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FLEX 16
USER MANUAL
Article No: RGB-RD-UM-FLEX 16
E001
Revision No: V1.0

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  • Page 1 FLEX 16 USER MANUAL Article No: RGB-RD-UM-FLEX 16 E001 Revision No: V1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 3 Use Your Product ........................12 3.1 Matrix Panel Operation ........................12 3.1.1 MENU Operation ........................12 3.1.2 Button Operation ......................... 14 3.2 XPOSE Control FLEX 16 ........................16 3.2.1 Install Software ........................16 3.2.3 Login to the Software ......................19 3.2.4 Connect to Software ......................20 3.2.5 Output Setting ........................22...

  • Page 3: Declarations

    30 days after the transfer of risks. In the event of justified notice of compliant, RGBlink can repair the fault or provide a replacement at its own discretion within an appropriate period. If this measure proves to be impossible or unsuccessful, the purchaser can demand a reduction in the purchase price or cancellation of the contract.

  • Page 4: Operators Safety Summary

    Installation Safety Summary Safety Precautions For all FLEX 16 installation procedures, please observe the following important safety and handling rules to avoid damage to yourself and the equipment. To protect users from electric shock, ensure that the chassis connects to earth via the ground wire provided in the AC power Cord.
  • Page 5 Unpacking and Inspection Before opening FLEX 16 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

    1.1 In the Box AC Power Screw Driver CAT5 Cable Antistatic Cord Converter U Disk Converter DVI-RCA DVI-VGA Note: AC Power Cable supplied as standard according to destination market. USB is contained on the Warranty/Registration Card. Please keep. FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 7: Product Overview

    1.2 Product Overview FLEX 16 is a matrix capable to distribute any input signal to any output signal through its consistent modular capability to control up to 16 different inputs and 16 different outputs independently. Different devices can be connected in each output and input. It supports HDMI, DVI, SDI, USB and HDBaseT input and output signals, as well as DP output.

  • Page 8: Basic Front Panel

    Keep pressing for 3S to switch. Power Indicator Lan Indicator Light up when device power on Lights up when LAN Keep lighting when device is communication occurs working Serial Port Indicator Infrared Indicator Lights up when serial communication occurs FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 9: Matrix Front Panel

    IR indicator Indicate IR communication flashes Load setting from SAVE when there is communication IR e.g.remote control. Save setting to device Power-Standby button Keep pressing for 3S to switch Choose outputs Matrix operation mode. FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 10: Back Panel

    Supports input signals including HDMI, DVI, SDI, USB and HDBaseT. Output Interface Output Card Slots Supports output signals including HDMI, DVI, SDI, USB, HDBaseT and DP. Control Interface Communication Ports RS232&LAN Connect to XPOSE software Power Connection Power Supply Module Socket-IEC FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Dimension

    1.2.4 Dimension Following is the dimension of FLEX 16 for your reference: FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Install Your Product

    Connect signals to the product (ensure all devices are powered off first). Tighten connector screws/locks where provided.Connect to XPOSE software by CAT5 cable. RGBlink provides a network cable for this connection, as a standard accessories. Please check in the package for this cable.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3 Use Your Product

    Shows : the status of each input to output and the LCD screen shows the exact info, as following example In→Out， 1→1 2→2 3→3 4→4 And the software version, serial number and IP address of the device. FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 14 The LCD shows info as follow: FRONT PANEL LOCKED PRESS MENU 3S UNLOCK After front panel is unlocked, MENU button light goes out. WORK TIME Show the total boot times and working time up to now. BOOT TIMES: TOTAL TIME:650MIN FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 15: Button Operation

    6 in IN area, all the displays shows the image of input 6. The LCD on device shows the info below: O:123456789ABCDEFG I : 666666666666666666 Press button ALL again, all lights go out except button 1 in OUT. FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 16 In stand by mode, press POWER for 3S, all buttons flashes one by one immediately and LCD shows RGBLINK FLEX 16 5S later, the device goes back to work and in the status before stand by. FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 17: Xpose Control Flex 16

    3.2 XPOSE Control FLEX 16 3.2.1 Install Software Minimum Requirements Windows Operation System Windows 7/8/10 Processor 1GHz/32 bit or 64 bit processor Memory Hard Disk 16Gb Graphics 128Mb/DirectX9 Display 1280X720 Operation System Mac OS Processor 1.0GHz+ Memory 512M+ Hard Disk...
  • Page 18 , it will pop-up the Installer Language box, select the language, for example, select “English”, and click “OK” to confirm. It will pop-up the installer box, and click “Next” to install, as follows: 2. Select “Browse...” to select the XPOSE software install location and click install: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 19 3. User should get the rights in “Roles Management” when install the software to disk C if the system is Windows 7 or above. 4. Click “Finish” and is ready to run the XPOSE management software: FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 20: Login To The Software

    1. Double click the icon on the desktop, then login into the interface. The user name is Admin, and defaultly there is no password. Select “FLEX 16”, select language “English” and enter the software by clicking “Login”. 2. If user wants to change the language to Chinese, click the drop down arrow after “Language”...

