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User Manual SCA51TS Compact Scaler Switcher (with PoH) All Rights Reserved Version: SCA51TS_2016V1.1...
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Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacture would void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Unplug the power cord when left unused for a long period of time. Information on disposal for scrapped devices: do not burn or mix with general household waste, please treat them as normal electrical wastes. Altimium www.altimium.com...
4.3.1 Installation/uninstallation of RS232 Control Software ......14 4.3.2 Basic Settings ..................14 4.3.3 RS232 Communication Commands ............16 4.3.4 Control SCA51TS or 3rd Party Device from Local ......... 24 4.3.5 Control SCA51TS or 3rd party device form Remote ......24 4.4 OSD Menu Control ..................25 Altimium www.altimium.com...
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4.5.2 Configuration Menu ................31 4.5.3 RS232 Control Menu ................33 4.5.4 Password Menu ..................34 4.5.5 Web-based GUI Update ................ 34 5. Specification ......................35 6. Panel Drawing ......................37 7. Troubleshooting & Maintenance ................38 8. After-sales Service ....................40 Altimium www.altimium.com...
1. Introduction 1.1 Introduction to SCA51TS SCA51TS is a compact mini scaler switcher with 5 video inputs (1 HDMI/MHL, 2 HDMI, 1 DP, and 1 VGA) and 3 audio inputs (1 DP external audio, 1 VGA auxiliary audio, 1 MIC audio).
Compact Scaler Switcher (with PoH) 1.3 Package List 1 x SCA51TS 2 x Mounting Ears with 4 screws 2 x Long Mounting Ears with 6 screws (Optional) 1 x Power Adapter (24VDC,2.71A) 4 x Plastic Cushions ...
Long-press this button more than 2 seconds to enter OSD menu, and then use ③~⑥direction keys, ⑦confirm key to control. ⑨ Volume Knob Note: Pictures shown in this manual are for reference only, different model and specifications are subject to real product. Altimium www.altimium.com...
HDBaseT output port. IR OUT: connect with IR emitter to control local source devices from remote. IR EYE: connect with IR receiver (with carrier wave only) to receive IR signal send by IR remote to control this SCA51TS. Altimium www.altimium.com...
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EDID data. RS232: Serial port, 3-pin phoenix connector, connect with a control device (such as PC) to control SCA51TS or other devices connected with HDBaseT Receiver. TCP/IP: Ethernet port, connect with PC to control SCA51TS via Web-based GUI.
Step3. Connect a VGA source device (e.g. Laptop) to VGA input port with VGA cable and VGA audio input port with audio cable. Step4. Select MIC level and connect right microphone to MIC input port. MIC audio will be transmitted to AUDIO OUTPUT port and mixed with source audio. Altimium www.altimium.com...
Step8. Connect control device (e.g. PC) to the TCP/IP port, SCA51TS can be controlled via web-based GUI. Step9. Connect control device (e.g. PC) to the RS232 port of SCA51TS or the HDBaseT Receiver (bi-directional RS232 control, either end is available).
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2) Balanced connection: “+” connects to positive, “-” connects to negative and “ ” connects to ground. LINE Mode LINE input has a low frequency characteristics, and wide frequency response. When switch to “LINE”, the microphone input is used for connecting with line audio or Altimium www.altimium.com...
2) Balanced connection: “+” connects to positive, “-” connects to negative and “ ” connects to ground. 3.5 Application SCA51TS has a good application in various occasions, such as computer realm, monitoring, conference room, big screen displaying, television education, command & control center and smart home etc. Altimium...
Rebooting device SCA51TS have the ability to save the last configuration before losing power. If the last switching mode is auto-switching, once rebooted, the switcher will automatically enter auto-switching mode, then detect all inputs and memorize their connection status for future rebooting using.
4.2 IR Control 4.2.1 IR Remote Connect IR receiver to IR EYE port, SCA51TS can be controlled by using IR remote. As CEC function, it is able to use the IR remote to turn on/off the HDMI source or Display.
