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4K60 4x4 HDMI Matrix
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G4-0159A
P/N: Matrix44HD2CAT

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  • Page 1 ® 4K60 4x4 HDMI Matrix over CAT - 70m G4-0159A P/N: Matrix44HD2CAT...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Notices

    Thank you for purchasing from gofanco. Our products aim to meet all our connectivity needs wherever you go. For optimum performance and safety, please read the instructions carefully and keep this User’s Guide for future reference. If you need more information about our products, please visit www.gofanco.com.
  • Page 3 Important Safety Notices Continued • This product contains sensitive electrical components that may be damaged by electrical spikes, surges, electric shock, lighting strikes, etc. Use of surge protection systems is highly recommended in order to protect and extend the life of your equipment. •...
  • Page 4 Introduction The 18Gbps 4x4 HDMI Matrix can connect four HDMI sources to eight displays. It features four HDMI outputs and each HDMI output is mirrored with a CAT-Cable output which runs simultaneously. It supports video transmission up to 1080p Full HD and 4K @60Hz 4:4:4 and supports HD digital audio formats such as LPCM 7.1CH, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD Master Audio.

  • Page 5: Installation Requirements

    Installation Requirements • HDMI source devices (DVD player, set top box, PC, etc.) • HDMI displays (SDTV/Monitor, HDTV/Monitor, projector, etc.) • HDMI cables (not included) • CAT cables (not included) Package Contents • 1x 18Gbps 4x4 HDMI Matrix • 4x CAT Receivers •...

  • Page 6: Product Layout

    Product Layout Figure 1: Matrix Layout (Front) 1. Power Switch 2. Power LED 3. IR Window 4. OUTPUT Buttons 1-4 & Source LEDs 1-4 Figure 2: Matrix Layout (Back) 1. OUTPUT Ports 1-4 2. IR OUTPUTs 1-4 3. HDMI INPUTS 1-4 4.
  • Page 7 Product Layout Continued Figure 3: Receiver Layout 1. HDMI OUTPUT 2. CAT INPUT 3. Power Indicator LED (Green) 4. Data signal Indicator LED (Orange) 5. SERVICE Port 6. IR INPUT 7. DC 12V...
  • Page 8 Product Layout Continued Figure 4: IR Remote Layout 1. Power on or Standby: Power on the Matrix or set it to standby mode. 2. Output 1: Press 1/2/3/4 button to select input source for HDMI OUTPUT 1.Output 2: Press 1\2\3\4 button to select input source for HDMI OUTPUT 2.
  • Page 9 Specificitions Technical HDMI Compliance HDMI 2.0b HDCP Compliance HDCP 2.2/1.x Video Bandwidth 18Gbps Video Resolution Up to 4K2K@50/60Hz (4:4:4) RGB 4:4:4, YCbCr Color Space 4:4:4/4:2:2/4:2:0 8-bit, 10-bit, 12-bit (1080p@60Hz) 8-bit Color Depth (4K2K@60Hz YUV4:4:4) 8-bit, 10-bit,12-bit (4K2K@60Hz YCbCr 4:2:2/4:2:0) HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HLG LPCM 2.0/2.1/5.1/6.1/7.1, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby HDMI Audio Formats...
  • Page 10 Specificitions Continued Connections Inputs: 4x HDMI Type A [19-pin female] Outputs: 4x HDMI Type A [19-pin female] 4x CAT port [RJ45] Matrix 4x IR OUT [3.5mm Stereo Mini-jack] Controls: 1 x TCP/IP [RJ45] 1x RS-232 [3-pin phoenix connector] Inputs: 1x IR IN [3.5mm Stereo Mini-jack] 1x CAT port [RJ45] CAT Receiver Output: 1x HDMI Type A [19-pin female]...
  • Page 11 Specificitions Continued Mechanical Housing Metal Enclosure Color Black Matrix: 320mm (W) × 100mm (D) × 36mm (H) Dimensions Receiver: 61mm (W) x 88mm (D) x 18mm (H) Weight Matrix: 915g, Receiver: 155g Input: AC 90 - 260V 50/60Hz Power Supply Output: DC 12V/2.5A (US/EU standards, CE/FCC/UL certified) Power Consumption...

