Silex technology Multicast Video Distribution System MVDS X-1 manual

Multicast V ideo D istribution S y stem MVDS X -1 Installation / U ser's Guide[...]

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Index Pr oduc t O verview ..................................................... 1 1.1 About this product ........................................................................................ 2 1.2 Specication ..................................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 Hardwar e specication [...]

Monitor and Maintenanc e ..................................... 33 3.1 F ront panel..................................................................................................... 34 3.1.1 Menu structure and how to use it ............................................................................................. 34 3.1.2 F unctions available [...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 1 P roduc t O ver view 1[...]

2 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 1.1 About this pr oduc t MVDS stands for "Multicast Video Distribution Syst em" , which allows to distribute video or audio data from Pla yer (e.g . PC, DVD player , etc) to Displa y (e.g. T V , M onitor , etc) by IP Multicast. The MVDS consists of transmitter and receiver(s). The transmitt er is connected to[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 3 F eature V ideo and Audio c ontrol - Adopts J P E G 2 0 0 0 c o d e c . H i g h c o m p r e s s i o n w i t h l e s s i m a g e d e g r a d a t i o n a v a i l a b l e - Audio codec: 16bit st ereo PCM (Sampling rate: 32KHz) - Screen size supports WX GA (1280x768) - Up to 30fps of frame ra te - Synchroniza tion func tion for [...]

4 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 1.2.1 Hardw are specication Hardwar e specication is as follow s: CPU T OSHIBA T X4939 400MHz (32/64bit MIPS) RAM 128MB DDR ROM 8MB Inter face Video Analog RGB D-SUB15 x 1 Audio 16bit Stereo line in / out (Mini Jack) Serial RS-232C (D-SUB9) x 1 Ethernet 10BASE- T/100BASE- TX Auto detection (RJ-45) x 1 Wir eless I[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 5 This device complies with Part 15 of the FC C Rules. Operation is subject to the follo wing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful int er f erence, and (2) this device must accept any inter ference receiv ed, including inter ferenc e that may cause undesired oper ation. FC C Notices This equipment has been tes[...]

6 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 1.2.2 Sof t war e specication Soft ware specication is as f ollows: Pr otocol T CP/IP Network Layer ARP , RARP , IPv4 , ICMP Multicast : IPv4 Organization Local Scope 239.192.0.0/14 T ransport Layer T CP , UDP Application Layer TELNET , BOOTP , DHCP , HT TP , UPnP , JCP (proprietary #19541) , RTP (proprietar y #5[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 7 1.2.3 Inter face specication Inter face specication is as follo ws: Video Inter face Analog RGB (15pin Dsub) Codec JPEG2000 Resolution 1280 x 768 pixel ( WXGA ) Flame ra te 30 fps (MAX) Conguration Video A djustment(Contrast , Bright , P osition etc…) Others Startup screen, Stop signal screen, Maintenance scr een [...]

8 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 1.2.4 Notes on the radio w av e Do not use this product near the following equipment or plac es. - Microwav e, scientic instruments , pacemaker or other medical equipment. - Licensed radio station in a factory . - Small power r adio station (a non-licensed radio station). W ireless Equipment f or 2.4GHz and 5GHz ban[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 9 1.3 Network composition A MVDS net work is composed of one MVDS transmitter and 32 MVDS receivers (at maximum). In each group , a video or audio data are distributed in multicast (or unicast). As for network interface, both Wir ed and Wireless LAN por ts are suppor ted. Since MVDS transmitter and receivers exchange their sta[...]

10 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Wir eless system - Network composition f or Ad-Hoc mode The player (e.g. PC or DVD play er , etc.) outputs data (e.g . video , audio, serial data, etc.) to MVDS transmitter . The transmitter captures and sends them to the MVDS receiv ers being connected to the transmitter in A dhoc mode. Network composition for wir ed[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 11 Network composition for wir ed/wireless connection mix If the wired/wir eless system are mixed , you can suppor t wider variety of envir onment. { A V Cable Ethernet (100Base, PL C) Wireless (IEEE802.11a/g)[...]