4.2.2 Control far-end device from local Connect an IR receiver to IR IN port on SCA51TS and connect IR emitter to the IR OUT port on the HDBaseT Receiver, the far-end device can be control by its IR remote from local.
HDTV IR Remote 4.2.4 CEC Function SCA51TS supports CEC, it can be turned on/ off by sending RS232 commands or OSD menu operations. The default setting is ON. Commands pertaining to CEC: “50686%” (enable CEC) and “50687%” (disable CEC) HDMI INPUT ports 1~3 support CEC, if the connected source devices also support CEC and their CEC are on, users can control the source device and display via the IR remote of SCA51TS.
Uninstallation Delete all the control software files in corresponding file path. 4.3.2 Basic Settings First to connect SCA51TS with all input devices and output devices needed, then to connect it with a computer which is installed with RS232 control software. Double-click the software icon to run this software.
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Monitoring area, indicates if the command sent works. Command Sending area Please set the parameters of COM number, bound rate, data bit, stop bit and the parity bit correctly, and then you are able to send command in Command Sending Area. Altimium www.altimium.com...
VGA audio Unmute 50728% Mute DP audio DP audio Mute 50729% Unmute DP audio DP audio Unmute 50724% Increase the volume of MIC audio MIC Volume: xx (xx=00~60) 50725% Decrease the volume of MIC audio MIC Volume: xx (xx=00~60) Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Set the contrast to xx. Contrast: xx (xx=00~99) 504xx% Set the saturation to xx. Saturation: xx (xx=00~99) 505xx% Set the sharpness to xx. Sharpness: xx (xx=00~99) Color Temperature: xx (xx= 50607% Adjust the color temperature Cool/ Medium/ Warm/ User.) Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Disable MIC noise detecting MIC detect: disable 50690% Check MIC noise detecting statue MIC detect: XXXX 50791% HDCP Active mode HDCP Active 50792% HDCP Manual mode HDCP Manual 50793% Enable HDCP output HDCP ON 50794% Disable HDCP output HDCP OFF Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Auto Switch Mode: Set no input 50718% power off time to 10 minutes for No to power off time: 10 minutes signal input Auto Switch Mode: Set no input 50719% Check the automatic power off time to power off time: 1 minutes Altimium www.altimium.com...
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OSD: Enter 50618% EXIT button (exit OSD) OSD: Exit Inquire Commands Source Volume: xx (xx=00~60) 50630% Check the volume level MIC Volume: xx (xx=00~60) Input: xx (xx= HDMI1/ HDMI2/ 50631% Check the input source HDMI3/ DP/ VGA/ YPbPr/ AV) Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Front Panel Lock/UnLock Source Volume: XX Mic Volume: XX Input: XXXX Display statues including MIC, Source Resolution: XXXX audio, Resolution, Manual/ 50783% Auto-switching modes, VGA audio LINE Mute/Unmute mute on/off, DP audio status MIC Mute/Unmute Switch status: XXXX VGA Mute/Unmute Altimium www.altimium.com...
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50733% Turn on HDBT output HDBT power on Turn on HDMI& HDBT output 50734% HDMI HDBT power on synchronously CEC Commands 50687% Disable CEC HDMI CEC OFF 50686% Enable CEC HDMI CEC ON 50901% Play&pause CEC cmd: play&pause Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Under HDCP ON or HDCP OFF mode, the video signal can be switched to HDMI and HDBaseT output seamlessly, while sending 50791% to set as HDCP Active mode, the video signal can’t support seamless switching. CEC commands with grey background avails only when CEC is on. Altimium www.altimium.com...
Firstly, according the following connection diagram to connect all devices as needed. Secondly, send command 50787% (serial control mode 1, factory default) via RS232 communication software. Lastly, send the right command of SCA51TS or other remote RS232 device connected in present system. Connect as below: MIC INPUT...
HDBaseT Receiver Control SCA51TS or 3rd party device from Remote 4.4 OSD Menu Control SCA51TS provides a powerful OSD operation menu, contains 3 parts: optional settings, image settings, and system setting etc. There are three ways to enter OSD menu: ...
