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SWMicro Video Wall Controller User Guide This user guide provides basic instructions for setting up SEADA SolarWall Micro video wall controllers using its management software. SD-EN-021 1 / 21...
1. Production Introduction 1.1. Product Profile The SWMicro series video wall controllers are the all-in-one solution available from SEADA technology. Based on cutting edge Crossbar express technology, they provide excellent performance and flexibility for video wall applications. SWMicro series controllers apply Crossbar technology to provide high bandwidth for real-time processing of all input signals and better system performance.
1.3. Specification & Parameters Controller Chassis 19” ANST/EIA RS-310C standard industrial chassis Input Channel 8 HD HDMI inputs or 4 HD HDMI inputs with 1 4K HDMI/DP Input Input Format HDMI/DP Output Channel Up to 16 outputs Output Format HDMI HDCP Support Power Supply Single...
2. Hardware Overview 2.1. Rear Panel (SWMicro12 as an example) • LAN (10M/100M/1000M) and RS232-IN Port are for PC control • HDMI Inputs: 8 x HDMI HD inputs • HDMI Outputs: 12 x HDMI outputs • Power Supply Socket and Switch: 110 ~ 240VAC •...
4. SWMicro Software User Guide Users can run the SWMicro.exe software directly without installation. Software can be downloaded from the SEADA website (https://seada.co.uk/downloads). Double click the SWMicro software to get the Dialog box as below. The default password for ‘admin’ is ‘admin’.
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Once SWMicro is connected to the control PC, it will load the settings from the unit. The default setting for the new unit out of package is 2x4/3x4/4x4 video wall with input 1 across the screens depending upon the SWMicro model type. All outputs are set at a resolution of 1920x1080@60 by default.
• Maxsize: Maximise the size of the selected window to the whole video wall and click again to return the window back to origin. • Close: Close the selected window. • Freeze Panes: Freeze the content of the selected window and click again to unfreeze. •...
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4.1.2. Videowall Layout Setup Users can set up the layout of the video wall in ‘VideoWall Setting’ by simply choosing the number of rows and columns for the video wall. Total screen amount is up to 8/12/16 for SWMicro video wall controllers depending upon the model type.
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B. Multiple videowall SWMicro/SWmicroP supports up to 4 videowalls. To enable that, click anywhere (except where user can type in contents) on the videowall setting window and type in ‘admin’. An extra option will pop out allowing the user to change the number of the videowall.
Users can view and edit inputs if necessary. By default, new units will have all input settings done and user will not need to change anything in this section. However, after certain operations, for example adding extra videowalls, user might want to re-config the inputs. For SWMicro, all ‘Card Type’...
4.1.5. Screen Configuration Users can add customised screen resolutions for the video wall. 4.2. Operations 4.2.1. New/Clear Window Users can load the pre-set video wall from the ‘initial mode’ by clicking ‘New’. The default setting for the software is a single window from input 1 in each output screen.
4.2.3. Save/Recall and loop Layouts Users can save the video wall layouts and recall them later via the ‘Layout’ menu on the left of the software. Users can save up to 32 pre-set layouts. Note: The layouts are saved on SWMicro, therefore whenever the control PC is connected, the software can load the saved layouts from SWMicro.
without any distortion. Users can use pixels of the screen frame width to set up the bezel correction here. The bezel compensation can be set either ON or OFF for comparison. Note: ‘Horizontal’ is the summarisation of inner and outer height and ‘Vertical’ stands for the summarisation of inner and outer width.
4.4.2. User Password Setup ‘Admin’ can set up the password for different users without knowing the old password of that user. ‘User level’ can also change the password by themselves, while they need to enter the old password. 4.5. Set up 4K input 4.5.1.
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Note 1: There are four channels due to that the single 4K DP/HDMI signal of SWMicro is split into four 1080P signals. Therefore, user can manipulate the 4K signal either in four individual windows or a single 4K signal group. Note 2: For an output group, the number of windows that can be opened on a single screen still follows the window limitation set in videowall setup referring to section 4.1.2.
5. Troubleshooting 5.1. Corrupted Characters a) Open ‘Clock and Region’ in ‘Control Panel’. b) Select ‘Change data, time or number format’. c) Select ‘Change system locale’ under ‘Administrative’ tab. d) Tick ‘Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support’, click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’. 5.2.
6. SWMicro Command Lines • All spaces shown in the command are required. • All commands in this section are always terminated with the ASCII carriage-return character, 0x0d. This is represented by the ⏎ symbol in each command. ➢ Serial Port: Baud rate: 115200 ➢...
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x0: The horizontal start of the window, starts from 0. y0: The vertical start of the window, starts from 0. x1: The horizontal end of the window. y1: The vertical end of the window. For example: Create window 1 <open,1,0,0,0,0,1919,1079> Create window 2 <open,2,0,0,2290,113,4587,1234>...
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