Contents FEATURES CONNECTORS AND CONTROLS Front Rear INSTALLATION AND VENTILATION USING THE SY-SMFS81-18G Making Video Selections Connecting to the MIC / 48V / Line Input Front Panel Menu Options EDID Options CONNECTING TO THE IR PORTS RS232 COMMANDS VIDEO COMMANDS Video Selections Video Output Blanking Video Output Freeze...
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Get Firmware Version System Reset WEBGUI CONTROL Switcher control Input selection: Audio Config: Video Config: Microphone: Speaker: EDID Mode: Resolution: Receive(Hex): Send(Hex): IP Config: Bottom button row: PC TOOL Input selection: Video Config: Audio Config: Microphone: Speaker: Output Resolution: Input Resolution: I/O Configuration: Reading the Input Level: Setting the Output Logic Level:...
The SMFS-81-18G is a seamless multi-format scaling switcher with 6 HDMI inputs, 1 DisplayPort input and 1 VGA input. It provides two mirrored outputs – HDMI for local display and HDBaseT output for a remote HDBaseT receiver and display. Each input can be individually set to use its own embedded audio or any one of the 8 external analogue audio inputs.
Name Description ↔ button Cycles through the available options for the current menu section ENTER button Press to set the current selection Sets the volume level for the speaker output or set microphone pre-scale VOLUME control volume. The Line out volume is not affected by this control. Rear Name Description...
at the power switch on the rear of the switcher. Please note that the SY-SMFS81-18G does not support HDMI signals that use the 4:2:0 colour space. Making Video Selections Video selection are made from the front panel by pressing the respective input button. The button for that input will light up and the LCD will also show the selected input number and type along with the current audio input selection assigned to that input.
Notes: All commands in this section are always terminated with the ASCII carriage-return character, 0x0d. This is represented by the symbol in each command. All responses are always terminated with the ASCII carriage-return and line-feed sequence (0x0d 0x0a). All spaces shown in the commands are required. All commands must be sent using uppercase letters only.
Examples: Command Response GET OUT FREEZE OUT FREEZE OFF SET OUT FREEZE ON OUT FREEZE ON Video Output HDCP Configuration The following command configures the HDCP mode for the video outputs. Command Details Set the output HDCP mode w SET OUT HDCP w Where: w is either AUTO or H14 or H22 or OFF GET OUT HDCP...
Test Pattern Mode The SMFS81-18G can output a colour bar test pattern using the current output resolution settings. Please note that the output Test Pattern is set to the currently selected resolution and refresh rate. Command Details Set the test pattern state as the output signal. SET OUT TSP w...
Examples: Command Response SET IN4 AUDIOIN L/R1 IN4 AUDIOIN L/R1 SET IN1 AUDIOIN EMBEDDED IN1 AUDIOIN EMBEDDED GET IN5 AUDIOIN IN5 AUDIOIN EMBEDDED Audio Input Mute The following sets the mute mode for each the audio input types. Note that some audio input types are only available on certain products.
SPEAKER VOLUME 25 I/O Configuration RS232 Commands The SY-SMFS-81-18G has two digital input ports and two digital output ports. The GET command is used to return the level state for the input and output ports, while the SET command is used to set the output state of the digital output ports.
System Commands There are several system related commands that can be used to determine which product is connected to the RS232 communication link and getting the current IP configuration for the SY switcher device connected to a network. Get Device Size The following command returns the number of inputs and outputs supported by the switcher.
SET SYS RESET ALL SYS RESET ALL WebGUI Control The SY-SMFS-81-18G also has a built-in WebGUI interface that permits control of the most common aspects of the seamless switcher (Figure 1) and configure the IP settings. The default IP settings are as follows:...
Figure 1 - Switcher Control Screen Switcher control Input selection: The eight numbered buttons allow selection of the video inputs. Audio Config: • Permit the selection of the audio input source for each of the video inputs. Use each of the drop-down boxes to selected the input and its respective audio source and then click on the set button to make that change to the SY-SMFS81-18G.
• Permit configure the output video HDCP by using the drop-down box to set the output video HDCP. Microphone: • Permit turn on or off the microphone input by press the MIC button. When turn on, shows blue, turn off, shows grey. •...
Click the Restart Module button to reboot the SY-SMFS81-18G and apply the new IP settings. The next confirmation window will appear: Click the OK and wait for up to 10 seconds to allow the switcher to connect to a network server. Enter the new IP address in the web browser to access the WebGUI at that address.
PC Tool The SY-SMFS-81-18G also has a PC tool that permits control all of the functions via RS232 or IP. Input selection: The top eight numbered buttons allow selection of the video inputs. Press to switch. Current input button shows blue.
Microphone: ⚫ Permit turn on or off the microphone input by press the MIC button. When turn on, shows blue, turn off, shows grey. ⚫ Permit adjust the microphone input presale by press the VOL- and VOL+ button. ⚫ Permit adjust the microphone input presale by drag the bar. Speaker: ⚫...
Specifications Video and Audio Input Video All HDMI resolutions to 4096x2160p 60Hz 4:4:4 Formats Examples: Supported 4096 x 2160p 24/25/30/50/60Hz (HDMI Only) 3840 x 2160p 24/25/30/50/60Hz (HDMI Only) 1920 x 1200 60/65/75Hz 1920 x 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz 1920 x 1080i 50/60Hz 1680 x 1050 60/75Hz 1600 x 1200 60/65/70/75Hz 1600 x 1024 60/75Hz...
Digital I/O Ports Output Voltage Level 100mA, 12V Max. Weak pull up to 3.3V. Not voltage clamped Input Voltage Level Logic level input levels. Can tolerate 24V max. Power Supply Power Consumption 60W max. (45W nominal) Supply Voltage 110~240VAC Environmental and Physical Operating Temperature Range 0 to +40°C (+32 to +104 °F) Operating Humidity Range...
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Damage to the product due to incorrect usage or storage • Damage caused by unauthorised repairs • Damage caused by mistreatment of the product Please direct any questions or problems you may have to your local dealer before contacting SY Electronics. sy.uk V1.0...
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