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Advoli TB4 Standard Installation Manual

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ADVOLI TB4 STANDARD
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INSTALLATION GUIDE
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TB4S-V3-6/6/19
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  • Page 1 ADVOLI TB4 STANDARD INSTALLATION GUIDE Page TB4S-V3-6/6/19 HDBaseT Certified Product...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    HARDWARE INSTALLATIONS 7 - 10 Safety Instructions Before You Begin 7 - 10 Installing the advoli TB4 Standard Graphics Card DRIVER INSTALLATIONS CONFIGURING AUDIO Enabling Audio over CAT 13 - 20 SERIAL PORTS AND CONSOLE USER GUIDE USING THE CONTROL CONSOLE...

  • Page 3: Introduction

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 INTRODUCTION Thank you for your support in our quest to innovate. We are proud to present the advoli TB4 Standard graphics card, our eighth HDBaseT certified graphics card and the ultimate entry-level four channel FHD graphics card for professional HDBaseT audiovisual installations.

  • Page 4: About This Guide

    TB4 Standard graphics card. Please make sure that you register your product by scanning the QR code attached to the advoli Standard graphics card. The QR code will lead you directly to our website to fill out the registration form.

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    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 TB4 Standard graphics card. Software:
 VLC player or equivalent video player that is low in processor consumption to drive video content...

  • Page 6: Unpacking

    1 x USB 9-Pin Cable USB 3.0 to 2.0 Converter Card
 advoli TB4 Standard graphics card, with MXM module and Fan Sink + Casing
 OPTIONAL: 4 x RB1 Standard 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 TB4 Standard 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 Standard graphics card.
  • Page 10 ‘IR in’ socket, or an IR emitter to the ‘IR out’ if you plan on using the IR pass through capabilities of the graphics card. 
 We recommend using advoli IR Transmitter and IR Receiver accessories for full compatibility. IR Out 
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  • Page 11: 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 Standard 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 12: 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 TB4 Standard graphics card is ready to be used.

  • Page 13: Serial Ports And Console User Guide

    USB-cable for each card.
 Once your advoli TB4 Standard 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 14 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 15: Using The Control Console

    The advoli TB4 Standard 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 16 ‘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 TB4 Standard graphics card, and is particularly useful when trying to determine which card and features your card has.
 
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  • Page 17 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 18 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 19 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 20 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 21: 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 22: Cable Guide

    HDBaseT cables, the below table created by Belden and independently verified and recreated by advoli TM - without knowledge of Belden's white paper - is relatively accurate for most bundled installations of up to 6 cables using Valens VS100-series chipset or advoli's A-series products:
 
 CABLE TYPE SHIELD...
  • Page 23 
 The advoli TB4 Standard is a VS010-series chipset or advoli's B-series product, therefore most of the cables above will be able to deliver 1080P content up to 70 meters and 4K content up to 40 meters. When in doubt go for the better cables.
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  • Page 24: Regulatory Compliance

    For details of regulatory compliance for our products please visit our website www.advoli.com Warning: advoli TB4 Standard 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 25 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 TB4S-V3-6/6/19...

  • Page 26: 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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