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KV-901T & AV-901R
Installation and User's
Manual
Copyright© 2011 Beacon Extender Inc. All rights reserved.
Version 5.01 (Date: June 19, 2012)

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  • Page 1 KV-901T & AV-901R Installation and User’s Manual Copyright© 2011 Beacon Extender Inc. All rights reserved. Version 5.01 (Date: June 19, 2012)

  • Page 2: Specification

    1. Introduction The KV-901T/AV-901R is a solution of DVI/VGA with Audio extension over 100Mbps Ethernet LAN. The KV-901T is Transmitter (TX), the AV-901R is Receiver (RX). The TX connects with PC or any source with VGA/DVI/Audio output. The RX connects with display and speaker. Any 100M, Gigabit or Fiber Ethernet LAN switch can be used to inter-connect the TX and RX.

  • Page 3: Installation Setup

    2. Installation Setup 2.1 Install KV-901T Transmitter 1. The DVI input of the KV-901T is [DVI-I] (VGA + DVI-D). You can use the accessory of VGA-to-DVI cable to connect KV-901T to PC VGA-Out. Or you can prepare a DVI-to-DVI cable to connect KV-901T to PC DVI-Out.
  • Page 4 9. The [Reset] button on the KV-901T Rear panel can be used for entering “Advance Setup Mode”, please refer to Chapter 4. The panel diagram is shown as below:...
  • Page 5 Display. 6. Use CAT5e/6/7 cable to connect AV-901R [Ethernet] to the Ethernet switch (or directly to the KV-901T). All of KV-901T and AV-901R must be put in the same network and should not be inter-connected with router.
  • Page 6 not be OK, depending on how worse data lost is. LED shows as indicated when [Reset] button is pressed, On (Orange) and it stays on until system reboots. 10. The [Reset] button on the AV-901R Rear panel can be used for entering “Advance Setup Mode”, please refer to Chapter 4.

  • Page 7: System Menu

    901T available on the network and show on the System menu: >KV-901T-0337 (192.168.168.201, 03:27) >KV-901T-0428 (192.168.168.202, 04:28) >VGA SYNC >REFRESH >KV-901T SETTING >AV-901R OFF >Connection Method >EXIT Press the [Source] button to select KV-901T, after 3 seconds the AV-901R will connect to that KV-901T as below: Connecting to …...
  • Page 8 901T is connected with VGA input, when the picture shifts from screen, use this function to auto adjust the picture. 3.3.2 REFRESH: To refresh the KV-901T Transmitters list. 3.3.3 KV-901T SETTING: Use this function to setup KV-901T: >MULTI/ONE AV-901R >BANDWDITH SETTING >INFORMATION...
  • Page 9 From the System menu, push the AV-901R [source] button and navigate to the “>REFRESH”, push the button again during the system is still showing “Searching KV-901T …”. The menu with “AV-901R SETTING” will be shown as below: >KV-901T-0337 (192.168.168.201, 03:27) >REFRESH...
  • Page 10 3.4.1 AUDIO INPUT: To enable/disable the microphone input function. 3.4.2 IR INPUT: There are 3 options for IR input: IR DISABLE: Turn off the IR function. INTERNAL IR: To set the IR receiver from internal socket. EXTERNAL IR: To set the IR receiver from extension cable. 3.4.3 Connection Method: Please refer to 3.3.5.

  • Page 11: Setup Ip Address

    You can change the operation IP, but please save and remember the final IP, otherwise, you will not be able to configure the KV-901T. In case of missing the final IP, you should use a special software tool to find IP out.
  • Page 12 [Power]) LED starts blinking red. Step 5: After the [Reset] button is released, in case of AV-901R, the [Power] LED will become orange; in case of KV-901T, the [Status] LED will become orange blinking. This indicates the device is entered Setup Mode and you can start to setup and get access to the HTTP server of the device.

  • Page 13: Firmware Upgrade

    Step 3: Hold the [Reset] button of the device. Step 4: Keep holding the [Reset] button and plug the power on. Step 5: The KV-901T [Status] or AV-901R [Power] LED will blink red. Then you can release the [Reset] button.
  • Page 14 Step 8: Ping the connected device through the sequence, Start > Run > cmd > ping 192.168.168.22 or ping [KV-901T IP]. You will receive the reply if the connection is established. Disable the antivirus and firewall software and use IE browser to get access the web server.

  • Page 15: Management Software

    To install, double click SETUP.EXE and follow the setup wizard: After the installation is finished, you should configure your PC IP address with the same network segment as all of KV-901T and AV- 901R units. Both of the KV-901T and AV-901R’s factory default operation IP is shown on the label under the box.
  • Page 16 The Management screen is split into two frames: on the left is a Tree view of the Transmitters (TX) and the connected Receivers (RX); on the right is a two-tab view, one named “List & VWall” is a List view of the RX, and the other, “Matrix”, is a matrix view of TX and RX.

  • Page 17: Reboot The Device

    KV- 901T screen sources. The default frame rate for the KV-901T is 30 frames per second. You can change the frame rate by clicking [Setting] > [Tx Frame Rate Setting] on the upper left corner of the Management Main...
  • Page 18 FPS (Frames per second) for the KV-901T transmitter (1 ~ 30). Note: This function is effective only on TX of version b204 or above).
  • Page 19 6. Managing Receivers and Video Wall This section describes the functions of the List tab (“List & VWall”). 6.1 Configuration Mode and Operation Mode On the lower right corner, there are two buttons, the one with a wrench icon is for Configuration Mode, and the other with a wand icon is for Operation Mode.
  • Page 20 6.3 Arranging RX Location When the program starts, it will try to load settings from a setting file that keeps a record of the RX location and Video Wall, and display them on the List tab panel accordingly. It will also search the network for RX;...
  • Page 21 allowed to change, which means the Video Wall is supposed to be a square. The video wall size will change according to your selection of the column. Next, edit the layout. Note that there is a small icon on the top of the upper right corner.
  • Page 22 source according to the layout. On the upper left is an icon where you can click to swap the layout instantly. Here is the other place where you can modify the layout. 6.4.4 Arranging Video Wall Location The video wall grid, in Configuration Mode, is moveable; move your mouse pointer over the boundary of the grid, and start dragging once the cursor becomes cross-shaped.
  • Page 23 In Matrix view, click the intersected cell that represents a Transmitter with a Receiver. The selected cell is ticked “”. You can select multiple cells one by one. Finally, click the [connect] button on the upper right corner to start connection. The tick sign ...
  • Page 24 01 … ff”; be sure to separate each byte with white space. Second, type the message in the “Request” text area. Third, click “Submit” to send the message. If there is response, it will be displayed in the “Response” text area. You could also type the message and save it as a template, so that you could load it from the template...
  • Page 25 specify up to two TX. Just place them in order of priority and click “Submit”. “Dedicated” means the RX will connect to the specified TX. Click “Dedicated” and a window will pop up. Select one TX from the list and click “Submit”. 6.9 Rebooting &...

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