  • Page 21: Connect To Software

    Settings and Log out. In the following parts come with the detail. 3.2.4 Connect to Software The remote controller PC which runs XPOSE connects with Flex 16 by the network cable or USB-RJ11 serial cable (with the standard accessories). After login on XPOSE, Search device and find FLEX 16...
  • Page 22 Click the FLEX 16 icon and sync And sync done. FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 23: Output Setting

    3.2.5 Output Setting Output setting FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 24 User can custom the resolution if no proper resolution in the list, Note:avoid using following resolution 720x480i@60Hz and 720x576i@50Hz (not supported on all output modules), 2560*816@60 and 2048*1152@60 (not supported on DVI and HDMI output) . FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 25 Output setting is for all output ports from one output EXT (EXT-4 or EXT-6) DE setting FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 26 Port :1-16 Output Type:DVI or HDMI Color Range:Image or Video Bits:DVI 8bits, HDMI 8bits|10bit|12bit Brightness:0-128 Out/In: Output Setting or Input Setting, when choose EXT 4, users need to choose output setting or input setting. DE setting done FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 27: Operation Mode

    There are 2 working modes, including the Matrix mode and Splitting Mode. Click the “Operation Mode”, and enter the interface as follows: Matrix Mode and Splitting Mode are included in operation mode, specific as follows: Matrix Mode Click the “Matrix Mode”, and enter to the interface as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 28 In→Out 1.Choose input source from the signal source list 2.Drag the signal souce to Signal 3.Click Take 4.The display will show the input source correspondingly as the following show: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 29 3.Click Take 4.All display will show the one chosen input source as the following show: For FLEX 16 with matrix front panel, users can use XPOSE or front panel panel to control the device but cannot enter splitting mode. For FLEX 16 with basic front panel, users use XPOSE to control and can use splitting mode.
  • Page 30 To make the signal cover up all outputs more exactly, users can type in the total width and height of the desired video wall size. Input Setting The signal list is shown as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 31 For HDMI and SDI input there are settins as below: Change Name: Select “New Name”, and input the new name, click “OK” after setting. Set Input Property: Right click the input and select “Input Property”, it will enter to the interface as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 32 Color Term: Set the color temp (red, green and blue), the adjustment range is 0~100. Reset: Select “Reset”, the input property will be recover to factory setting. Test Pattern: Slide the Test Pattern switch to enable or disable the function. For USB input setting there is USB player setting FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 33 DVI module of FLEX series is compatible with VGA,CVBS, YPbPr signals via adapter , therefore for other singal such as VGA input, users need to choose VGA in DVI input setting as below: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 34 Reset outputs: User can reset outputs by clicking the shortcut on the right side of the interface. Swap outputs: User can swap outputs by clicking the shortcut on the right side of the FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 35 Click this monitor, then press button C and don’t let go, select the monitor that will set, the size of the selected monitor will be changed to the same size of monitor 1, as shown in the figure below: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 36 Select the layer to be adjusted, and set the X, Y, width and height in the bottom of the interface. Hiera rchic FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 37 Layer Property Setting Select the layer to be adjusted, click the More shortcut “ ” in the bottom of the interface, and enter the interface as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 38 LED display instantaneously. Click “Cut” or “Take”, the preview will be cut or seamless switch to LED display. EDID Click the EDID shortcut “ ”, and pop-up window as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 39 Select the input or output board to read and write the EDID. As shown in the figure below: Loop Click the loop shortcut “ ”, and pop-up window as follows: Timing Loop FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 40 ”, user can load the data from the computer. Save Script Click the save script shortcut “ ”, user can save the data to the computer. Factory Reset Click the factory reset shortcut “ ” to reset to factory settings. FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 41 Page Set Click the page set shortcut “ ” to load and save pages. Shortcut Keys Click the shortcut “ ”, and pop-up window as follows: Use shortcut key to operate fast and easily. FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 42: System Settings

    Click “Connect Setting”: Select ”COM Port” and “Baud Rate”, click the drop down arrow after them, and click “OK”. Setting the device connecting ways: Serial Connect, Ethernet Connect and Search by this configuration. After setting ”COM Port” and “Baud Rate”, pop-up window as follows: FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 43 It takes effect after reboot the software if change IP through network. System Information Click “System Information”, and pop-up window as follows: Display the device version information. Including Model Number, Serial Number, IP Address, firmware version, etc. FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 44 Power On Setting Fan Control To enable Delay Power On Setting, slide OFF to ON, set Time-Lapse Power On in 0~255S. To disable Auto Fan cotrol setting, slide OFF to ON, Set Fan Speed at 0~100 FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 45: Logout

