Black Box VX-HDMI-IP-MTX manual

B L A C K B O X ® Extend audio and video signals via an existing LAN. Di str ibu te HDM I v ide o to an un lim ite d n umb er o f d isp lay s u sin g IP multicast or make eye-catching video walls of up to 8 x 8 displays. MediaCento ™ IPX VX-HDMI-IP-MTX VX-HDMI-IP-UTX VX-HDMI-IP-VTX VX-HDMI-IP-MRX VX-HDMI-IP-URX VX-HDMI-IP-VRX Ord er tol l-free i[...]

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724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 3 FCC RFI St ate m en t FEDER AL CO MM UN I C A T I ON S COM MI SS IO N AN D I NDU S TRY C A NA DA R A DI O FREQU ENC Y IN T ERFE REN CE S T ATEMEN T S This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency en ergy , and if not ins ta lle d and us ed pro pe rly, t hat is, in s tri c t a ccor danc e w ith th[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 4 NOM Stat ement 4. T oda s las i nst ruc cio nes d e op er aci ón y us o de be n ser s eg uid as. 5. El apara to eléctrico no deberá ser usado cer c a del agua — por ejemplo, cerca de la t ina d e bañ o, lava bo, só ta no mo jad o o cerc a de u na alb er ca, e tc. 6. El apara to eléctrico debe ser us ado ú[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 5 NOM Stat ement 1 6 . El cable d e corrien te deberá ser de sconect ado del cuando el equ ip o no sea usa do p or un l arg o pe rio do d e ti emp o. 1 7 . Cu idado debe ser t omado de tal manera que objectos liq uidos no sean der ram ado s so bre l a cub ier t a u or ifi cio s de v enti lac ión . 18. Se r vic io [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 6 T able of Content s T abl e of Co nte nt s 1 . Specifications .................................................................................................. 8 2. Over v ie w ................................................................................................... 9 2. 1 Introduc tion ................[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 7 T able of Content s 6. 2 Acce ss ing th e We b I nte r face for a Transmit te r or Re cei ver wi th an IP Ad dre ss ............................................................. 33 7 . Video W all F eatur es ...................................................................................... 34 8. Troubleshooti [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 8 Chap ter 1: S pe cific ation s 1. Spe cifi ca tion s Compliance — FC C, TU V , C E, UL ® , CSA , Ro HS , W EEE De fau lt IP Ad dr e ss — 1 69.2 54.x.x (w ith no DHCP addre ss) NOTE : To find th e I P add res s of a ny r ece ive r, simp ly con nec t to mo nito r a nd pow er up to g et IP a ddr ess . To find th[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 9 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2. Overview 2. 1 In tro du c tio n The HDM I over LA N Ex tender is a perfec t solution for audio and video signal exten sion v ia an existi ng Loca l Area Network ( L AN ) syst em. Wi th mu lticast technology, one local unit can drive multiple remote units with no ex tra network load. Ther[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 10 Chap ter 2 : O ver view • H DT V co mpa tib le ; s upp or t 108 0 p, 10 80 i, 720 p, 720 i. • Compati ble with popular screen resolutions: XGA, SXGA, U XGA, WSXGA. 2. 3. 2 Mul tic as t an d Vi de o Wall T ran sm it te r an d Rec eive r Func tio ns • E ac h t ransm it ter c an be mul tic as t to u p to 250 d[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 11 Chap ter 2 : O ver view VX-HDMI- IP-VT X also has: • ( 1) MediaC ent o IPX Vi deo W all T rans mitter • (1 ) DB9 F to R J - 1 1 adapter • (1 ) R J - 1 1 to RJ -1 1 cabl e VX-HDMI- IP-VRX also h as: • ( 1) MediaC ent o IPX Vi deo W all R eceive r 2. 5 Add itio nal I tem s Y ou W ill N ee d • HDCP-complia[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 12 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 6 7 8 9 Fig ure 2-2. T ra nsm it ter ba ck pan el. 10 Fig ure 2-3. Transmit te r t op pan el.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 13 Chap ter 2 : O ver view T able 2- 1 . Components of the T ransmitters. Number Component De scriptio n 1 Barrel con ne ctor for power Lin ks to po wer su ppl y 2 Reset button System reset 3 R J - 45 ja ck Conne c ts to th e 10 - /10 0 - / 1 000-Mbps ne twor k s wit ch 4 Video connector Conne c ts to th e H D MI s [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 14 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2.6 . 2 Re ce ive rs 1 2 3 4 5 Fig ure 2- 4. Re cei ver fro nt pan el. 6 7 8 9 Fig ure 2-5. R ece iv er bac k p ane l.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 15 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 10 Fig ure 2- 6. Re cei ver top pa ne l.