Pw Off Time (Manual): Set the power off time when no signal input (1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes can be chosen). IP: Show the IP address. Software Update (USB): Insert the USB flash disk with updating file to USB port of SCA51TS, to update the software through this menu. Altimium www.altimium.com...
Noise Reduction (not for VGA format): Includes Off, Low, Middle, High and Default. Screen: (not for HDMI source): Include Auto Adjust, Horizontal, Vertical, Size, and Phase. Color Range (not for HDMI format): 16~235 or 0~255. Altimium www.altimium.com...
HDMI CEC: Enable/disable CEC and auto-standby function. Default: CEC on, STANDBY on. Only when CEC is on, will it be able to set auto-standby status. OSD Duration: Includes 5 Sec, 10 Sec, 15 Sec and Off. VERSION: Displays software version Altimium www.altimium.com...
Compact Scaler Switcher (with PoH) 4.5 Web-based GUI Control In addition to control SCA51TS via front panel button, IR remote and RS232 communication software. SCA51TS can be controlled via web-based GUI. It allows users to interact with SCA51TS through graphical icons and visual indicators.
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Click the corresponding Mute button to mute/unmute microphone audio or source audio input. Click Source to turn on/off input source device. Click Display to turn on/off output display device. Click Local to let SCA51TS into standby mode. Altimium www.altimium.com...
Shutdown Timer(NO Input):Set the shutdown time under manual-switching mode or auto-switching mode, including none, 1 minute, 2minutes, 5minutes and 10 Minutes. If SCA51TS can’t detect video source input, it will automatically shut down after a preset interval. Altimium www.altimium.com...
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In this interface, dynamic or static IP mode can be selected. Under static IP mode, IP address and subnet mask, gateway can be set and make sure the IP addresses are different to avoid IP conflict. 3. Click Source Label to enter source label setting menu shown as below: Altimium www.altimium.com...
Click RS232 Control on the top of interface to enter RS232 control menu shown as below: Port: Local port refers to the RS232 port of SCA51TS, and the HDBT port refers to the RS232 port of HDBaseT Receiver. ...
In this interface, the user name and password can be modified as you need. 4.5.5 Web-based GUI Update Web-based GUI for SCA51TS supports online update in http://192.168.0.178:100. Type the username and password (the same as the GUI log-in settings, modified password will be available only after rebooting) to log in the configuration interface.
Audio Output Impedance Frequency Response 20Hz~20K Hz Stereo Channel >80dB @1KHz Separation Control Part 1 IR IN, 1 IR OUT, Control port 1 IR EYE, 1 RS232, 1 TCP/IP 3 3.5mm mini jack; Control Connector 1 3-Pin phoenix connectors; Altimium www.altimium.com...
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Compact Scaler Switcher (with PoH) 1 RJ45 General 1080P≤70m(Cat6) Transmission Distance Temperature 0 ~ +50℃ Humidity 10% ~ 90% Power Supply DC24V 2.71A Power Consumption Dimension (W*H*D) 220mm x 44mm x 172.5mm Weight 800g Altimium www.altimium.com...
PC) through RS232 port Send authorized Broken RS232 port dealer for checking. Cannot control the device Send command 50605% to by front panel buttons while The front panel buttons are unlock front panel control through locked buttons. RS232 port Altimium www.altimium.com...
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The device has already Send authorized by RS232 / IR remote / been broken. dealer for repairing. front panel buttons If your problem persists after following the above troubleshooting steps, seek further help from authorized dealer or our technical support. Altimium www.altimium.com...
Compact Scaler Switcher (with PoH) 8. After-sales Service If there appear some problems when running SCA51TS, please check and deal with the problems referring to this user manual. Any transport costs are borne by the users during the warranty. 1) Product Limited Warranty: We warrants that its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for three years, which starts from the first day you buy this product (The purchase invoice shall prevail).
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