12 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 1.4 P ar ts and func tion The name of each part and the func tion are explained below: F ront T ransmitt er Push button Description MENU Go into L CD menu from initial screen. Return to initial screen from L CD top menu . Go back to higher level in L CD menu. Start a factory default congura tion when this button an[...]

1.Pr oduc t Over view 13 LED (both T ransmitter and Receiver) LED Description POWER OFF: P ower ed o or being on boot process. ON: Po wered on (Normal status) ST A TUS Blink: Blink every time when codec of 1 frame data is complete . ON: F actor y default conguration using push buttons is c omplete. WIRELESS OFF: Wir eless communication is dis[...]

14 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Back Both T ransmitter and Receiver P ar t Description DCIN 15V1A AC connector (15V 1A) * In case of X-1ER, A C power can be supplied via internal DC connector . ETHER Ethernet interface (RJ45) RS232C Serial inter face (9pin Male) A UDIO Audio interface (3.5mm mini) ANAL OG RGB RGB interface (D -Sub15pin) Antenna SMA [...]

2.Installation 15 Installation 2[...]

16 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide This section explains the nec essar y ac tions that should be taken before you connect and setup this product. 2.1 Befor e y ou begin 2.1.1 Necessar y items Please prepar e the following it ems. MVDS T ransmitter ( X-1T ) One transmitter is requir ed. MVDS Receiver ( X-1R ) As many receivers as you need for your envir[...]

2.Installation 17 2.1.2 Cr eate en vironmen t for setup The rst step is to connect the cables to the MVDS transmitter and receiver , and to the player , monitor(s) and PC. All the conguration can be per formed via a wired LAN network. 1. Connect the LAN cables Connect the MVDS transmitter and rec eiver(s) to the PC using LAN cables . Connect [...]

18 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide <Connection example> An example MVDS installation is shown belo w : T ransmitter Receiver Player Displa y PC LAN Cable Audio Cable Audio Cable VGA Cable VGA Cable[...]

2.Installation 19 2.2 C ongure this pr oduc t 2.2.1 Assig n IP address When the cable connec tions and power on are completed, congure the network settings and adjust the screen images f or the MVDS transmitter and receiv ers. T o simplify the conguration proc ess, the MVDS transmitter and receiv ers suppor t automatic conguration of th[...]

20 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 3. Select the MVDS transmitter or receiver that y ou wish to congure . Fr om the top menu, click C ongura tion - Set IP address . 4. Congur e a unique IP address that is not used b y other network devices. (Example: 10.3.0.1) 5. Repeat this process and ent er a unique IP address into each of the MVDS transmit[...]

2.Installation 21 2.2.2 Congur e via W eb brow ser After you have assigned the IP address for each MVDS transmitter and receiver , you can congure these devices using a PC with any standard web brow ser . F or each MVDS transmitter and receiv er , access the W eb page using the IP address you have congured into the device. By default the u[...]

22 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Host name / P asswor d conguration Congur e Host Name and Passw ord. TIP - Be sure to set a passw ord, especially if you ar e using the MVDS with a public network . In fac tor y default, the last six hexadecimal digits of the Ethernet MA C address is used as the host name of the MVDS transmitter and receiv er(s)[...]

2.Installation 23 Network conguration Congur e the IP a ddress and wireless setting s. Select N e t w o r k und er Congur ation in the W eb page . * Required for both T ransmitt er and Receivers TIP - The MVDS transmitter and receiv ers operate without the need to manually congur e an IP address as they supports Auto IP function. - It i[...]

24 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Example: The f ollowing are the sample settings to use this produc t in AdHoc mode. T ransmitter Receiv er Inter face Enable Enable Mode AdHoc AdHoc SSID Optional Optional (same as T ransmitter) Ch.AutoSearch DISABLE N/A Channel Optional N/A DataRate 36Mbps 36Mbps Authentication Open Open WEP ON ON Key Index 1 1 Key S[...]

2.Installation 25 Adjusting a scr een image (at transmitter) Connect to the w eb page of the transmitter to adjust a scr een image appropriate for the pla yer . If you ar e sure of what value t o set for screen image , click V ideo/A udio/Data unde r Congur ation and congur e each setting. I f you are not sure what values to set, you can use [...]