    3.2.8 Logout Click “Logout” to exit the XPOSE sorftware, and pop up window as follows: Click “cancel” or “OK” to confirm User also can be click the right corner red button to exit software directly FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 46: Chapter 4 Order Codes

    Chapter 4 Order Codes Product 710-0016-XX-0 FLEX 16 Modules 4.2.1 Input 190-0001-10-2 Single USB2.0 Input/Backup Input Module 190-0001-07-2 Single 3G SDI In/Loop Module 190-0001-13-2 Single HDMI Input Module 190-0001-04-2 Single DVI Composite Input Module 190-0002-29-0 Single HDBaseT Input Module 980-0004-01-0 Single EXT4F-IM Input Interface 4.2.2 Output...

  • Page 47: Chapter 5 Support

    Chapter 5 Support FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 48: Chapter 6 Appendix

    1280x800@60 | 1280x960@60 | 1280x1024@60 | 1400x1050@60 | 1600x1200@60 | 1920x1080@23.98/24/25/29.97/30/50/59.94/60 DVI Composite Input Module Connector Appearance Numbers of Connectors Connectors DVI-I (Compatile with VGA，CVBS，YPbPr via Adapter) Supported Standard UXGA Supported SMPTE 480i | 576i|720P@60 | 1080P@60 FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 49 .MPG 1920x1080@3 20Mbps MPEG4 .AVI | .MP4 DVIX | XVID 1920x1080@3 20Mbps | .3GP | .ASF RM | RMVB .RM | .RMVB RV8 | RV9 | 1280x720@30 10Mbps RV10 H264 .MKV | .MOV H.264 1920x1080@3 20Mbps FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 50 Connector Appearance Numbers of Connectors Connectors DisplayPort Supported Standard DP1.1 SMPTE 720p@50/59.94/60 | 1080i@50/59.94/60 | Supported 1080p@50/59.94/60 Resolution VESA 800x600@60 | 1024x768@60 | 1280x720@50/59.94/60 | 1280x800@60 | 1280x960@60 | 1280x1024@60 | 1400x1050@60 | 1600x1200@60 | 1920x1080@23.98/24/25/29.97/30/50/59.94/60 FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 51 |1600x1050@60 | 1600x1200@60 |1680x1050@60 | 1920x1080@60 | 1920x1200@60 DVI Output Module Connector Appearance Numbers of Connectors Connectors DVI-I (Compatile with VGA，CVBS，YPbPr via Adapter) Supported Standard UXGA Supported SMPTE 720P@60 | 1080P@60 Resolution VESA 800x600@60 | 1024x768@60 | 1280x720@60 FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 52 Communication 1×LAN |1×RS232 (1×RJ45 |1×RJ11) Power Supply AC 90-264V, 50/60Hz Max Power 205W °C-4 °C Working Environment Relativity Humidity 10% –85 % RH Weight 8.05 kg Dimensions 484mm×467mm×89mm Product Warranty 3 years parts and labor warranty FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 53: Terms & Definitions

    This serves as a color synchronizing signal to establish a frequency and phase reference for the chroma signal. Color burst is 3.58 MHz for NTSC and 4.43 MHz for PAL. FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 54 1280x720 and interlaced 1920x1080 resolution. Up to 32 audio signals are carried in the ancillary data.  “JPEG” (Joint photographic Expects Group): Commonly used method of lossy compression for photographic images using a discreet cosine transfer function. The FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 55 It is also called RS-232-C, which is the third version of the RS-232 standard, and is functionally identical to the CCITT V.24 standard.  “Saturation”: Chroma, chroma gain. The intensity of the color, or the extent to which FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 56 USB continues to grow, from keyboards, mice, and printers to scanners, digital cameras, and ZIP drives.  “VESA”: Video Electronics Standards Association. A nonprofit number organization dedicated to facilitating and promoting personal computer graphics through improved standards for the benefit of the end-user. www.vesa.org FLEX 16 User Manual...
  • Page 57 4. It has a pixel by line resolution of 640×480 with a color palette of 16 bits and 256,000 colors.  “YCrCb”: Used to describe the color space for interlaced component video.  “YPbPr”: Used to describe the color space for progressive-scan (non-interlaced) component video. 、 FLEX 16 User Manual...

  • Page 58: Revision History

    6.3 Revision History The table below lists the changes to the User Manual of FLEX 16 . Format Time ECO# Description Personnel V1.0 2019-9-19 0000# Release Fanny FLEX 16 User Manual...

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