flashes around the chosen port when it is clicked. Click to open <Property>and<EDID> Property Setting Input Port：chosen port Scale:...
  • Page 32 H.264 IP Settings When there is H.264 input module installed on Q2, through the module, Q2 is able to search and take the video signal from webcam in the same local network. 1. Click H.264 port,To make sure H.264 module take effect, IP setting is required.
  • Page 33 Input Module Info ： users can check current input module name and MCU version “..” indicates that there are no input modules,as shown in the right figure. Output Module Info ： users can check current output module name and MCU version IP：Show IP Address, Netmask, Gateway IP default:192.168.1.200 Note: after modifying IP, the device needs to be powered off and restated in 30s.

  • Page 34: Display Management

    3.2.4 Display Management Display System is for users to set layout of outputs. Click this icon first and then click enter the interface. Container： Container here means the Display Area, for example it could be a formed LED screen or an array of LCDs. Template There are 16 types of basic “Display Area”...
  • Page 35 Customize Container Click this icon at the bottom of template list. Monitor Layout: Auto or Manual Steps of create container are as follows: 1. Fill in H Total/V Total and Row/Column,it will calculate H item and V item automatically. For example, if you would like to create a container with 2 rows and 3 columns and each display has a width of 1920 and a height of 1080, the total width will be 5760 and the total height will be 2160.

  • Page 36: Layer Management

    Display Output List： White one：available Gray one：unavailable Operation Steps： Left-mouse click the output and drag it to the display of the set container. Replacement： Drag and drop the output into the corresponding Display. The output being replaced will turns from gray to white in the list.
  • Page 37 Group When enter Layer Management interface, the window is blank. The screen group created in Display System shall be dragged from the Group. Signal Signal list, showing all input signals and resolutions currently. Drag the signal to the display. click ,users can rename the input signal and then click to confirm.
  • Page 38 Layer Layer number：Numbers in the corner is to show how many layers at present allowed to put in the output. A 2K signal occupies one layer, and a 4K2K60 signal occupies four layers The number in the red rectangle on the right figure represents the number of layers that can be placed at the output.
  • Page 39 Layer Movement Place the cursor on the layer, it turns to a palm icon press the left of mouse, the icon turns to a fist moving the mouse can drag the layer. Layer Remove Click the cross on the top right of the layer to remove the layer if needed.
  • Page 40 Quick Quick is to set layer layout quickly. 1. Monitor：choose the monitor you would like to set 2. Source：Signal 3. Drop Area：Drag the source from the Signal List to the Drop Area.Drag as many signals as you need, such as signal 1 and signal 2, into the drag area.
  • Page 41 Stream H.264 Module supports to preview image. 1. Turn on Layer Preview,Input Preview,Scene Preview or Expand Preview according to the actual need. 2. Turn on H.264,and users can preview the image as shown in the right figure. Note: H.264 is the master switch. If the user turns on H.264 first, it cannot be set successfully. User Manual...
  • Page 42 Background Q2’s modules which supports background set are as follows: ● 2K DVI Output Module（with OSD and background） ● 2K HDMI Output Module（with OSD and background） Order Codes of modules refer to 4.2 Operation steps are as follows： 1. Turn on Edit Status； 2.

  • Page 43: Preset Management

    3.2.6 Preset Management Preset Management is designed to switch bank (scene setting done in last step). Preset Management Mode: 1. Manual Mode 2. Schedule Mode 1. Manual Mode The chosen scene will be displayed in the main interface, and the PGM screen is in the first in the Bank Column. Cut, switch from PST to PGM immediately Script Click<Script>,fill in the file name and click “Save”,the...
  • Page 44 Hotkey 2. Schedule Mode This mode is designed to set auto bank (scene/preset) switch. Steps are as follows： 1. Choose the BANK 2. Fill in the “Start Time” and “End Time” 3. Turn on Daily Loop，and click “OK” 4. Click to edit and to delete.

  • Page 45: Xpose App Control

    3.3 XPOSE APP Control Q2 support to load scene via XPOSE APP.(Note:The device and phone must be in the same network) Connect Q2 and phone Method 1:Connect wireless in the same WIFI Method 2:Direct connection (1) Install XPOSE APP in your phone first and then click to open it,click “search”...