26 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 5. Click Video/A udio/Data under C onguration and adjust the settings such as PHASE_C C, etc. to make the image quality better .[...]

2.Installation 27 Adjusting a scr een image (at receiv er(s)) TIP - Y ou normally do not have to adjust a scr een image at the receivers since the monitor will automatically make adjustments. If adjustment is necessary , go to the W eb page of the transmitter . Click V ideo/Audio under T o ol s and click the St ar t but ton nex t to Maintenance scr[...]

28 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 2.3.1 Connect to a wir ed net work 2.3 Har dware installa tion Ethernet HUB T ransmitter LAN Cable LAN Cable LAN Cable LAN Cable LAN Cable Player Receiver Display Receiver Display Receiver Display Receiver Display Sample connection for wired network T o congure this product in a wir ed network, connect the transmit[...]

2.Installation 29 2.3.2 Connect to a wir eless net work Below is a sample connection to install this product outdoors. Select the antenna according to y our location status, distance fr om the receiv er or layout .[...]

30 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide V er tical con vergenc e angle and minimum distance Every 'high-gain' ant enna has v er tical and horizon tal selectiveness. The nar row er the co verage, the higher the possible gain. However , this selec tiveness also creat es 'blind spot' in close range , especially if antennas locat ed in di[...]

2.Installation 31 V er tical cov erage and Line - of-sight F rom a vertical conv ergence point of view , less height dierence is better to minimize distance problems . However , it also creates mor e Non-Line -O f-Sight (NL OS) problems . In this diagr am, the other side of the oce building could not covered by single T X antenna, so another [...]

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3.Monitor and Maintenance 33 Monitor and Maint enance 3[...]

34 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide The L CD menu has the struc ture below . "L evel 0-3" at the top of this diagram indicate the hierar chy level . The MVDS transmitt er has a L CD which provides the operating status and conguration f or transmitters. Use the push buttons to the right of L CD ( MENU , - , + , SE T ) to switch the panel men[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 35 Each menu can be switched by pushing the push buttons to the right of L CD . T o switch the menu levels, use [ MENU ] and [ SET ] buttons. T o switch the options in the same level , use [ + ] and [ - ] buttons. T he menu transition diagram is as below . silex X-1T TX:1 RX:3 MAIN MENU SERVICE ACTIVIT Y MENU MAIN MENU CON[...]

36 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide This scr een is alway s displaye d while this product is turned on. When this product is running properly , the model name and operating status ar e shown in the upper line and lower line respectively . W hen an error occurs or the rmwar e of this product is being updated , operating status is display ed in both up[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 37 Shows the service status for each data tr ansfer . SER VICE A C TIVIT Y SERVICE AC TIVIT Y (sample) SERVICE:VIDEO ACTIVE 1280x768 Selected menu Curren t status of the selected menu Menu options and status Menu Description Status Denition VIDEO Displays a service status for video data transfer. ACTIVE ****x*** Video d[...]

38 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Shows a network status . C ONNEC TION ST A T C ONNEC TION ST A T (sample) C ONN:E THERNE T LINK 100Mb/F ull Selected menu Curren t status of the selected menu Menu options and status Menu Description Status Denition ETHERNE T Show the Ethernet link status. LINK 100Mb/F ull Communicating via a wired network. The lin[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 39 DEVICE INFO Shows the device inf ormation. DEVICE INFO (sample) DEV:HOST NAME T X012345 Selected menu Curren t status of the selected menu Menu options and status Menu Information displayed in the lo wer line HOST NAME Show the host name. IP ADDRESS Show the IP Address. MAC ADDR Show the Mac Address. F/W VERSION Show th[...]

40 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide ADMIN MODE MENU P ar t of settings can be congur ed, r eferred and maintained through ADMIN MODE MENU . This menu has a hierar chic structure below . Level 1 Level 3 Level 2 IP ADDRESS (CFG) IP SUBNET MASK IP GATEWAY ADDR WIRELESS MODE SSID CH AUTO SEARCH CHANNEL DATA RATE CAPTURE GAIN CAPTURE OFFSET HORIZONTAL POS[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 41 T o enter into LE VEL2 in ADMIN MODE MENU, the PIN C ODE is requir ed (In the factor y default setting, the PIN C ODE is "0000"). PIN C ODE entr y screen ADMIN:PIN C ODE PIN C ODE? 0 _ _ _ En ter the PIN CODE. T o enter the PIN CODE , select each number by pushing [ + ] and [ - ] buttons and save it by pushing[...]

