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NovaStar MX40 Pro User Manual

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  • Page 1 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual...
  • Page 2 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Change History Document Version Release Date Description V1.4.2 2024-10-31 Deleted the Sync Lock related operations from the device's LCD interface. V1.4.1 2024-08-13 Updated the descriptions for internal source operations.  Added the function of synchronous output from optical and V1.4.0...
  • Page 3 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Contents Change History ....................................i Contents ......................................ii 1 Overview ...................................... 1 2 Appearance ....................................2 2.1 Front Panel .................................... 2 2.2 Rear Panel .................................... 2 3 Applications ....................................7 4 UI Introduction ..................................... 8 4.1 Home Screen ..................................
  • Page 4 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Overview The MX40 Pro is a flagship all-in-one LED display controller with 20 Ethernet ports in the brand-new control system COEX series of Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as NovaStar). This controller integrates video processing and video control into one box and offers rich video input connectors (HDMI 2.0, DP 1.2 and 12G-SDI),...
  • Page 5 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Appearance 2.1 Front Panel Name Description  Solid red: Standby Running Indicator  Solid blue: The device is being started.  Solid green: The device is running normally.  Flashing red: The device is running abnormally.
  • Page 6 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Inputs Type Description HDMI 2.0-1 IN Resolutions Max resolution: 4096×2160@60Hz/8192×1080@60Hz (Forced) Min resolution: 800×600@60Hz Max width/height Max width: 8192 pixels (8192×1080@60Hz) (Forced) Max height: 8192 pixels (1080×8192@60Hz) Frame rates 23.98 / 24 / 25 / 29.97 / 30 / 47.95 / 48 / 50 / 59.94 / 60 / 71.93 / 72 / 75 / 100 / 119.88 / 120 / 143.86 / 144 / 240 Hz...
  • Page 7 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Support HDR10 and comply with the SMPTE ST 2084 and SMPTE ST 2086 standards. Support HLG. EDID Support standard resolutions, up to 3840×2160@60Hz. management Support custom input resolutions. HDCP HDCP 2.2 compliant, backwards compatible with HDCP 1.4/HDCP 1.3.
  • Page 8 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual 1–20 Gigabit Ethernet output ports. Support hot backup between Ethernet ports.  Max device load capacity: 9 million pixels  The maximum load capacity per Ethernet port is as follows. For details, see chapter 11 Ethernet Port Load Capacity.
  • Page 9 The Genlock input signal supports a frame rate range from 23.98 Hz to 60 Hz. For standard Genlock signal generators, up to 20 MX40 Pro devices can be cascaded. An auxiliary port that connects to the central control device (RS232) (Reserved)
  • Page 10 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Applications The MX40 Pro has two typical application scenarios as shown below. In those application examples, the LED screen size is 4096×2160. Application 1: Output via Ethernet Ports Application 2: Long-Distance Transmission via OPT Ports...
  • Page 11 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual UI Introduction 4.1 Home Screen After the device is powered on, the home screen showing device related information is displayed as follows. Figure 4-1 Home screen The home screen is shown in Figure 4-1...
  • Page 12 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Area Content Description Input HDMI1, HDMI2, The device input source type and status HDMI3, DP, SDI,  Green: The signal is accessed normally and used. Internal  Blue: The signal is accessed normally, but not used.
  • Page 13 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Area Content Description The temperature inside the chassis 4.2 Main Menu On the home screen, press the knob to enter the main menu screen. When the device working mode is All-In-One Controller, the main menu is shown in Figure 4-2.
  • Page 14 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Initial Screen Configuration If the LED screen, cabinets, data flow and the number of cabinets loaded by Ethernet ports can meet the following requirements, you can configure the screen via the device front panel menu; otherwise, screen configuration in VMP will be your ideal choice.
  • Page 15 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Choose input source > EDID. The input source is HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3 or DP. Set Mode to Custom or Standard, and then set the resolution and frame rate. Custom: Set the resolution manually.
  • Page 16 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Figure 5-3 Quick configuration Select Yes in the displayed dialog box. Set screen configuration parameters as required.  Cabinet Row Qty: Set the quantity of cabinet rows.  Cabinet Column Qty: Set the quantity of cabinet columns.
  • Page 17 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Display Effect Adjustment 6.1 Apply Presets Apply a saved preset in VMP to the device to quickly complete display effect adjustment. On the main menu screen, select Preset. The saved presets in VMP is displayed on the menu screen, as shown in Figure 6-1.
  • Page 18 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Figure 6-3 EDID When the device working mode is All-In-One Controller, the Select Input menu is not displayed. Set Mode to Custom or Standard, and then set the resolution and frame rate. ...