  • Page 46: Chapter 4 Order Code

    Chapter 4 Order Code 4.1 Product Code 711-0020-03-0 Q2-2 711-0020-01-0 Q2-4 711-0020-04-0 Q2-8 711-0020-05-0 Q2-14 711-0020-06-0 Q2-18 711-0020-07-0 Q2-26 4.2 Module Code 791-0020-01-0 Q2 Quad HDMI 1.3 Input Module 791-0020-02-0 Q2 Dual HDMI 1.4 Input Module 791-0020-03-0 Q2 Quad DVI-M Input Module 791-0020-04-0 Q2 Quad DVI Input Module 791-0020-05-0...

  • Page 47: Chapter 5 Support

    Chapter 5 Support 5.1 Contact us User Manual...

  • Page 48: Chapter 6 Appendix

    Chapter 6 Appendix 6.1 Specification Quad DVI-M Input Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type DVI-I(compatible with HDMI/DVI/VGA/YPbPr/CVBS) Input Resolution 800×600@60 ~ 1920×1200@60 Quad DVI input Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type DVI-I Input Resolution 800×600@60 ~ 1920×1200@60 Quad HDMI1.3 Input Connector Appearance Numbers of Input...
  • Page 49 Supported Standard HDMI 1.4 Input Resolution 800×600@60 ~ 3820×2160@30 Dual DP input Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type DisplayPort 1.1 Input Resolution 800×600@60 ~ 3840×2160@30 DP1.2/HDMI2.0 8K input Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type 2×HDMI-A | 2×DisplayPort Supported Standard HDMI 2.0 | DP1.2 Input Resolution 800×600@60~7680×1080@60...
  • Page 50 Numbers of Input Connector Type DVI-I Output Resolution 800×600@60~3840×570@60 Quad DVI output with background/OSD Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type DVI-D Output Resolution 800×600@60~3840×570@60 Key Feature Support background and scrolling OSD Quad HDMI output with background/OSD Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type HDMI-A Supported Standard...

  • Page 51: Terms & Definitions

    Quad SD/HD/3G SDI output Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type Supported Standard 3G SDI Input Resolution 720P@50/60 | 1080p@24/30/50/60 Analog audio input/output Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type 3.5mm Audio Jack(4 In | 4 Out) Connector Appearance Numbers of Input Connector Type 1×HDMI-A | 1×RJ45 6.2 Terms &...
  • Page 52 includes audio or other metadata. Up to sixteen audio channels can be transmitted. Audio is organised into blocks of 4 stereo pairs. Connector is BNC. ●HD-SDI: High-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI), is standardized in SMPTE 292M this provides a nominal data rate of 1.485 Gbit/s.
  • Page 53 ●DP 1.2: Introduced on 7 January 2010, effective bandwidth to 17.28 Gbit/s support increased resolutions, higher refresh rates, and greater color depth, maximum resolution 3840 × 2160@60Hz ●DP 1.4: Publish on 1 Mar, 2016.overall transmission bandwidth 32.4 Gbit/s ,DisplayPort 1.4 adds support for Display Stream Compression 1.2 (DSC), DSC is a "visually lossless"...
  • Page 54 ●USB 2.0: or Hi–Speed USB, specification made many improvements over USB 1.1. The main improvement was an increase in bandwidth to a maximum of 480Mbps. ● USB 3.2: Super Speed USB with 3 varieties of 3.2 Gen 1(original name USB 3.0), 3.2Gen 2(original name USB 3.1), 3.2 Gen 2x2 (original name USB 3.2) with speed up to 5Gbps,10Gbps,20Gbps respectively.
  • Page 55 ●SDVoE: Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE) is a method for transmission, distribution and management AV signals using a TCP/IP Ethernet infrastructure for transport with low latency. SDVoE is commonly used in integration applications. ●Dante AV: The Dante protocol was developed for and widely adopted in audio systems for the transmission of uncompressed digital audio on IP based networks.
  • Page 56 triggers or commands sent over twisted pair cables, typically using 5pin DIN connectors. ●OSC: The principle of Open Sound Control (OSC) protocol is for networking sound synthesizers, computers, and multimedia devices for musical performance or show control. As with XML and JSON, the OSC protocol allows sharing data.

  • Page 57: Revision History

    All information herein is Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co Ltd. excepting noted. is a regis tered trademark of Xiamen RGBlink Science & Technology Co Ltd.While all efforts are made for accuracy at time of printing, we reserve the right to alter otherwise make change without notice.

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