42 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide WIRELESS C ONFIG Shows or Changes the wir eless LAN settings. WIRELESS C ONFIG (sample) WIRELESS I/F ENABLE Selected menu Curren t setting of the selec ted menu Menu Information WIRElESS I/F Displays whether the wireless LAN setting is enabled or disabled . WIRELESS MODE Displays a wireless LAN mode (A dHoc/Infra.). S[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 43 VIDEO C ONFIG Shows or C ongures the video settings. VIDEO C ONFIG (sample) CAPTURE GAIN * R 128 G 128 B 128 Selected menu Curren t setting of the selec ted menu Menu Information A UTO C ONFIG Starts the auto-adjustment for image parameters. By pushing [ SET ] button, you can switch to the auto-adjustment screen. Pus[...]

44 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Menu Information CAPTURE GAIN Displays or Congur es the Gain value (R/G/B). Y ou can switch to the conguration screen b y pushing [ SET ] button. CAPTURE GAIN * R 128 G 128 B 128 s Enter a value . Set the value in the order of R -> G -> B . Select a value by pushing [ + ] and [ - ] buttons and determine it[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 45 SERIAL C ONFIG Shows the serial settings . Menu Information BA UD RA TE (bps) Displays a baudrat e. BIT LENGTH Displays a bit length. ST OP BIT Displays a st op bit. P ARIT Y Displa ys a parity bit. FL OW CONTROL Displays a ow c ontrol setting. DA T A TIMEOUT Displays a serial input timeout setting . SERIAL C ONFIG ([...]

46 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide 3.2 W eb int er face Congur e using a W eb br owser Since this produc t implements HT TP protocol , advanced settings for this product can be congur ed or changed using a W eb bro wser . Also, a convenient func tion such as a remote r eboot is available. Display the W eb page T o access the W eb page of this pr [...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 47 Congur e from the W eb page Click the menu item that you wish to congure. When the screen below is displayed , type a user name (root) and password , then click OK . In the fac tor y default settings, no passw ord is set.[...]

48 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Displays general sta tus for each audio , video and serial por t. General 3.2.1 Status Operating status f or each audio, video and serial port is displayed. Name Details Ser vices Video Display a transf er status for video data. Audio Display a transf er status for audio data. Data Display a transf er status for seria[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 49 Displays curr ent network status (IP Address and wir eless). Name Details Ethernet Status IP Address Display an IP address. Subnet Mask Display a subnet mask. Default Gateway Display a default gatewa y address. Link Status Display a link status. Wir eless Status SSID Display SSID of the wireless net work which this prod[...]

50 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Displays status f or each audio , video and serial por t. Name Details Video Status Resolution Display a capture r esolution. F rame size (byte) Display a data size of the last frame . Interval (ms) Display a capture int er val. FPS Display a frame rat e. F rame count (frame) Display a number of the captured frame . C[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 51 3.2.2 Congur ation Common settings for T ransmitter and Receivers. C ongure a host name and passwor d. Congur e the network settings and transmission conditions for audio , video and serial por t. Click the item that you wish to congure . Selec t an option or enter a value and click Submit . General Name Det[...]

52 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Congur es the net work settings. Network[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 53 Name Details Ethernet Conguration DHCP/BOOTP Enable/Disable a DHCP function. IP Address Set an IP Address. Subnet Mask Set a Subnet Mask. Default Gateway Set a Default Gateway . Wir eless Conguration Wir eless I nterface Enable/Disable the wireless. Wir eless Mode Select the wireless connection mode. SSID Specify [...]

54 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Congur es the video signal parameters, serial port and buer size of transmitt er . V ideo/Audio/Data (at transmitt er)[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 55 Name Details Video Conguration Capture T iming V er tical frequency / (1+x) = FPS Example: 60[Hz]/(1+[capture timing]2)= 20[fps] Gain R Adjust a r ed gain. Gain G Adjust a green gain. Gain B A djust a blue gain. F ilter R Adjust a red lt er . F ilter G Adjust a green lter . F ilter B Adjust a blue lter . O?[...]