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 16 Chap ter 2 : O ver view T able 2- 2. Components of the Receivers. Number Component De scriptio n 1 Barrel con ne ctor for power Lin ks to po wer su ppl y 2 Reset button System reset 3 R J - 45 ja ck Conne c ts to th e 10 - /10 0 - / 1 000-Mbps ne twor k s wit ch 4 Video connector Conne c ts to th e H D MI mo nit [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 17 Chap ter 2 : O ver view source, cable, and display device used. Low-qualit y cables degrade output signals, causing elevated noise levels. Use the proper cable and make sur e the display device can handle the resolution and refresh rate selected. NOTE : The s ys te m w ill dis ab le the vi de o o utp ut sig nal w[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 18 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2.6 . 5 EDI D Co py Copying the EDID will enable the receiver to send correct resolutions to your output. Al tho ugh th e d efau lt EDI D wi ll wor k i n m os t c as es , s om e m oni tor s wil l n ot wor k with it. NOTE : EDI D copy is req uir ed fo r DV I m oni tor s . To copy th e ED I [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 19 Chap ter 3 : I ns t allation 3. In s t allati on WA R N I N GS : Make sure that al l d evi ces are p owe re d of f b efor e co nne c tin g t o t he unit. Make sure all d evi ces you wi ll conn ec t are pr op erl y g ro unde d. Pla ce c abl es away fr om flu ore sce nt l ight s , a ir c ond itio ne rs , and ma chi[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 20 Chapter 4 : Configuration 4. Configurat ion 4. 1 B asi c Co nfig urati on Th e ro ta r y s w itch on ea ch de vic e d ec ide s the cha nne l o f t he dev ice w hen b oot ing. For a receiver or receivers to connect to a transmi tter , they must be on the s ame chan nel. Ea ch tra nsmi t ter sho uld b e o n a s epa[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 21 Chapter 4 : Configuration 4. 2 . 1 Acc es sin g thr oug h Se rial 1. Using th e clie nt, s ele c t “se ria l” an d e nter “1 15200” fo r the sp ee d (b aud rat e) . Fig ure 4 -1 . P uTT Y conf igu rati on sc ree n u sing s eri al. 2. N o use rna me or pas s wor d i s r equ ired . J us t p res s ente r .[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 22 Chapter 4 : Configuration 4. 2 . 2 Acc es si ng th rou gh T e lne t 1. Using th e clie nt, ent er in the I P a dd res s o f t he de vic e. 2. Chan ge the p or t to 24 . Fig ure 4 -2. PuT T Y co nfi gurat io n s cre en usi ng Telnet. 3. T he d efaul t p as sw ord is ro ot.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 23 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s 5. Ad van ced C om man d s These are advanced configuration s and require knowledge of IP net working proto co ls a nd mul tic as tin g. D o not at te mpt to run any com man ds, mo di f y f ile s, or change any other settings apart from the specific configurations noted here. Al[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 24 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s Fig ure 5 -2. Curre nt c onfi gur ed para me ter s l is t. To res et to fa c tor y de faul t, se tt ing th e I P mo de to auto ip and re mov ing any overrides, ty pe in: reset _to _d efault.sh To chang e the ba ud rate of the s eri al ex te nsio n inter fa ce, ty p e in : st t y[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 25 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s 5. 1 Ad van ced I P Co mm and s Each device has three possible modes of establishing an IP address: autoip, dhcp , and static. 1 . AutoIP is the default mode and it will always automatically assign available IP add res se s in the pr iva te I P do mai n 169.25 4. x x x .x x x NO[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 26 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s 5. 2 Ad van ce d Mul tic as t I P Conf igu ratio n Pre de fin ed mul tic as t a ddr es se s c an be s ele c te d by us ing th e ro ta r y s w itch bu tt ons on the devices (recommended ). See Table 5-1 for listing of chan n els: T able 5 - 1. C hannel listing for multicast addre[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 27 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s To over rid e t he DI P rot ar y s wi tch, use th e comm and s s how n o n the ne x t p ag e fo r each device: NOTE : B0, B1 , B2, and B3 refe r to the va lues in Table 5 -1 . 5. 2 . 1 Transm it te r To chang e the mul tic as t grou p I P , t yp e in : astparam s multicas t _ip [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 28 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s Flow cont rol: None NOTE : This is a t wo - way comm unic atio n. T he tr ansm it te r w ill re ce ive any data se nt fro m t he ser ial de vice s c onne c te d t o t he re cei ver s . Fig ure 5 - 4 . O pti ons co ntro llin g l oc al se ria l l ine s.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 29 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s For both transmitter and receiver units, the added R J - 1 1 to DB9 serial cable needs to be con nec t ed to the se co nd ser ial po r t on the d evi ces . 