Kramer Electronics 2900-300283 manual

USER MAN UAL MODEL: DS Vision® Di gital HD Digit al Di strib ution Syste m P/N: 29 00 - 30 0283 Re v 1[...]

DS Vision® Digit al – C onte nts i Conte nts 1 Introduct ion 1 2 Getting S tarted 2 2.1 Achi eving the Best Performance 2 2.2 Safety In struc tions 3 2.3 Recycl ing Kramer Product s 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Defining t he DS Vision® Digital HD Digital Distributi on System 4 4 Connecting the DS Vis ion® Digi tal 7 4.1 Connecti ng the Player and the Sc[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Introd uction 1 1 Intr oduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordabl e solutions to the vast range of problems that confront video, audio, pres entation, and broadcasting professional s on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned [...]

2 DS Vision® Digit al - Getti ng St arte d 2 Getting Start ed We recommend that you: • Unpack the equipment careful ly and save the original box and packaging materials f or possible future shipment • Review the c ontents of this user manual • Ensure that the player and the sc reens are c ompatible. Check that they work together before conne[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Getti ng St arte d 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no operator servic eable parts inside the unit Wa rni ng: Us e only the Kramer Electronics input power wall adapter that is provided with the unit Wa rni ng: Di sconnect the power and unplug the unit from the wall before install ing 2.3 Recy cli ng Kramer Product[...]

4 DS Vision® Digit al - Over view 3 Ove rvi ew DS Vision® Digital is a high - definition (HD) digital distribution syst em that deli vers real - time dig it al , non - compressed content to d igital s ignage terminals up to 600m ( 2000ft ) away. DS Vision® D igital enables you to manage d igit al s ignage ass ets and monit or system perf ormance[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Over view 5 3.1.1 The DS Vision® Digital Tran smitter Fig ure 1 : DS Vision® Digital Tr ansmitt er # Feat ure Funct ion 1 12V DC P OWE R Connect or Conn ects to th e 12V DC po wer ad apter 2 SERIAL 9- pin D - sub C onnec tor Serial ext ension for terminal control 3 ETHERNET RJ - 45 Conne ctor IP e xtension and s ystem manag[...]

6 DS Vision® Digit al - Over view 3.1.3 The DS Vision® Digital Recei ver Fig ure 3 : DS Vision® Digital Rec eiver # Feat ure Funct ion 1 12V DC P OWE R Connect or Conn ects to th e 12V DC pow er adapt er 2 MONITOR 3. 5mm Mini J ack Conn ects to th e perform ance m onit oring e ngi ne 3 SYSTEM RJ - 45 Conn ector System cable from t ransm itter 4 [...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Con necti ng the DS Vi sion® Dig ital 7 4 Connect i ng the DS Visi on® Digit al Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your DS Vision® Di gital . After c onnecting your DS Vis io n® Digital , connect its power and then switch on the power to each device. 4.1 Connecting the Play er and the Scree[...]

8 DS Vision® Digit al - Med ia Dist ribut ion 5 Medi a Distributi on The DS Visio n Digita l system can distribute HD digital media from a single player to: • A singl e display loc a t ed 100m ( 330ft ) away, using the t ransmitt er • Three displ ays located 100m (330ft) away, and one local display, using the b roadcaster Figure 4 illustrates [...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Med ia Dist ribut ion 9 Fig ure 5 : M edia D istribution to T hree D ispl a ys No te ! The c onnecti ons to the transm itter and the broadcaster are identic al. The broadc aster has three s ystem ports and the trans mitter has only one system port. All references to connecti ons apply equally to both units. Figure 6 and Figur[...]