  • Page 12: Edid Settings

    EDID Settings This Matrix has 21 factory predefined EDID settings, 2 user-defined EDID modes and 8 copy EDID modes. You can select from the predefined EDID modes or EDID copy modes to input ports through RS-232 control or Web GUI. RS-232 control operation: Connect the Matrix to PC with a serial cable, then open a Serial Command tool on PC to send ASCII commands “s edid in x from z!”...
  • Page 13 EDID Settings Continued The predefined EDID settings are shown below. EDID Mode EDID Description 1080P, Stereo Audio 2.0 1080P, Dolby/DTS 5.1 1080P, HD Audio 7.1 1080I, Stereo Audio 2.0 1080I, Dolby/DTS 5.1 1080I, HD Audio 7.1 3D, Stereo Audio 2.0 3D, Dolby/DTS 5.1 3D, HD Audio 7.1 4K2K30_444, Stereo Audio 2.0...
  • Page 14 IR Control This product supports one-way IR matrix function. With the Matrix connected to CAT Receivers, you can control the input source devices (matrix end) by the IR control signal from the CAT receivers (remote end). Please see the following connection diagram as an example.

  • Page 15: Ir Pin Definition

    IR Pin Definition...

  • Page 16: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation 1. Power off all devices including your HDMI source devices and HDMI displays. 2. Connect your HDMI source devices to the Matrix’s HDMI Input connectors with HDMI cables (cables not included). 3. Connect the CAT cables between the Matrix and CAT Receivers. 4.

  • Page 17: Application Diagram

    Application Diagram The application diagram shows the most typical input and output devices used with the Matrix CAT Extender. Figure 6: Application Diagram...
  • Page 18 Web GUI User Guide The Matrix can be controlled by Web GUI. The operation method is shown as below: Step 1: Get the current IP Address. The default IP address is 192.168.1.100. This IP address can change if installed on a DHCP switch/router/network. You can get the current Matrix IP address via RS-232 control.
  • Page 19 Web GUI User Guide Continued Step 3: Input the current IP address of Matrix into your browser on the PC to enter Web GUI page. After entering the Web GUI page, there will be a Login page, as shown below: Select the Username from the list and enter the password.
  • Page 20 Web GUI User Guide Continued Status Page The Status page provides basic information about the product model, installed firmware version and the network settings of the device.
  • Page 21 Web GUI User Guide Continued Video Page You can do the following operations on the Video page: 1. Output: The current device’s OUTPUT port. You can select the signal source for it. 2. Input: You can click the drop-down menu to select signal source for the corresponding OUTPUT port .
  • Page 22 Web GUI User Guide Continued Input Page You can do the following operations on the Input page: 1. Inputs: Input channel of the device. 2. Active: Indicates whether the channel is connected to a signal source. 3. Name: The input channel’s name. You can modify it by entering the corresponding name (max length: 12 characters) in the input box (Chinese characters are not supported).
  • Page 23 Web GUI User Guide Continued Input Page Continued Set EDID for the User Click the “Browse” button, then select the bin file. If you select the wrong EDID file, there will be a prompt, as shown in the following figure: Make sure to select the correct file, then you can check the name of the selected file.
  • Page 24 Web GUI User Guide Continued Output Page You can do the following operations on the Output page: 1. Outputs: Output channel of the device. 2. Name: The current output channel’s name. You can modify it by entering the corresponding name (max length: 12 characters) in the input box (Chinese characters are not supported).
  • Page 25 Web GUI User Guide Continued CEC Page You can perform CEC management on this page: 1. Input Control: You can control the operation of each input source by pressing the icons on the page. (You can control multiple inputs simultaneously.) 2.
  • Page 26 Web GUI User Guide Continued Network Page Continued Set the Default Network Click “Set Network Defaults” button, there will be a prompt, as shown in the following figure: Click “OK” to search the IP Address again, as shown in the figure below.
  • Page 27 Web GUI User Guide Continued Modify User Password Click the “User” button, enter the correct Old Password, New Password, and Confirm Password, then click “Save”. After successful modification, there will be a prompt, as shown in the following figure: Note: Input rules for changing passwords: 1.
  • Page 28 Web GUI User Guide Continued System Page 1. Panel Lock: Click to lock/unlock panel buttons. “ON” indicates that panel buttons are unavailable; “OFF” indicates panel buttons are available. 2. Beep: Click to turn on/off the beep. 3. Serial Baud Rate: Click the value to set the Serial Baud Rate. 4.

