Black Box VX-HDV 4P.AUDIO manual

VX - HDV - IP, rev. 1 72 4- 746 - 5500 | blackbox.com HD over IP Encoder/Decoder Provides f irst - class HD video transmission. VX - HDV - IP VX - HDV - IP - AUDIO VX - HDV - IP - SDI VX - HDV - IP - RM VX - HDV - IP - HDMI VX - HDV - IP - PSU[...]

FCC and IC RFI Statement 724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 2 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and INDUSTRY CANA DA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STA TEMENTS Class B Digi tal De vice. This equipment has been te sted a nd fou nd to comply with the l imits for a Clas s B comp uting device pursua nt to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limi ts ar e [...]

NOM Stat ement 724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 3 Normas Of icial es Mexi canas ( NOM) Electr ical Safety St atement INSTR UCC IONES DE S EGUR IDAD 1. Todas las inst rucciones de seguri dad y operación deber án ser leídas antes de que el aparato el éctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucci ones de seguridad y operaci ón deberán ser guardadas[...]

Table of Contents VX - HDV - IP, rev. 1 72 4- 746 - 5500 | blackbox.com Table of Contents 1 ! Technical Specifi cations ................................................................ 5 ! 2 ! Overview ......................................................................................... 7 ! 2.1 ! Summary descript ion 7 ! 2.2 ! Special features [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 5 1 Technical Specifi cations Encoder/Dec oder (VX - HDV - IP) Compressi on pro cess JPEG2000 Video re soluti on max. 1920 x 1080P, min. 640 x 480 I Delay p er dev ice ≈ 1 . 5 fr ames (=25 ms @ 60 Hz) Total del ay ≈ 3 frames (=50 ms @ 60 Hz) + network delay Frame rate max . 72 Hz, min. 24 Hz Pixel c lock ma[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 6 Audio car d Audio frequency range 20Hz – 20kHz Audio channels Encoder : 2 x audio in, 2 x audi o out Decoder: 2 x audio in, 2 x audio out Audio i nterfac es Line - In and Ou t, Mic - In, Headph. - Out an d RS - 232 - Int erface[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 7 2 Overview 2.1 Summary descri ption The VX - HDV - IP modul ar J PEG 20 00 IP encoder/d ecoder system for HD video and audio is confi gurable as encoder or as decoder. Two different video interface modules ar e currently avail able: DVI - I and 3G - SDI. HDMI and VGA transmi ssion i s also possibl e by means [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 8 2.3 How it works The encoder r eceives and compresses the incoming HD vi deo signal and transmits it via LAN or WA N. The d ecode r decom press es and p asses o n the original vi deo signal t o the device connected . Wit h ad equa te LAN/ WAN bandwidth, the signal qualit y is not reduced. And thanks to the JP[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 9 3 I nstallation The VX - HDV - IP is intend ed for ind oor ins tallation. T he ope rating te mpera ture limits are - 10 ° C to +60 ° C. Two or mor e devi ces st acked above ea ch othe r must be a dequat ely spac ed t o en sure suf fici ent cool ing. 3.1 Tabletop vers ion For table top use, the VX - HDV - IP[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 10 Front connections, set back approx. 2 cm (for plug protection) Rear connection, flush with edge of rack Rear connection, set back approx. 2 cm[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 11 3.3 How to change a nd inser t the video interf ace mo dules These modules a re fixed with two s crews. To chan ge a module, release bot h screws and carefully remove the module. When ins tal li ng a mod ule , ma ke sure th at the boa rd is sup port ed on the guiderails at each side, and insert t he module p[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 12 4 D escription The basic housing has a 10/100/1000TX Et hernet connec tion and two USB ports (USB 1 and USB 2) for KVM appli cations. The console port is exclusivel y for maint enance work an d is not user - accessible. The reset button on the left re turns the de vice to fa ctory defa ult setting if require[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 13 Status LED LED Color Status Descript ion Power LED green on Ready f or use off No power Flashes e very 3 seconds Ready f or use , but not o n li ne Flashes every second Ready for use and on line, but no video stream Flashes every 0.2 seconds Booting after hardware or soft ware reset red Flashes every second [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 14 5 W eb interface 5.1 VX - HDV - IP system start - up The VX - HDV - IP is deliver ed with a preco nfigured IP add ress. B efore sta rt - up, the IP address must be r econfigured and t he device defined either as encoder or decoder (the two f unctions cannot be used in paral lel). • Connect the Ethernet por[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 15 5.2 Ethernet In the first reg ister, you can defin e the IP a ddress , the sub net ma sk, and th e gateway. You can al so allocate an IP address f rom the network by activating the DH CP che ckbox. B efore a ctivation, m ake su re a DH CP se rver is pre sent in the ne twork. T wo D NS ser ver add resses can [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 16 5.3 Transmitter stream set tings You can e ither set up a point - to - point connection (uni cast) or a multicast connection to video stream receiver s in the network that support the multi cast add ress . For connecti ons that need to pa ss through f irewalls , the RTSP TCP port can be separatel y defined. [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 17 When Chro ma i s s et to 50%, 25 % of th e b andwi dth i s us ed for Chr oma and 75% of the bandwidt h is used f or Luma. When Chro ma i s s et to 0%, 100 % of t he bandwi dth is used for Luma. IP TTL (tim e to life) This is a mechanism tha t limit s the li fetime of data in a network. Once the prescribed ti[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 18 5.4 Transmitter status repor ts