5. 4 T el ne t Ex ten si on T elnet serial ex tension allows for serial output from a receiver through a T elnet connection[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 30 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com mand s 2. Turn o f f li ne ech o and lo ca l l ine ed itin g. Fig ure 5 - 6 . Turnin g of f lin e ech o a nd lo ca l li ne edi tin g.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 31 Chap ter 6 : A cces sin g t he Web Inte r face 6. A cce ss ing th e Web I nte r face The Web interface can be used to view inf ormation about the d evice, upload a firmware file to the device, and for video wall transformers configur ation. Th e Web inter fa ce wil l n ot giv e n et wo rk info rma tio n o r s cre[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 32 Chap ter 6 : A cces sin g t he Web Inte r face T able 6 - 1. Rotary Switch position settngs. Positi on Four - digit setting Positio n Four - digit setting 0 0000 8 000 1 1 1 000 9 10 0 1 2 010 0 A 0101 3 11 0 0 B 11 0 1 4 0 010 C 0 0 11 5 1010 D 1 0 11 6 0 11 0 E 0 111 7 111 0 F 1111 Figure 6-1 . Setup screen (w [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 33 Chap ter 6 : A cces sin g t he Web Inte r face 6. 2 A cce ss ing t he Web I nte r fac e for a Transmi t ter o r Re cei ver wit h an IP A dd res s 1 . Configure the control PC’ s net work set ting as 1 69.254.x x x.x x x IP domain with net mas k 25 5.2 5 5.0 .0. Def ault gatew ay an d DNS c an be left bl ank . F[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 34 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s 7 . V id eo Wall Fe atu re s Using the Video Wall features, you can send video and audio to 250 ouputs through IP . Fo rm at t he vi de o w all so th at se para te s e ct io ns of t he vi de o c an be s ent to dif fer - ent outputs. Basic settiings allow for bezel compensation a[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 35 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s Fig ure 7-2 . B asi c S etu p s cre en.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 36 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s T able 7- 1 . Basic Setup screen components. Component Des cription Bezel and Gap Compen s ation Dimensions of screen (inside and outside width and height). Wall Size and Position Layout Sel ec t nu mbe r o f v er ti cal an d / or hor izon tal monitors, row position, and column [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 37 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s Fig ure 7-3 sho ws th e A dva nce d S etu p s cre en. Table 7-2 de scr ib es it s comp on ent s . Figure 7 -3. Advanced Setup scre en.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 38 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s T able 7- 2. Advanced Setup screen components. Component Des cription Step 1: Cho os e cont rol target Clic k on the arrows and buttons to select a control target. Sho w O SD che ck box C heck this box to output each receiver’ s sp ecific numb er to the co nne c ted mo nit or.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 39 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s Fig ure 7-4 sh ow s t he Ad van ced Comma nds s cre en. T abl e 7-3 d es cr ibe s i t s components. Fig ure 7-4 . Adv ance d Comman ds sc ree n.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 40 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall F eature s T able 7- 3. Advanced Commands screen components. Component Des cription Screen Layout (Row x Co lum n) Selec t the number of rows and colu mns from the drop- down menu, then click on the “ Apply” button. Row Position Selec t the row from the drop- down menu, then click on t[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 41 Chapter 8 : T roublesho oting 8. T roubles hooting 8. 1 P rob le m / S olu tion s Problem: No vi deo on monit or at bootup . Soluti ons : 1. Check th e d ev ice po wer usi ng the L ink / P owe r L ED. 2. Che ck the ne t wor k conn ec ti on usi ng the N et wo rk L ED. 3. Che ck th e v id eo con ne ct io n u sing t[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 42 Chapter 8 : T roublesho oting 8. 3 S hip pin g and Pa cka gin g If y ou nee d t o tra nsport o r shi p you r Media Cen to IP: • Pa cka ge it ca ref ully. We re com me nd that yo u u se the o rig inal con tai ner. • If you are return ing the unit, make sure you include everything you received with it. Before y[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 43 Appe ndix : Conne c tor Pinouts Ap pe nd ix . Con ne c to r Pino ut s Figure A- 1 shows the DB9 to R J-1 2 or R J - 1 1 connector pinout s. Figure A- 1. DB9 to RJ - 12 6P6 C or RJ -1 1 ( 4P4C) cable pinout.[...]

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