  • Page 29: Rs-232 Control Command

    RS-232 Control Command The product also supports RS-232 control. You need a serial cable with RS-232 phoenix connector and RS-232 male head. The RS-232 phoenix connector is connected to the Matrix, and the RS-232 male head of the serial cable is connected to the RS-232 female head of an RS-232 to USB cable, while the USB head of the RS-232 to USB cable is connected to a PC.
  • Page 30 ASCII Command Serial port protocol. Baud rate: 115200, Data bits: 8bit, Stop bits: 1, Check bit: 0 x - Parameter 1 y - Parameter 2 z - Parameter 3 ! - Delimiter Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting Power Power on Power on/off...
  • Page 31 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting System Setup Get the connection r link in x! status of the x input r link in 1! hdmi input 1: connect port, x=0~4 (0=all) Get the connection r link out y! status of the y output r link out 1! hdmi output 1: connect...
  • Page 32 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting System Setup Set the serial port baud rate of RS02 s baud rate Baudrate: s baud rate xxx! module, z=(115200, 115200! 115200 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800) Get the serial port Baudrate: r baud rate! r baud rate! baud rate of RS02...
  • Page 33 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting Output Setting enable cat output 1 stream Set cat output y s cat 1 disable cat output 1 stream on/off, stream 1! stream s cat y stream z! y=0~4 (0=all) enable z=0~1 (0:disable, s cat 0 enable cat all 1:enable)
  • Page 34 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting EDID Setting Set input x EDID from default EDID z, x=0~4 (0=all), z=1~31 1, 1080p,Stereo Audio 2.0 2, 1080p,Dolby/DTS 5.1 3, 1080p,HD Audio 7.1 4, 1080i,Stereo Audio 2.0 5, 1080i,Dolby/DTS 5.1 6, 1080i,HD Audio 7.1 7, 3D,Stereo Audio 2.0 8, 3D,Dolby/DTS 5.1 9, 3D,HD Audio 7.1...
  • Page 35 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting EDID Setting input1 EDID: 4K2K60_ 444,Stereo Audio 2.0 input2 EDID: 4K2K60_ 444,Stereo Get EDID status of the input x, r edid Audio 2.0 r edid in x! x=0~4 (0=all input) in 0! input3 EDID: 4K2K60_ 444,Stereo...
  • Page 36 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting Setting s cec in x Set input x menu left operation by s cec in 1 input 1 menu left! CEC, x=0~4 (0=all input) left! left operation s cec in x Set input x menu right operation by s cec in 1 input 1 menu right!
  • Page 37 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting Setting s cec s cec hdmi Set hdmi output y power off by hdmi output 1 hdmi out out y off! CEC, y=0~4 (0=all hdmi output) power off 1 off! s cec s cec hdmi Set hdmi output y volume mute by hdmi output 1...
  • Page 38 Command Function Default Example Feedback Code Description Setting Network Setting Set IP address: 192.168.1.100 (Please use ”s net reboot!” s ip addr command or repower s ip addr xxx.xxx.xxx. Set network IP address device to apply new 192.168.1.100! xxx! config!) DHCP on, Device can’t config static address, set DHCP off first.
  • Page 39 Command Default Command Code Example Feedback Code Setting Network Setting r telnet port! Get network telnet port r telnet port! Telnet port:23 Network reboot… IP Mode: Static IP: 192.168.1.72 Subnet Mask: s net Reboot network 255.255.255.0 s net reboot! reboot! modules Gateway: 192.168.1.1 TCP/IP port=8000...

  • Page 40: Faq And Troubleshooting

    FAQ & Troubleshooting Poor video quality or no video signal on display: Check whether the HDMI cables are connected properly and are in good working condition. Make sure the resolution of the display is compatible with the Matrix’s resolution. Snowy or fuzzy screen on the displays: Cause by damaged or low quality HDMI cables.
  • Page 41 Disclaimer The product name and brand name may be registered trademarks of related manufacturers. TM and ® may be omitted on the user’s guide. The pictures on the user’s guide are just for reference, and there may be some slight differences with the actual products.
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