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ADVOLI TA4E DISTANCE
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INSTALLATION GUIDE
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  • Page 1 ADVOLI TA4E DISTANCE INSTALLATION GUIDE Page TA4ED-V3-6/6/19 HDBaseT Certified Product...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    UNPACKING Equipment List HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS 7 - 10 Safety Instructions Before You Begin Installing the advoli TA4E Distance Graphics Card 7 - 10 Ethernet over HDBaseT DRIVER INSTALLATIONS CONFIGURING AUDIO Enabling Audio over CAT SERIAL PORTS AND CONSOLE USER GUIDE...
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 INTRODUCTION Thank you for your support in our quest to innovate. We are proud to present the advoli TA4E Distance graphics card, our sixth HDBaseT certified graphics card and the ultimate long distance four channel FHD graphics card for professional HDBaseT audiovisual installations.
  • Page 4 TA4E Distance graphics card. Please make sure that you register your product by scanning the QR code attached to the advoli TA4E Distance graphics card. The QR code will lead you directly to our website to fill out the registration form. By registering your product you will receive faster support services.
  • Page 5 We recommend SSD hard drive with fast read speed, with minimum 6 Gb/s, read 560 MB/s, write 520 MB/s System Power Supply:
 Minimum 500 W with one unused 6-pin 12V ATX power connector per TA4E Distance graphics card. Software:
 VLC player or equivalent video player that is low in processor consumption to drive video content Ethernet:
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  • Page 6: Unpacking

    1 x USB 9-Pin Cable USB 3.0 to 2.0 Converter Card
 1x advoli TA4E Distance graphics card, with MXM module and Fan Sink + Casing
 OPTIONAL: 4 x RA1 Performance Receivers IF kit option has been purchased Quick Start Guide 
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  • Page 7: Hardware Installations

    If you choose to use Power over HDBaseT / Ethernet (PoH / PoE) with other none advoli products, ensure that you read carefully the section dedicated to it in this document and especially the warning! Before you Begin Ensure that your motherboard has a free PCI Express 3.1 x 16 graphics card slot (dual width) and that it is...
  • Page 8 Other graphics card drivers can interfere with the TA4E Distance graphics card driver causing it from working effectively and degrade GPU performance. You may need to reset CMOS on your motherboard in order for your system to accept a new card.
  • Page 9 The other side of the 9-pin should be connected to your motherboard USB 9-pin header connector. If there is no 9-pin USB 2.0 header connector on your motherboard, but there is a 19-pin USB 3.0 header, please use the USB adapter card that comes with your advoli TA4E Distance graphics card.
  • Page 10 It is advised to use HDBaseT certified receivers to ensure compatibility. Do note that the RA1 Performance advoli receiver does not have ethernet, but is compatible. Please refer to our cable guide in this document for best performance.
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  • Page 11: Ethernet Over Hdbaset

    Ethernet fall-back mode 
 If no HDBaseT receiving device is plugged in on the other end of the HDBaseT connection(s) of the advoli TA4E Distance graphics card, but a valid ethernet link is, the HDBaseT port will fall-back to ethernet functionality only.

  • Page 12: Driver Installations

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 DRIVER INSTALLATION After the hardware installation, it is important to follow the process to install the correct drivers. advoli TA4E Distance graphics card is designed to work with a multitude of MXM modules from different manufacturers, this includes Type A and Type B MXM modules. It is important to understand that the below process is the driver installation instruction for AMD E8860 MXM module.

  • Page 13: Configuring Audio

    In the playback tab, select the display you want to be the default, after selecting the display to be the default audio display, select set default and click apply. You have now selected the display that will be the default audio channel and your advoli TA4E Distance graphics card is ready to be used.

  • Page 14: Serial Ports And Console User Guide

    USB-cable for each card.
 Once your advoli TA4E Distance graphics card has been properly installed and is functioning, Windows Device Manager will present one COM port per physical HDBaseT channel, plus two additional COM ports for the consoles.
  • Page 15 These above images of the consoles are using a program Tera Term VT which is free to download and use. While other terminal programs can be used, advoli recommends using this program as it has shown best in compatibility and best in supporting hot- swap and disconnects of USB devices.

  • Page 16: Using The Control Console

    The advoli TA4E Distance graphics card uses a Universal Serial COM port that also works under most other operating systems. The port is virtual, so any port setting and speed is supported.
 Open the Serial and Control Console with the terminal program and type ‘help’ or ‘h’ to display the help- menu as shown in the below picture:
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  • Page 17 ‘default’. This will restore factory settings and reboot the card firmware. Safe Commands:
 Information: Type ’info’ or ‘i’
 
 This command shows the status and current configuration of the advoli TA4E Distance graphics card, and is particularly useful when trying to determine which card and features your card has.
 
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  • Page 18 NVIDIA Mosaic. 
 All advoli graphics cards solve this problem by a patented technology that presents the EDID information from EEPROMS on the physical hardware rather than directly from the display devices themselves. This means that the correct data is presented to the Operating System on every boot, and every time the OS requests the data immediately and without delay.
  • Page 19 EDID Configuration: Type ‘edid’ or ‘e’
 
 Each channel of advoli graphics cards can have its own custom configuration, although the 
 most common configuration is to configure each channel with the same EDID type.
 
 The edid command show the EDID configuration for each channel, and is also used to configure the EDID types for individual channels.
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  • Page 20 EDID Emulation List
 All advoli graphics cards include a list of pre-configured EDIDs that can be used for testing and troubleshooting. There are two types: Fixed EDIDs: 0 through 19
 User EDIDs: U0 through U9 Brand names and models are for illustration and educational purposes only
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  • Page 21 Any event that happens gets logged in this file. To display this file type “dump” or ‘d’. For any support issues or diagnostics capture, please provide the result of this file and send it to the advoli support team.
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  • Page 22: Power Over Hdbaset / Ethernet

    The result is as with any power supplying product, the danger of improper design and incompatibility causing potential electrical problems that can cause severe health issues to the user and potential death. Therefore we only recommend you use advoli PoE/PoH enabled products with advoli PoE/PoH products, or products that we list as interoperable on our website.

  • Page 23: Cable Guide

    
 Be aware that the distance and resolution of the certified cables do not necessarily apply when you bundle cables. 
 For best performance HDBaseT cables, advoli would like to recommend Belden HDBaseT cables found at the following URL:
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  • Page 24 Use advoli console to determine the signal integrity of each cable for your installation.
 In general don't try to do 'short-cuts' on cables in order to save a few dollars. Having to install new cabling because you bought inferior or wrong cables will cost you a lot more.

  • Page 25: Regulatory Compliance

    For details of regulatory compliance for our products please visit our website www.advoli.com Warning: advoli TA4E Distance graphics card is only to be used with shielded CAT cables. Using any other type of cable will make the product non-compliant and will void any regulatory compliance listed above.
  • Page 26 Note: advoli may have added other regulatory compliances after the publishing of this document. For a complete view on our regulatory approval compliances, processes, technical setup and results, please visit our website www.advoli.com/compliance Page TA4ED-V3-6/6/19...

  • Page 27: Legal

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 LEGAL This document and its content is provided as is and only in connection with Advoli Limited (referred to as “advoli ”) products. advoli do not take responsibilities with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents herein and reserves the right to change or discontinue products, technical specifications, descriptions and documentation at any time without notice.

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