10 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Media Distr ibutio n Fig ure 7 : Recei ver C o nnecti ons 5.1 Mounting the Receiver The receiver units have VESA standard screw holes 100mm (3.9i n) apart, as shown in Figure 8 . Use two screws supplied with the rec eiver and monitor t o connect the unit to the back of the monitor. Fig ure 8 : VESA S tandard S c rew H ole[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Seria l Control 11 6 Serial Control To enable serial cont rol of remote displays: 1. Connect a serial ( 9- pin D - sub male/femal e ) cable between the players and the broadcast er/transmitter . 2. Connect a serial ( 9- pin D - sub fem a le/fem ale ) cable between the receiver and the s creen. Figure 9 illustrates t he connec[...]

12 DS Visi on® Dig ital - T ermin al IP C onne ctivit y 7 Termin al IP Conne ctivi ty To extend a network from the t ransmitt er/ b roadcaster side t o the rem ote terminal side: 1. Connect a standard Ethernet cable (Ethernet 10/ 100 Bas e T straight - through cable ) between the player side network and the transmit ter/broadcaster . 2. Connect a [...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Scala bility 13 8 Scal abilit y There are two types of methods to extend the system scale: • Cascade a receiver with a broadcaster/transmi tter to increase the distance of the system • Cascade a b roadcaster with a broadcaster/t ransmitter to increas e the number of supported displays 8.1 Cascading to I ncrease the D ista[...]

14 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Sca labilit y Fig ure 12 : 6 -H op C as cade d S yst em 8.2 Cascading to I ncrease the Num ber of D isplays Connect a primary broadcast er to a secondary broadcast er or transmitter to increase the number of receiver s and displays that can be connected to t he system. Cascading an additi onal broadcaster enables adding t[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Scala bility 15 Fig ure 13 : Pri mary and Sec ondar y Cas caded S ystem Figure 14 ill ustrates a system with two cascaded broadcaster s and a transmitt er , providing four addit ional displays:[...]

16 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Sca labilit y Fig ure 14 : Casc ade d Broad caster and Transm itter The system can be further scaled to include hundreds of displays. Figure 15 ill ustrates the connection of 16 displays:[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Scala bility 17 Fig ure 15 : Si xteen D i sp l ays When cascading to increase the distance, conn ect t he receiver t o the casc aded transmitt er with the RS - 232 s erial cable. See Figure 11 .[...]

18 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Adv anced Ma nagemen t Featu res 9 Advanced M anagement Featur es Use MDS management technology f or advanced management features, s uch as: • Continuous p l ayback (see Sect ion 9.1 • Performanc e m onitoring ( s ee ) Section 9.2 ) Figure 16 ill ustrates the management architecture: Fig ure 16 : Manag ement A rchitec[...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Advan ced Manag ement F eatur es 19 Note : The receiver does not receive an IP address and is not visible as an IP network element. To learn more about the MDS management technology, features and benefits, refer t o the ScreenGat e Management Gateway documentation. 9.1 Continuous Play back Confi guration Two active players ca[...]

20 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Adv anced Ma nagemen t Featu res Fig ure 17 : Conti nuo us Pla yback Confi gurati on C o nnectio ns 9.2 Monitoring Display P erf ormance A player can create a report that consists of the amount of times media was sent to the screen. However, this report can’t verif y if the media was in fac t displ ayed on the s creen. [...]

DS Vision® Digit al - Advan ced Manag ement F eatur es 21 • In additi on, a w aterm ark generator agent must be installed on the player device. To learn more about instal ling a Media Wat ermark Generator Agent, refer to the Media Watermark Generator Agent sect ion of the ScreenGate M anagement Gateway documentation Figure 18 provides an outli n[...]

22 DS Visi on® Dig ital - Tec hnical S pecif ications 10 Technical Speci fications Feat ure Item B roadca ster Tran smit ter Rece iver MAXIMU M RES OLUT ION 1080p , 60H z, 24bit per pi xel, uncom presse d 1080p , 60H z, 24bit per pi xel, uncom presse d 1080p , 60H z, 24bit per pi xel, uncom presse d VID E O -1 HDMI H DMI com pati ble up to 10.2 Gb[...]

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