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Barco. If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on goods delivered by Barco, or if the goods are handled incorrectly, in particular if the systems are commissioned operated incorrectly or if, after the transfer of risks, the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract, all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid.
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All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their manufactures. __________________________________________________________________ Company Address Barco, Inc. 11101 Trade Center Drive Rancho Cordova, California 95670 USA Phone: (916) 859-2500 Fax: (916) 859-2515 Barco N.V.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Operators Safety Summary The general safety information in this summary is for operating personnel. Do not remove panels or covers There are no user-serviceable parts within the unit. Removal of the top cover will expose dangerous voltages.
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For more information about recycling of this product, please contact your local city office or your municipal waste disposal service. For details, please visit the Barco website at: http://www.barco.com/en/AboutBarco/weee Turkey RoHS Compliance Türkiye Cumhuriyeti: EEE Yönetmeliğine Uygundur...
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Information Products” (Also called RoHS of Chinese Mainland), the table below lists the names and contents of toxic and/or hazardous substances that Barco’s product may contain. The RoHS of Chinese Mainland is included in the MCV standard of the Ministry of Information Industry of China, in the section “Limit Requirements of toxic substances in...
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Mainland, marked with the Environmental Friendly Use Period (EFUP) logo. The number inside the EFUP logo that Barco uses (please refer to the photo) is based on the “Standard of Electronic Information Products Environmental Friendly Use Period” of Chinese Mainland.
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MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ HANGE ISTORY Date ECP # Description Approved By 6/7/13 606947 User’s Guide GKOU 7/29/13 608395 User’s Guide MYRA User’s Guide Rev. 01...
Command input (Through RS-232 and Telnet connections) Built in web panel control (TCP/IP) PC program by RS-232 and UDP ▪ Supports entire family of Barco Encore Controllers ▪ Dual hot-swappable power supplies for power redundancy and load sharing (Redundant supply is optional, Barco part number R767420K) ▪...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 1.3 Notice Of Safe Usage We recommend you to read following warnings, precautions and information before operating the unit. ▪ Use of the equipment in a manner not specified by the manufacturer may result in irrecoverable damage ▪...
▪ REFERENCE OUTPUT provides an internal test pattern video source ▪ MONITORING OUTPUT provides an additional output to monitor input signals ▪ Power supplies (second power supply is optional, Barco p/n R767420K) Figure 1-2: Rear panel of MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16 X 16 User’s Guide...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Installation Initialization ▪ Connect the provided AC power cord to AC power inlet and turn on the front panel switch ▪ The unit starts the initialization process. The message “Starting” will be shown on the LCD display. ▪...
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MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 3) Auto Mix Mode: (The most advanced method) read all EDID information from the attached input devices. An information set optimized for all inputs is created and used to avoid any compliance problems in the field. Sources Displays OUTPUT...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Control Setup The MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 router can be controlled in various ways such as command input (RS-232, TCP/IP), Web GUI control panel (TCP/IP), Windows application (RS-232, UDP) as well as key button on the front panel. To use a PC for control, the PC must be configured properly.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ RS-232 3.2.1 Launching HyperTerminal The MATRIXPRO-II router provides RS-232 serial communication. The simplest way to control the router over RS-232 is using embedded Windows XP HyperTerminal program. Hyper Terminal is only supported by Windows XP. To install and use Windows XP Mode in Windows 7 please refer to the Microsoft Windows web site Alternatively, you can download and use the open source Putty terminal software.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Front Panel Operation 4.1 LINK mode ▪ It configures input / output connections for cross-switching. Press LINK key button. Press an input key button - LCD will display current connected output. Press single or multiple output key buttons to select desired outputs. Outputs can be deselected by pressing the output key button again.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 4.4.1 Gateway ▪ The cursor shows that it is selected and activated. ▪ Input 3 key button decreases the number. ▪ Input 4 key button increases the number. ▪ Input 1 and 2 key buttons move the cursor left and right. ======Gate Way====== O: 192.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ ▪ Press ENTER key button to complete the process. ▪ The default setting is 192.168.0.246 4.4.4 MAC Address ▪ MAC Address of the unit is displayed. This is a fixed value and cannot be changed. 4.4.5 UDP Port Number ▪...
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Improper EDID setting can compromise the stability of the system Not all computer graphics cards will be able to output a custom EDID resolution. ▪ ▪ Be sure that you fully understand this feature prior to use. User’s Guide Rev. 01 For further information, please contact folsomsupport@barco.com...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 4.4.9 HDCP Configure Disabling HDCP Compatibility By default, the MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16X16 is an HDCP compatible Video Router. HDCP protected content received on a DVI input connector from an input source such as a Blu-ray player is processed and output on the DVI output connector(s) to an HDCP compliant display device.