The example bel ow shows a VX - HDV - IP with activate d med ia player (no HDCP encry ption) . Operati on mode : The de vice is configured as video t ransmitter box (vtb) Video si nk: No moni tor is co nnected Video sou rce: connected t o activated media player Resolut ion: Vi[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 19 5.5 Choose t he rec eiver’ s EDID By defaul t, t he tra nsmitter requir es the EDID of t he sink (e.g. monitor ), so that the be st poss ible reso lu tion the receive r can ha ndle is d elivered . Whe n an EDID is recei ved, the t ransmitter sends a video stream. If the sink cannot send an EDID, th e trans[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 20 5.6 Receive r stre am setti ngs The receiver must also know where t he video st ream is comi ng from, so th e transmitte r IP add ress mu st be en tered ac cordingly . If “Force H DCP ” was ac tivated on the tran smitter, it m ust not be activated on the receiv er. It is sufficie nt if it is only ac tiva[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 21 The OSD (On Screen Display) s etti ng defi nes how long inf ormation is shown on the monitor. The setti ng range is 0 – 100 seconds. At 0 set ting, not hing will be displayed, and at 100 sett ing the di splay remains on sc reen. Typical On Screen Display (OSD)[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 22 5.7 Receive r stat us repo rts The example below shows a VX - HDV - IP wit h an activ ated mon itor. Operati on mode : The de vice is configured as video r eceiver box (vrb). Video si nk: A monit or is connect ed and act ivated. Video sou rce: No v ideo s ource i s conn ected. Resolut ion: Onl y di splays on[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 23 5.8 Receive r vide o interface test You can t est t he video output inter face’s quality and fun ction on the DVI board at thr ee possible r esolutions: 1080p60, 1080p24, and 720p60.[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 24 5.9 Firmware upgrade 1. Save the new fir mware as example “ image_v4_02 .img” file in a folde r on the c omputer from where t he update is exec uted. 2. Connect to t he VX - HDV - IP via a Web interface. 3. Select “Firmware” in th e Web inte rface menu. 4. Activat e the i con “sel ect a f ile” an[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 25 5.10 Factory defa ult restore Here, you can reset the VX - HDV - IP encoder/decoder to f actory default s if required. The n etwork detai ls, names, and designations are restored t o factory def ault settings. Pressing t he reset button on the f ront of the device for >5 seconds has the same eff ect. The [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 26 5.11 Setting s Here yo u can choose German or Engli sh as the sy stem la nguage, and define or change the user name and password for access authenticati on. To use the VX - HDV - IP wit h AMX devi ces, AMX must be act ivated . With au then tic ati on act ivat ed, yo u c an n o l onge r a cces s t he devi ce [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 27 6 USB ports Each VX - HDV - IP device has t wo USB - A ports, and a USB - B port f or fu ture use with KVM. The cur rent USB port supports only t he features for keyboard and mouse. Each VX - HDV - IP unit can be configured as a host or as a device. Just activate t he function y ou want. The USB cable length[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 28 7 FEC Forward Error Cor rection accordi ng to SMPTE 2022 -1 In telecom mun ication, info rmation theory, a nd codin g the ory, forward error correction (FEC) or channel codi ng is a technique used for controlling errors in data tr ansmis sion ov er unre liable or n oisy co mmu nication channe ls. The central[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 29 Column o nly: If en abled, SMPTE 2022 - 1 Level A; disabl ed, Level B. Level A sends only one FEC stream, so only single packets are recovered. The overhead is small er than for Level B. For Level B, in addition, severa l consecutive packets can be restored ( it is at most as many as for “Size of matri x?[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 30 Receiver settings Restri ction s: An additi onal audio board is not suppor ted b y FEC, but how many p acket s a re n ot recovered is visible. Measured B andwith ac cording to diff erent Mat rix sett ings FEC - Matri x Overhead Latency by 30 Mbps Latency by 50 Mbps Latency by 80 Mbps 5 40% 24 ms 20 ms 18 ms [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 31 8 H ardware reset instructions On the fron t of the VX - HDV - IP is a sligh tly rece ssed re set butto n. To re boot the devic e, press th is button for less th an five secon ds . Pres sing it for longer th an five second s resets every thing (I P address, user name, a nd password) to f actory default . 9 C[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 32 10 Audio - Boar d The optional audi o board has two l ine - in interfa ces, Lin - In and M ic - In and two line o ut - interfac es , Line - out and Head - out. It also has a serial interface for future u se. In this firmw are ver sion, the a udio inter face wo rks only a s an inte rcom solution. It builds a [...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 33 The Lin - In and both Line - out interfaces ar e stereo. The Mic - In interface is mono. It is no t possible to us e both line in interfac es at the s ame tim e. Only one is acti ve at a ti me. If you con figure the audio bo ard as “L ine - In” on ly, the “Lin e - Out” i nterf ace i s active. I f you[...]

724 - 746 - 5500 | blac kbox.com Page 34 11 Supported r esolution s HDMI / DVI: All r esoluti ons up t o 150 MHz pixel c lock (1920 x 1080) VGA: 640 x 480 @ 60 Hz/72 Hz/75 Hz/85 Hz 800 x 600 @ 56 Hz/60 Hz/72 Hz/75 Hz/85 Hz 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz/70 Hz/75Hz/85 Hz 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz/75 Hz SDI: 1080p60/30 1080p50/25 1080p24 720p60 720p50 720p30 720p25 72[...]

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