  • Page 19 HDR sources can be manually set to HDR properties. Using the HDR function reduces the MX40 Pro load capacity by less than half if the MX40 Pro works with the A10s Pro receiving card. For details, see 11 Ethernet Port Load Capacity.
  • Page 20 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Figure 6-6 Internal source When the device working mode is All-In-One Controller, the Select Input menu is not displayed. Select Image to navigate to the sub menu and select a picture. When the relevant parameters of the image are displayed, set the parameters according to your actual needs;...
  • Page 21 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual  Input Source: The number of the layer that is using this input source is displayed in the input source information area.  Scaling Mode: The scaling mode currently being applied. − Custom: Customized width and height.
  • Page 22 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual 6.5.2 Adjust Gamma and Color Temperature Adjust and save the Gamma and color temperature. On the main menu screen, choose Advanced Functions > LED Screen Color. Figure 6-11 LED screen color Adjust the Gamma value.
  • Page 23 NovaStar and third-party emitters. Note To use the 3D function, specified 3D glasses are needed. For details, please contact NovaStar technical support. 6.5.4 Set Low Latency The low latency function is used to reduce the delay at the controller, or increase the latency when the device works with high-latency equipment.
  • Page 24 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual 6.5.5 Set Bit Depth Set the output bit depth of the input source. On the main menu screen, choose Advanced Functions > Output Settings. Figure 6-15 Bit depth Select Bit Depth and then select the desired bit depth value from the drop-down options.
  • Page 25 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Device Management 7.1 Switch Working Mode Set the device working mode to All-In-One Controller or Send-Only Controller. On the main menu screen, choose System Settings > Working Mode. Figure 7-1 Working mode Select All-In-One Controller or Send-Only Controller.
  • Page 26 When the device is powered on, it automatically conducts a diagnostic process:  Normal startup: All functions of the MX40 Pro are available for use.  Abnormal Startup: Based on the error message displayed, select Export Log to obtain the diagnostic results. If there are only warning messages (in orange), you can choose Continue to proceed in a limited functionality mode.
  • Page 27 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual 7.5.2 Maintenance Perform device diagnostics, then view and export the result. On the main menu screen, choose System Settings > Diagnostics. Figure 7-5 Diagnostics Select Yes in the displayed dialog box. After the diagnostics operation is complete, the diagnostic result will be displayed.
  • Page 28 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Figure 7-7 Firmware version 7.7 Reset to Factory Settings Reset part or all of the device data to the factory settings. On the main menu screen, choose System Settings > Factory Reset. Figure 7-8 Factory reset Do any of the following according to the data you want to reset.
  • Page 29 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Basic System Settings 8.1 Set Language Change the system language of the device. On the main menu screen, select 语言/Language. Choose English or 中文 as required. Figure 8-1 Language 8.2 Set Temperature Scale Change the system temperature scale of the device.
  • Page 30 Select 30s, 1min or 5min from the drop-down options as required. 8.4 View Service Information View the service information of NovaStar, allowing users to ask questions and give feedback. On the main menu screen, choose System Settings > About Us.
  • Page 31 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Product Specifications Electrical Specifications Power input 100-240V~, 50/60Hz, 1.5A Max power consumption 95 W Operating Environment –20º C to +50º C Temperature Humidity 0% RH to 80% RH, non-condensing Storage Environment –30º C to +80º C...
  • Page 32 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Video Source Specifications Color Input Resolution Sampling Bit Depth Integer Frame Rate (Hz) Space HDMI 2.0-1 4096×2160 RGB / 4:4:4 12bit 24/25/30 YCbCr (Forced) 10bit 24/25/30/48/50 8bit 24/25/30/48/50/60 YCbCr 4:2:2 8/10/12bit 3840×2160 RGB /...
  • Page 33 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Color Input Resolution Sampling Bit Depth Integer Frame Rate (Hz) Space 144/240 YCbCr 4:2:2 8/10/12bit (240 Hz needs to be forced) DP 1.2 4096×2160 RGB / 4:4:4 12bit 24/25/30/48/50 YCbCr (Forced) 10bit 8bit...
  • Page 34 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Ethernet Port Load Capacity When Working with A10s Pro Receiving Card The formula of calculating the load capacity per Ethernet port and the detailed parameters are as follows.  8bit: Load capacity × 24 × Frame rate < 1000 × 1000 × 1000 × 0.95 ...
  • Page 35 MX40 Pro LED Display Controller User Manual Note  While in the 20-port mode, the maximum load capacity is only achieved when the load width of a single port is 128 pixels or more. If the load width is less than that, the load capacity will be reduced accordingly, calculated as (128 - load width) ×...