________________________________________________________________________ PC Program Operation Run the setup.exe to install MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 PC program. The Barco icon will be shown on the wallpaper. Double click it to launch PC program for MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16. The PC program provides a user-friendly graphic interface alternative to key button input and command input operation.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 5.1.1 Connect Info ▪ Select the connection method to be either RS-232 and Ethernet (UDP) by clicking the corresponding radio buttons ▪ For RS-232 control, enter the COM port number of your PC and select baud rate.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 5.1.2 Channel Name ▪ User can create specific names for all inputs and outputs to distinguish them ▪ On Fig 4.2, The name of Camera #1 was assigned to Input CH05 and Wall display #3 for output CH07. ▪...
EDID resolution. Be sure you fully understand this feature prior to use. For further information, please contact folsomsupport@barco.com 5.3 Operation The communication settings and system status are on the right side of the control application as shown below.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ The left side of the control application shows the signal connection, resolution, EDID, and routing status of the inputs and outputs. 5.3.1 Input / output connection ▪ Click on one of the input channels and click on any of the output channels. If you click on input CH05 (Camera #1) and click on outputs CH05, CH06, CH07 and CH08, the input signal from CH05 will be connected to outputs 05, 06, 07 and 08 as shown in Fig 4-5.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 5.3.3 Output channel status ▪ Green LEDs above the output channel number indicate Hot Plug Detection (HPD) from display. For example CH07 is connected to a display. ▪ The connected outputs show input source information (ex. CH07=Camera #1, input CH05).
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Web control panel operation The Web control panel operation provides a user-friendly graphic interface and easy access to control the MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16. Some functions available from the PC GUI and front panel are not available from the Web control panel. Microsoft Explorer is the recommended browser to run the Web control panel.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Commands The MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 router can be operated with various interfaces such as key button inputs, command input through RS-232 and TCP/IP, Web control through TCP/IP and PC program through RS-232 and UDP. All functions are executed on a basis of a serial command input, but the graphic interfaces on the Web or the PC program are more efficient ways to operate the MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 modular matrix.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ ▪ After all input commands, MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 sends back replies to conform the execution of commands. ▪ Input and output port number range from 1 to 16 and prefix, ‘0’ can be used such as ‘001’...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 7.2.3 Network setting ▪ Sets the IP, Gateway, Subnet mask, MAC address and UDP port number. ▪ Requests current network setting. Command Description and reply Sets Gateway address, each data ranges from 000 to 255. NETGW=192.168.1.1! Reply: NETGW=192.168.001.001! Sets IP address, each data ranges from 000 to 255.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Command Description and reply Default mode: Saves default EDID in input ports 1, 7 and 15. Reply: EDID=01DEF.! EDID=DE1,7,15! EDID=07DEF.! EDID=15DEF.! Auto mix mode: Analyzes all EDID information of connected displays to makes optimized EDID then save it in input ports 2, 8 and 9.
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Firmware update 1. Using a Windows XP based PC, install the megaboot.exe program provided on a You can run Megaboot.exe with Windows 7, as an Administrator. Alternatively, you can run Megaboot.exe under Windows XP. 2. Click ①, Open of ‘File to be programmed in the Flash’ to select directory and file (hex.
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MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ ① ① ① ① ③ ③ ③ ③ ② ② ② ② 3. Connect the Service Port located on the rear panel of the MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x 16 to a RS-232 (Comm port) on a PC using the supplied download cable (RJ1 1 to D-Sub 9Pin cable).
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 8. After 1 to 2 minutes, and “All Done” message will be shown. Then the firmware upload is completed. User’s Guide Rev. 01...
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MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Close the MegaBoot.exe program and reboot MATRIXPRO-II DVI 16x16 to run it under the new firmware. User’s Guide Rev. 01...
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ HDCP notes HDCP stands for High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection, an industry-wide copy protection scheme that is used to prevent the potential interception of digital data between the source (e.g., a Blu-Ray player) and the target display (e.g., an HDCP compliant display or monitor).
MatrixPRO-II DVI 16x16 Router ________________________________________________________________________ Specifications Video INPUTS ●All single-link DVI digital formats up to 165 Mhz, per DVI 1.0 specification ● EDID version 1 .3 compatible Video OUTPUTS Formats: all single-link DVI digital formats up to 165 Mhz, per DVI 1.0 specification Formats: all single-link DVI digital formats up to 165 Mhz, per DVI 1.0 Reference and...
(drop/crush), and/or other unusual damages. The customer shall pay shipping charges when unit is returned for repair. Barco will cover shipping charges for return shipments to customers. Return Material Authorization (RMA)