56 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Name Details Video Conguration H.Position Oset Displays the oset v alue for H.Position setting tha t you may have congur ed from L CD menu. This value is added to H.P osition setting and then take eect in the video image. H.Width Oset Displays the oset v alue for H.Width setting that y ou may have[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 57 Congur es the video signal parameters, serial port and buer size of r eceivers. V ideo/Audio/Data (at r eceiver)[...]

58 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Name Details Video Conguration H Width Specify a width of horizontal synchronization sig nal by dot clock. H Period Specify a period for horizontal synchronization by dot clock. H Back Por ch Specify the Back Porch of horizontal synchronization signal by dot clock. V Width Specify a width of ver tical synchronizati[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 59 Congur es Static Node contr ol of transmitter . Usually , the default settings are used. Static Node (at tr ansmitter) Name Details Node Conguration Node List Method Specify a node search method. Static Node 0 Specify an IP address for node when Node List Method is set to Static. Static Node 1 Static Node 2 Static[...]

60 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Congur es Static Node control f or receiv ers. Usually , the default settings ar e used. Static Node (at r eceiver) Name Details Node Conguration Node List Method Specify a node search method. Switch sourc e inter val Set a time interval to switch the MVDS transmitter automatically when two or more transmitters [...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 61 Congur es D ynamic Node control f or transmitter . Show s the list and status of r eceive rs connected t o a par ticular g roup and changes the transmission method. Dynamic Node (at transmitter) Name Details Node Conguration Dynamic Coordinators Display a list of the discover ed groups. The group number in red is [...]

62 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Congur es D ynamic Node control f or receiv ers. Shows or Changes which transmitt er the receivers should c onnec t to . Dynamic Node (at receiv er) Name Details Node Conguration Dynamic Coor dinators Display the list of discovered groups. The group where the receiv er belongs to is checked on it s radio button.[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 63 Reboots, resets and upda tes the rmware of this pr oduct. 3.2.3 T ools Common P er forms reboot, factor y default conguration and rm ware update . Click the button of item that y ou wish to execut e. Name Details Reset menu Reboot Reboot this product. Restore to F actory Default Reset this product to the factor[...]

64 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Adjusts the screen image for transmitter and changes the maintenance screen to be displayed f or receiv ers. The screen curr ently being captured can be applied as a maintenanc e screen. V ideo/Audio (at transmitt er) Name Details Manage custom screen Refresh Refreshes the W eb page. Maintenance mode Check a radio but[...]

3.Monitor and Maintenance 65 Changes the star tup screen and stop signal scr een for r eceivers. The screen currently being output to monitors from receiv ers can be captured and then applied as star tup screen and/or stop signal scr een of receiv er . V ideo/Audio (at rec eiver) Name Details Manage custom screen Refresh Refreshes the W eb page. (A[...]

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Appendix A-1 Appendix A[...]

A-2 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide A-1 C onguration it em list The below is the list of c onguration item: Par ameter name Description Value range Default value T X R X Host Name Set a host name. Up to 15 characters T ransmitter: " TX " plus the last 6 digits of the M a c A d d r e s s , or the value of rotary switch Receivers: " [...]

Appendix A-3 Par ameter name Description Value range Default value T X R X Pre-Shared Key Specify the Pre-Shared Key . 8 - 64 characters silex technology * * Codec size Specify a codec size for 1 frame. 32 - 255 64 * - Capture Timing V er tical frequency / (1+x) = FPS (Example) 60[Hz]/(1+[capture timing]2)= 20[fps] 1 - 29 2 * - Gain R Adjust a red [...]

A-4 MVDS X-1 U ser's Guide Par ameter name Description Value range Default value T X R X H.Position Oset S a v e t h e o  s e t v a l u e fo r H . Po s i t i o n setting that you may have congured from L CD menu. 0 - 100 50 * - H.Width Oset S a v e t h e o  s e t v a l u e f o r H . W i d t h setting that you may have congure[...]